In way over my head.... my adventure with an old 86

[Straitup D]

here is some copy and past of my build thread
here is starting with my Miata that I traded for my 86
picked up the car yesterday, SO MANY extra parts, its unreal, we filled the back of jeffs X along with the bed of jon's pickup. not to mention all of the parts that where in the car!!
also i am posting here and not on any of the bigger forums (D-town/mnsc... you know them all) because i dont Need everybody seeing whet i am building ya dig


Big thanks to Jeff for letting me use the X and Mr.Bill and jon for spending the day lifting and moving shit with me




SO yesterday was parts inventory day i guess...
2 JDM Grills
2USDM Grills
1 set of JDM red line tail lights
1 set of origin tails
1 US 87 front bumper
1 JDM 85 front bumper (zenki)
GT-s wheels (4)
SR5 Wheels (4)
Konig rewinds 14X8 -9 all around (+0 is for pussies)
Mitchel FSM
Uncracked black dash
extra set of OEM fenders and headlights ( they are super rare these days)
GT-s 5sp trans
Spec stage 3 clutch
5 valve ITBs
3 4AGE's
TRD wires















Victor is a cat that has never finished a drift project, this is my inspiration to get this thing road worthy

GET SHIT DONE

thank you to coltan for swinging by and helping me get a short plan together for the next few weeks to get the car ready for spring time
so the sort term plan with the car is the rear end is all unbolted (Loose) install the panhard bar and the 4link bars
next install coilovers for the front
relocate the battery to the trunk ( its half done already
start with the fule system



even had some help from Levi

thanks for filling it up Levi


Total fanboy, i dont care...

[Straitup D]

Bill stopped by to help me get the bay prepped, and get some of the old shit out of there ( Old 4a harness and other shit) it is making lots of progress, tomorrow i have a few things to finish cleaning, then bolt up the 5 link in the rear
a goodish photo of the front


before


after




i also took a trip to the hood to pick up T3 coilovers from Rio



tonight me and bill cleaned up the rest of the front end, bolted together the 5 link, there was a lag bolt holding one of the links on

More poor temporary fixes...


now that is its all bolted together (not the panhard bar)

i also installed the T3 coilovers
before

rad steering knuckle ( T3 makes some that will get me more "Lock")


after



its going to be nice the next few day so i am going to get the bay done before the motor gets here!
tomorrows plan is to get the rest of the bay primed and start painting after work on Wednesday!!!

[Straitup D]

i used some montana gold!!!


other than that i have installed front coilovers and i will get the break and clutch stuff back in this week if i find time. i have been redoing work for my portfolio








i still have green paint in my nose...

we have a bunch of scraps at work still, i might have to make one of these!

finnaly made this happen, we will se how they fit after work/home showing today



looks like a car!




Motor and trans are home


This is the exhaust, it will be loud!







opend the box that said "4AG Harness" to find


last night colin took some photos after we where done working on the car

[Straitup D]

Jaz 12 gallon cell, a bunch of AN fittings and 20ft of fuel line!!

soon ill be all









Bought that built motor! Thank you josh for helping me pick it up!

Extras this time where a 20v flywheel and clutch (with PP) another turbo (T25) along with all of the lines
And An extra trans

**inspiration**
i am going to do this to make it easier to take the motor in and out!





and this for the fuel cell













Melissa and i did a bunch of work on the 86 in the garage today! we went to harbor freight and bought some tools and later decided that we should get a space heater to work in the garage, not bad it was about 50* in there with the heater on.

here is the motor that i got along with the SR downpipe


taking the old turbo and manifold apart


SR T25 Turbo


Test fitting and the manifold is for a top mounted turbo for a MR car, so i need a new manifold






LOOK AT THIS f-bombing EAGLE


did some cutting of the upper radiator support and now i can take motors in and out by my self!!






Updates!!
motor mounts are on so hopefully the motor will be back in the car this weekend!!!!




it will fill this space...


the old motor needed to have some things taken off of it, now it is looking rather bare


also i got the Toms AFC from japan today! it looks rad but that is it for now, i still need to do some reading up on this








this is the little bastard that i could not find for months!!! got two of them from some cat down in TX


now some questions! ( for the other forums)
this is one of the vacuum lines off of the back of the intake manifold, and IDK what it goes to


a larger vacuum line dose this one go to the breather or the brake booster?


on the bottom of the TVIS idk what this vacuum line goes to


Lines on the throttle body, Coolant?


on the back of the motor, coolant, but it looks like it should be a vacuum line

[Straitup D]

my trunk got cut up !

[Straitup D]

just got the car back from Sam/Chris Looks awesome!







Rear bumper also fits great for knock off aero




and time for a BJ


BRAKE JOB





next up is to make lines from the master to the hydro and new lines to the front calipers

I did new O rings, filters, caps, and seals on all the injectors


Made up some fuel lines and re installed the aem FPR and rail


Also the painless fule pump relay kit is mounted and needs a 12v source


Last night Patrick stopped by and we went thrugh a bunch of wiring and it seems to be all together! That and the cooling system is all together! Radiator mount made, sensor for water temp gauge is in, ordered fans, stuff for the battery relocation stuff, kill switch ect. I am going to hit the garage and work for a while today and get a fan shroud made, make more brake lines, put the cash/center council back in the car.

[joel26]

nice build man... cars looks good..........

[suprastarr]

Nice dude keep up the progress!

[c4ptiv3]

Excellent progress. Here are some answers to your questions.



1. Yes that is the brake booster, the one in line with the breather coming off the valve cover is for the breather.

2. I believe that connects back to the TVIS, should be a u-shaped loop.

3. Those are vacuum lines I believe, I need a better picture to tell you for sure. I want to say they are for your power steering setup.

4. That is part of your EGR emissions bullshit, it's best to just cap them off or remove it entirely and plug the hole. You can't find those parts anymore and you don't want the vacuum leaks.

[Straitup D]

so i bought a welder the other day (MIG 125 wire feed) and i started working on making a bumper support for the 86

My First attempts to weld



brackets on the frame rails


Horizontal Support


under the bumper piece




Tacked into place





with the bumper on


i may add onto this, or make a new one, i still need to have zip ties to hold up the bumper, i would like to make a new one that dose not need anything to hold the bumpers up

[dr.occa]

There ya go man. Good job.