Today was the launch of D-Mac’s ae86 and the new NFS shift. The car definitely didn’t disappoint when it rolled in after finally being completed just the night before!
Everybody who has been in the car scene for a long time either has some sort of place to keep stuff they have hoarded over the years or work on their cars. The first time I got a chance to go out to this shed I was amazed at how much was going on. There was just such an interesting collection of random bits and bobs and that was before you even started to look at the cars.
With the weather being so crazy lately it was nice that on the day this meet was organized, there was a cold winter sun on a nice crisp day. This meet was held in Portlaoise. They had set up a Gymkhana course where you could have a little fun if you wanted. Its great to see that Ireland still has a strong following of the 86 and other early RWD chassis from Toyota and a decent amount of cars made an appearance.
Only one snap of this, but one is good enough. Only in Japan would you find this type of epic creation. A KE wagon with a trueno front complete with some funky fender mirror’s.
I’ve always kept an eye on these two cars, two of the nicest AE86’s rolling around the streets of Waterford back when everyone was deep in the fast and furious Max Power world. These cars have been with the owners for years. I decided to feature both cars together fresh out of a restoration. Both owners went completely different directions so it a fascinating story. If you’re wondering why we’ve called this thunder vs. lightning, well because Trueno translates into thunder, and Levin loosely translates into lightning.
I was going crazy I missed this last year, so this year I made sure my weekend was free to trek up to the AE86 track day. It had been raining all week and was looking bad, which is typical in Ireland. Somehow the rain decided to take a break only for that Saturday and mother nature even showed us a bit of sunlight which is always a treat.
Chris Gray just got back from an interesting trip to the infamous Tec Art’s garage in Japan. For those of you who don’t know who Tec Art’s are they are probably one of the most well known ae86 tuners in Japan. Tec-Art’s is a small family-run shop in the outskirts of Tokyo, a place that over the years Kamata-san and his brother have turned into one of the most respected hachiroku shops in Japan, They’ve built some infamous cars, we recently had this video on the site of the Eco 86 which Tsuchiya drove around Tsukubu in video option.
Looks causal from the back aye, just another Trueno coupe…. The wheels could easily be taken off and then everything would be just fine.
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Seen this a while back but didn’t have the site going to post it. So if you havent seen this enjoy.. and lets hope she drives it hahaha
Shiny shiny car
This was featured in option.
4 minutes in team t50. Good stuff
This dx looks nice
Check this beast in better quality. hopefully they dont enhance the plates.
These are the new te37v from rays. They looks amazing, and they only weigh a measly 5.3kg EACH! Check it
They look relly nice sitting on The hachirokus from impulse
For a modern wheel it sits really well, The v supposedly stands for vintage and and the wheels come in 114.3 in 4 stud drill pattern and will be offered in 7.5 up to 10-inches wide in two colors only which is a shame. The Endless mono block brake looks amazing lurking behind these wheels. Cant wait to see them on other cars…
The new FT-86 isint the nicest looking car. It really seems to look like a 370z or a smaller version of the new lexus lfa. I really thought they would have borrowed the looks from the older hachiroku but i guess they didnt.
This cover of option has the car with some watanabes and the panda paint job and it actually doesent look half bad.