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And its a manual Aussie Toyota Sprinter (AE86).

Cost me peanuts (was supposed to be $450, but the seller kept gettin calls from people offering more for it so it went up in price) to buy. Its sittin at a mate's place in Nerang QLD atm. Trucking it down from QLD to VIC, where I'll start restoring it.

Its a sack of shit, drives OK, rust everywhere. Interior's f**ked. Instrument cluster dosen't work, tyres are balder than a stripper's crotch.

Will be repainting it and hopefully can get a Trueno frontend (guards, CF bonnet, light assembly) from japan, along with some Tanabe's. Probably a MR2 engine or something (haven't decided yet) maybe even an SR20 or CA18. I also have a spare RB20DE engine but I don't think it'll fit nor be any good for the weight distribution.

Haven't decided if I'll be using it as an all out drifter or an Initial D replica. Either way it'll have Fujiwara Tofu Shop on it :D

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lol I'll have to restore the car first before I go putting mods in... all that rust that needs to come out and a nice fresh lick of paint... interior retrim...

I need to find a spec list of a AE86 GTV or whatever the top of the range one in Japan was and and AU AE86 and make up a list of upgrade parts to go shopping for.

Teh Hachiroku cannot loose on teh mountain!

Now... should I:

a) Replica it and then park it in front of the cinemas when the initial D movie comes out and put a big for sale sign on it :D

B) drift its tits off

yeah that's the probloem I'm facing, most engines are E-W. I'm leaning towards a 4AGZE engine from a supercharged MR2. Failing that a 3SGTE off a celica with a TD06 or something.

yeah I know they're all E-W, I'll have to modify em to fit...

or i could be slightly different and fit an FJ20DET into it ;)

Dude, now your talking nonsense, why bother making things difficult for yourself.

A 4AG with Grp A internals will rev out to 11000rpm...that already will give you plenty of fun.

Dude, now your talking nonsense, why bother making things difficult for yourself.

A 4AG with Grp A internals will rev out to 11000rpm...that already will give you plenty of fun.

too much Initial D for you... besides... Grp A internals aren't cheap. Supercharged MR2's are pretty common these days, so finding the engine out of one shouldn't be too hard.

Ronin... Fujiwara Tofu Shop is what's written on the side of the AE86 owned by Takumi in Initial D.

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