Newera Imports AE86 Project - 1st Trackday, Tsukuba, Japan.

[banpei]

Oooooh! Sweet pics!!!

[SekiguchiUeno]

what you think about tomei factory?
http://www.tomei-p.co.jp/4ag/4ag.htm

and what about the durability of such race engine driven daily in middle and low range?

[mr monster]

i wish my engine baly looked like march 2005 thas a sweet looking machine u got there

[Widar]

That car is incredible!

[Yonzie]

Wow. Sweet writeup and awesome car.

I have a few questions:
* It seems like retractable license plates are big in Japan... Speed cameras?
* You have a carbon bonnet and hatch. What about thieves trying to steal the car or parts of it? (Seems like your parking space is out in the open)
* How much for the carbon/alu tri-brace and carbon hood/hatch that can work just like the factory units? (in pm pls )

And a comment:
You need a horizontal brace fittet to the roll cage to mount your shoulder harnesses to. The current arrangement has the potential to break your back in the worst kind of way (not that the hachi is a very crash-safe car to start out with.)

[Miguel - Newera]

SekiguchiUeno Wrote:what you think about tomei factory?
http://www.tomei-p.co.jp/4ag/4ag.htm

and what about the durability of such race engine driven daily in middle and low range?

Tomei stuff is good, generally. My cams are Tomei.

There's no reason why it shouldn't last well, even if it is a race spec. engine. I'm not planning to abuse it to the limit all the time or run it too hot, etc. Will be fitting some DT1 filters, as soon as I can get hold of a set...which will help protect it. The aim of the race engine rebuild was to strengthen it and make it reliable for higher revs and to increase compression and breating to enable it to make 200 bhp. TPS have been building successful 4A-GE race engines for over 20 years, they're not "experimenting".

[Miguel - Newera]

Yonzie Wrote:Wow. Sweet writeup and awesome car.

I have a few questions:
* It seems like retractable license plates are big in Japan... Speed cameras?
* You have a carbon bonnet and hatch. What about thieves trying to steal the car or parts of it? (Seems like your parking space is out in the open)
* How much for the carbon/alu tri-brace and carbon hood/hatch that can work just like the factory units? (in pm pls )

And a comment:
You need a horizontal brace fittet to the roll cage to mount your shoulder harnesses to. The current arrangement has the potential to break your back in the worst kind of way (not that the hachi is a very crash-safe car to start out with.)

Retractable plates aren't that big in Japan, no. I wanted to fit it for air flow and also because on odd occasions I may miss a speed camera on the highway. It's a cool thing to have for both the above.

There's no car theft in Japan, really. I've never had a problem in 8 years where ever I've gone. My RX-7 is packed with performance upgrades, etc. and nobody has ever tried to steal anything from it.

Besides, our house is not on a public road, so no traffic passes by it and the Corolla lives right outside (RX-7 in the garage), plus we have a dog. I'll fit a quick release steering wheel boss which is a good theft deterrent as well.

Thanks for the tip on the horizontal bar. Will look into getting one or fitting the mounts further back.

[Apolan]

Man i wish people here would be more civilised like Japanese citizens. Here its all envy, vandalism, etc.. I know some do it for money, but hell theres a billion people on the planet that are having even tougher time in their lives, and you dont see everybody stsrt stealling each others shit.

[Mr Doricar]

How come?

[Yonzie]

Miguel - Newera Wrote:There's no car theft in Japan, really. I've never had a problem in 8 years where ever I've gone. My RX-7 is packed with performance upgrades, etc. and nobody has ever tried to steal anything from it.

Amazing... I had the Pug for 3 whole weeks before some retard decided that he wanted the original radio that came with it and it couldn't even play CDs or tape... Now it doesn't have door handles or locks, has sunscreen film in the windows that also prevents the glass from shattering and an alarm with 2-way remote... And is parked right outside the bedroom window. I wanna move to Japan damnit.