Antonio Alvendia’s New Project AE86

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You may already know this through and through connoisseur of the AE86 chassis from one of his Cipher Garage AE86s twins [see above image], the early days over at SpeedHunters, his own media outlet MotorMavens, or from the ever popular event he’s put together known as 86FEST.

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It does not come as a surprise that Antonio, with his extensive experience with this particular Toyota, continues to put together prime examples of what enthusiasts of this chassis aim for.
His latest build has just began and started as the meager, bone stock car seen above, but with many plans already in store for this project we can’t wait to see it come together.

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It will feature a stroked JDM red-top 4A-G from an AE92 assembled by RSPEC Auto and will be on display at SEMA 2015!

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As for suspension, Antonio said, “I decided on a set of Stance Super Sports because they come with spindles for the AE86 and use an inverted mono-tube strut, which is double the width of normal coil-over strut shafts (45mm versus typical 20mm). I currently have a set of inverted mono-tube coil-overs in my zenki (1985 AE86) and a set of normal coil-overs in my kouki (1986 AE86), and the difference in driving feel is huge.”

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“These coil-overs also include roll center adjusters for restoring the lower control arms’ factory geometry. A pair of these alone usually cost about $120 when you buy them from an aftermarket suspension company, but they come included in the Stance coil-over kit for the AE86. I dig it.”
-Antonio Alvendia

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For more info on the build be sure to check out the article on SpeedHunters written by Antonio himself and stay tuned here for the latest news!

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