Ae86 SR1 Bonneville project (Toyota Corolla + 998cc motorbike engine)

[darcane]

A few more pics:

1. Draveshaft Adapter. It's actually custom made, since the place that sells them hadn't made one specifically for this engine. The guy (Hawk Machine) was awesome to work with and when I indicated that the one he sent wouldn't work, he supplied me the custom adapter free of charge.
2. Modified driveshaft. It's nearly three feet longer than stock and has a slip joint from a 4WD front driveshaft since there is no slip yoke on the tranny like a conventional RWD car has.
3. Approximate position of the installed engine before I built brackets.
4. Solidworks image of the header I plan to build. I bought a header kit on sale for about $70 that included parts to build a header for a Chevy small block in an open car. This gives me plenty of strainght and mandrel bent tube to work with, I can just cut and weld. All four tubes are within 0.5" in length.

Mike

[Sularus]

any updates to this? I love bonneville racing.

[darcane]

Nothing to report at the moment. I don't seem to have a lot of time lately, mostly due to small children using much of it.

I'm also working on getting my motorcycle operational in hopes of reducing my fuel costs.

[sjr]

on your header you can buy some manrel bends and make it up out of them, just need a mig welder, I would drop the engine down keep the hood stock and help out the driveline angle good luck

[darcane]

Well, I already have all the mandrel bends I need. I bought a header kit for a V8 engine. It has 8 mandrel bent tubes that gives me plenty of material to work with and it was cheaper to buy than individual mandrel bends. I just need to get it cut up and welded.

As for the engine... well, I think I'm going to get a few more things situated on the top end of the engine (air filter being the big one) and see exactly what I've got for hood interference before I make a solid decision there.

I do appreciate any comments or suggestions though.

[Chris D.]

You could have just sold the car for quite a bit, its really popular in the import/tuner crowd..

[darcane]

Originally Posted by Chris D.

You could have just sold the car for quite a bit, its really popular in the import/tuner crowd..

Maybe... The "Initial D" tax seems to be fading away, and it's only an SR5. But I'm sure I could have sold it for more than I bought it for.

I like it though, so I'll stick with this car. Unfortunately, someone set a record in my class, so I have to find a way to get more speed than I originally planned. Current record is 144.612 mph.