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Rivan16-AE92
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:17 am
by Rivan16
What started as a quick turn around buy/sell turned into a Money pit and can't get it back! (I got it from ICEMAN!!)
The wife saw it and asked me to fix it for her so she too could have a "Toy" to show off at car shows and car clubs...So I was not going to install a junk yard engine in there, as I was planning.
So I ordered a true JDM, Hi-compression 1991 Red Top with 48k miles and installed it.
Had to remove the TVIS system as the 91 engine is small ports. Got an adapter from big to small ports and a home made braket for the ERG valve.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:23 am
by Rivan16
Interiors were ok, except the door panel arm rest were abused and had to repair and reupholster them...
So, we did the whole interior...
ANd from 14" Steelies...
...to 16" Aluminum...
How it looks today, except it is way lower!!
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:40 am
by mexellent
Very nice!! I cant believe how clean all your cars are...
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:44 am
by Rivan16
THe Body is stright but it does have some areas that needs repairs...around the windshield has some rust spots and around the tail lights had been previously repaired in a very cheap way. I may have to find a donor for the tail light panel assembly...but runs really good. I've taken it in I75 and have reached 120 with no problems...!!
How you like the looks of my garage...My Real Garage!!??!!
How good are you to observing??...can you spot my AE86's Old TEXAS License Plate???
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:58 am
by mooreofit
under the clock....
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:21 pm
by CBR_TOY
man i love your ae92! very nice man :D
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:06 pm
by Rivan16
mooreofit wrote:under the clock....
Darn...you are good!!
Thanks for the coments guys!
I also owned this one, but sold it fairely quick. I probably had it for 6-7 months. Used to be red and the guy who I sold it to, painted it black. It was a GT...NOT GT-S! This unit was a 4AGE AUTOMATIC with O/D! My friend turn it into 5 Speed!
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:17 pm
by mooreofit
sick fx!!!!
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:29 am
by Rivan16
mooreofit wrote:sick fx!!!!
Yes, especially at this point...my friend had cut springs but then the rear springs are actually from another FX FRONT SPRINGS!!
So it had 4 FRONT springs all around. This thing was a little stiff in the rear but it was like a slot car talking curves!!
I got it to tech my younger daughter to drive instead of giving her my AE86 before it was painted, the family van or her older sister's Neon.
THis thing was cheap on gas and easy to drive for her.
Then I went a got the Matrix and sold this one.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:40 am
by mooreofit
the matrix is a little more reliable given its new, but i would rather the fx over the matrix. but then again im not your daughter.
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:12 am
by dr.occa
nice Kyu Ni rivan. post up some updated pics of it please sir!
love the FX! a friend had the 4afe model back in the day when we ran around town during lunch and after school. it was so reliable. loved that it was 5 speed. he let me drive some times when he was really sleepy.
love the look of 'em.
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:54 am
by Rivan16
dr.occa wrote:nice Kyu Ni rivan. post up some updated pics of it please sir!
love the FX! a friend had the 4afe model back in the day when we ran around town during lunch and after school. it was so reliable. loved that it was 5 speed. he let me drive some times when he was really sleepy.
love the look of 'em.
Well, the FX was just for training purposes and it was cheap price too. But my wife and I were not going to give her a ride that had no AC and not as relible as a new ride. I was going to get a Corolla S but the local dealership only had CE models with no power options and the MAtrix Xr's were all standard. The only automatics they had were the base models but at least they had power windows and lock...so a stock Matirx is what we got. I was also going thru some work related training having to travel to Atlanta and needed a more reliable ride for me while the wife drove the family van. SO we were in kind of a bind at that time. I remember I got itduring a weekend in the middle of a 2 week training in ORlando. I travel back home for the weekend and picked it up.
Found an actual picture of how low the AE92 is seating currently. But I have OEM srpings to install upon my return.
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:22 pm
by gda03subaru
why is there a 361 area code number on the for sale on the side of that corolla?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:35 pm
by mooreofit
well hes in iraq right now but resides in the floridah fail
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:41 pm
by Rivan16
gda03subaru wrote:why is there a 361 area code number on the for sale on the side of that corolla?
That is the PREFIX to my cell but since I have it with me is not working at this time...