to AE? or not to AE*56k warning*, That is the question.. Options

[Valo666]

So my celi's head is about to blow on me amd ive been figureing how much it would cost to replace my head or get it fixed. So its gonna be up around $2000 for a new head, cleaning, rebuilding, gaskets and installation and then duin the timing. So i found out i can get the threads on the one spark plug that is messed up replaced/recut/coiled for around $300. But it would still leave my head a ticking time bomb. So i got an e-mail from my friend Renato who is living over in japan. He had his AE86 for sale a few months back. I was thinkin of buyin it but my dad refused. Any ways, i was thinkin of sellin the celi again and buyin his AE86 and throwin a silvertop in it. His AE is absolutely mint condition, comes with 2 sets of rims and 3 sets of tires. 1 for drift, 1 for street and 1 for winter. Any ways, heres the pics of the AE as is now.




he has the trunk plastics just not installed cuz they arent cut for the strut bars



Mods: Sprinter tails, JDM badges, KAAZ 1.5way LSD, KGMM springs, 45 way adjustable Tokiko shocks, TRD suspention bushings, bigger sway bars, stainless braided break lines, Sparco rally wheel, momo shift knob, 2inch stainless mandrel bent exhaust system, and he has the pieces to make a short ram or CIA for the 4age. Motors got 156xxxkm on it. Car is like a street legal go-kart. And im Sept, im goin back 2 school and im gonna be livin alone. IE im gonna b drivin to work and to go shopping only. SO im thinkin of gettin somethin a lil better on gas and somethin that would be fun to run around. Plus if he still is selling his car for as much as he was b4, i could buy the car, do a silvetop swap and buy new brackets for my other sparco.

What do you think??

This post has been edited by Valo666: Jan 9, 2006 - 7:29 PM

[Valo666]

I went there, found a few, they r askin $1000+ each with like 165xxxkm on it. My motor has 141xxxkm on it right now n is havin problems. Plus i bought a new compelete head 2day for $130 with tax and im gettin it installed next week. But im still really considering gettin Renato's AE. I talked to him and he said if i want it, he will hold onto it for me untill i sell my celi. The majour problems my dad had with the car when i checked it out b4 was the trans mounts were a lil shabby and the motors got about 225xxxkm on it...So my buddy is gettin sponsered by Hankook and Raceworld.ca's drift team and hez gettin a 6speed trans for his new 20V black top and is gonna sell his trans for $200 with only 124xxxkm on it. And he told me to talk 2 his friend sam, and sam can do a 20V silvertop swap for $600 and i can get the silvertop for $800 with ECU and harness. So if i sell my car at its appraised price $15K CND, i can buy the AE, Swap the silvertop in, get my friends old trans or get the original one rebuilt, get a new set of rubbers and the brackets i need for my sparco, and ill still have like 5 or 6K left over.