Road to autocrossing my 86
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:18 pm
Hey guys! My name is Michael, I live in SoCal and I'm in the process of reviving an 86 that was damaged in an accident by a previous owner which then sat for 6 years undrivin. I've never properly introduced myself on the forums but have lurked on Club4ag since I was in high school back in 2005, but finally bought my 86 last year around Janurary of 2012. I purchased the car from my dads co-worker who told him that he had an 86 that he used to drive till it go into an accident and I eventually jumped on it. These are the original pictures that I took when I went to the persons house to look at and to pick it up.
List of things to do:
Rebuild or purchase new LSD as my optional OEM LSD is blown; looking into a Kaaz or Tomei 1.5
Car is sitting on Tein Driving Masters with the passenger front shock being blown. Looking to invest into Greddy's coilovers
Getting CR-01 15 x 8.5 for more tread and sexiness
Rebuild or swap when the time comes
Finally got it home as safe as it could be.
The car wouldn't turn at all with a low compression in the first cylinder. While in the process of elimination I had a new water pump and radiator installed, new plugs and also restored the fuel tank. Found out it was a timing issue and the timing had to be advanced by just a little bit more than what's recommended from the OEM manual. Completely cleaned the air intake manifold which was completely black from scrubbing and hot tanking the piece.
Eliminated all the grounding wires which I assume was used for a sound system but still don't understand why there was so many.
Super clean front interior with one crack on the dash. I found clean rear seats and also more hatch trim but have yet to install yet.
Car sitting at BMW CCA autocross event running well with just a slight knock.
Here's a solid run in the wet during practice runs. GoPro died before the timed runs which I dropped my time by 10 secs from my practice as it dried up just a bit.
Here's a link to my autocross practice run. It won't let me use embedding so here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFarBNszWBQ
More to come when the time comes and I look forward to adding more in this build post. Thanks for checking it out!
List of things to do:
Rebuild or purchase new LSD as my optional OEM LSD is blown; looking into a Kaaz or Tomei 1.5
Car is sitting on Tein Driving Masters with the passenger front shock being blown. Looking to invest into Greddy's coilovers
Getting CR-01 15 x 8.5 for more tread and sexiness
Rebuild or swap when the time comes
Finally got it home as safe as it could be.
The car wouldn't turn at all with a low compression in the first cylinder. While in the process of elimination I had a new water pump and radiator installed, new plugs and also restored the fuel tank. Found out it was a timing issue and the timing had to be advanced by just a little bit more than what's recommended from the OEM manual. Completely cleaned the air intake manifold which was completely black from scrubbing and hot tanking the piece.
Eliminated all the grounding wires which I assume was used for a sound system but still don't understand why there was so many.
Super clean front interior with one crack on the dash. I found clean rear seats and also more hatch trim but have yet to install yet.
Car sitting at BMW CCA autocross event running well with just a slight knock.
Here's a solid run in the wet during practice runs. GoPro died before the timed runs which I dropped my time by 10 secs from my practice as it dried up just a bit.
Here's a link to my autocross practice run. It won't let me use embedding so here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFarBNszWBQ
More to come when the time comes and I look forward to adding more in this build post. Thanks for checking it out!