AE86 ( Lots of pics)

so i bought a welder the other day (MIG 125 wire feed) and i started working on making a bumper support for the 86

My First attempts to weld



brackets on the frame rails


Horizontal Support



under the bumper piece




Tacked into place





with the bumper on


i may add onto this, or make a new one, i still need to have zip ties to hold up the bumper, i would like to make a new one that dose not need anything to hold the bumpers up

 

Looks like you need to slow down your hand movement when welding, it will come naturally over time. Other than that happy to see progress!

 

whoot! car runs and drives! thanks Eric for helping me make the brake lines. now i need to make the hatch floor and new front/rear bumpers!

 

awesome to hear its running and driving!

 

So happy to see this news!! Now I need to see in person

 

Thanks for the help Eric, Brandon, and Patrick

Well i am signed up for DD51 at the end of April so i need to hurry and get this thing done!

Drilled out the holes for the rosette welds



Cleaned up the frame in the rear and removed the fuel pump



inplace and lets start welding!!







and its all welded in! next up is to grind them all down and paint it as soon as it gets nice out!

 

Looking great! I bet that event will be a great motivation to keep the working going I'm sure Erik (and the others) will help whenever needed, just let us know.

 

i cleaned up the welds a bit, added some silicone sealant and also painted it this last weekend!

 

i added a little fuel pump / cell protection yesterday but bending up a sheet of 16G steel


drilled a few holes in it to mount the pump and to mount it to the new floor of the car





i also drilled a hole for the fuel pump wires and tossed a grommet in there so the wires don't run through!



now to finish up wiring in the gauges and i am ready for DD51!

 

Well I made a new bash bar, this one I can stand on!






And now I have all of my aero fitted for the first time

 

well she is all ready for the DD this weekend!

IMG_3105 by straitup_d, on Flickr

IMG_3103 by straitup_d, on Flickr

IMG_3100 by straitup_d, on Flickr

IMG_3097 by straitup_d, on Flickr

 

i drove ClubFR's DD51 at USAir in shawano,WI and, it was RAD!!
it was so awesome to finally drive the car a bit and stretch its legs! it did take me a while to get back into the grove with the car. for the first half of the day i was on the "doughnut" corse out in the parking lot, but it felt good to relearn some of the basics!

after lunch i went out to the intermediate track and it was a little rough re learning the track but i had a blast!

Photos!
this is the beginner track in the parking lot


i did have an issue that when the car was at lock it would brake the zipties and i would loose my front bumper :/



On the i intermediate corse and in the pits
















the next weekend i went to an open track day at elko! it was super tight as i have been to a lot of track days there but i have never driven there!

at first i was all like!!!


Then i unloaded the car and got on track! it was awesome! until my fuel pump suddenly stopped working and the car died on me, so i was dead on the track and as i was sitting waiting for a tow off of the track the pump kicked back on, so i loaded the car back up and headed home!





and then i was all

 

Bass boat!!