It's Alive! It's ALIIIIIIIVE!!!!

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:59 pm

I forgot to add that you financially would be best off keeping it if you don't want to lose money. Cause you're clearly not going to get what you have in it back, and I think like they said you'll probably be happier with it. It just depends on what you want to drive and when

Dr. Marlow · Post by **Dr. Marlow** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:02 am

Cankles · Post by **Cankles** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:06 am

dude wes, no matter what you do ill love you!!

oh btw marlow, i am to short to sit in your car. i couldnt even see over the dash

Tall_Mike · Post by **Tall_Mike** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:32 am

Cankles wrote:dude wes, no matter what you do ill love you!!

oh btw marlow, i am to short to sit in your car. i couldnt even see over the dash

You must be at least 6'5" to ride that ride.

Dr. Marlow · Post by **Dr. Marlow** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:33 am

Tall_Mike wrote:
Cankles wrote:dude wes, no matter what you do ill love you!!

oh btw marlow, i am to short to sit in your car. i couldnt even see over the dash
You must be at least 6'5" to ride that ride.

BIG MAN CLUB
and hi mike!

P.Haire · Post by **P.Haire** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:49 am

i'm 6'4" and it works good enough.

Pittsy · Post by **Pittsy** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:13 am

Rhoad Racing wrote:
P.Haire wrote:the rear out of alignment sounds like a pan hard bar problem.
Wes, I was talking to Scott T. this weekend. He said you guys fixed the panhard bar issue.

What else is wrong with it? Or better yet, would do you need to do in order to feel content with the car?

Yeah, I've gotten it pretty much ironed out and ready to hit some events. (with some help from great friends.) I just know that I'm always going to be in two worlds with it.

I want to drift. At the moment, that's the reason I have a "project car". I just know that the more I beat on this thing, or make "improvements" geared toward drifting, the more I'm going to tear it up. And I love this car. I would LOVE to be able to "resore" it one day & put it back into amazing shape. I just kind of feel like I'm heading in the opposite direction every time I lay into it. (We've all seen the way I drive. haha)

I don't know. Maybe I just need to quit being a pussy and gut/cage/strip the thing, beat the shit out of it till it falls apart. Then one day drop an SR20 in it, & officially be exiled from the AE86 community. haha

Dr. Marlow · Post by **Dr. Marlow** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:06 am

myshudo wrote: I don't know. Maybe I just need to quit being a pussy and gut/cage/strip the thing, beat the shit out of it till it falls apart. Then one day drop an SR20 in it, & officially be exiled from the AE86 community. haha

join the darkside...

kalifornia087 · Post by **kalifornia087** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:34 am

Sorry to hear your predicament Wes. If you can find somebody to trade a more reliable or driftable car then I'd say do it and get another one later or even let it go. If you can't though, I wouldn't sell it too quick. What wer eyou thinking about getting out of it? What kind of cars are you looking for if you do trade it off??

Pittsy · Post by **Pittsy** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:06 am

Not sure really. The reliability has never been an issue for me. Andrew took incredible care of it before selling it to me. It's still got the all of it's original amenities. I'm still running the power steering. And it's still even got all of the A/C plumbing (needs a new compressor though.)

And we've finally gotten it set up pretty nicely. I've got some pretty nice parts on it; clutch kit, high-comp swap, 4-link rear, adjustable panhard rod, etc...

I just know the more I slide it, the more beat up it's going to get. I kind of think it'd be nice to have maybe a clean S chasis to beat on for a while. And if I slammed it into something I could replace it & not weep uncontrollably, like I would with the Corolla.

ChadMK4 · Post by **ChadMK4** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:03 pm

I would swap it with a 240 if your really wanting to get back into the scene. But I've never owned a corolla so I don't know what I'm missing.

But from a Chad stand point:
240's are easy to replace. A dime, a dozen.
Power potential is greater with a 240.
Parts are generally cheaper.
Parts availability is better for a 240.
And they're pretty easy to drive.

The corolla has nostalgic value to it.
It is the Drift Icon
They're super lite!
Very dependable.
It has a huge following

But overall my opinion is that it's not a car that I'd be interested in. I'll help you all day long if you got something you want to do to it but doesn't give me the butterflies in my stomach to play with it. But don't get me wrong, anything that is gonna be put on the track and given hell (Even if it's a Ford Festiva) is Awesome to me.
But coming from Supra's to S13 SR20's and always having power makes realize how easy things are with the correct amount of power.

When people are talking about rolla's and some "badAss" part that they're wanting to get but it's just to expensive at the moment so they can make 180hp or so, it just kills the whole conversation to me. When it cost like $1000 to make an extra 10-15hp it just doesn't seem logical to me to spend that kinda money unless you're getting another 50+hp or so. Unless your already just about maxxed out in general bolt on power.

I'm just more of a fan of performance over cosmetics or nostalgic value. Even though I'm building a remake of the FOERST low rider truck I had in High School.

Ahh nvmd, Im talking out of the side of my neck.

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:52 pm

myshudo wrote:Not sure really. The reliability has never been an issue for me. Andrew took incredible care of it before selling it to me. It's still got the all of it's original amenities. I'm still running the power steering. And it's still even got all of the A/C plumbing (needs a new compressor though.)

And we've finally gotten it set up pretty nicely. I've got some pretty nice parts on it; clutch kit, high-comp swap, 4-link rear, adjustable panhard rod, etc...

I just know the more I slide it, the more beat up it's going to get. I kind of think it'd be nice to have maybe a clean S chasis to beat on for a while. And if I slammed it into something I could replace it & not weep uncontrollably, like I would with the Corolla.

I condone more corolla's being in the family, and especially ones that get occasionally tracked but are super sweet clean dailies

. Track beaters are where it's at. I need a DD soon.

shawn shawn · Post by **shawn shawn** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:31 pm

YES!!!!!!!!!!! Wes in a fun car again!!!

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:44 pm

SO EXCITING!! Great to hear that shit.

Midtenn · Post by **Midtenn** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:49 pm

ChadMK4 wrote:....But I've never owned a corolla so I don't know what I'm missing....

Very dependable.

These two statements made me laugh. AE86's are only very dependable if you spend the time to make them so. I can't tell you how many hours I spent getting my car ready for an event. I know before the event in Memphis (2007) I spent 3 weeks before the event getting the car in order (along with getting Mike and Marlow's cars). Changed nearly every fluid before event (coolant was usually left alone, but I only ran distilled water), replaced front wheel bearings a few times, fixed leaks before they become a problem, etc. There isn't may bolts I haven't turned on an AE86. The only part I can say I haven't seen the inside of is the transmission and I was about to do that before I installed a 20v.