Newera Import's 200 bhp N/A AE86 - Progress Report!

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject:

The red Run Free car belongs to Mosqiton on this forum. He's an Aussie who goes by the name of Allen. He used to work with us at Newera - and still does part time, but now mostly works at Tomei Power for his sins Cool

Here's a few high res pics of his car:

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And the couple of high res pics I was given by a friend who'd arrived from Sweden that day - borrowed a car & driven 2 hours to the track to join us, then accompanied us home again... Good way to kick start his holiday, lol.

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I'll have some more pics later of a very nice AE86 we recently picked up for a customer...

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

I like your car in sepia!! Thumbsup

Too bad you can't switch to sepia irl! Sad

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject:

We've had a batch of these lower tie rods and lateral rod specially commissioned for our car and a few others here in Japan and have just one set remaining...!

These are VERY heavy duty. The larger pillow ball bearings are much more resistant to wear than smaller ones from elsewhere, since they will spread loads more evenly. Construction is all stainless steel too and the welding is perfect as it's done by robots. With these fitted, the rear end becomes much more finely controllable for sliding. Note that by increasing the length of lower rods, this decreases grip also. Note we haven't made upper ones, as that's where noise usually comes from when fitting a full set.

They've been developed to special design by an MSC and D1 Street Legal AE86 racer in Japan just for us.... Now just one set left! We might get some more made if there's serious interest...

If you guys want some top quality metal parts and have a design, let us know. We can get them commissioned here in Japan.

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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:26 am Post subject:

WOW!!Like everyone has said on here...that thing is just awesome
I dont even think words could cover that car! Drool

Do you mind if I ask where abouts you got the front and rear bumpers from??? Embarassed

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:17 am Post subject:

Thanks for the compliments Stalker. I'm thinking of lightening it a bit now and as I don't go drifting in the summer any more (too hot for oil temps & too hot for me!) the A/C will soon be removed and a few other things taken off too.

They're Boudo Nouki front & Jubride rear - sourced by us - Neweraparts.com

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:48 am Post subject:

With the help of a friend, have been doing some lightening work and other stuff:

Header's now wrapped and starter motor also protected with a heat shield - was getting too much heat there, causing 3 new starter motors to fail in the last 2 years. Enough of that! The wrapping was a nasty job (Lots of tiny fibres floating in the air) and took 30m of wrap to complete properly. I sprayed it with some propective stuff that's meant to prolong the life of the wrap. It made a helluva lot of smoke at first as it heated up (Normal). I thought I had an engine fire at one point, lol. The bandage turns black at first, but the Japanese instructions from Billion state that at prolonged use over 450 Deg C it'll all turn white again! Here's hoping...If it doesn't I can live with that. Smile

Replaced the dip stick and tube with an AE111 piece. Interestingly, the height of measurement is about half a litre more on the AE111 compared to AE86 original. Now shows max at 4 litres capacity (incl. oil cooler). Happy with that since I usually use a full 4 litres of oil for each change, to avoid starvation on hard corners.

Removed the entire A/C system, replacing the interior heat exchange unit for a bespoke plastic (lightweight) replacement. Heater, etc. all still work, but lost around 40kg Smile

- and will get better radiator cooling too (Not that
it needed it, but anyways...).

Also got the correct grommets & fan belt for A/C-less AE86 with power steering direct from Toyota.

Since it revs to over 9000 I wanted all pulleys oversized compared to originals, except the crank (That remains std. since it has a harmonic balancer and rubber damper. After market ones don't!!). They're all now fitted. Bonus is with an oversize PAS pulley I don't need the tensioner at all. A little more weight removed.

Removed the alloy under guard (It's for sale if anyone's interested) and will be making up a carbon shroud for the radiator underside in combination with a new original plastic under guard.

Removed the grille lights too - Don't need those, since it runs HID anyways (For sale soon if anybody wants them).

Fitted a new stainless steel towing eye. These are made by the same source for us as the pillow ball rear links. Excellent fit & quality Thumbsup

Fitted new rubber insulators for the steering rack & replaced the knuckles with new ones). Finished off by having a full Lazer allignment completed locally.

