dr.occaOct 12, 20211 minDust Off Piece: "86 How To: Doors - Sad, Shaky, Sagging...SOLVED!"To read the rest of the article, pick up a copy of 86 Garage Magazine's Issue No. 5
dr.occaApr 19, 20212 minFrog In Your Throat-tle?Recently worked on a friend's refreshed 4A-GE sporting a pair of Mikuni 44PHH carbs. While dialing her in, in between the test jaunts...
dr.occaFeb 25, 20211 minA Welcomed Surprise for an AE86 Parts HoarderSo I'm performing my regular startup and warmup routine on the 86s and when I get to the "Tanuki", she won't turn over. My first...
dr.occaNov 16, 20201 minDust Off Piece: "Cooking Up an Adjustable Pan-Hard"To read the rest of the article, pick up a copy of 86 Garage Magazine's Issue No. 2
dr.occaNov 13, 20201 minDust Off Piece: Re-visiting Roll-Center-AdjustersGet a copy of Issue No. 1 of 86 Garage Magazine for more articles and information.
dr.occaJul 15, 20204 minIgniting that Carbureted 20V 4AG with "Vintage Fie Yuh"! (fīr)For those of you foolish enough (to others you are a wicked blasphemer) to go exploring in the old forest of carburetion, hunched over...
dr.occaJul 6, 20201 min"Digital Display" (RFTW baby!!!) - Proof of Concept : Running Dual Digital Clusters in the AE86A quick update on the Raspberry Pi Digital Cluster Project - finally got her installed in Law's Levin Hatch. The install was all very...
dr.occaJun 2, 20202 minA "Spark" of InspirationA few weekends ago, while giving the cars their usual start & warm up, decided to take a manometer to each of the carb stacks on the...
dr.occaMay 24, 20202 minHeads Up - Fun Developing a Custom Cluster for Our Beloved AE86 - Part 2Previously, I had completed a prototype and fully functional custom gauge cluster that fit neatly in the factory cluster location and...
dr.occaMay 21, 20202 min"Heads Up - Fun Developing a Custom Cluster for Our Beloved AE86"I've been working off and on with a good friend's project for a couple of years now. With all the wiring pulled, she's finally at the...
dr.occaMay 6, 20201 min"Improving" On the Little Things: 4AG Alternator TensionerFor all of the fellow die-hard, stubborn 4AG brethren, you're familiar with grabbing a large screwdriver, pry-bar, etc...wedged between...
dr.occaApr 24, 20201 minAE86 Electrical: Wiring Up Your Kouki Bumper Indicator LightsIf you've converted the front end of your non JDM AE86 to the JDM kouki front bumper w/ Turn Indicator Lamps, then you may be one of...
dr.occaApr 20, 20201 minA side-by-side comparison of Toyota's 4AG heads and Honda's F20C - in pictures.What important differences do YOU see between the 3 different heads in the following images and why do you find them important? Image A -...