Ricks project AE85 (Back together with dyno results)

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

Great carseat man! Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject:

Your car is great, I like it! And the seat is superb, does it hold well in the curves?

Joined: 17 Dec 2008 Posts: 8 Location: california

Really great work man keep it up! Thumbsup

Cant wait to see how it turns out Worship

Takumi Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 340 Location: Stockholm

i feel with you man..
know exactly how bad it feels riding a car like this Puh

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Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 76 Location: New Zealand

It has been a while since I have done an update so here it goes, I have spent a large amount of time on completely rewiring the car, not an easy task, alot of the wiring is visible so it had to look good which required abit of planning, factory fuse/relay box in engine bay and fuse holder in the cabin have been deleted, Iam using the factory head light, wiper, indicator switches etc... but wiring positions and just about everything else has been changed. I have had the motor running since the rewire and all seams to be good so far.

The wiring inside the car will get tidied and finished up this weekend hopfully get the dash, dash cluster installed too, front window and rear 1/4 windows get installed next week so it will become weatherproof

I will need to get a wheel alingment and complete about a million other jobs then off for a cert Smile

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:55 am Post subject:

Rick, your a man of many talents. This is going to be the cleanest around. Looking really good man. Hopefully will get a ride in some day?

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 76 Location: New Zealand

Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 5

sweet car

good luck on the build

Bunta Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 842 Location: Greece

Super clean! Nice and simple... Thumbsup

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 76 Location: New Zealand

The wiring is now complete, everything electrical seems to be working, so I must of done something right.

I have struck a problem in getting a brand new window I have been through two companys and tried about six different windshields and still no luck, all there listings for the AE85/6's are wrong Sad

Also on another downward note it appears I have a blown head gasket, so I haven't even got the car on the road yet and its falling apart, I will tackel that job later on....

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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject:

it's come a long way mate and its almost there!

When I replaced my front glass, I noticed the early 83-85 windscreens are 2" shorter at the base then the later 85-87 version. and the side and bottom window mouldings are slightly different.

the flocked dash is sweet - I can't wait to do mine Wink

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject:

Did you flock the dash yourself or get it done, can you pm me the cost either way, nobody in Brisbane Ive called to even knows what flocking is & they call themselves car interior specialists, muppets more like. Ive one sitting here waiting to get done

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:06 am Post subject:

Youve got me excited Rick!

Iketani Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 42

cheers from NYC USA!
the car looks sweet!!!!
i have a 101 4agze w/ sc .as well in ae86....i was thinking of doing the large port head..but i couldn't figure out how to go about it....how did you make your set up work?
are you using a small or largeport head?
where do you use the throttle plate on the plenum or off the s/c?
any info you can provide with pics would be help full.......

Rodney
http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/4agze---rebuild-...rophetquot/t/8904

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 76 Location: New Zealand

I have used a RWD bigport intake manifold onto a smallport head with the use of an adapter plate. Using the RWD manifold doesn't allow the supercharger to sit in its normal upright position thats why mine is tipped over so much. The throttle body is attached to the intake manifold, which now makes it after the supercharger in my setup. Also I have changed the in/outlet pipes on the supercharger to suit the RWD setup.

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Iketani Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 42

ok ...get that part but what has me stumped is....the intake part of the sc right side ...originally sat the throttle body....how would the piping work?
oem
air filter -2- throttle body -2- s/c -2- i/c -2- intake manifold.....right?

you have it
air filter -2- s/c -2- i/c -2- throttle body/manifold...? does it work the same?
that's interesting......i never seen it done like that....

do you still have the abv or can you completly eliminated?
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Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 76 Location: New Zealand

Basically mine is like a turbo setup but with a supercharger instead.
I don't use the factory ABV but I do use an aftermarket blow off valve which vents pressure between gear shifts etc.. and it also acts as a bypass at idle or when the supercharger is not running to allow the motor to breathe. The BOV is controlled by the vaccum/pressure inside the intake manifold. The BOV is not so much used to stop compressor stall as you can't stall the supercharger rotors because they are driven off the motor its more to stop intercooler hoses blowing off when shifting between gears or when deaccelerating.

The factory setup is like you said: air filter, throttle body, s/c, i/c, intake manifold.

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 76 Location: New Zealand

A bit more progress.... I gave up on trying to get a brand new window, ended up getting a good condition second hand one.

Since the last update I have had all the glass installed, had the wheel alignment done, installed a brake bias adjuster, installed the seats and harnesses. The starter motor also failed so I rebuilt that and completed a few hundred other jobs which I wont bore you with.

I drove it the other day to get its certification and it passed..... no problems what so ever, I was well happy with that Very Happy

I just have to wait for my authority card to be sent to me and my certification plate to be made then its a matter of getting a WOF and Registration and then its road legal. Very Happy

Thats just a small part of the process which has to be done to make this type of vehicle legal on New Zealand roads.

BUT as with most projects they are never really finished........they are forever ongoing. From the few times that I have driven the car it seems that I will need to change the clutch and flywheel, I am curently running a 4age 20v which is too light. There are still a few small jobs yet to be done but thats by the by, atleast its looks like a car now.

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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:01 pm Post subject:

superclean.

btw I posted the front window article number for the Pelinkton wind shields. its

8249ABL

Wataru Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 53 Location: Finland

What an awesome car! You have done such a good job with it. Keep it up. Worship

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject:

You are the man Rick. The car looks awesome, good work. That lip looks pretty sweet, are you happy with it?

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:35 am Post subject:

Nice example Rick,

Whats the comfort like in those racepro seats? They look like the wider base ones?

I'm thinking about getting a set of them from trademe but haven't sat in them before.

Cheers
Phil

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject:

Excellent work sir.

another one saved. Cheerleader

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 76 Location: New Zealand

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 76 Location: New Zealand

My car is now road legal.. yay ..

My car initially suffured from the dreaded 5500rpm power dip which I originally thought to have been caused by my light fly wheel, I have since changed the ECU to a spare one that I had and the few times that I have driven it since, it apears to have fixed the problem.

I thought this was all to easy and wanted to get to the bottom of the problem so I opened up the faulty ECU to find two of the seven capacitors were leaking. Iam in the middle of replacing them and when finished I will swap the ECU's over again to see if that was the cause.

I will also get the car dynoed soon to see how little power it has.

I still have to finish off a few small jobs but really its more or less finished, I have just lots and lots of testing, suspension tuning etc to be done plus later on I have a larger pulley for it..

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