Where did everyone get their knowledge?

[irishtwincam]

Been underneath and inside AE86s for about 9 years. Possibly more.

Where to begin?

It mostly started when my brother wanted to know about these corollas he seen going sideways and doing donuts, from the first night he saw one he was planning on buying one.
I started spending time in internet cafés googling and joining forums to understand what was so special about a Corolla Twincam.

I remember reading when Moto P was planning on doing his first 20v conversion, watching a 1.2 meg avi clip of Keiichi Tsyuchia in an AE86 grip racing around a track in Japan and realising that Corolla owners had someone to look up to and participating in many early Club4AG conversations.

In my first year of college I was running an AE86 egroup on Yahoo groups. The previous mailing list mod had been pressured into dropping his hobby because being associated with AE86s and being into rallying was a no-no at the time.

In August 2000 I managed to organise an AE86 meet at Mondello racetrack here in Ireland. Great day out but only one person took me out for a spin on the track as I had no AE86 of my own I like to think I was a little ahead of my time

My brother started restoring AE86s full time, of course I was stuck in there as well doing little bits here and there, cutting, grinding, prepping, as well as stripping sound proofing and all the other little jobs people hate.

Ive helped rebuild engines, diffs, weld coilovers, mount bucket seats, weld in cages, repanel, you name it. Now were selling performance engines and parts from Japan and Malaysia, looking to the future for AE86 owners by recreating hard to get panels due to dwindling stocks.


Now we have AE86s from the UK and all around Ireland getting work done.
When Im not helping out with the restoration work, Im trying to come up with affordable power packages for AE86 owners. From Supercharger kits, to turbo kits, to EMS, to Throttle bodies to engine swaps...if theres a technology available, Im studying it!


4years in college and a year out of a job means Im behind in my driving skills and my corolla project A good paying job here in the UK is now allowing me to save cash to invest in my show car AE85.

All you guys from mainland Europe better meet me at the Nubergring in a year...Ill need someone familiar with the course to call pace notes