I figure some here might enjoy my AE86 build (A lot of pics)

[EJ20]

BEST THREAD I DID READ TODAY

Your 86 roooocks man, a real jnc.

[Mr.Jay]

damn your car is famous its the wiki display picture of the ae86

[Jeff Lange]

YAY PEOPLE LIKE MY CAR!

[Ben_G]

Hey man, any updates on this? =)

[Jeff Lange]

Time for an update. It's hard to believe how long it's actually been since I dropped this engine in. Over 2 years ago. Madness. Inside the engine bay is basically done now. Couple small things need to be done, but I finally got everything mounted properly and some hose clamps and vacuum routing done.



The intercooler piping and air box pipe will both be powder coated satin black along with the intercooler brackets. The valve covers have been powder coated silver and the exhaust header heat sheild was ceramic coated. Crucially important also is that the throttle cable has been connected. With cruise control. I win.



Might make a new bracket to hold the igniter so it doesn't need to be removed to change the air filter. Future project after I get the piping coated.



I still need to wire up the bumper lights. It really does need the pipes coated, it will look so much nicer when that is done, IMO. You can see that the windshield has been removed. There was some rust under it that has been taken care of. I will be prepping it to be installed in the next little bit.



Did some adjustments and finally got the engine running and idling semi-smoothly. I need to get the exhaust gasket in there from the header to the catalytic converter. The intercooler pipe to the intake manifold seems to be hitting my sway bar sometimes when the engine is running. Need to replace that (really) old gas in the tank with some fresh stuff and I'm going to swap out the spark plugs. We'll see how it runs after that. Covers are back on since this video.

Put in some fresh 94 Octane gas (half a tank worth), and it is running pretty smoothly now. My silicone couplers to the intercooler are too long/weak to hold up to vacuum though, so they are collapsing when not boosting. My brother is coming next weekend to make the hardpipe sections longer so I don't need the couplers like that, can also fix the sway bar issue as well, maybe even get my exhaust positioned correctly? That would be a delight.

I am excited to hear how it will sound once the exhaust isn't leaking all over the place. Hopefully similar to how it did before. I don't want to lose that 4A-G sound that I loved so much with the bluetop. It is a very different setup, but I hope it is still at least mostly similar. Plus the whine from the supercharger of course.

Jeff

[Superhatch]

As a lover and OEM-rebuilder of old 4th gen Hondas I love this thread.

[ZetaVI]

I'm quite amazed right now.

[StevenEngage]

This is awesome!

[TouchMyHonda]

Want more now!!!

[JACK 8URT0N]

10/10. Would bang!

[OmarGC]

Fellow ae86 coupe owner... mines a little more "extreme" though. Also rhd...

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[OmarGC]

But I do love all the OEM and ae92 swap

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[Jeff Lange]

Finally got the windshield installed, which means once I get my IC piping fixed I can take it for an actual test drive with the new engine. Looking forward to that!

Top and bottom of windshield had some rust build up (see previous posts), so I took care of that and painted under where the glass will be mounted in preparation of the glass install:



Windshield adhesive dam kit. Adhesive strip didn't come attached from Toyota. First time I've ever seen it separate. I guess the 80's were tough times:


Adhesive backing applied to the dam kit before applying to the glass:


Preparing the windshield before installation. Adhesive dam kit applied, about to apply glass primer:



Glass installed in the car. The bottom seal isn't as clean as I'd like, but it is installed well, just a bit messy. The temperature was quite cool so the adhesive was acting differently than I am used to (I've only installed a few windshields):


Still worked out pretty cleanly. No excess urethane to speak of really:


AE86 alignment is easy with lower glass stoppers, however when installing the glass it is best to not rest it at the bottom before dropping the top, as it also caused some of the messy urethane at the bottom:


Clean top area. Nothing prepped for moulding installation yet, as that will wait until entire car is painted:


JDM yo! I guess I can remove it now:


Jeff

[roddy]

Nice work Jeff. It's good to see someone restoring one of these cool little cars. Coupe>hatch, nice. I have that same "made in Japan" sticker on the new front 1/4 window in my FR-S. It was replaced under warranty last week. FYI, if you look up AE86 on Wiki, they have the exact picture (2nd one down on 1st page I think) you showed as their pic for an AE86 coupe.