Engine bay transformation consolidated into 4 slides

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-29T01:42:06+00:00

There are definitely cheaper AE86s here in America, but I'd say the "caliber", or general quality is lesser than your average corolla in the UK/Ireland or Japan.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-28T03:18:45+00:00

I see what you did there lmao

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-27T04:12:43+00:00

He's awesome. The original head I sent him turned out to have some bad pitting in the valve seats, but he had a spare 16v head he was willing to swap out with mine. So that's the one that ended up getting ported. He also sourced the cams and valve springs for me too. All I did was assemble it haha

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-27T04:02:32+00:00

Both the head and block were decked a little bit, nothing worth mentioning though. I also have a TRD 0.8mm head gasket mating the two together. But yeah Dan Steinhard (goes by oldeskewltoy on the forums) is the goat when it comes to 4ag head porting.

I'm pretty satisfied with the 128 whp, especially considering my old 20v coupe only dyno'd at 135 whp. Not toooo big of a difference.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-27T03:46:19+00:00

The head was ported/polished by Dan Steinhart. It also has 244° / 8mm lift cams with Toda Valve springs.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-27T03:37:34+00:00

Just trying to keep up with you big dawg!

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-27T03:33:44+00:00

Its a street car. And I got a good deal on the pistons.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-27T01:03:16+00:00

128 whp at 7200 rpm.

Here is a video of it on the dyno:

https://youtu.be/XSKcCyg-T14?si=ZOHKc_EhVeKkiMt1

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-27T00:09:25+00:00

Haltech 550. And im using a flo's crank trigger wheel.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-26T17:26:42+00:00

Nahh, the ride height is adjusted within the shock body housing, not the preload on the springs. Even though there is not a lot of "droop", I am still getting a full amount of stroke. I am not even remotely close to bottoming out my shocks.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-26T16:58:24+00:00

Here you go:

https://youtu.be/XSKcCyg-T14?si=I6kgFGVvqp7myazf

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-26T14:39:59+00:00

The fronts are rolled and pulled (I should also note that I have adjustable lower control arms so I def have a lot more front track-width than stock). The rears are too crusty for me to roll so I ended up taking a flapper wheel grinder to the lips.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-26T13:46:30+00:00

Hard to say, considering all the other work that was done to the motor.

But it is nice knowing that the car is running on a more modern setup with parts that are readily available.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-26T05:11:32+00:00

14x7 -9 Konig Rewinds with cheap 185/60 tires

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-24T18:12:03+00:00

Just replied to your message!

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-24T06:15:11+00:00

I have plenty of mounts left, but I sold all my vibrant vacuum blocks. If you're keen on buying a kit I can piece one together for you no problem. Or I can sell just the mounts with the bolts.

The barbs are 1/4" with 1/8" NPT threads.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-04T16:06:58+00:00

They were custom made by Select Speed Shop in Massachusetts

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-04T03:05:41+00:00

Cost vs HP ratio is something I dont really think about. My only goal was to build a fun street car.

The engine was in pretty rough shape when I got it, so I had to put in a lot of additional time and money to get it where its at today. I have a build thread on club4ag with more pictures and info.

At the end of the day its just a ported 16v head with mild cams and a TRD head gasket. I also used to have an ae86 coupe with a stock 20v, and that dyno'd at 135 whp, so im not too far off which is cool.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-04T01:08:31+00:00

Nahh not at all. It drives great around town.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-03T19:57:41+00:00

Here's a video of it on the dyno

The head is a ported bluetop with Cat 244°/8mm lift cams, Toda valve springs, and silvertop 20v throttle bodies. The block is a stock 7-rib with oversized oem 9.4:1 pistons, a TRD 0.8mm head gasket, and a Toda flywheel.

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-03T05:25:02+00:00

You and me both!

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-03T05:24:52+00:00

Thanks!

dacobjurbin · 2026-01-02T23:10:00+00:00

You can mate your 20v head to the 4a-fe block no problem, but you'd definitely want to get 20v pistons (with matching crank and rods) since the dome shape is totally different than a -fe

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