Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

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Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby otakurevel » Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:00 am

After wanting an 86 for many years I finally found the right one from a friend. 1985 AE86 swapped with a 4agze. It had been very well cared for and maintained.

As purchased:
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Parts I had already bought long before I bought the car. The SSR meshies are 15x8.5-26/15x10.5-31. They ended up being a bit much to fit and would have ruined any bit of handling, so I am sitting on them until I can find the right car to put them on eventually.
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Took forever to find this little guy. Nice and period correct.
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First real mods were changing the intercooler piping and replacing the EG6 koyo with an AE86 koyo. Then I started buying up Levin front end parts and eventually some aero to finish it off.
old setup
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new setup
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old front end
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new front end+aero
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Then it was time for the rear flares to go on so I could run a wider rear wheel
new wheels
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arch surgery
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and paint
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The red recaros have already been replaced with some period correct old school recaros with the mesh headrest. Got lucky and found a really mint pair that I couldn't pass up.

So that's the build. Looks like it went by fast from just these pics but it took well over 3 yrs to get to this point. I learned really quick with the ae86 it's best to take it nice and slow. Still more to do. Had picked up a crank pulley awhile back to raise the boost to around 12psi. Still on the hunt for a PowerFC and a/c bits. Looks like the only easy way to put a/c back in is to change to a turbo setup.

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby Illegal_Garage » Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:21 am

Looks great :D

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby otakurevel » Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:54 pm

Recent impromptu LevinBros photoshoot:
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and random pics from an old school car meet:
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will hopefully have some pics of the Levin in action after next weekend

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby John H. » Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:29 am

Love this build!... Levin FTW!

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby LongGrain » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:50 am

really liking both yours and Marlow's cars.

Those are formula mesh btw, not reverse.

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby alavelle12 » Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:00 pm

I'm loving that color!

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby kaosboss » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:22 pm

Nice dude.....love the colours
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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby Joekapp » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:45 am

car looks amazing! What's you're wheel /tire set up / Size

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby RuizXIII » Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:09 am

Hot Boy of the year!
Excellent paint color on the car. Very well put together.
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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby otakurevel » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:09 pm

Joekapp wrote:car looks amazing! What's you're wheel /tire set up / Size


Fronts:
TE37V 15x8.5-5 195/50s

Rears: running a 15mm spacer so the wheels fit nicer under the flares
TE37V 15x9.5-20 (-35) 195/50s
Equip 03s 15x9-25 (-40) 195/50s
SSR FM 15x8.5-26 (-41) 195/50s

event pics:
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really hoping to find videos from our multiple 86 tandem runs
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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby Warren » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:53 am

Boosted corollas are very fun. rad wheels too.

Making the jump to turbo soon?

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby sywata » Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:41 pm

Nice color! What is the name of the paint? What type of rear fenders are those?

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby SR86RD » Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:59 am

exact same question here, beautiful car

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby otakurevel » Wed May 22, 2013 9:17 pm

eventually plan to put a turbo on the GZE. waiting for the SC to start going bad first tho.

color is Ford Silverstone Metallic. the chip looked like a very bright silver with a champagne flip. color ended up being champagne with a silver flip. turned out rad as hell.

the rear flares are run free. i believe the origin rear flares are near identical

new wheels:
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15x9-13 fronts and 15x9-31 (18mm spacers) rears

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby otakurevel » Thu May 23, 2013 10:28 pm

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and that happened at FD ATL as well. yes I am a total fanboi for taka

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Re: Revel AE86 4AGZE Levin build

Postby otakurevel » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:11 pm

After some fairly regular searching I finally got lucky.

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Next up is getting center caps for the Wats