Suter's AE86 Build - Lots of LONG posts and pics

[Suter]

Don't know what is going on here, but it made me laugh. Not me btw

[SecaBoy]

this has to be one of the cleanest ae86s i've seen. well done mate!

[Noodlez]

the pictures dont do the thing justice, u have to see the thing in person

[Suter]

this has to be one of the cleanest ae86s i've seen. well done mate!

Thanks :)

the pictures dont do the thing justice, u have to see the thing in person

Haha thanks Ayrton

Monday 27/2/12

Went to Just Jap and bought some C spanners and lowered the car about 25mm

Tuesday 28/2/12

I could make it out of the driveway without scraping, so I wound the coil overs all the way down, I took it for a lap around the block and the front right tyre was scrubbing on most bumps, so I started to loosen and pull the guard to get some more clearance

IMG_1534 by Suter-, on Flickr

IMG_1535 by Suter-, on Flickr

Wednesday 29/2/12

Finished pulling the guard out, the rim only sits about 2mm outside the guard now and isn't rubbing anymore, but my lip scrapes a bit on the way into the driveway.

Found another pic from the meet too

[Noodlez]

yeh i was gonna say it did look a little weird :P and does it really not scrape? even my car scrapes -.-

[Suter]

yeh i was gonna say it did look a little weird :P and does it really not scrape? even my car scrapes -.-

yeah it was too high. Only scrapes the lip in one corner when I'm going into the driveway, and it lifts a wheel coming in too thats how steep it is. Spring rates are quite stiff though, 9kg/mm front and 7kg/mm rear.

Saturday 3/3/12

Changed the valve stem seals to see if that would help with the blue smoke

Cam covers off, cam gears off and dizzy off

IMG_1540 by Suter-, on Flickr

All the new valve stem seals replaced

IMG_1541 by Suter-, on Flickr

Cams back in

IMG_1542 by Suter-, on Flickr

Sunday 4/3/12

One of the old valve stem seals flicked off and fell down the oil gallery, so I went to super cheap and got this flexible magnetic thing and got it out

All back together

IMG_1543 by Suter-, on Flickr

Its still blowing some blue smoke, so maybe a bit of driving will clear it up but we will see

[Suter]

Sunday 11/3/12

Did an oil change, then went for a drive and followed my dad while he drove it, and I thought the smoke was more grey than blue.

So yeah I think its running rich more than burning oil since we have changed the valve stem seals, and the richness is just made it seem like it was burning heaps of oil before. I have been fiddling around with the fuel map for the last week and when I first started, the map was a bit lumpy and had some big step ups in it, so I smoothed them out now, and it still blows smoke but doesn't just plume out like it did before. I found a map for a 20 valve too and just compared it to my map, and all the values across the whole map were quite a bit higher, so I might lower all the values to a bit higher than the 20v one and see how that goes smoke wise.

[Suter]

Wednesday 21/3/12

There auxiliary air valve doesn't seem to be working because it was letting air in all the time, rather than closing up as the temperature increases, so we made up a gasket that blocks off the air way for it to put more air into the throttle body and just adjusted the idle up.

Friday 23/3/12

Went to the night meet, car went good the whole way. Here are some pics:

DSC_0415 by Form & Function., on Flickr

DSC_0412 by Form & Function., on Flickr

Sunday 25/2/12

Hooked up a switch to the ISCV for an idle up so it actually works now

[Suter]

Wednesday 28/3/12

I bought an air box for a rwd 4age off ebay. that came today so i installed it.

IMG_1672 by Suter-, on Flickr

I don't like the rubber(?) intake because it gets deformed, so ill end up putting the steel one back on

Thursday 29/3/12

I bought a bride copy. I was originally planning on getting a legit one, but then I had to drop all my savings onto the brakes, and can't afford a real one now. Does its job a whole lot better than the stock seat and its comfy as so I'm happy with it.

IMG_1670 by Suter-, on Flickr

Friday 30/3/12

Dad made some brackets up while I was at school and I fitted it when I got home

IMG_1673 by Suter-, on Flickr

Saturday 31/3/12

Went to Budgewoi in the morning to go pick up another gearbox to try and fix the problem with the 2nd's synchro

IMG_1675 by Suter-, on Flickr

Gave the car a wash when we got back and headed out to the JDMST EOMM

IMG_1674 by Suter-, on Flickr

After the JDMST EOMM, I went to the TOCAU EOMM

Sunday 1/4/12

Fitted the gearbox, it fixed the problem. Shifts really smooth and makes no noises

IMG_1677 by Suter-, on Flickr

[ben yip]

i saw it yesterday, very very hot car

[Suter]

i saw it yesterday, very very hot car

Thanks Ben :) I liked your semi's

I found some more pics from the TOCAU eomm. Here they are:

Thursday 5/4/12

My short shifter arrived and installed it. I also went and got some carpet for the rear half of the car

What was in the box:

IMG_1685 by Suter-, on Flickr

In:

