4k GT86 Gets a Rocket Bunny Kit & LS3 V8 Swap!

[Ahbefive]

I would have thought that those foglight holes would have made nice brake cooling ducts witg a bit of ducting.

[Samjeev]

x9wfm said:

Very cool thread and loving the progress - I have a red GT86 so may cross paths in the owners clubs one day! Whats your plans for the car once you have it road worthy?

Thanks! I got another update to come soon too!

Once I get the car on the road I just plan to daily it for a bit to get a feel for it and then save/raise some funds by selling another one of my cars to start the next steps I want to take which will either be power or body/suspension/wheels.

[Samjeev]

Ahbefive said:

I would have thought that those foglight holes would have made nice brake cooling ducts witg a bit of ducting.

I think so too but I don't really have the time or need for them yet as although I do have a track day planned for the car in November I won't be tracking it like crazy.
The change I've made is very easily reversible as i'm not even sure the carbon panels will even properly stay in place after speed/vibrations are bought in to the equation.

[mac456]

Awesome thread! Hope to have one my self one day Once i can justify having a smallish car

[Samjeev]

Another update? So soon?! madness!


I'll start off with the small news today - I confirmed my suspicions and found the EFI HTR fuse (Thanks to one of the guys on the owners forum for that one) was blown as you can see below. I plan to patch up the wires of the O2 sensor before replacing this fuse but i'm really glad its a nice easy fix!





Next up the brand new headlights from Valenti finally turned up at work today so I rushed back to get them fitted after work.
They weren't too tricky just a case of utilising what was left of the original broken units but it doesn't help that the instructions are entirely in Japanese! Either way I got one fitted after a short while and confirmed it was all working, spot on!




I got the other one fitted as well as their surrounds and the headlight washers, easy busy and they look fantastic. I'm really pleased with this small bit of progress today as it means i'm basically finished.




I have a small video of them working but can't link that so you'll just have to see it in person
My only tiny issues with them is that the passenger's side HID balast hums quite loudly, I still got 2 spare old ones so at some point I can swap this out and also currently the LED DRLs (small row of LED's between the Eyebrow bar and indicators) don't work as expected, this should be an easy fix if i fit some of the extra wiring that came with them but thats not a big issue for now so i'm just keen to drive it


This weekend I'll be fitting the bumper and giving it a polish and fixing that o2 Sensor fault. Then on the 25th I have the MOT booked at 11am and after that I just want to get out and drive it!

[Ellb123]

Just been reading the whole thread, cracking job!

Be interesting to see how much youve saved through the whole thing, good way of saving some money to allow a few mod's here and there.

Best of luck for the MOT, judging by the work I think it should fly through!

[Samjeev]

Well here it is, after 5 months and 1 day of GT86 Ownership I can say that my car is finally in 1 Piece!

Popped around today with a few jobs on the agenda:


Fix O2 Sensor error

Fit bumper
Polish bumper
Re-fit clutch pedal cover


It all went fairly easily which gives a nice end to this part of the project and I can't imagine anything going wrong for the MOT so hopefully I can spend most of next weekend and the bank holiday getting used to it and having some fun.


I'll start off with the messy and boring image, got those wires on the O2 Sensor loom patched up. The liquid electrical tape is messy stuff but hopefully if it does the trick in keeping those wires safe in the long term i'm more than happy. Once I applied a few coats of it I replaced the Fuse, cleared the ECU faults and the check engine light never came back! the car runs much better too.






Then I went ahead to fit the bumper which is another thing i've never actually done before on any of my cars. It wasn't too bad but its clear the bumper is a bit knackered around some of fits clips and other areas, theres a few previous shoddy paint repairs on it and some of the clips under the headlights are broken so it does sag a little bit but its good enough for me at this point and isn't particularly noticeable but im sure some of you out there will be quick to spot it






It was already looking great but I wanted to give it a quick wash as well as claying and polishing it to remove any overspray of which there was a fair amount from the bumper. As I said getting so intimate with the bumper today really made me realise that it's quite rough around the edges but hopefully these last steps will make it's bad parts less eye catching. Once I got that done I fit the number place with some 3m Double sided tape, not my usualy preferred method but I forgot to order some heavy duty velcro which I normally use.









And thats it! but there was one last little job I had to do as I can't stand these stickers personally!

[Munter]

Great job. My bumper isn't on quite right around the lights either. But it's hanging on in there. Enjoy!

[alec.e]

Great job, you must be very pleased

I am suprised you waited till now to remove that nauseating Paul walker sticker

[Samjeev]

Thanks for the kind words guys

Removing that sticky was the Cherry on top after getting everything else finished

I made a bit of a before/after image of sorts to really show of the transformation. I plan to make a few more emulating the angles of the original photos when I get a chance.

[Monkeylegend]

[A - W]

Great work.

[selym]

Well done Samjeev, that's some effort. Any chance of a rough breakdown of costs, like Mike Brewer does!

[ZX10R NIN]

Nice work.

[wevster]

Great work, that must be satisfying

[Samjeev]

selym said:

Well done Samjeev, that's some effort. Any chance of a rough breakdown of costs, like Mike Brewer does!

Sure here's a little breakdown albeit rather simplified:

base car: 4000
repair parts: 4250
Mods: 2500

Total so far: 10750

The repair parts included everything such as:

New uprated Ali Rad 180
AC Condensor 105
Crash Sensors 55
Uprated Radiator Fans 200
Airbag set 875
Driver's Side wing 85
Passenger's side wing 300
o2 Sensor 40
Cam solenoids 120
Rad filler neck 30
Coolant manifold pipe 120
Arch Liners 90
Bonnet latch 45
Aftermarket Headlights 880
Steering clock spring 70
Other toyota parts 950


And mods included:
Carbon Bonnet 980
Rear lights 300
Lower "V" light 250
Intec Wing Indicators 105
Exhaust + hangers 405
Other trim pieces 135


Sorry thats its a total mess to read, PH formatting is weird and its all a bit of a mess in general as i've Rounded some of the numbers up or down but have all the correct values in a big spreadsheet

All in all with that in mind you could have repaired the car back to OEM for roughly 8500 but with some alternate parts in the mix and some mods along the way i've went past that. For me this is the next car in my Saga and I have alot more planned for it in the future, if anything i've only just reached square 1 now so have a long way to go.

Edited by Samjeev on Tuesday 21st August 22:58

[selym]

Cheers, that was exactly what I was after. Keep us posted on the future upgrades.

[Mark Benson]

Good work - I bought a (standard) 2014 car for £13.5k at about the same time you started this so you've saved a decent wedge, got a more personal car and a sense of satisfaction (I hope!).

[Samjeev]

Swapped the wheels over from my Subaru last night and took the car to its MOT today, passed without any issues!

Drives well too, exhaust is a bit loud I admit but it's not too bad in 6th with the windows up. Drives nice and straight to without a single rattle or strange noise.

[oobster]

Suits those wheels. Any more bits & pieces to fix or is it just drive the thing now?