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Re: Interesting?
| Posted By: | CJ M |
| Posted On: | November 26, 2004 at 11:27 pm GMST |
The engine will work since the stock motor in Japan for the GT was a 4age. But as far as anything else goes, I doubt it since the AE86 is a smaller car.
Gopher wrote:
> Don't waste your time or money
> on expensive coilovers. Get y
> ourself some linear rate sprin
> gs, like TRD, and are readily
> available at rhys millen racin
> g. Don't get anything higher t
> han 6 kg/mm for the front, as
> its more difficult to use weig
> ht transfer to initiate a drif
> t with a stiff setup. At 6 kg/
> mm in front, its certainly sti
> ff, but give enough for the no
> se to dive to easily utilize w
> eight transfer.
>
> Get some good short stroke sho
> cks. Any shock will work from
> an SW20. doesn't need to be ad
> justble even. HTS is better su
> ited for someone who knows wha
> t they are doing and can effec
> tively play with the adjustmen
> t settings.
>
> For the rear, linear rate work
> s best again, with short strok
> e. I'd recomment anything in t
> he 4 kg range (4.1, 4.3, 4.7).
> A friend of mine uses 5.5 for
> more control at higher speeds
> , and he's great with them.
>
> as for rear shocks, short stro
> ke helps again. Anything from
> a 87-93 mustang or 85-91 camar
> o will work. mustang are short
> er but require you to re-use y
> our ae86 bushings for the eye
> and the top mount. either way
> use your money for performance
> shocks, not gabriel or kyb GR
> 2 or anything else like those.
>
> you definately will need a lat
> eral rod to re-center the rear
> , so that your tires won't rub
> if you dont use oem wheels, a
> nd to tighten up the rear in g
> eneral. I'd recomment a battle
> rversion unit, since one side
> is a poly bushing and other si
> de is spherical. the double sp
> herical is too harsh for anyth
> ing less than a track only veh
> icle.
>
> with the money you saved on no
> n-coilovers or a JDM front end
> or anything else, buy the mos
> t important part of your futur
> e drift vehicle, an LSD. Any o
> f the aftermarket companies wi
> ll work great. OEM rebuilt eve
> n works well, but not as well
> as the four pinion ones. KAAZ
> seems to be the most popular a
> s their customer service is fa
> ntastic and they ship promptly
> . give them a call directly to
> order one.
>
> My other suggestion (motor wis
> e) is to get a high comp stock
> 4AG. Kids talk all day long a
> bout turbo 4ag's and GZE, but
> in reality, the N/A blue top o
> r redtop is a better learning
> tool than anything else. the G
> ZE and turbocharged engines ar
> e better left in the hands of
> seasoned drivers, and in addit
> ion you have to purchase many
> other pieces to properly balan
> ce your AE86 like upgraded rad
> iator, oil cooler, better brak
> es, brake lines, rotors, ect i
> f you go with big power. Stock
> of all the above will be ok f
> or a lightly modded blue or re
> dtop motor.
>
> most importantly you need to s
> pend money on driving events.
> you won't learn anything by ju
> st slapping parts on your car,
> so you are better off not buy
> ing parts until you need them.
>
> Get grippy tires for the front
> , and thinner less grippy for
> the rear to begin with, and le
> arn to whip the back end aroun
> d (I for instance can initiate
> but not control the car after
> initiation well). once you le
> arn control, you can use the s
> ame tire at all four corners f
> or good balance. I use Azens 1
> 95/60/14 up front with about 3
> degrees of negative camber, a
> nd 185/60/14 rear AVS or anyth
> ing else in that size in back.
>
> Anyone done this? Or have any
> ideas if the corolla stuff wi
> th fit my 82 gt?
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