I was always thinking about posting an article of the best top 10 AE86 in the world and at last i found it. as we were talking about Yazan's AE86 i decided to a make this blogger post which will be divided into 2 parts. so let's begin with the first top 5 AE86
Takumi Fujiwara's Trueno GT Apex
This car boosted the AE86's popularity so much.The basic story centers around Takumi Fujiwara, who delivers tofu up and down Mt Akina (Mount Haruna) for his father's Tofu shop. the story of initial D TV show which made people spend alot of money on this TV show, comic series in order to know how to build their own AE86 like Takumi did. No information is ever officially given about the new engine; all we do know is that it is a heavily worked 20V Group-A engine. which made Takumi can no longer drive the car as it does not feel the same, and no longer can control the car.
TEC-ART'S All-Purpose Twin Truenos
Everybody who has watched D1gp or has seen any of the N2 races will know these cars, after all they're bright purple! Sporting white 17" Work Meister wheels and the angry scream of a 4A-GE 20V, this car has only been on the drift scene for the last few years, but has been built to an extremely high standard due to TEC-ART'S racing pedigree. TEC-ART'S is a major workshop in its own right, building all sorts of cars, but is more famously known for their AE86 tuning. TEC-ART'S covers all facets of AE86 tuning, from simple parts to full on engine builds. The car runs 17" wheels, which is uncommon for an AE86, sequential gearbox, 4 pot brake kit just been released from TEC-ART'S, they also make their own body kits.
TEC-ART'S also regularly competes in the AE86 N2 races with another nearly-identical purple Trueno. Although TEC-ART'S is yet to win an N2 race or drift round with the purple monsters, it certainly has the right parts and know-how to win.
Ueo Katsuhiro's SIFT Trueno
You can see this guy's video on Youtube throwing his car sideways into all sorts of corners and toppling the world's past drifting giants with a modestly powered D1 machine. Every time Ueo went out to the track it was a always seemed to end up a David vs Goliath battle. The small capacity NA 4A-GE up against much bigger and badder competition such as the HKS S15 driven by Taniguchi, the then newly completed FD3S RX7 of Imamura and of course the lime green S15 of Kazama.Most of the D1 stars started out on their local touge, and progressed on to bigger and better things, often bigger and more powerful cars. Starting his drift career fairly late in his 20's Ueo soon rose to fame with his balls to the wall all out approach to drifting but at the time wanted to stay with the AE86 to prove its equal stature to the newer and more powerful cars..
The most memorable moment for the car and Ueo would have to be in 2003 at Irwindale Speedway where the extremely long sweeping corners are banked high and steep. With his secret cams and crazy NA tuning and wild driving style, this humble Trueno took on the best and won. After this event Ueo came back to Japan only to have mechanical issues throughout the entire 2003 season, eventually dropping out in 2004. .
Carland's AE86
Carland might not be the most recognised name in the AE86 racing world, but their cars will no doubt be remembered long after the big names have gone from the circuit. They have built a 100% replica of the Initial-D Trueno for Shinichirou Miki (the voice actor of Takumi in the Japanese anime), restored a Black Limited Trueno to absolutely mint condition and even built their own racing car.With all that plus more under their belt, Carland is truly at the forefront of true AE86 enthusiast restoration.Carland offers services such as the usual new/used parts sales, car sales and body restoration work but as a special feature they offer a tourist hire car to explore the mountain roads around Kyoto. Although it's equipped with only an automatic transmission (how many of you can say you've driven an AT AE86 anyhow?), driving a panda Trueno around Kyoto would certainly give your sightseeing tour of Japan that special hachiroku touch.
With all this to offer '86 enthusiasts plus a lot more, Carland is pretty much THE one-stop '86 shop. They produce their own parts like exhaust systems and suspension kits for example, but also their own 'Original Goods' such as the panda two-tone bag and tool wrap, or a carland towel and amongst lots of other cool goodies, Trueno or Levin 'side moulding' keyrings, written in the original fonts!
The man behind all the AE86 dedication is Tokuchi Masahito, often seen in his trademark silver spray jacket in the Toyota Levin and Trueno Magazine mook. He is the driving force behind keeping our little AE86's looking and driving as good as they did when they rolled off the line in the 80's. Keep ‘em coming Masa!
Hot Version Levin N2 Racer
The living personification of what every racing AE86 aspires to be: 1.6 Liter 16 valves, 9500rpm, wide-bodied screaming fury, belting around Tsukuba race track in the 1:00 minute range. The Hot Version N2 Racer has been seen in Hot Version, Best Motoring, and AE86 Club DVD's and countless magazines. The build-up has been documented a number of times but no secrets revealed just yet. In terms of AE86 one make racing, this truly is the best of the best.
The racing and rebuilding started in mid 2001when the original car was lovingly created by the late Sakurai-san of TRD fame and expertly piloted by Keiichi Tsuchiya. This was about the time that Best Motoring started sponsoring the bi-annual N2 races again as previously it was kept alive by a dedicated number of privateers and enthusiasts from as far back as 1997.
The body features the original N2 over fenders and wears incredibly wide 15" RS Watanabe wheels.The car has won two N2 races for Hot Version and spawned quite a few clones the world over, including HR's very own from forum member AE86N2 (aka Beau Small).
Sakurai-san had put his many years of racing knowledge into this car in the aim of completely dominating the race track and taking on all comers. However, the car did not simply come out of retirement, hit the track and start winning.
It took a long time to completely reset and set up the car for racing again. Almost all the components on the car have been rebuilt or replaced with new, or new old stock items. The only original part that remains on the car is the chassis-subframe assembly itself and the hottest of hot, ultra-rare TRD instrument panel.
Being such a well-versed team in terms of racing pedigree, you would expect them to be the team to beat, but this is not so. The car utilises a vast number of parts from the TRD catalogue, including an AE86-spec 'bigport' 4A-GE engine built to Group-A specifications and a TRD close ratio gearbox fitted to a humble T-series rear differential. The suspension was set-up during early testing at Tsukuba by Tsuchiya himself and again using parts straight off the TRD shelves.
The TRD-powered machine may have won two titles since their debut in 2001 but they were not back-to-back. Their first win was in 2001, with their second coming in 2005. Since the re-invigoration of the N2 series, all other titles have been won, oddly enough, by much smaller and very dedicated teams and privateers.
thanks to http://www.speedhunters.com/
will be continued in part 2
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