N/A IS BEST: Dream 11k RPM AE86 That Revs to the Moon and Back, Built By 86 God Taka Aono

[@Prodigy70]

"Make sure to rev up to 11,000 rpms" - Bunta Fujiwara

[@MrMan1NG]

Just remember to only use 9,000 against EK9s

[@shadobi]

i paid for the whole tachometer you gonna use the whole tachometer - Bunta Fujiwara

[@hemanganime]

Sankyu oyaji..

[@fknbrainlessindianopjodyt8636]

"DON'T LOSE"

[@G.Suzuman]

11:50 🤗

[@TheJamesLykins]

I love the fact this build was inspired by the lore in Initial D about Takumi being told dads car could rev to 11k

[@carcaineproblems6831]

I was waiting for some deep and scientific reason for the 11k redline. Then he just said "Initial D" and I just smiled in happiness. To think that an anime could spark this much passion into a build is insanely epic.

[@computer1up]

Iirc the 11k engine in Takumi’s AE86 was supposed to be an engine that’s usually not found in road cars. I remember some dialogue where Bunta was asked something like “how did you get this? This shouldn’t exist anymore” so I thought it implied that that specific engine came from an official racing team.

[@vizzzla]

​@@computer1up yeah they said later in the show that it came from a Group A AE101 and made about 255hp at 11k RPM

[@computer1up]

@@vizzzla ah! Yes that was it. Thanks!

[@Mosquitor69]

It's the way we know how fast Bunta is. Dude can buy special engine. I guess it's his rival in the past or his drive buddy.

[@DillonShelburn]

I love that you all discuss the presence of that engine vs just chasing power and throwing a K or SR at it. It takes a certain type of patience and dedication to build that. Much respect to Larry and Taka, and to everyone involved in the build.

[@sepg5084]

It's built for SEMA, so power is irrelevant. It's all about novelty.

[@DillonShelburn]

@@sepg5084 not just SEMA, but Taka mentioned it being a street car, and a culmination of a lot of his previous chassis/parts being used for this. Power is definitely one of the more sought after things among many builders. That’s why I mentioned how much I appreciate the fact that they didn’t pursue that, and pursued character of the car instead.

[@Desert_Spec]

​@DillonShelburn Unfortunately N/A builds at this level (ITBs, big cams, high comp pistons etc.) actually make it a terrible street car. N/A is glorious but it's a lot of money and drawbacks to get beat by half the displacement and a turbo

[@DillonShelburn]

@@Desert_Spec Oh I know. Which is even moreso where my appreciation comes from for Taka pursuing this.

[@zerohikari2685]

​@@Desert_SpecDo they? I've always heard this but none of my high reving NA builds have this problem. It's like saying you wouldn't want to street a Hayabusa.

[@NafaratMiyaMiya]

What a humble wonderful guy ... no wonder his sponsors still love him.

[@philspaghet]

DUUUUUUDE as a former AE86 owner, this engine is bringing a tear to my eye. For so long, the UPPER limit of the 4age was like 9000rpm for a street motor, but now you're telling me we can have 11k AND drive it on the street?! Taka, you're gonna make me go AE86 shopping again!

[@Adam-ub9nu]

I mean, not really. It has to have the bearings and valves and valve springs replaced every 24 hours of run time.

[@trijohn23]

​@@Adam-ub9nuyou sure you watch the whole vid? He said he built and engineered it by destroking it to make it less inertial side to side by the piston, less wear to the cylinder wall.. in short built to be reliable street car

[@kevinhawley962]

get ready to max out all ur credit cards zD

[@Adam-ub9nu]

@@trijohn23 I listened to it at work, maybe he was talking about the race cars having to do that? You're not gonna rev something to 11k RPM too many times before it needs to be rebuilt.

[@beast-dd5qo]

drove my1986 MR2 with a 4AGE motor at 10500 rpm for over a year, without any change of parts at all, except for the crystal in the ECU.@@Adam-ub9nu

[@SeiPokGuy]

Taka Aono is the true OG! He's the definition of AE86 and drifting from the very beginning in the US. So heart warming to see him still at it and back with such an incredible build.

[@jdmlordsalamander6397]

This is one of the sickest builds I've seen in a while. There is some crazy engineering in that motor setup. Cant wait til it's dialed.

[@thomassmith2239]

Great to see my old autocross buddy Taka! He won a Solo 2 National Championship in an AE86 long before he started drifting. Thanks Larry!

[@DoubleOSevan]

Happy to see Aono san keeping his AE86 true to it's roots. Lots of folks can't get over power figures and arguing numbers online, but these cars are about the passion of driving. When an AE86 is set up right, the driver feel, sights, and sounds are up there with the best. I've been building my 4AGE and AE86 project with this same philosophy in mind.

