My Drift project - 83' Trueno coupe

[doggy]

Hehe - well - more progress is done moving into the right direction now

Well - front suspension is DONE Basicly - needed to drill a little on the holes on the top of the mount to fit Nissan top strut plate - and everything fitted nicely After puting wheel on - i found few other problems
Cuz of the impoved steering lock - i have some rubbing on the inner fender - oh well - here goes another Nissan guys idea



Rolla sub-frame, S13 struts, S13 lower arms, S13 hubs / brakes, AE86 tension rods, AE86 sway bar




Next - we are moving onto the rear





Everything moved out from the rear, basicly cleaning some space

[doggy]

Well - as expected - ET and wheels dimensions - are a BIT way out with the S13 suspension Oh well - will go with the custom metal arches - cuz i dont want ANY FG arches at all

Rear suspensions - test fited As expected - wheels are WAY out









P.S. Wheel arches will be looking like this once done:




Cuz i was bidding this Hachi in japan before i bought mine and did not win - atleast i will try to make my coupe look somthing like this

P.S.S. After finishing with the front suspension + some MORE lock - will have somthing like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z7a2fhGi...re=channel

[doggy]

Once again - some more progress Inner arches - DONE Now i have A LOT of room for some extra lock







Front is 90% done - will need to finish some front fenders work - but this will be done after i put adjustible top's and place the car on the wheels to see how it sits

[doggy]

and finally - works on the rear Not much yet done - but this will give you idea about the route im going I aint wanted to do like everyone does and go with the metal bar - so we are going with some fluch mounts to make everything as slim as posible + to lock more or less factory fabricated






More to come tomorow

[doggy]

Well - had a bit of problems with the gearbox (SXE10 Altezza 6speed) latly... was trying to order the "right" gear, but the guy whos assembling my gearbox - managed to miss-match the 3 and 4 gears... So instead of the 4th that i need i orgered 3... Atleast i managed to get this switched now, and the right gear is on the way

Last week started with a call from bodyshop guys telling me that they finally started works on the rear AGAIN So heres more process

Gearbox nightmares... Lets now pray that it will be enouth to get this damn thing fixed



And heres some news from the project S1386














We where trying to squize the rear subframe as MUCH as posible into the body, to have more clearance with the ground, and it seems we managed to do so There was some parts that needed rework - but in the end everything was perfect

And here whats left from poor nissan that im using as a Donor car

[doggy]

90% DONE Suspension is On finally, all of the suspension works are DONE. Now - up to the final stage - wheel arches! As the wheels are "a bit" too wide and a bit too agressive offset to use with the S13 chasis on AE86 - so some modifications need to be done We are still working to get everything sorted, that it would not rub anywhere

Not much left till i finally be able to put all the small parts of this project into one piece Now im starting to think about the color!

[Eric]

why not just buy an s13? they cost almost nothing and you can buy loads of aftermarket parts for it.
you can swap in any engine you want, there is plenty of room.

+ you dont have to kill a86's ..

[doggy]

Eric Wrote:why not just buy an s13? they cost almost nothing and you can buy loads of aftermarket parts for it.
you can swap in any engine you want, there is plenty of room.

+ you dont have to kill a86's ..

Kill? im sorry... To eatch they own i guess - but modifing is thats what its all about?

If im upgrading engine - i should think about the suspension / brakes too right? Why go with shit load expensive AE86 parts - then you just can go with cheaper solutions like nissan parts and get better results??? Kill you say.... If i wanted somthing for a full restore - i would just bought a stock AE86 - slamed some wheels - and call it a day! But i wanted somthing for a Drift / Track use, wich would looked diferently from all the overplayed S13 / S14's and performend as good as they do! This is the point of all the project... And if you call this Killing - then i can find alot more killed 86 on this forum too...

[Bubble_Drift]

This thing is looking goood!!!

I love the stance of it, low and wide.

Please don't roll the fenders TOO wide. Just enough to clear the tires by 2mm.

Makes me want s13 running gear on my hachi!!!



But I would keep 4ag though....haha.

[Lajoosh]

nice work doggy! i really like the way you did the modifications, especially the rear.