$6,000 drift machine?

[Voodoo.Priest]

Any one read the article in Sport Compact Car this month? There is an article on how some guy build a track worthy AE86 for $6,000. This magazine has a reputation of converting prices in Canada for us Canadian readers that do not use USD.

This $6k does not includ the buy price of the car though. Also the car was originally a SR5 wich was made in 1984. The car now pumps out 142 hp at the wheels.

These are his mods:

Engine:
4A-GE
Internal Mods:
0.5mm overbore
custom oversize pistons
HKS camshafts (264 intake and 256 exhaust)
owner milled and ported cylinder head
0.8mm TRD cylinder head gasket
adjustable cam gears
External Mods:
Port-matched TRD headers
4-pot AE101 throttle body
Jubiride intake sacks
port-matched Jubiride intake mainfold
Bosch fule pump
Earls fule lines
oil cooler with dual cooling fans
custom air intake
custom exaust with twin -pipe tip
Engine management:
Konishi Speed ECU
A'pexi S-AFC

Drivetrain:
TRD differential
4.778 final drive
AE92 clutch
AE92 flywheel

Suspension:
Front:
Owner modified Tokico Illumina shocks (MR2 rear)
8kg Ground Control springs
stock anti-roll bar
TRD brushings
custom upper strut tower brace
Rear:
KYB shocks
5.5kg Ground Control springs
stock anti-roll bar
TRD brushings

Breaks:
Front:
Stock with Jubiride pads
stainless steel break lines
custom master cylinder stopper
Rear
Stock with Jubiride pads
stainless steel break lines

Exterior:
Wheels:
15x7 custom steel wheels created from 86 Celica center pieces
Tires:
F) 195/50VR15
R) 205/50VR15 Falken Azeni
These will be reversed for drift competition
Body:
Dual custom monocoque stiffening center bars
JDM Trueno bumpers
JDM Trueno spoiler (dosen't look like it is on yet)
JDM trueno tail lights
gold paint job

Interior:
Nardi Torino steering wheel
Mitsubishi seats
Sabelt five point harness
TRD shift knob
Auto Meter guages in custom panel
relocated wiper and A/C switches
removed rear seat, carpeting and insulation
Optima battery in trunk
stock audio system

[Deep]

WTF? Thats awesome.

[uras]

what's the cover page of that SCC issue???

[ek-9]

I'd doubt it's do-able for that price.

Supoose you start with a GTS so you don't have to factor in the cost of a conversion.

- machine work on motor (head p/p, milling; overbore) $1000
- cams would be $500
- pistons $500
- TRD headgasket $100
- Cam gears $200
- TRD headers $400
- ITBs $200
- Fuel Pump $200
- exhaust $500
- SAFC $400
- TRD LSD $500
- TRD bushings $400
- shocks/springs $500
- brakelines $100
- tires mounted and balanced $400
- JDM bumpers $1000

That's not even the whole list of stuff and it's already upto $6900. The prices I'm estimating are lower then market price, Jubiride parts have not been listed and would be on the more expensive side, and no labour prices have been factored in. So unless you have some CRAZY hookups, don't expect to achieve what they claim to have done without double the money.

[mr_sinister]

magazines ALWAYS say they built some car for under X dollars, and it's always a little questionable.. afterall, they are trying to sell magazines (often times to highschool kids who like to dream)..

i've read countless articles in hot rod mag that were about building a 12 second car for this much or a 300 hp motor for that much. .. but i never did build any car

if you're patient and look for a good car to start off with for not too much money, you can build a nice 86 with $6000.. just not THAT nice.

[project trueno]

coolio!

[fatredcircle]

It's not what you know,
it's who you know.

[baartman]

he said he bought the car a while ago when they were worth ten cents. They had a quote something to the effect of "nowadays you cant find a rusted out ae86 for 3000". which is quite true. he also could have known some guys and got special deals.

[Lafora]

NO ONE port matches exhaust headers.

you're supposed to have a pretty profound step between the header and the exhaust port so you don't LOSE power.

btw, tihs ain't my theory, read Performance Tuning of 4 cycle engines (or something like that) written by A Graham Bell.

[cosmicbutthairs]

my ass for $6000

[Lafora]

Originally posted by baartman
he said he bought the car a while ago when they were worth ten cents. They had a quote something to the effect of "nowadays you cant find a rusted out ae86 for 3000". which is quite true. he also could have known some guys and got special deals.

special deals as in mfg cost

i'd hate to know what a NEW TRD final drive would cost since a stock OEM new unit is more than 1000 bucks cdn

[4Aaron GE]

To further illustrate our point.

[Voodoo.Priest]

Originally posted by uras
what's the cover page of that SCC issue???

page 68

And ya, I thought it seemed a little cheap for all the **** that was in the car as well. But then again reading the banner accross the front of his windshield I originally thought it was ether his personal website or mabey a maker of no name parts or something but it turned out to be a shop. So the guy is most likley sponsored and or owns that shop and got most of the **** dirt cheap.

One thing that I thought was funny though is that you see an Endless sticker on the car and yet there was not a single part made by endless in the car.

[RedruM]

it must be a typo

more like 16g's

[boroEF]

what an idiot.
i want to see him drift with 205 width falken azenis and manage to break them loose consistantly and slide with a measly 140whp