[@justintowers8230]

set up right after throwing 30K into it?

[@DoubleOSevan]

@@justintowers8230 lol I wish it was only 30k. I’m waaaaay past that amount into my project and it’s not even done yet. It’s not a logical pursuit by any means.

[@damianlindsey6177]

​@@DoubleOSevanI'm doing something similar with a 80 datsun 210. Its a naturally aspirated sr so Im not expecting major power but it is all nissan, revs to almost 9500 consistently and car only weights 1700lbs so its a rocket

[@DoubleOSevan]

@@damianlindsey6177 sounds like a good time! 🤙

[@justintowers8230]

@@DoubleOSevan what im getting at it what your saying is absurd. People are saying Rob Dahm RX7 is a great RX7. uhh no its not. He put $200K into it, tubed chassis, completely different suspension geometry way to much power for the street. Then people will "grocery ghetter" Its not an RX7 any more. the question is at what point does the chassis stop becoming what the manufacture intended it to be.

[@DJDiarrhea]

Reliable 11,000RPM is insane

[@Tmorgan2976]

Taka is such a good dude. Always loved catching with with him when he ran Formula Drift

[@craigwatson3989]

Ae86s are still obtainable here in NZ. Plenty came in as grey imports in the 90s and early 2000s. What you can do with these cars now is unbelievable as technology has moved on. Loved the end of the video where there is a Spoon Fl5 casually hanging out in the background.

[@Adam-ub9nu]

Damn, they're all rusted out here. I'd love to have any RWD Corolla, honestly.

[@Sinichi_Maki]

get me one fr

[@wt9527]

Wow clip of 11k rpm on Dyno with sound is amazing. 😮

[@HaHaThatIsFunny]

Such a great build on an already fun platform. It's been about 30 years since I've driven an AE86 but I can still remember all the grins

[@c2specmotoring]

Absolutely beautiful. That is literally what I paid for my first two AE86's in '03... $300 (SR5) $500 (GTS)

[@patricksantos361]

You guys are chasing what ichi was chasing years ago. I love it, wish them best of luck

[@christopher001]

Man, I remember my brother in law Mike Lizardi talking about this swap to me in the late 90s when I had my AE101 ‘95 Corolla with 7AFE 1.8L… We miss you Mike! 🙏🏼. Mike was ahead of the times and a true pioneer in the SoCal import scene, way before there was a scene or anything fast and furious!

[@camrongoodall]

Can't get enough of your content Larry every time I watch one of your videos I think to myself there's no way he can top this one but you always do you're a great role model and sponsor for the car community as a whole stay cool 😎

[@vashumashu4359]

All the yes. What a legend. Him and ueo and hibino keep the dream alive.

[@samattckwrkx3674]

I had the amazing opportunity to create taka’s hero card one season for FD. I was working with my friends at Lifeblasters and we where churning out rad art left and right. I will never forget i got to the pits in pbr and taka had put one of my decals on his quarter glass, i went to him and thanked him, he was as awesome as could be!! GO TAKA! Thank you for staying so humble and for keeping it rad! 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@josephmatuszak3855]

C3PO and the Diff housing... pure win.

[@dustinkaviani]

Imagine going to the junk yard and seeing a gold plated rear end! I’d be stoked!

[@ccb_232]

Taka is always the nicest guy on the grip at any event. I remember riding with him at all-star bash years ago at Willow and it was a blast. Love his commitment to the Hachi.

[@AfroMyrdal]

Taka has just been pure master class in humble all these years and continues the trend. I love this build and everything he's done with it.

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

I respect his build… it’s not a weird gutted track type with a relocated radiator, hood exit exhaust, 4 speed/sequential transmission or plexiglass windows.

[@bagasadhityo]

Ae86 always looks good, especially this one. Legend

[@thekreativeculture9642]

~ Make sure to rev it up to 11,000. Don’t loose! ~ Bunta Fujiwara

[@jaynuck]

What an inspiration for those of us building and preserving for love

[@Kurvenjunkie1]

What an amazing video of that car and owner. Not only the built car and Taka-san are wonderful, no, Larry, you did an amazing job filming, interviewing and appreciating that work. Pure love ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@taznz1]

Amazing car, a remember watching video on the engine build over at MotoIQ, a set of AT Power shaftless ITBs would round out the build perfectly. Only other thing I would change as a street car is adding transparent CAM belt covers, open cam belts look cool and all, but one loose stone in the wrong place and it ends in tears.

