#buildthreads My (and together with a cousin) "at the end of the day it's just a corolla" AE86.

Car as we got it

#buildthreads My (and together with a cousin)

Car as we got it

#buildthreads My (and together with a cousin)

we started with the rust one, and it’s on the final stage of the rebuild, we just need to paint it and start to move stuff back into the car again. at this point we will not remember where goes everything so…

Our idea with this proyect was:

Ok, we reaaaaaally want an AE86, but they are so expensive (10.000€) and we have no money. So one day my cousin Alex told me, dude a friend of mine sells one, it was a proyect he never started, and its really cheap because its so messed up it needs a lot of work.

So we went to see it, and it was cheap enough for us to buy it, and everything we save every month went to the hachi. We have mechanic experience, but not with this kind of huge proyect, so most of it was new for us. And the car was fully dissasembled on the inside, and the wiring was off, and we had no where to look where the pieces go. It was a big puzzle the first month.

Anyway the owner was so nice to us, and now we are friends. They say when you sell a really special car you usually keep in touch with the old owned, and in this case was like it. We are friends, he helps us a lot (he have another AE86), in fact we didn’t pay him for months and it was fine… geez, we own him so much, and he will be our teacher, since people (and him too) says the AE86 is tricky to drive. we’ll see.

Our guide is:

  • Restore it
  • Improve it
  • Drift it
  • Crash it
  • Rebuild again

we just at step 1, and for more than a year!

some pieces missing on the engine
some pieces missing on the engine

The owned said “the car was running fine last time we fire it up, some years ago. should be no problem” as long as you get a batery, fix the intake and a few more details.

We striped it down at home, and it was almost rust free, like 2 or 3 spots that we saw on the first check, but we were wrong.
We striped it down at home, and it was almost rust free, like 2 or 3 spots…

The chasis was in good shape. We have no experience dealing with rust, so we were a bit scared of it, but only a couple places were bad, like under the spare wheel, and around the wheel arch. nothing serious so far.

superficial rust and dirt all over the place
superficial rust and dirt all over the place

we expended weeks cleaning everything. but it payed at the end.

chasis painted, but as we did more times, we rushed it and we ended doing it again. you know, we can't wait! haha
chasis painted, but as we did more times, we rushed it and we ended doing…
The superficial rust was really bad
The superficial rust was really bad

It was a bit scary the looks on the pieces. But the owner told us he drove it around a circuit while raining the last time the car moved, so it was all wet and went into the garage. So we really hoped everything was good under that rust layer. and it was

phew!
phew!
4A-GE!
4A-GE!

Our first idea was to trash the engine and put it a new silver top, or even the black top (we have it on a box, lying around in the floor) but we had no money (we’re like MCM, no budget at all so…) and we thought we should learn to drive it first with the small engine, we have time later on to put in a serious one.

so at the end...
so at the end...

We decided to rebuild it, and it was fun as hell, and we learned a lot!

#buildthreads My (and together with a cousin)

Now we just need to paint it, and buy a couple of things to finish the engine. We took it for a head gasket work, check on all the internals, tolerances were ok, cleaned everything, new seals, magnet bolt for the oil, new belts and all the usual stuff.

WHAT IS THIS!

tell me you're joking
tell me you're joking

Yes fellas, we don’t belong here im affraid.

In fact I have a question for you all.

I HAVE A PRIUS.
And an AE86..
And an Alfa romeo with a boxer engine.

what makes me here? I alwais feel bullied with all the prius hate =( im a worthy CT member? a shame to you all? haha.

we getting ready for the paint
we getting ready for the paint

At this stage we just need to paint it. And if i get lucky ill get Yasid to desing a kick ass paint job for it, we will see =)

the car is full of japanese writing
the car is full of japanese writing

We found a lot of texts lying around in the back of some pieces. we think they are notes about assembly, since there was even ones done with a welder in the plastic.

its the first car we fix on the outside
its the first car we fix on the outside

we are going really slowly, since we screw up everything all the time. but as we learn the job is starting to be better, faster and we don’t waste so much materials on it.

The original car had more than 300.000km
The original car had more than 300.000km

This is one of the reasons we went for the rebuild of the engine, it was pretty beaten up. but since we opened it we found the other owned had rebuild it once and it was in a pretty good shape.

T-VIS!
T-VIS!

