Ricks project AE85 (Back together with dyno results)

[Rick]

Hi I am a new member and this is my project car.

I couldnt afford to pay the overinflated prices for a AE86 so I ended up with a AE85 as my project car..

When my AE-85 is finally finished it will be used on the road as well as used for tarmac track racing, hillclimbs etc.. nothing to serious but just for a bit of fun.


Currently I am test fitting every thing first, then the car will be stripped down again and painted and reassembled. The Motor, gearbox, diff, front and rear suspension, rollcage have been installed, there is tones more to do but the next step is to sort out the rear guards requiring some sort of flare or body kit.

A few Details so far (I will try and keep updated):

Powertrain
AE101 4AGZE supercharged motor
2 1/4 exhaust system
Subaru water to air intercooler
Hilux diff, LSD
Supra gearbox
Custom bellhousing
Custom single piece drive shaft.
TRD Engine mounts

Suspension:
MA61 supra front struts
MA61 supra front disk brakes
AE92 levin/trueno rear disk brakes
TRD race springs
Tokico Adjustable shocks all round
Whiteline front adjustable swaybar
Whiteline rear adjustable swaybar
Whiteline adjustable panhard rod
Whiteline adjustable trailing arms
Adjustable caster arms
Adjustable camber plates
Custom NRCA's
Traction brackets
New bushes all round


Wheels and tires:
15x6.5 Fortran? rims for now.

Body:
8 piont roll cage
Rear shock absorber tower brace
TRD wing/fiberglass hatch
Fiberglass rear guards



This how she looked when I first I bought it back in 2004, stock standard





Within the first few weeks of owning it I started to strip it down and began work on the removel of the rust. Which I took my time with as I have seen so many rust repair jobs done poorly with rust repairing in a matter of months.





Just before it went away to get the rollcage fitted





This is after I got it back from getting the rollcage installed, I was very impressed with the quality of workmanship.










I bar that I added in myself (between the rear shock towers)



This is the motor I will be using 4agze out of a AE-101 I will be keeping the supercharger on it and will be running the factory ECU, but I am going to rearange the intake setup to make it flow abit better (hopefully) using a big port rwd intake manifold.



4AGZE bolted to W55 with custom belhousing



Cutting mounts off the AE85 diff



Positioning AE85 mounts onto hilux diff.





Hilux diff with AE-85 mounts welded on.



Maching down axle and getting ready to Re-stud axles



Test fitting the diff once it had been painted




Custom made gearbox crossmember using factory W55 rubber mount




Shortened MA61 struts with TRD race springs, tokico shocks, adjustable camber plates.



Supra brakes with custom NRCA (Negative Roll Centre Adjusted) fitted.



After market fan mounted onto (cough) honda integra radiator, twin core.



I planed on mounting the race seats onto the factory rails but because I am a tall bugger my head was hitting the roof and that was without a helmet on, so new seat mounting points were made, they sit much lower and further back.



Sorting out the fuel surge tank setup in a mock up cardboard box.



Box all welded up, ready for the goodies to go in.



Goodies in place and sitting in car.



Facet lift pump, bosch 910 main pump.



Making new stainless lines to go into fuel tank



Test fitting motor


Making up brackets for the intercooler, radiator brackets etc..





Subaru water to air intercooler setup:





Engine cross member painted and steering rack rebuilt, new swaybar along with new bushes fitted all round.


Test fitting/mounting fibreglass rear guards