[@Chavez96PR]

I used to want a build almost exactly like this one but now is out of my budget thanks for the video Larry atleast I can be happy that a FD driver I used to support get to enjoy it.

[@Skiridr22]

That’s amazing that means the platform will continue to live on into a new generation that appreciate the classic drift chassis of the AE86

[@richiea.9187]

Thanks you for covering this. A beautiful reminder of AE86.

[@vinnycent007]

This was one of the cars I missed at SEMA due to time and scheduling with my friends. I am happy to see coverage.

[@oliversnow]

This is the AE86 that every AE86 wants to be.

[@scarz4m493]

Larry’s content has been absolute bangers 🔥🔥🔥

[@nmlearnerforever]

Taka-san is living mine and many other 86 lover's dream with this responsive AE86 build. I have been checking on KZbin for build like this wondering if they did it in Initial D, surely someone like me wanted to do it too and I am so glad this video came up in my recommendation playlist. Keep living the dream Taka-san and keep building this car as the amazing daily driver you envisioned it to be. A lot of these JDM vehicles are now high in cost not only due to the gain in popularity but also by how horribly people trashed them over the years when they were cheaper to avail to the point that loved and daily drived JDMs are sight for sore eyes as they are so less now.

[@TheJamesLykins]

11k, still with PS and AC. Looks fantastic too

[@meizind6555]

its crazy that all this effort goes into making 180hp, so much respect

[@mtsixspeed]

Turn it up to eleven, man! Who needs power on a project like this?!

[@isetthem]

Man the heros from our youth are getting old. Good to see Taka still going with the ae86.

[@sopit666]

this is the correct way how to do it. this is the cleanest hachiroku i've ever seen.

[@CrackerSmith]

Please do a follow-up video after he has the intake and tuning issues resolved. I bet this car will sound wicked when you record it!!!

[@dreuk_tv]

literally my dream AE86 build

[@isaacmalco452]

what a chad, just to make the anime (GOAT car anime) quote possible in real life.. damn you're truly a GOAT

[@davidboyce6427]

What a fascinating builder this man is Larry you and Dino are next level interviewing these JDM ICONS👌👌👀

[@corollaae8645]

PLEASE DO A PART 2 for more sounds of this car!!!🙏😤👊🏼😱

[@oarrum]

Oh wowwwwwwwwwww. Takumi & Bunta themselves would bow to Taka for this

[@ericcoombs]

Larry this is RAD, thanks for getting this!

[@HKSTurboBRZ]

This was my dream with my BRZ. I wanted to build it to rev to 10k but after researching and talking to people and hearing how much money it would cost I decided to boost it instead.

[@ByTheSlice]

That car is beautiful! I miss Taka in FD. He is my favorite.

[@gabrielsans_1248]

Tsuchiya needs to drive this Hachi Roku on Gunsai to see how fast can go

[@kelvinarreola]

respect! most OG and knowledgeable ae86 guy!

[@jahraizer250]

The coolest slow car I've seen in a LONG time

[@xorzero]

Taka is the man! What a beautiful build

[@Mosquitor69]

Damn. I just watched a guy talking about AE86 for 20 minutes and not a single boring moment.

[@rickiwamoto8099]

It Was Great Seeing ( TAKA AONO ) Again in Your Video

[@ronniet906]

Both of their Passion shines...Just Brilliant.

[@deancrisp3596]

Old school excellence looks awesome 👍

[@justinphillabaum4245]

I love all this OG content. I love the fact that you can import many of these cars under the 25 year rule now. The JDM cars were the dream back in the day, but we couldn't, so we swapped engines. Now I want to import a S13 Silvia K's and swap the stock components out with my parts...excited about all this fire content!

[@DM-wp9vq]

Nice! The Hot Rod Garage 55' Savoy at the Isky booth!

[@ace1984able]

Just the passion and appreciation for cars gets me.

[@s30xmischief]

86 legend….happy to see this car and to see the club4ag flex

[@Keane-to-clean]

Such a good person he seems

[@EE-ue8mj]

yall just making me want to build my own now

[@akumaz78]

What not to love 86 🥰 is pure happiness 🤗

[@shirolee]

Taka Aono is soo cool and funny! That is so freaking cool hahaha. Long live the 4AGE!

[@jpotter]

Cant wait for the final finished product(adjusted headers, bigger ITBs, tuned) & the promised ride along.

[@dilsher12]

4AGE garage has them figured out to a tee , his channel is worth a watch .

[@sandilemkhwanazi9144]

Awesome video and beautiful masterpiece

[@franciscoon1083]

That new improved engine is absolutely crazy!

