hi aeu86 forums. i'm a noob and i have questions.

[Mux213]

Dave,

You really should get out there and drive, driving is learned by experienced, not by the little paper you get the day you get your license

As for learning to work on your car, if you have the right attitude, you'll get there, start with reading alot, that helps

As for the blue wires sticking out, not sure what the proper term is in English, but they are the wires that ensure electricity is supplied to your spark plugs which in turn spark to ignite the fuel that make your car go

As for the difference between the ae85 (or SR5 in the USA) and ae86. The body basically is the same. 85 just has a less powerfull engine. If you look at the picture, thats a 16v twincam engine from an ae86, you can see it written on the top of the engine block, the ae85's engine looks completely different, it has a big round thing on the top for one
Other differences include differences in the interiour and non visual but still important, the SR5 has weaker suspension and has no limited slip differential (if you do not know what that is, type it in on google ).

Basically if you buy an AE85/SR5 you can change it to an AE86 'relatively' easy because the body is the same, you just need to swap engine, electronics, suspension, etc. Alot of people did that because the AE85s are easier to get and a couple of years back it was also relatively easy to get a rusted or wrecked AE86 from the junker. You would use the 85 for the good body, and the 86 for the mechanical parts. But alas, we live in 2007 and supply has basically ran out.