Nicky Hayden Tribute by LPVideo

RIP champ

Backyard dreams

Nothing fancy, just a lot of dedication, resulting in excellence.

Star Wars day

May the 4th be with you.

Star Wars celebration 2015

Leverage

Flickr Tags: AE86,Toyota,Corolla

While putting together the Black Ice, one small detail I notice while doing the conversion.   The e brake cable guide profile is slightly different between the SR5 and GTS.  The profile on top is SR5 and the one below is GTS.  The SR5 looks to be slightly shorter than the other.  The handles themselves were of equal length using my eye and sitting them side by side.  It seems that SR5 handle would provide a better mechanical advantage to locking up the rear brakes.  The down side would be the extra travel for the brake handle.  Though I never heard of such conversions, I'll probably give this a try since I've both on the work bench.  If I don’t like it I can revert back to the GTS setup.  As to when is anybody’s guess.

1/4 liter 6 cylinder

This is Honda’s RC166 MotoGP bike from the 60’s.  Revving to 20k RPMs to make 65 and sounding beastly.  Not bad for something that has 250cc’s.

Winning

Big wing, big flares, & big RPMs.  Contragulations you're winning.

Porsche 911 GT3 RS - LEGO Technic - Designer Video 42056

I wouldn't mind having one of these.

Code 6

Not too long ago, Grey Poupon decides to drop a diagnostic light bomb.  Even though the car is operationally sound,  the check engine light stares me down taunting me.  It must know that smog season is coming up and wishes to antagonize me.  Utilizing the special service tool, aka paper clip, to pull the code from the ECU, the blinking lights inform me that I have an ignition signal issue.  Grey never had issues like this before, usually it’s cars that come by the cave that have this issue.  It usually ends up with me replacing harnesses and/or distributors.  But just when I was going to replace the distributor with a spare in the back, I find out the definitive cause of code 6.  Fortunately, didn’t have to replace anything just soldered everything back together and now everything is good.

The Best Songs Of 1987 (100 Hits)

1987 was the final year of the RWD Corollas.

Not surprised.

In the process of getting the cage installed.  I took upon myself to remove the windshield.  Since it was already cracked I didn’t have to be extra careful during it’s removal.  But all that didn’t matter since whoever installed did a pretty shoddy job.  The end result was a tremendous amount of rust that accumulated in the windshield channel.  But I'm not surprised with all other shoddy work the previous owner(s) had performed on the car.

The Best Songs Of 1986 (100 Hits)

Before it was know as the 86, the RWD Toyota Corolla was sold in 1986.  What kind of music was being pumped out of their Toyota Premium Stereo?

Tomodachi 86

Like the ground hog emerging from it’s underground lair to scout the surroundings.  I came out and headed to Chino Hills for what small meet.  Couple of the AE86 heads gathered for a meet and greet with an AE86 driver from the land of the rising sun.

The Best Songs Of 1985 (100 Hits)

The year is 1985 and the Corolla GTS is the new kid on the block.  What did it's owners listen to when driving off the dealership?

Airbagged Trailers

To complete that stanced look.

The Best Songs Of 1984 (100 Hits)

It was 1984 the Corolla SR5 hit the streets.  What did the owners listen to while commuting to work.?

Welcome daylight savings

Wish they just leave it like this all year round.  It’s just nice to have more daylight to get more stuff  done after work, instead running a crap load of lights.  Thanks to overexposure for making the garage lights looking a lot brighter than actual.

Sitting in the back

Graystone had a few different suspensions over the years, but has been using the stock setup for the past few years.  Since i still had a couple of  inserts when the corolla was doing double duty on the track and the street, sitting in the back shelf collecting dust.  I thought may as well put it to good use.

 

No schedule req’d

Unlike oil changes I never stick to a schedule with air filters.  Just wait until it changes color.

Need more lines

Out here in the west, there’s not much use for the defroster but it’s always nice to have.   As cars age, some of  the lines on the defroster end up not working either due to deterioration, or  from damage.  So you end up with a rear window that look more like horizontal racing stripe which is barely enough to see through.  But let’s get that corrected.

A tool for them lazy moments.

Just needed to get the last nut so I can remove the exhaust manifold.  Too lazy to go under the car with  sockes and ratchet.  Half moon wrench FTW.