Ok, i figure that for this update ill document up to the next phase of its life.
When i came back from the Philippines i went to get it engineered in Canberra, but before that Ben told me about a Khana which BMSC was running, i duly entered and this is how it looked:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3650-2/dsc_0428_sized.jpg[/img]
Thanks to whoever took that pic.
Subsequently i got the car engineered, and it passed over the pits second time (first one was still a touch loud).
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5188-2/IMG_0566.jpg[/img]
Anyway, i moved to Adelaide to finish off my uni degrees, and left it in my parents garage for 3 months until Easter as i didnt have anywhere to store it down in Adelaide.
Courtesy of Mr 1JZ i was able to store it in his back yard for a while so i had it trucked down (the only transport i actually had to pay for), and it arrived on a Friday. Now i found out that on the Monday of the next week (Anzac Day) there was a drift practice day, and seeing as i really wanted to get track time in the thing i decided to head along.
So off we went out to Mallala, and i found that i had a couple of issues with the clutch heating up along the way, but that was ok, and I got there eventually.
Out i went onto the track and im hammering around for a couple of laps, completely sucking at drifting, until im coming through the kink (driving more like its a Supersprint than a drift day) and the throttle jams wide open going into Northern hairpin. So without being able to use gears to slow im pretty damn screwed so i pulled the electrical kill switch and threw the car around 180deg because i figured that if i was going to hit the wall i would prefer to hit it backwards (or the sand for that matter), but as i rolled to a stop i heard a small pop come from the engine bay, and very quickly found that smoke was pouring out from the drivers side.
Out i hopped damn quickly and peeked in to find fire lapping around.
Now im sure everyone will remember this photo:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3532-2/DSCF0018_002.jpg[/img]
Which is the fuel surge tank, which i REALLY didnt want to go pop. So i emptied 1kg of dry powder into the bay, half onto that and half onto the quads where the fire was. Soon i also found out the strange fact that drifters dont carry extinguishers, plus i was “around the corner” out of sight of the fire marshalls. Luckily someone alerted them, and one of the local rally drivers was out mucking around in the rally car, and he was able to dump 2kg of AFFF onto it, before the fireys dumped another couple of kg of AFFF onto it.
I cant find the photo which was taken in the pits (Mr1JZ could probably find that, it was on NS somewhere) but here are a few of what it looked like as i started stripping it down:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5192-2/IMG_0570.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5194-2/IMG_0572.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5189-2/IMG_0567.jpg[/img]
I’m still grateful that the surge tank didnt go pop.
And that was the end of the first phase of my AE86’s life.
P.s. ill update this again later, this is enough for today.