My Drift project - 83' Trueno coupe

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Well - finally i can oficialy start a project tread here Smile

yasterday - my Trueno has arrived Very Happy

Long trip from Japan - but in the end it was all worth!

First of all - will just start with a mod list - what it has inside Smile

And then - plans for it Smile

83' AE86 GT-APEX Trueno
Ae92 Engine (not 100% sure)
HKS Filter
Master Cylinder Stopper
Front TRD Coilovers, Swift Springs, Cusco Camber Adjustable Top Mounts
Aftermarket TRD Manifold and Exhaust System
GReddy Oil Cooler
Aftermarket TRD HT Leads
Toll Centre Adapters
Aftermarket Tie Rods and Ends
Aftermarket Panhard Rods
Rear TRD Blue Shocks and Springs
Half 5 point Roll Cage
Harness
Recaro Bucket Seat
Nardi Steering Wheel
Advan Shift Knob
Omori Meters
Volk Racing wheels
Full brake system overhault
New front disks
New rear disks
New calipers

Dont know the brand of Exhaust (muffler) but by the looks of it - its somthing from a bike Very Happy

Well - here how myTrueno looks:

Best View so far Very Happy

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And here we go - some body repairs needed - but as im not too worried about them - this will not give me a lot of headake Very Happy

Seat - for some extremly small ass Very Happy

And here are the places where i was expecting to find rust - but - i was disapointed Very Happy

Body - honestly - is IN SUPERB condition as for a 83' car
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Small Greddy Oil cooler Very Happy

And the engine - either its RED TOP (the old version with just the AE92 REDTOP intake manifold) or a whole engine... Ecu seems to be from AE92 so i can not still identifie engine...
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Some "deep dish" 14's Very Happy

by HIRO LTD. called Rock Racing (WTF??? Volk racing copy?)
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And one of LOTS of battle stickers Very Happy

it has way too much of these all over inside of the car
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One new shipment of front lights arrived too today - still trying to decide - wich front end to put on it ... Trueno Vs Levin... Hmm who wins? Very Happy

Here is the shot of the suspension
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And finally - bunch of parts waiting to be installed Very Happy

Plans? Well - first of all - body - get rid of all the damaged panels - weld in all the new stuff - fix whats is still good for fixing - get the rear arches fixed (some rust spots on them) and paint it. After this - Engine. No more N/A.. Engine goes out - gets full overhaul with GZE forged pistons (late spec) GZE rods, ARP Headsutds, cometic headgasket, ACL rod/ main bearings, brand new oil pump Smile

After this - custom exhaust manifold + turbo (still cand decide with wich one to go... Either CT20B of VF28)

Suspensio - S13 suspension in the front, S13 rear in the back (this might happen later...)

Transmision - SXE10 Altezza tranny with custom belhousing.

Oh - and the main thing - RHD to LHD conversion Very Happy

Cuz its not posible to register the RHD car on the road here... So this will include custom dash and other stuff Smile

Lots of still in mind - so keep tuned - and you will see some action Smile

Bunta Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 961 Location: Greece

I assume you payed an extremelly well price for her... Best of luck with your project!

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:25 am Post subject:

who the hell could get a car like that....so fcked up.... the former owner should be ashamed on himself

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:29 am Post subject:

Nice car

Bunta Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 501 Location: Belgium

It needs work but you got a good base to work on,i don't see much rust on it.

I also like the rims ,they look very nice. Wink

Good luck with the project. Thumbsup

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject:

engine looks like a smallport. or they have an adapter plate on the intake side...... the ae92 non tvis manifold doesn't fit the bigport head.

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Well - some more updates Smile

Today i bought some more things for my "missile" Smile

ARP head studs
Cometics headgasket
Sard FPR
XXR 15x8 ET0 Wheels (will be used for drifting only - cuz i dont want to damage my 14's Smile

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and poliuretanium suspension inserts Smile

After a week - works will start on the body - so i will get some more photos of the progress Smile

Also - I STILL can not decide wich front to use Sad

Trueno Vs Levin - is gonna kill me... I like both Sad

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject:

take the trueno Wink

sell the headlights of the levin to me Puh

no I like the trueno allot, cause you dont see them allot here Wink

Cheers,

Roel

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject:

i'd say trueno, but thats just cuz i Love the trueno more than the levin headlights

i mean i love the levins, but here the Trueno's are pretty rare

and retractable headlights has something classy Puh

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Well - few updates while the car is still waiting for the Bodyshop to start working Smile

Today i picked up parts needed for LHD conversion Very Happy

60km/h + drifting on stock suspension + noob driving + tree = here i have a Donor car for parts Very Happy

This happend long long time ago with a friends car, side impact was so damn big that you can see in the last pics whats left from the floor of the car... Sad

Anyway - i have a Metal main beam (under the dash) from other hachi + pedals from other hachi and everything else will be taken from this Donor... main thing i needed was Firewall (its bent - but will get straight up Smile

Not a problem...)

Here are some pics Very Happy

Next week works should start... cuz im beggin bodyshop to start ASAp - cuz i need to work on it too Very Happy

P.S. - dont care about the Dash - i will be doing my own custom one - so i dont really care about it beeing broken Smile

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject:

Wow! That's going to be a lot of work! Shocked

I remember one member on Club4AG doing a RHD conversion on his LHD GTS, and why? Because he thought it would be more original and because he could. I'll try to find that topic once again... Wink

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject:

Keep it Trueno mate, don't see many of them around, especially for sale too, there mainly Levin's for sale, so keep it the way it came from factory, and even though the accident damage, lucky to get one with hardly any rust. Nice project.

DJ Thumbsup

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject:

It's nice when there's no rust on older cars, that has less rust on it than my 96 Corsa. Embarassed

DJ

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Well - finally Smile

Car is up in the AIR, lifted on the straightning machine - and will get the body damage repaired Smile

So as an oportunity - i took few pics of the underbody Smile

Its in perfect condition Smile

so i will just clean it up later - and spray another coat of protective paint Smile

What i discovered more - that rear diff is leaking oil... and has not small play Sad

So i will need to get this fixed at first i guess..

Well - after the week - will be driving her home Smile

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject:

That is very clean Doggy underneath. No sings of anything being repaired??? As if ya look under my Corsa, I have two metal plates welded on the front of my chassis legs where it rusted away. But yours is looking very clean, just keep looking after it once it's been repaire.

DJ Thumbsup

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Another nice / rare find on the Rolla Smile

Rock Racing LTD. 14x7.5 ET4 Smile

Will refurb these (also the front ones) and keep them as Show wheels only Smile

Front ones are Volk Racing 14x6 ET12...

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject:

Those look in pretty good condition, can't see any kurb marks on the rim you pictured, how are the other 3???

DJ Wave

Takumi Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 409 Location: Lithuania

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:54 am Post subject:

That sounds like a good buy there doggy, and to get that one rim to match the rest won't be that hard. Puh

Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 1

Going by the inlet manifold being cut and shut, small port AE92 4ag.

Also to note, front bumper shown in one of the pic's is a kouki (late model) trueno bumper. one for sale locally for me is asking $1200!! Shocked

Good looking car, as you say needs work, but then again, if you wanted one that didn't need work you would have paid 2-3 times what you paid, and prob found dodgy repairs in the future anyway.
I like the redlines too. .
Got a fair bit of negative camber from the NRCA's on the front too, camber tops are zero'd off and still got quite a bit.