so... car is done and paid for (ouch) and back in my hot little hands
took it for a blat last night, pulls hard in first and second, suspension needs work, new shocks and bushes will help tighten it up I suppose.
also, pedals seem a little spongy for my tastes, I'll play around with the cables to try and tighten all that up.
Brakes... hmmm... not much confidence in the brakes tbh.. I'll put in some braided lines in the next few weeks.
exhaust is a clunky ugly POS. I will definitely be changing that asap.
The engine is supposed to rev to 8500rpm but it seems to be really straining at 6.5~7. maybe its having trouble breathing... not sure, will have a clearer idea in the weekend when I take it for some long B-road blasts
performance-wise, I was sitting at the lights next to a big V8 jeep that buried the throttle on the change to green, chirping his tyres... i was a little slow off the mark but then the car just took off and I blew past him with no trouble...
Also, near where I live is the Mt Vic Hill climb event. ( a closed public road in wellington city ) i think the record is about 46 sec in some monstrous WRX. The cars keep a really straight line through the curves as you would expect so when I took that road home last night, i stayed in my lane and took it relatively easy ( ie stayed in second the whole way ) and was roughly 30sec off the pace! Not bad at all I thought.
AE86 on Mt Vic hillclimb:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBysK2NiB44
I have vid of my run, i'll post it soon.