JDM GT-Apex Trueno in the Alps #

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I visited the car today and jacked it up as well as removed the headlights to install replacements with European certification. Here's the most interesting pictures:



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First question: What's the Cusco part that's connected with the garden hoses to the oil flow in the engine head? What does it do?
As for the exhaust, I couldn't find any markings other than JASMA approval on the muffler, but I figured out that the main source of noise is from the end muffler resonating at a very unpleasant frequency and somehow transferring all the sound to the chassis through the mounts. Standing in front of the car and revving the engine by hand is no problem at all, noise levels are where they should be.

Apart from the wheel wells having some gooey stuff on the insides, I was unable to find any rust whatsoever. Just the odd screw in the engine bay that's collected surface rust. I also found a cat (actually two, there's a feline living in this former barn), which was a bit unexpected considering it's from 1984 and a catalyst wasn't mandatory in Switzerland yet. Also found some nice touches like steel braided brake lines and fresh engine and tranny mounts (seems to be Cusco, TRD would be a bit thicker).

I'm really curious about what kind of work has been done to the internals of the engine, since this car is faster than what can be seen in youtube videos of minimally modded 86es (stock + exhaust and intake). Time will tell once I get around to do some head work.