CAR FEATURE>> UNEARTHING THE SPA 24H AE86!!!

CAR SPOTLIGHT>> 'CHMS' AE86 BTCC TOURING CAR

Speedhunters — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:42:41 GMT

A few weeks ago, Antonio mentioned the Toyota Corolla AE86's birthday was in August. I didn't

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TRP — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:42:04 GMT

Euro AE86s are the best ! I know it because i've one ! ;)

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emperor77 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:39:57 GMT

Hi,

great story, loved It. Just bought my first AE86 and I'm looking for as many informations as possible.

By the way, the rollcage is "Matter", very good quality!

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Felixxx — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:14:40 GMT

Pretty crazy that the stock looking radiator can handle the business!

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AEkyuni — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:59:51 GMT

hey nice one! :P

yet im filled with new information about older race cars. :)

all the pictures look nice especially the picture with the rims. :)

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Banpei — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:11:33 GMT

Great to see this car featuring here. :)

At AEU86 we already had a picture from a TACN member who photographed it three years ago:

www.aeu86.org/.../2274

The European hachis did feature factory oilcoolers and this is definitely a factory example, so imo nothing special.

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stqeno — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:10:24 GMT

Oh i forgot i wanted to wrte about this GrA car.

it was one from may favorite cars as i was and kid, but far behind the 911turbo, urquattro and e30m3. Heh but 10years laters was this poor car good enough as i had not enough money:P

I remember how it dominates his class in europe touring cars that days.

I liked the Marlboro Charouz car more and have some photo from the museum.

In Germany till 85 was only MAP sensored ae86, in 85 it was posible to order the AFM catalityc version to save some money on enviromental taxes. Oilcoler was stock on the german cars and comon ordered on the swiss cars.

This car is original zenki car. Reglement not alowed to change some parts as intake and exhaust manifold, it has schrick cams around 300 lobe, mahle pistons, carillo conrods, biger alumium oilpan,some cars had dry sump. It made around 190ps due to its restritive manifolds, i think with proper exhaust and itb they were around 220ps.Brake boster is removed.

Rollcage looks as Wiechers steel unit it was also some Heigo units available.

www.halo-racing.de/katalog.pdf

Strut brace is early wiechers one i had this in my first car(But i had seen 4types of german braces and mix them together). I dont know if cusco ever existed. Well the charouz car has adjustable susp. Arms, coilover kit, camber plates. that sure are original and not JDM, I research it in my next visit on the museum.

Heh i would like to know how it all started in japan with the aftermarked parts and the hype, have they copied eu parts or was it reversed, all i know in the 80 you was able to buy much tuning parts from the european brands and tune your car from club to gr A spec. From the Japan parts was it only TRD parts known, that you can buy. I dindt know any other JDM brands before the late 90s. Its here some Japan veteran to clear this out.

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stqeno — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:20:41 GMT

Hi.

Many thanks for wonderfull reports from all the sides of the world.

Antonio i liked your Alice in Wonderland expression about that car.

Yes there is or was? an ae86 scene in europe besides the Japan drift scene. they grow simultaneously from the 80s without touch and influenced each other. Many guys here in Germany(switzerland,belgium) runing those cars from the past 80s in Local rallies, slaloms and on the track. In the times of internet this old generation is overlayed with new one, parts can be easy buy from Usa and japan and the influence from drifting is obvious :( They were back in the time some german companies that provides many parts to tune those vehicles properly. I was no exception as my ideal of beuaty was an silver/black Eudm levin with polished Ronal Turbo or Atiwe wheels, bilstein shock, koni springs, heigo rollcage, weichers etc.... Not ewen known about watanabe cusco and other some stuff.

I was suprised in early 2000 that this car is so popular in Japan and i even dint not know before it was an trueno variant of that :D So i am the oposite of you. Now i like the JDm parts and style etc. But there is still older generation from ae86 drivers that have ringed on the Nordscheife in late 80 as the track were empty from tourist and not so well known, Those drivers stuck on they original cars and original germans tuning parts only and looks with despect over the fancy JDM scene :) and those guys are the real. They care not about stance, low suspension setups deep dish etc, they care about how it all works together and how should it works reliable and efective. They put amout of money to drive those cars forever and have it in perfect working condition. And they still reminds me on the old Tschuchya mountain videos from 80s before the hype started. They are the inspiration for me.

Antonio if you have to visit ring someday let me know and i can drive my old car there,

Maybe i should make story for speedhunters about this oldschool Eu hachi movement. Some foto and VHS material is avialable. and i can maybe organize those old nuts to drive the nordscheife down. Hope you have reserve pants always in bag :P

p.s. sorry about my poor english

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Schnitzelsemmel — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:23:37 GMT

Great story, and an even greater story. Too bad you didn't get a spec list, would be very interesting.

Didn't know about Formuling France, but it absolutely matches the car... a new turn on the game, I can't see anymore those classic Nardi wheels...

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ammoprod — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:08:56 GMT

Great story thank you! I prefer the news or story in Japan, but these stories in europe is very interesting !

If you go through the belgium (next year a SPA ..?) Do not hesitate to discover the little "Hossay toyota Museum" in Battice which organizes an annual gathering of European old toyota. The museum has a twenty cars including superb AE86 , CELICA GT, and Toyota 2000 GT !

You can see some photos of the 2008 gathering and some photos of the "museum" here :

www.tacn.nl/.../Battice2008.htm

Sorry my english is very bad...

ammoprod.

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byron hill — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:05:52 GMT

Im glad I took the time to read this post. great story.

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Antonio Alvendia — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:44:23 GMT

hmm yeah I think ur right Vitrium! Damn I miss my AE86. I cant wait to get home and wash it, and take it for a drive!

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vitrium — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:53:38 GMT

i think the ignitor unit on the coil is simply the MAP based one. And incase one hasn't realized it yet, this LHD example is running off a harness usually found only in RHD cars. Neat! OEM wiring from a LHD MAP 4ag should be highly sought after

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Ryan Kuan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:39:08 GMT

I'm digging the old school center lock wheels.

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BlueSlug — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:23:30 GMT

win!

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Andy Blackmore — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:16:45 GMT

More images, this time of the Marlboro Charouz Levin that also raced in the ETCC.

www.auto-muzeum.cz

Charouz are the team who now run the Lola Aston Martin in European Le Mans

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Andy Blackmore — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:02:26 GMT

Here is an image of one of the Fina cars racing at Dijon - lemansmotorsport.free.fr/.../dijongra87%20104.jpg

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Andy Sapp — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:00:13 GMT

That Levin is TOTALLY HOT.

What a great find!

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Jeroen Willemsen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:26:08 GMT

These pictures turned out very well, you can even see me in the last one ;)