The T-VIS was a funny one. We had no idea on how it worked, and it was broken, it was stuck. Using Toyota manual, we maded to work again, and learned how it works. we were thinking about a small electric motor or something that open up and close it on demand, and it was just a small magnet moving a small piece that blocks the air from getting sucked at the valves. (I might screw on the terminology, sorry)

We are testing the color for the engine bay right now
We are testing the color for the engine bay right now

Btw, if you wanna see all the proyect (in spanish, sorry, but you can see the pretty pictures, we have hundreds and some random videos) the web is on my profile.

Remote video URL

And regarding "At the end of the day it's just a corolla", wich is true

It has it's advantages too. true story.
It has it's advantages too. true story.

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Comments

Anonymous

Upvoted coz Hachi!

02/16/2016 - 16:07 |
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Jorge Enanon

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

hachis are the answer for all your car needs.

02/16/2016 - 16:12 |
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EJ9_Civic_Hahn

I would love to have one and do this by myself -, respect for your work and dont mind driving a prius, its not bad, were just joking, like the thing with hondas…

02/16/2016 - 17:16 |
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it was a shock, because we had no idea what we were getting into. 2 weeks after we started, we where so hyped we said, this is gonna be finished by summer 2015… and we still here. But if we can, with almost no resources, anyone one can. some of the tools our friends lended us, some people around the internet throw their help too, so at the end it is possible.
no one comes to clean the rust tho, but well… x)
Thanks for your words!

02/16/2016 - 17:27 |
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haziq

I kinda like pronouncing the word proyect. Hahahaha great post btw.

02/16/2016 - 17:36 |
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Anonymous

Nice! What Alfa boxer????? (Just curious, love Alfa’s)

A friend of my uncle had a few sheds filled with these cars when they where still concidered “normal”. I don’t know if he still has them. He had almost every edition a few times (about 2-5 cars each edition)…. Yes i know what you are thinking…. It would be awesome!

02/16/2016 - 17:50 |
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Jorge Enanon

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

oooh, you should ask him right away!!!

I have a 3rd gen Alfa 33, with the last Alfa romeo engine, the 1.7 16 valve, Its probably the less special of the alfas you can get (i wish i had a 155 haha) but hey, its a true alfa, with the keys on the left yet ! i got some stuff on it too, is my circuit car at the moment, until we finish the AE86.

02/16/2016 - 18:02 |
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Anonymous

Caballero(s)! Me parece una idea genial. Si quieren sacar vídeos tipo MCM pero no tienen tiempo de editar, etc podríamos llegar a un acuerdo… Si están interesados pueden contactarme por privado en cualquiera de los links de mi perfil ( https://www.carthrottle.com/user/Au3I5d/ ) Suerte con el hachi! Yo me estoy volviendo loco para encontrar un trueno a la venta.

02/16/2016 - 18:08 |
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Jorge Enanon

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

de momento es que ni tenemos material para editar video, todo se andara. tienes un trueno a la venta en las islas ahora mismo, mira en mi web ;)
gracias! si surge algo te escribo a ver que pasa jeje.

02/16/2016 - 18:15 |
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Anonymous

Got to admit I kind of envy you. But in a good way :) enjoy your build and car :).

02/16/2016 - 18:40 |
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Ze Cunha

i’m from portugal, but never found one to sell…awesome project btw

02/16/2016 - 19:38 |
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Anonymous

wish I could get myself to work on my own, just been sitting there for ages without me touching it at all.

02/16/2016 - 19:40 |
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Jorge Enanon

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

im telling you, it becomes a nightmare at some point hahaha

02/16/2016 - 23:46 |
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facku

Gran gran gran proyecto, parece que le ponen muchas ganas y eso es lo importante. Dos amigos (o familiares) trabajando juntos en un coche. Los felicito amigos!

02/16/2016 - 20:25 |
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Jorge Enanon

In reply to by facku

gracias!

02/16/2016 - 23:46 |
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Eric Mark X

Hachi’s AND a Prius? Toyota dude! ONE OF US. ONE OF US.
But in all seriousness, big respect for taking on a project like this.
https://youtu.be/tHukut7XKw0?t=98

02/16/2016 - 20:31 |
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hahaha indeed. I even worked with toyota 2 months ago to make the 2016 adverts for the TV. Unlucky for me I was with the Verso, but there was one covered all day long and im not sure if it was the new prius. oooh =(

Toyota all the way!

02/16/2016 - 23:46 |
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