Koen's 86 - every drive a new issue

[Koen Bongers]

(07-22-2025 10:10 PM)Ivan141 Wrote:  I have 15x7 0J Konig Rewinds and those did not fit without some rubbing (especially the fronts, but rear could touch too). Silver with polished lip btw....

Hmm, not promising. I guess with 195/50R15 tires? Going a bit narrower makes it easier I hope I've bought them, so I'll try it some time.

(07-23-2025 12:09 AM)Power_uP Wrote:  Normally I'm not a fan of green cars, but that shade of green looks really gorgeous.
Someone in Japan even made a model of your car (not really, but it looks almost identical).

https://youtu.be/ZNl9_ce8a_U?si=efNXqXyhDWr8-G4r

Awesome! That's a lot of detail for a driftbody on a RC car. Looks very similar indeed. I do have a set of redlines to copy the model but I'm missing the Equip's and the Ganador mirrors so I guess I'll leave the car as is

So on my to-do list for the silver car was fitting new valve seals due to some blue smoke from the exhaust. It started producing this after a small trip on the motorway.

Followed the guide on this website https://www.aeu86.org/how-to-3/engine/di...tem-seals/ and started opening the motor. I've bought all the suggested tools including the adapter to put air in the cilinder except for the valve stem pliers (which I did need ). The tools are really cheap in the Chinese webshops these days. Worked fine



After removing the camshafts I found some marks on the caps and the camshafts themselves. Not very promising. After fitting the new seals I tried the car and the issue is still there. The experts think it ran without oil at some point in its life and resurrecting the car last year with 2.000km of driving probably made it worse. So it needs a new engine ... winterproject

Well, at least the other car is still working. Went to JCS and tested my wiring booth fix. It worked



And did some driving to celebrate 86-day a few days ago. Ran fine, so I guess it's done for now