Trackdays.ie invite us up to Mondello Circuit to give the EK4 Civic a proper drive around a race track. Its a first time doing grip for Neil and Reuben which leads to a lot of shouting and panic. Reuben also makes a new purchase.
Trackdays.ie invite us up to Mondello Circuit to give the EK4 Civic a proper drive around a race track. Its a first time doing grip for Neil and Reuben which leads to a lot of shouting and panic. Reuben also makes a new purchase.
We get take a closer look and strip the EK4 Civic only to find some fantastic surprise rust and dampness. Reuben drives his old Civic through a fire…
We get our hands on a rare EK4 SIR Civic and get nostalgic about our Honda filled younger years.
This was supposed to be a short episode but we added an extended chunk to the end and ruined any chance of this being finished on Monday!
We finally figure out the official Toyota AE86 production numbers on a Toyota parts Database CD and we head to Ace Motorfactors to get some parts blasted for the Trueno.
We head to Irelands largest gathering of Japanese cars. An annual event held at Mondello Raceway, Japfest is the largest gathering of Japanese cars in Ireland and usually brings out some unexpected treats.
In this episode, we fall down the rabbit hole, trying to find out how many AE86’s Toyota produced worldwide. This episode started because two of our Truenos were 40 cars between each other on the assembly line in 1987 and now they live in the same shed. We also uncover some rare photos and interviews with the head designers and engineers on the AE86 chassis.
Two brothers with a long love for all things AE86 and Toyota, open the doors to their garage and let us have a look around.
This is an AE86 heavy episode. We rebuild the 20 Valve Blacktop 4A-GE for the Trueno and we get a surprise 86 visitor from Scotland.
Our friend Jimmy tracks down an RPS13/180SX which he has tried to own for nearly fifteen years.
We are gifted an AE86 for the weekend and we rebuild the gearbox in the Trueno.
The Trueno sees some progress as Barry calls down to hack out some of the final rust. We also check in on Flips RX7 which has a fresh coat of paint.
AE86 festival Ireland, arguably the largest collection of AE86’s outside of Japan. Last year we hit Mondello for one of the biggest gatherings of square old Toyotas RWD Toyotas.
We check out five of Irelands finest AE86’s and uncover some old photos of my Trueno.
Shed distractions, rings, A31 Cefiro’s and old stories with very strong Irish accents.
With the freshly painted Calsonic March, a few AE86’s, a couple of Nissans and a pair of starlets, we hit the road for the Irish Motor festival. This episode was supposed to be uploaded last week but Japanese Jet lag won the battle.