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#118133   2017-03-22 14:36          
Thanks. About my engine swap & my GX71. Not very well xd. We had quite a lot problems installing the new 4A-GE engine & in the end we just had a empty Mark II sitting on lift & 4A engine taken to pieces all around the workshop. The biggest reason we just gave up was because I found some deadly rust spots near the transmission tunnel I had never noticed before. I started realizing that the car wasn't really worth the swap, especially with such a different engine.

After just wandering around the workshop trying to clean up the mess we made, mate came up with an idea where to put the 20v Black Top engine. He had a AE86 hatch in his hangar sitting clean for 3+ years. Shortly, we trailered that hachiroku to our workshop, cleaned it, swapped all the fluids etc to make it moving on its own. It had been a part-time drift car since early 2000's, but was left behind. It's probably its 4th paintjob & second engine. It looks really stock & factory-original but a big number parts have been changed at the times it was at the track. When the "track-times" got over, Katsumi put most of the original & interior parts back on the car.

We didn't get that far to swap the Black Top in although this 86 belongs to me now. I already had swapped in the cup holders from my GX71, Nardi Classic & rims. And yes, Mark II has been left behind, kinda. I don't know what to do with the stripped kyusha sedan at right now.

That's how my AE86 looks now. We washed the body several times, including the interior.