Dust Off Piece: "86 How To: Doors - Sad, Shaky, Sagging...SOLVED!"
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dr.occa
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
Frog 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...
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dr.occa
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
A Welcomed Surprise for an AE86 Parts Hoarder
So 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...
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dr.occa
- Nov 16, 2020
- 1 min
Dust 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
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dr.occa
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
Dust Off Piece: Re-visiting Roll-Center-Adjusters
Get a copy of Issue No. 1 of 86 Garage Magazine for more articles and information.
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dr.occa
- Jul 15, 2020
- 4 min
Igniting 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...
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dr.occa
- Jul 5, 2020
- 1 min
"Digital Display" (RFTW baby!!!) - Proof of Concept : Running Dual Digital Clusters in the AE86
A quick update on the Raspberry Pi Digital Cluster Project - finally got her installed in Law's Levin Hatch. The install was all very...
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dr.occa
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
A "Spark" of Inspiration
A 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...
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dr.occa
- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
Heads Up - Fun Developing a Custom Cluster for Our Beloved AE86 - Part 2
Previously, I had completed a prototype and fully functional custom gauge cluster that fit neatly in the factory cluster location and...
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dr.occa
- May 20, 2020
- 2 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...
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dr.occa
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
"Improving" On the Little Things: 4AG Alternator Tensioner
For all of the fellow die-hard, stubborn 4AG brethren, you're familiar with grabbing a large screwdriver, pry-bar, etc...wedged between...
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dr.occa
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
AE86 Electrical: Wiring Up Your Kouki Bumper Indicator Lights
If 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...
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dr.occa
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
A 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 -...
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