This is not really today but couple of months worth of intermittent effort:
BTW once the paintjob is complete I will fix up minor things and put it up for sale, what would one expect for this thing:
1992 AE101 GT Apex Trueno
~250k
Silvertop with blacktop cams (pointless mod)
4-1 Some JDM collector with fat tubes (another pointless mod)
blacktop flywheel (another pointless mod)
Clutch replaced at about 220k (genuine clutch+plate+bearing, rear crank seal and machined flywheel).
facelift throttle bodies (another pointless mod)
znoelli slotted rotors at the front (yeah...)
spoon style rear muffler (jesus, what was I thinking?)
6 Speed box with torsen LSD (out of some BZ-R), with new bearings, some new synchroes and new crown and pinion (replaced about 8 years ago?). Don't worry, I did not fix the box myself, subtech did (I let them do it as I did not had enough experience to check the crown/pinion mesh pattern).
Crappy homemade paintjob (will guarantee to look good at >3m away). See pic above.
Comes with optional cold start rattle (250,000km of high RPM glory).
Oil consumption is less than 1L per 5000kms (no need to top up between 5k service interval
).
Red stuff in the radiator.
It hasn't had any issues in last 8 years or so, being driven by my sister (lies! the little plastic button on the brake pedal broke and killed the battery last year, it has been fixed).
1 yo battery (NS40ZL size).
Stupid cold air intake with pod filter in the guard/bumper area (awesome inlet noise).
Best fuel consumption in the city I got was about 8.6L/100km.
Clapped out budget monroe shocks (crappy from factory), replaced about 100k ago.
Cambelt replaced at about 220k (proper job: seals, rollers, water pump, etc)..
It passes WOF no problem.
Got warrantable tyres with about 3-4mm thread left (Bridgestone playz) on black steel wheels (from a Toyota IST). 14" Alloy wheel spare
.
A/C is kaput, being R12 unit not sensible to fix it. A/C pump is also missing clutch. Pump is currently working as very heavy idler.
Way faster than 2005 Vitz RS
.
The paintjob cost me about $500 in materials (I am not going to count my hours
). when I started I did not know that sister will get a new car soon.