[@snowfreak207]

Nothing like itbs and high rpm sick car man

[@aria8928]

that's so interesting... de-stroking a longer block to reduce some internal stresses while revving. that's wild and something I've never even thought of. I guess it makes sense that anyone still working on 86's is going to be digging that extra bit deeper into things.

[@Tojoblindeye]

This is the king of 86s

[@1LikeCake]

Bunta is still driving us crazy to this day.

[@n31lzombiehunter8]

2005 Formula D: Round 2- Atlanta, GA: Taka Aono AE86 vs Samuel Hubinette Viper To me, this is still one of the best moments in the history of Formula Drift. It's one for the history books. Going head to head, the judges could not decide the winner so they said to run it "One More Time" as they do. After going a second time, the judges could not decide the winner so once again they said, "One More Time" which was the first time in Formula Drift's history to run 3 times. After 3 times, the judges actually wanted them to run a 4th time, but unfortunately after running 3 times, Taka Aono was forced to withdraw from the competition because his AE86 had overheated due to too many consecutive runs, not enough time to cool down. After this in 2006, Formula Drift created the points system for each run and the Sudden Death rule which prevented going a 4th time. First 2 Runs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqTEqHqBg754qck Final Run: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqTEqHqBg754qck Taka Aono is a legend in my book and I would love to chat with him specifically about this drift battle.

[@be4tb0x]

what a nice guy with great dedication

[@1mostunknown]

Thanks for the killer content!

[@Vinny520az]

This is absolutely amazing

[@motogeee510]

11,000 ❤😮 what a ride.

[@shaneynereneyne4493]

Wow Taka’s such a cool humble guy you can just talk car for hours with. So much knowledge too. Love the 7afe block build. Building one myself with itbs too! Sound over power anyway💦

[@tommoon2700]

My second car was a 4a coupe, what an amazing machine, so sad I sold it young and dumb smh this car is insane!

[@Lumina-HD]

Mann the same sports engine from initial d ❤. The same 11k rpm redline ae86 which blows out in the last race

[@rudy_dstroys1821]

Love Taka! Read about him in car magazines.

[@Willdrknght]

Mint 👌🏻 sounds awesome ! Great job Taka !

[@NCLme]

This is literally Takumi’s car after his dad finished built it for the last couple races and I believe. I just remember it revving to the moon, 11,000 RPM 🤔 now I have to go back and watch initial D ❤ Love the A86 build 🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿 not respectful building one like Takumi’s. This is what I imagine it would be in real Life

[@ahmedaliabudorrah4901]

Clean build as always 🏁💯💐

[@F48l4N99]

This car is awesome. Anytime a car can rev super high is awesome. Just imagine being it in and pushing. It would probably sound glorious 😮

[@DrCrackula]

My man looks like Asian John Leguizamo. This car is fucking amazing

[@KSwapTheWorld69]

Let's Go Larry! Much Respect To Taka, and yourself Larry!!! I want to thank you for being the face of all of these beautiful cars over the years! Happy New Year! 🎊🎉

[@mk5Mikey]

this is it right here

[@stevesloan6775]

I’d love to see where billet blocks are with the 11,000+ rpm engines in 2024. Destroked and longer Rod, with lighter pistons does change everything. 🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎☮️🍀

[@socks2441]

i had a 4age bt in a toyota levin ae111 for a while, it was such a fun car, the sound of 8500rpm was exhilirating. sadly it had minor issues, i bought a new car, and had to sell the old car, even though the issue turned out to be a simple stuck idle control valve, which was easy to fix. but the suspension and brakes were not really w.o.f worthy, so i sold it for a measly $700nzd... at the time i was living at home, and my dad didnt want it on the property anymore. its crazy. that thing is probably worth like $10k now... and that was only 8 years ago.

[@KickDiesel1]

Absolutely beautiful car! Love it!

[@maya00795]

Happy new year........ Awesome......... Watching from india 🇮🇳🤠🤠🤩🤩🙌🤘🏻

[@TheSocialPraxis]

I don't watch many of these types of video's but this was a great video! Actually made me want to watch more of it and wonder what else he has stashed away. Just purchased my Chaser a year ago this month and I absolutely am in love with it. Saddens me to think we could have had these cars in the 90's but our shitty manufacturers (Ford, Chevy etc) probably faught tooth and nail to keep them banned by lobbing our government. For SHAME!!! Great video, wish I was healthy enough to build my Chaser up to 600whp.

[@Rockit181]

Gotta drive it man!

[@superjervis]

great build

[@timo7641]

Bunta: rev up to 11k

[@ericcoombs]

INCREDIBLE! 🤩

[@nunoduarte91]

I love the sound of 4age with itb. It really is awesome. What a guy 👍 i would love to have 11rev in my toyota 1975😅 3gen