nzae86's TRD ae86 N2 Race Car Project 2

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:24 am Post subject:

I going to have to see this in the flesh when its finished.

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:52 am Post subject:

Never, ever add up what this has cost! Shocked

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject:

Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:35 am Post subject:

Well the work carries on with this , as I had a problem with the TRD dry sump pan sitting on the steering rack and wanting to keep the motor as low as possible the front crossmember was due for a tune up !
I should have taken some photos before painting it but as you can see now the rack sits lower than the top of the crossmember and still looks original.
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The next area to work on while waiting for the body will be the fuel system,tank and diff cooler .

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:19 am Post subject:

I am still waiting for the paint work to be completed , I called in to my painter yesterday and the body is all painted on the outside (forgot the camera!) and will be finished this week, I hope ! I will have the red and orange details on the body done in vinyl.

This has given me a chance to catch up on some more small details again.
All the parts arrived this week for rebuilding the steering rack with all new parts and fitting up the Quaife quick rack

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A few more parts came back from the electroplaters as well , gearbox cross member with a cusco transmission mount

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Also I sent the drysump tank in for polishing as it didn't look that good in blue
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The fuel pumps and diff pump have been sorted where they work the best , just need to fold up a couple of small brackets and weld into place.

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I also removed the foam from inside the tank and fitted the fuel sender and also another an fitting to the top of the tank , as I used the original breather fitting as a return line to keep the aerated fuel away from the outlet the the fuel pump .
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Working out of town during the week so that doen't help with progress but does help pay the bills!

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

Finally some more progress , working out of town does not help ,and the weekend are rather short !
the diff housing has been sand blasted and the pickup for the diff pump cooler has been added , the return feeds the oil directly on to the pinion through the diff head
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Today the body shell was ready to collect and it has come up much better than I expected , the paint work is fantastic
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Also the mail man dropped off my wheels today so I will finish assembling them tomorrow then get the slicks fitted up .
They are local built 13" x 9 for the rears and 13" x 8 for the front
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and front slicks at 215 and rears at 240 wide
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At least now it may feel like I am going forward with this money pit!!!

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 10:53 am Post subject:

Can I come see this at the end of the year?

Wataru Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 97 Location: denmark

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject: :P

omg that lip is evil.. nice one main

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 10:45 am Post subject:

Well with cold weather and rain the best place to stay dry is inside your workshop , today was spent sorting out the lay out for the sign writer to come and fit the coloured vinyl hopefully this week .All I can use for a reference of shape and size is the few pictures of the TRD car that are available

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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 11:28 am Post subject:

those wheels are biblical!

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:25 am Post subject:

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

Ha,ha I know the feeling, hopefully I will have started a decent project of my own by then.

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:50 pm Post subject:

The paintwork looks very nice and shiny! Thumbsup

Is the gray paint metallic or just a very high gloss regular gray?

One Hot Version video had a nice video clip of the TRD N2 car rolling almost perpendicular past the camera so I took several screengrabs and stitched them together in Photoshop to get a detailed picture of the TRD livery to take measurements from.

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Funny how they mirror some of the logos on one side of the car. Smile

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

Ryousuke Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 127 Location: Portugal

Found the TOY
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10075821b/30/1

Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 2:57 am Post subject:

Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:00 am Post subject:

Here is another picture that I used for reference

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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:12 am Post subject:

Hey Steve
always love checking up on the progress of your car. It's good to see another guy doing a real proper job of it in NZ. I still have mine up on the spit in the garage after finishing the underside, will have to get back out there and start doing some more work.

a couple more of pics the trd car
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Itsuki Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 19

that's a great job u have done there Worship

waiting for the finished photos Smile

Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Vancouver, Canada

here is another one:

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the rally version w/o the n2 over-fenders shows better where the lines should go.

marvin

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 2:24 am Post subject:

Thanks for the pictures , I hope I have the shape correct I will find out when I get home tomorrow after working away all week, as the sign writer is going to do my car today .
Luck would have it we have a 3 day weekend, so after catching up on some jobs at home I will be able to spend some time bolting things together.

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 11:23 am Post subject:

Well I came home to I nice surprise that the colour and shapes were exactly what I wanted , so tomorrow I will have my tires fitted up to the rims that I sealed together tonight , and start fitting up the body work . Here is a couple of pictures of it so far
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I will get the same guy to do the rest of the TRD stickers and windscreen banner when the car is finished

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 12:04 pm Post subject:

Perfect!

Takumi Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 313 Location: Paris