7AGTE drift hatch

[cdixon311]

Great things to come.

[joel26]

cant wait to see it and some pics of the project....

[cdixon311]

Water pipe y u no match up?




Solved: thanks to mooreofit for the donor 4age piping. Using a new 4age water pump for now since it seems to line up with the pullies properly. It almost fit perfectly, and still leaves clearance for the knock sensor. Ordered from toyota for about $100. They seem to have most of the stuff needed.





I had to grind down a tiny corner on my 7afe block to make all the bolts line up right.

[cdixon311]

welded sr5 diff painted and ready to go in

[cdixon311]

Thanks to drift for the 4age head! Cleaned it up and found a cracked valved. Replaced that, lapped the valves, and replaced all the valve seats. Then adjusted the clearance. It mates perfectly to the 7a block using 7a head bolts & 7afe tensioner. The 1986 porche 944 timing belt fits perfectly.

[joel26]

nice update looks good....

[cdixon311]

It's a slow start, but it's a start. If anyone wants to sponsor a drift car, hit me up

[dr.occa]

You finally got it started Chris. Alright man!

[cdixon311]

I guess the 4ac had the clutch slave on the drivers side, and the clutch master was leaking so I had to replace it and run lines to the passenger side of the car. I still had my old cylinder and lines from the ae92 build, so I bent them and swapped the stock ae86 clutch master with the one from my ae92. Not exactly an upgrade, but I got away with a free fix. I put a couple spacers to push it back from the firewall, but aside from that it fits nicely. I think it looks better too. The only real hang up was removing the bolt from the clutch pedal, but the grinder made short work of that.

[cdixon311]

I had some dynomat lying around, and it gets hot as hell in Houston, so why not.... heres a before and after

[cdixon311]

and my favorite part... a freshly painted engine bay

[joel26]

looks good.. nice update..

[dr.occa]

Great updates Chris. Keep with it man. Going MS for management I take it?

[cdixon311]

eh, I'm not entirely sure which direction I'm going to go yet. Still in the air about building the 7age or not. If I turbo the 7a, yea MS3 is what I had in mind. For now, I plan to run n/a 7age and build up the rest of the car (brakes/suspension/etc). Right now I need an alternator bracket. Damn things are hard to find. LMK if you run across one please

[dr.occa]

Me personally I'd just get it up and running. The car will run sooner without turbo. While it's getting use to its new lease on life you can planning and getting your turbo project together.

The actual base or the channeled arm for tensioning?