Project AE86 Restoring the Rear End
The rear end of our AE86 was showing its age. It was really rusty and crusted over from almost 40 years of neglect. We were really worried that the axle…
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Project AE86, Repairing the Chassis
One of the pitfalls of buying a car sight unseen is that sometimes the car may be worse in certain areas than you were hoping. This was true with our…
Project AE86, Updating the Drivetrain with SQ Engineering and Battle Garage
The T50 transmission in our AE86 was making some whining noises and had stiff and crunchy shifting. Being 40 years old, it probably needed some rebuilding. The trouble is T50…
Project AE86 Upgrading the Brake with Techno Toy Tuning
For its time the AE86 had class-leading brakes. This meant it had 4-wheel disc, the front with ventilated disc brakes in an era where some cars still came with 4-wheel…
Project AE86, More Suspension with Techno Toy Tuning!
In this installment of Project AE86, we continue with our suspension mods brought to you by Techno Toy Tuning or T3. As we said in our first installment T3 makes…
Introducing Project AE86 Starting on the Front Suspension With Techno Toy Tuning and Whiteline
Way back in 1985, I was in my last year of school. I was working at TRD (Toyota Racing Development) as my going through college job and I was going…
This Old Picture
So I had to find some old pictures of me when I used to work at TRD USA as a race support engineer for a video that was being put together…
Motegi Racing’s Killer AE86 Corolla GTS
Motegi Racing's Killer AE86 Corolla GTS By Mike Kojima The Iconic Toyota Corolla AE86 is one of our all time favorite cars. The last of the RWD econoboxes, the AE86…