Ian Hart had a vision. He wanted to duplicate the AE86-generation Toyota Sprinter Trueno featured in "Initial D," the Japanese film, anime, manga and video game about a tofu delivery driver turned epic street racer. The driver's trusty steed? The "Legendary Eight-Six of Akina."
When Ian couldn't find a suitable Trueno for a fair price, he decided to put a …
i had to print and blow this article up and frame it. it now sits next to my trophies. thank you again for the feature
That's rad man! Nice hachi-roku.
But the AE86 in Initial.D was always naturally aspirated, even when it got its race engine? The AE85, on the other hand.... 
Kylini wrote: But the AE86 in Initial.D was always naturally aspirated, even when it got its race engine? The AE85, on the other hand....
Maybe he's going for Wataru's ae86 levin?
Thats a badass FR-S.
Nice! I like it. I may have to read up on those intake spacers. In what part of the rev range do they change the the powerband?
Kylini, as a car geek it is easy to get hung up on the mechanical details of the the AE86 in story. As an AE86 owner I fell into the trap of "InitialD vindicates the AE86 as the greatest car ever!" In the end, I feel the more important storyline of InitialD is about the growth and development of a driver and his car, and how seat time and tuning are much bigger factors than which car you start with. 
That is an awesome 86. Much want.
I still want an original GT-S though. The car is now larger than life and Toyota knows it. I wish Toyota would do what Nissan did in the 90's with the 240z and round up enough AE86's to refurbish. The sound of a screaming 4AGE haunts my dreams.
ae86andkp61 wrote: Nice! I like it. I may have to read up on those intake spacers. In what part of the rev range do they change the the powerband? Kylini, as a car geek it is easy to get hung up on the mechanical details of the the AE86 in story. As an AE86 owner I fell into the trap of "InitialD vindicates the AE86 as the greatest car ever!" In the end, I feel the more important storyline of InitialD is about the growth and development of a driver and his car, and how seat time and tuning are much bigger factors than which car you start with.
Don't bother with the intake spacers, with a tune they don't provide any benefit other than shifting the power peak about 500rpm to the left.
The info is all over the ft86forum.com
DocV wrote: That is an awesome 86. Much want. I still want an original GT-S though. The car is now larger than life and Toyota knows it. I wish Toyota would do what Nissan did in the 90's with the 240z and round up enough AE86's to refurbish. The sound of a screaming 4AGE haunts my dreams.
They already did this. Only in Japan though. It was decade/s ago. I can't remember what they called them but it was a TRD refurb car. Kinda like what nismo did with those r34's in 2001,2,&3.
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