Dirty turbo Trueno drift shed

by **Tony N** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:12 am

Was looking good until this happened:
http://youtu.be/QBAdjUzo_T4

The aftermath:

Anyway, fixed it up over the winter and did some skidding, mainly at Mallory:

Brother Bam captured the moment just before the cones got it:

One of my fav pics of the car, going through the esses, taken by Lee Broadley:

Had a near miss at Devil's Elbow with Brother Bam riding shotgun:
http://youtu.be/HScc9rThjRs

Then the inevitable blowup happened:

Rebuild no.2 completed with pistons from James' parts bin:

Reping the Brotherhood:

The rebuild was done in time for the BDC license day in 2011 at Donny, the diff was getting noisier all the way up there, 2 runs in and:

Correctly diagnosed by Louise:

Fixed it back up for Awesomefest, anyway I'll dig those pics out and carry-on later...

by **Tony N** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:09 pm

Yeah I'll get on to it asap, my computer time gets rationed lol

by **Chaycore** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:31 am

patiently awaiting part 2...

by **Mark** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:32 pm

Don't think i remember your build on the old 86 forum so nice to see it up here. can't wait for Pt2

by **Tony N** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:40 pm

Been looking through some old pics so thought I'd post them on the new forum.

Some of you may know this thing already... had it for nearly 8 years now and bought it because one day I was bored of my company hack and decided I wanted something rwd, lightweight, and with 4 seats.

Retro Car had just ran an 86 buyers guide and then I found this on ebay and it was local, should have just bought an E36 M3.

When I first got it, bog standard except for the exhaust and lovely wooden Nardi wheel:

Ran it like this for a while smashed it into the back of some mare who pulled out onto a roundabout and stopped when there was nothing bleeding coming! The result:

Pulled the motor out and got a local body shop to start work on it, turns out it had previous crash damage in the same place so needed the work doing anyway:

While the motor was out I thought this thing needs more power... first idea was a 2ZZ from a Celica T-Sport as it was bound to be a bolt-in conversion, er no. Then I thought about a rotrex charger but found they were silly money and don't give the mid-range I wanted, so a turbo it was then! While the body was being sorted I tore down the motor and did a full rebuild and the turbo conversion.

Engine back in the car with turbo install:

A bit of fettling on the dyno and it was ready to hit the streets:

Some pics my mate took:

Bought Robs 13" minilites for track use:

First drift day at Curborough, was really pleased with the way the car went:

Polished up for the legendary Stoney Cove 86 meet:

Looking good for first day at the Pod:

Part 2 coming up...

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