Tuning Car – Is Toyota AE86 a good tuning car?

1) I want to buy AE86 but is it worth it?
2) Is it a good tuner carfor street racing?
3) Which one is better Honda civic eg6 or ae86?

Thanks

The AE86 is a classic. It is older so parts will be harder to come by and certain ones will be more expensive. The rear wheel drive setup makes it great for drifting; however, the eg6 is more practical.

The Civic would be better for a racing application. You can get a great deal of horsepower with the right setup. You can go all motor, and beef up the internals, you can bolt on a turbo, you can go VTEC, or you could do a head swap (minime, frankenstein, etc.). There are many aftermarket parts available for Honda motors and pricing isn’t too bad. A lot of people tune Hondas, so used parts are readily available, as well.

I would decide what you want to do and then research what you’re going to have to do to accomplish that. That would be my starting point.

And don’t worry about calling the car an AE86 or by it’s chassis. That’s completely fine with cars. 240sx is an S13, RX-7 is FC3S and there are many others.

1. The AE86 is a chassis, not a car. So you’re asking about buying a chassis? Or, if you’re trying to refer to the car by the chassis, do you also call people by the type of skeleton they have? Or call houses “large wooden framing”?

If not, consider how ridiculous it also sounds to refer to a vehicle by just it’s internal structure.

2. No production vehicle is a good car for tuning. Tuning means you are adjusting the settings of something, for optimal performance. For example, on a 16 setting suspension, you’d drive around a whole lot, adjusting the settings, until you find the best.

Stock suspension has no settings you can change. In fact, there’s basically nothing on a stock car, that can be “tuned”.

Now, if you want to just buy parts for the car, that’s modifying. Any idiot can do that. Doesn’t mean anything about the car has been tuned. Just swapped out.

3. Again, you’re comparing a Honda chassis, to a Toyota chassis. Compare cars, next time.

Also, “better” is subjective. Better at WHAT? Fuel economy? Insurance costs? Storage space? Driver visibility?

1) Sure, if you want to pay $5000 or more. Prices have gone up because of the “hype” surrounding drifting. Otherwise, I would spend NOT that much money on a 20+ year old car, as you’ll have to spend money to fix other issues because the car is that old.

2) NO, street racing is illegal.

3) in your case, get the Honda.

Vipassan… WTF are you talking about?

If you want to race your car.. on a track.. on the street whatever seriously competitively get the AE86. It’s RWD which automatically makes it better then the civic. However if you want a daily driver/quick car, go with the civic.

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