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

[Suter]

Really Nice Build, Watching this come together as im rewatching the old Initial D series.. Glad to see People are still putting in so much effort into these cars! Keep up the good work man!

Thanks :) There's still heaps of people building really nice ae86's, you just never see them around since most builds turn into full restorations

more build info required i most enjoyed reading this to pass the time at work :)

keep it up

Thanks :) Happy to help haha

Friday 11/1/13

Did some more work on the wiring. It's pretty much all done, just need to solder it to the stubby loom from the ecu and sort out the wiring for the coilpacks once i buy some

And everything thats been cut off the loom:

Monday 14/1/13

I bought some whitelines last week and they arrived today

Old sprinter lights:

New Taillights:

During installation:

Both lights in:

Drove around like that for the rest of the week since I didnt have any numberplate lights to go in the garnish.

Sunday 20/1/13

Bought some numberplate lights so put the centre garnish on

Lights out and holes drilled:

Centre garnish fitted:

Wednesday 23/1/13

I bought a brand new kouki rear bar and brackets since they had been discontinued recently and didnt want to miss out

Unwrapped:

Assembled:

Zenki bar:

Kouki bar fitted:

[master.Cuong]

love ur work man ! Very neat and tidy. TOP stuff

[ChrisZRE]

http://sydneyallstars.com/2013/02/ryans-ae86/

Congrats on the feature! Cars looking great.

[Suter]

love ur work man ! Very neat and tidy. TOP stuff

http://sydneyallstar.../02/ryans-ae86/

Congrats on the feature! Cars looking great.

Thanks guys :)

Sunday 17/2/13

I was driving home from the shops when the engine started to make a loud clicking/rattle noise. At first I thought the exhaust had cracked so I pulled over to have a look under the car and the exhaust was fine. Then I popped the bonnet and started the engine and confirmed that the problem was in the engine and thought that I had spun a bearing since the engine has always burnt oil. Limped it home and then did a compression test, 1st was 130psi, 2nd 30, 3rd 30 and 4th 25. Left it for a bit and then did another one, this time the results were 1st 130, 2nd 80, 3rd 30 and 4th 25 again. After these results I was hoping it was only the headgasket since it was an easy and cheap fix.

I was actually meant to go to Japan Sunday night but I decided to stay and work for that week since if I went to Japan I'd spend all my money and wouldn't know how long it would be until i could afford to fix it since I wont be working full time anymore once uni starts.

Monday 18/2/13

Pulled the head off to see how the head gasket looked

Head gasket blown between cyl 3 and 4

Ordered a new head gasket, should be here on thursday. Also ordered the rwd water kit, dizzy block off cap, velocity stacks, coil pack plate and top radiator hose. Almost ready for it to go in, I just need to find some coil-over-plugs and finish off the wiring once I source them.