4k GT86 Gets a Rocket Bunny Kit & LS3 V8 Swap!
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Samjeev said:
Yeah i'm on the owners club and driver's club forums, i have a project thread on both! 
Went to the sussex gt86 meet last weekend and was the odd one out in my WRX
I'll have to have a gander for the threads then Went to the sussex gt86 meet last weekend and was the odd one out in my WRX
Hopefully they weren't uninviting to a Scooby? we have a variety show up to our meets sometimes, Celicas, Mx-5's, VX220's, no prejudice!
littlelewis6 said:
I'll have to have a gander for the threads then
Hopefully they weren't uninviting to a Scooby? we have a variety show up to our meets sometimes, Celicas, Mx-5's, VX220's, no prejudice!
Nah, I arrived second and got a bit of a "is this guy lost?" kind of look at first but a few of the people there had seen my thread on the owner's forums so it wasn't too much of a surprise to them.Hopefully they weren't uninviting to a Scooby? we have a variety show up to our meets sometimes, Celicas, Mx-5's, VX220's, no prejudice!
I have a Vx220 as well funnily enough so could've taken that but it wouldn't be too handy at picking up all those parts from Toyota that morning.
Hoping to get the Gt86 on the road for the end of June so I can take it to Tunerfest at Brands Hatch!
Had loads of parts turning up over the last few days.
New front bumper, front wing, Ac Condensor and I got my massive order in from Ft86Speedfactory in the US, they shipped it on Tuesday and it arrived today!
Everything from a new Radiator, Radiator Fans & Cold Air Intake to interior trim pieces, magnetic sump plug and more!
Going to have a big update this weekend!
New front bumper, front wing, Ac Condensor and I got my massive order in from Ft86Speedfactory in the US, they shipped it on Tuesday and it arrived today!
Everything from a new Radiator, Radiator Fans & Cold Air Intake to interior trim pieces, magnetic sump plug and more!
Going to have a big update this weekend!
Got some progress done this weekend although there aren't many pictures im afraid.
Had my friend over to sort out the small bits of welding on the new front end pieces, this was fairly easy and clean on most parts but got a bit tricky for him where he was trying to weld the new thin gauge steel pieces to the much thicker pieces of the chassis legs, it's all welded up though and definitely strong but not the most pretty in a couple of spots
While he was busy at work I was also busy.. in my own way
Once this was done we got the new radiator, Radiator fans, AC condesnor and Rad filler neck fitted. Not the most difficult job in the world but I can now safely say without a doubt that I HATE those rubber radiator hoses on the GT86, they're such a tight fit even without their spring clips that having to fit and pull them off a few times really got on my nerves.
All in all a pretty good day, there are a couple of small issues I need to get sorted out and then I can start bolting the crash support, washer bottle, etc back on.
Couple of issues I ran in to were the fact that one AC pipe is bent, going to give it a whack to see if i can straighten it out before buying a new one if need be and the lower AC pipe's O-ring is broken so i'll have to source a new one of those.
The more expensive issue is that 2 of the Cam Solenoid connectors are broken so I need to get 2 more of those too.
Still planning to have the car back on the road by the end of the summer, should be a fairly reasonable goal.
Had my friend over to sort out the small bits of welding on the new front end pieces, this was fairly easy and clean on most parts but got a bit tricky for him where he was trying to weld the new thin gauge steel pieces to the much thicker pieces of the chassis legs, it's all welded up though and definitely strong but not the most pretty in a couple of spots
While he was busy at work I was also busy.. in my own way
Once this was done we got the new radiator, Radiator fans, AC condesnor and Rad filler neck fitted. Not the most difficult job in the world but I can now safely say without a doubt that I HATE those rubber radiator hoses on the GT86, they're such a tight fit even without their spring clips that having to fit and pull them off a few times really got on my nerves.
All in all a pretty good day, there are a couple of small issues I need to get sorted out and then I can start bolting the crash support, washer bottle, etc back on.
Couple of issues I ran in to were the fact that one AC pipe is bent, going to give it a whack to see if i can straighten it out before buying a new one if need be and the lower AC pipe's O-ring is broken so i'll have to source a new one of those.
The more expensive issue is that 2 of the Cam Solenoid connectors are broken so I need to get 2 more of those too.
Still planning to have the car back on the road by the end of the summer, should be a fairly reasonable goal.
Edited by Samjeev on Monday 15th February 23:21
jamesson said:
Samjeev said:
Down in brighton, aren't too many PHer's around here im afraid
I'm not far from Brighton. Great effort rebuilding this, by the way. I wouldn't have a clue!
Big fan of Jap stuff and enjoying the build, keep us posted!
CountZero23 said:
Another Brighton guy here, I'll keep an eye out on the road for you once you're done.
Big fan of Jap stuff and enjoying the build, keep us posted!
Oh, well you may have seen me about in my daily for better or worse Big fan of Jap stuff and enjoying the build, keep us posted!
Bright red blobeye WRX with a Ducktail, bit unique in that sense
Also cheers for the kind words guys, it's been alot of fun so far but really shocking how fast this year has been going. I've already owned the car 2 months by now!
Edited by Samjeev on Monday 16th April 11:29
Samjeev said:
CountZero23 said:
Another Brighton guy here, I'll keep an eye out on the road for you once you're done.