With full pillow ball linkages including the lateral rod it's fully adjustable, so geometry's 100% perfect. I had KTS set the castor at 1,28 and camber at -1,50 each side with zero toe and had rear adjusted to make geometry square.
It feels soooo solid and predictable on the limit!! Evil or Very Mad

Took it out last night for a drive with a friend who is over visitting from UK... He liked it a LOT, hehehe Evil or Very Mad

Had an E46 M3 want to play with us as we cruised through Tokyo. He followed us for a while, then overtook hard & weaved through some light traffic, so I let him lead for a while, then caught him just before going around a long fast corner on the C1... Took him round the outside as he made his attempt to lose me... Ha! Tango'd by a 20 year old Corolla... He looked a bit miffed as we passed him & smiled...

She's running puurfectly again with nothing needing doing except to make the carbon under guide when I get a chance...

Now the weather's cooler here in Japan we're planning to take it to a drift event sometime next week. I'll post some more pics of that next time.

Some pics of these recent changes.

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:59 am Post subject:

wholly timing advance batman. (re the mod on the diz' body)

also who makes those leads up? i would be keen Smile

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Nice one Miguel! Very Happy

Consider a slimiline, lightweight Optima battery for even more weight loss Very Happy

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Kickin an M3's ass.... Evil or Very Mad

Do you have a viodeo of this?Iwould really like to see it.... Wink

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject:

Conrad, yeah I did consider it... decided against in the end. Optimas are sweet n'all, but there's only a couple of kilos weight saving and AFIK the Optimas don't hold a lot of charge...
Thought about also moving the battery to the back of the car (Long +ve cable + box adds weight + I use the back to carry tools & tyres, etc. to the track).. So left it as is.

Liked your other ideas you e-mailed over Conrad.. I'll look into that, cheers! Thumbsup

BTW Ignition leads are by Nology Wink

I've kinda lost interest in making videos, etc. for a while now.
Only on the track nowadays, on some occasions.
Editting's boring & time consuming, lol. Dunno, I prefer photos myself... Maybe next time we'll make a short video clip...?

Was speaking with Mosqiton - He who works at Tomei... He mentioned a molybednium treatment (For the cylinders) that apparently helps improve top end power.
Gotta be worth trying, I guess. This came as a tip from an engineer / engine builder at Tomei. He builds 1.3 litre Sunny SOHC engines that make up to 170 bhp.
That sort of power from a Sunny race engine, the guy's gotta know his sh*t!! If it's good I'll detail it.

Mosqiton now get him to build you a new 4AGE!! Cool

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject:

Miguel can you make a soundfile of your car? Just wondering how your exhaust sounds Wink

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject:

One of our staff (Gareth) recently quit in the UK to go travelling for 6 months, so he visitted us here in Tokyo on his way to SE Asia.
He'd only known my AE86 3 years ago when I first got it, so was in for a surprise....
He'd spent a good 2 days doing some work, including a bit of spannering on the AE86 (More improvements Wink

) and he's a good driver, so the least I could do was let him use it in Tokyo..
..and set him free on some country roads... !

Needless to say, he fell in love with it! Thumbsup

.... bu I'm getting ahead of myself, lol.

First, went up to Fuji's mountain passes.
Gareth borrowed a friend's Fireblade, I took my VTR SP2 and lent the '86 to Thomas, who'd be shortly leaving Japan to work in France...
(His going away treat! Very Happy

) We were joined by 3 other friends in their GT-R's.

Parked up for a break. Bikers approving the wear on my tyres Smile

But being typically Japanese, they were being humble... The guy crounched down at the back of my bike rode the red 08 blade...
His tyres where chewed to fuck on the very edges Evil or Very Mad

Gareth & Sean:
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject:

This is the only action pic of the day... Everyone was too busy driving and having fun! The bike plates were in stealth mode... Wink

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

Another day, we spent some time going to collect an AE86 we'd bought for stock (Front lip removed during these pics as the car was delivered on a truck)

Fully restored with a brand new 20V blacktop. Seriously nice machine Shocked

I'd rather not sell it, but have no space... It looks like it may have already found a home in UK.... time will tell Thumbsup

(Full details here if anyone's interested in seeing a properly looked after 86 for sale Puh

: http://www.neweraimports.com/carDetails.jsp?carId=387)

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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject:

But the 86 isn't only good for Touge...! It drifts great too and with Gareth being a Petrol Head, it would be rude not to take a day out to go drifting at Nikko circuit.

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Love drifting the length of camber at the edge of the track here..
Using the camber helps set the car up to enter the chicane which leads onto the main straight...
That leads to a full bore 3rd gear feint entry into the main corner, with a bit of camber to help you throw the back end in Puh