IMG_1687 by Suter-, on Flickr

All back together:

IMG_1688 by Suter-, on Flickr

Overall its a big improvement and feels a lot tighter compared to the old sloppy shifter

[Cee-Lo]

Nice Hachiroku! Looks simple and tasteful on the outside, but pop the hood and things start looking serious! :D

[Suter]

Nice Hachiroku! Looks simple and tasteful on the outside, but pop the hood and things start looking serious! :D

Thanks :) Only thing serious under the hood is how messy it is haha

Saturday 7/4/12

Cut out the new piece of carpet for the back of the car

IMG_1689 by Suter-, on Flickr

The panel thing that covers the lock in the hatch was pretty beat up so i covered that too

IMG_1691 by Suter-, on Flickr

IMG_1695 by Suter-, on Flickr

Painted the bracket things that hold the carpet to the back of the seat black too

IMG_1692 by Suter-, on Flickr

All of it in

IMG_1694 by Suter-, on Flickr

[Suter]

Not much has been happening lately progress wise, just enjoying driving the car pretty much.

Friday 27/4/12

Went to the JDMST EOMM

Monday 30/4/12

New O2 sensor arrived, so put it in

IMG_1722 by Suter-, on Flickr

Old one:

IMG_1725 by Suter-, on Flickr

New one in

IMG_1726 by Suter-, on Flickr

Tuesday 1/5/12

Dashcam arrived, so went for a quick drive and made a video to see the quality. Ill make a better one tomorrow

[Suter]

Wednesday 2/5/12

Had a mate take some quick photos of my car, I gave editing them a go. Here are a few of them:

the rest are on my photobucket, and a few others here:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.320387404699034.73516.320370834700691&type=3

[Suter]

Saturday 12/5/12

Finally got around to installing my fire extinguisher. Ive had it for a few months now but never got around to installing it.

Sunday 13/5/12

Did a photoshoot with Vantage, heres a quick shot from my phone:

[dorifto]

Amazingly clean interior, even your passengers' seat looks minty fresh! I think it needs a duck-tail spoiler..

[4ABHGE]

The car is flawless mate!! :D

[Suter]

Amazingly clean interior, even your passengers' seat looks minty fresh! I think it needs a duck-tail spoiler..

Thanks :) Im not too happy with the interior yet. The passenger seat doesn't match the door cards and the rear door cards are all sunburnt and rusty :/ But that will all be fixed soon hopefully. I agree, it definitely needs the ducktail. I saw a full frp hatch with the ducktail moulded in on ebay a while ago, so thats an option if i can't find just the ducktail or if i can afford it.

The car is flawless mate!! :D

Thanks :)

[Bristowe]

Mate you've come so far with this build, impressive - love it !

In my mind's eye i'm picturing it two-tone with black sides to tie-in the black front and rear bars....(Vinyl wrap maybe?) ^_^ But even now the red and black theme really pops.

And omg nice fat Watanabe's, WITH centre caps! FUUUARRK! So good, best wheels ever. Good choice

Edited May 15, 2012 by Bristowe

[Suter]

Mate you've come so far with this build, impressive - love it !

In my mind's eye i'm picturing it two-tone with black sides to tie-in the black front and rear bars....(Vinyl wrap maybe?) ^_^ But even now the red and black theme really pops.

And omg nice fat Watanabe's, WITH centre caps! FUUUARRK! So good, best wheels ever. Good choice

Thanks :) I have thought about going bleeding panda (red and black two-tone), but I haven't really decided yet. I think panda works better when its just black and white. A few people seem to be surprised by the centre caps, i guess its because not many people use them, but you can buy them brand new

Not much has been happening recently. Some have you have probably seen the final pics from the photoshoot by now, but Ill leave the link here for those who haven't.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmodopaco/sets/72157629896727428/

[Suter]

Monday 25/6/12

Bought a hatch with ducktail. It's a bit rough but for $100 I'm not complaining. Hopefully it won't be too long until it's on the car

Not much else has been going on, so here are a few other pics I took

[Guest]

super clean AE86, love it.

Ducktail rear hatch will look hot as f*ck

[Noodlez]

**** box ryan... why would you even bother :P

[Suter]

super clean AE86, love it.

Ducktail rear hatch will look hot as f*ck

Thanks :) Should do, Ive been looking around for one ever since I got the car so hopefully it turns out good

**** box ryan... why would you even bother :P

haha thanks Ayton

Wednesday 27/6/12

Got the glass and wiper out of the hatch. Also started to get the bog off and found some rot in the fibreglass in the process

Friday 29/6/12

Hatch de-winged to check for rust. there was only a little bit around a few of the rivet holes

Saturday 30/6/12

Was at showcased all day. This is probably my favourite photo so far

Photo by Lensflare Photo

Monday 2/7/12

Started to fibreglass up the old wiper hole

Tuesday 3/7/12

Went for a drive through natio with some mates and spotted an 86 in Sutherland so I pulled over and took a photo haha