Big fan of Jap stuff and enjoying the build, keep us posted!
Oh, well you may have seen me about in my daily for better or worse Big fan of Jap stuff and enjoying the build, keep us posted!
Bright red blobeye WRX with a Ducktail, bit unique in that sense
Also cheers for the kind words guys, it's been alot of fun so far but really shocking how fast this year has been going. I've already owned the car 2 months by now!
Edited by Samjeev on Monday 16th April 11:29
I've got a black RX-7 which is my daily so often about town - also fairly hard to miss
CountZero23 said:
Nice motor, would certainly notice you in a crowd,
I've got a black RX-7 which is my daily so often about town - also fairly hard to miss
I think I've seen you about a bit I've got a black RX-7 which is my daily so often about town - also fairly hard to miss
Definitely don't see many black Rx7's about in Brighton at least. I'll try and give you a thumbs up next time 
Few more exciting parts today
It was my Birthday yesterday
so I had the day off work, excellent opportunity to take delivery of the Seibon carbon bonnet from Amber performance:
Ordered this a little while ago along with the new dash and airbags that should be arriving tomorrow finger's crossed!
Also got a few car related birthday presents including some new working gloves, bonnet struts and Mishimoto intake pipe for the 86.
Spent a small bit of my afternoon just tidying up the engine bay ready for the next steps which is to fit the new intake and get the crash bar, washer bottle, etc all re-fitted before body panels.
I got rid of the extra bits that hang on to the intake, im not a fan of funneling intake noise in to the cabin and i'd rather have the engine bay a little less crowded.
Got a new bonnet latch coming from Toyota as well however the 86 may need to take a bit of a back seat for a few weeks. Keep meaning to sort out a few issues on our Vx220 track car so gives me some time to save funds, wait for the new cam solenoids to arrive and so on!
It was my Birthday yesterday
so I had the day off work, excellent opportunity to take delivery of the Seibon carbon bonnet from Amber performance:Ordered this a little while ago along with the new dash and airbags that should be arriving tomorrow finger's crossed!
Also got a few car related birthday presents including some new working gloves, bonnet struts and Mishimoto intake pipe for the 86.
Spent a small bit of my afternoon just tidying up the engine bay ready for the next steps which is to fit the new intake and get the crash bar, washer bottle, etc all re-fitted before body panels.
I got rid of the extra bits that hang on to the intake, im not a fan of funneling intake noise in to the cabin and i'd rather have the engine bay a little less crowded.
Got a new bonnet latch coming from Toyota as well however the 86 may need to take a bit of a back seat for a few weeks. Keep meaning to sort out a few issues on our Vx220 track car so gives me some time to save funds, wait for the new cam solenoids to arrive and so on!
Edited by Samjeev on Monday 15th February 23:38
Edited by Samjeev on Monday 15th February 23:42
Another update from the weekend, one with a few victories and some losses.
The first victory today is that I was able to tweak the AC pipe's back in to place which saves me having to replace them altogether!
I was also able to get the new bonnet latch and mishimoto intake pipe fitted, which smartens up the engine bay nicely.
I then went on to fit the Mishimoto cold air intake. I picked this up as the old oem airbox and MAF pipe were in about 3000 pieces when I bought the car, I could have bought new ones from Toyota but I imagine i'd be paying atleast £100 for the airbox alone let alone the maf pipe when the sensor I have appears to be perfectly fine. The mishimoto item includes a Maf sensor housing and not only that it's fun to fit nice new shiny pieces
And finally the defeat of today was that once beginning to fill the system up with coolant we ran in to a problem...
Thats right, a water leak. It appears the "Water Inlet" as the part is called, which appears to be a large cast aluminium water inlet manifold/crossover pipe of sorts has a large crack, likely after taking a shunt in the crash... Nasty!
Already ordered a new one but that's going to be fun to fit, having to remove the inlet manifold, etc to get to.
The first victory today is that I was able to tweak the AC pipe's back in to place which saves me having to replace them altogether!
I was also able to get the new bonnet latch and mishimoto intake pipe fitted, which smartens up the engine bay nicely.
I then went on to fit the Mishimoto cold air intake. I picked this up as the old oem airbox and MAF pipe were in about 3000 pieces when I bought the car, I could have bought new ones from Toyota but I imagine i'd be paying atleast £100 for the airbox alone let alone the maf pipe when the sensor I have appears to be perfectly fine. The mishimoto item includes a Maf sensor housing and not only that it's fun to fit nice new shiny pieces
And finally the defeat of today was that once beginning to fill the system up with coolant we ran in to a problem...
Thats right, a water leak. It appears the "Water Inlet" as the part is called, which appears to be a large cast aluminium water inlet manifold/crossover pipe of sorts has a large crack, likely after taking a shunt in the crash... Nasty!
Already ordered a new one but that's going to be fun to fit, having to remove the inlet manifold, etc to get to.
Edited by Samjeev on Monday 15th February 23:52
ramboformayor said:
Great looking build thread and a fan of Jap stuff (always love seeing a VX220 too). I'm Also another PH'er in Brighton so will look forward to seeing the progress
Thanks! It's good to hear there are a few of us in Brighton. I often see a few nice cars about but barely and PH stickers.Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff