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just wanted to know how many kilowatts the following engines produce 4age before 1990 4age 1990 and after 4agze 4age 20 valve silver cover 4age 20 valve black cover

I drive a Toyota Sprinter (Japanese MOdel ) engine: AE100 5125309 chassis: 5AB 665600, and I need to know if can run on unleaded petrol.

Greetings from Perth, WA I just posted this topic and it seems to have gone so 'ere it is again I have a silver Toyota 4A-GE 20Valve 4 throttle Jap import engine installed in my 1990 AE-101 Seca hatch and i'm having great difficulty getting spare parts for it. the parts i'm chasing are spark plug leads, distributor cap & a timing belt. i've tried dozens of local, interstate & overseas links without any success (so far) & i would be eternally grateful if anyone here on this site can help... Cheers

Where do I tap out the old oil from my 4k? Have looked under the engine but can't find it?

i have heard a lot of talk latley about when it comes to modifying struts, people have been using corona/celica struts, shortening them and then using camry "short stroke" inserts, now, what is probably obvios, i want to be sure of, are camry inserts shorter that normal?, and if so how much shorter? as i have made custom struts before, but i have never used gas inserts in them as i was quoted too much to make gas one's, and didn't know camry ones are shorter. and after shortening the struts, what springs can be used? as the corona ones are way too wide in diameter to use?, i was thinking rt 118 springs as they are only about 3 1/2- 4 inchs in dia, and making my ow…

Hey guys, I need some brake pads, as you all know I'm on a tight budget but I want something good .... yes I know budget and good don't really go together .. Any recommendations... I normally just use bendex but Nick say they can stuff the rotor. :D

Grabbed some engine specs for those of you who are intersted Type: Toyota 4A-GE, 4 Cylinder, 16 Valves, Dual Overhead Cam Displacement: 1.6 Liters Power: 250+hp @ 9500 rpm Induction: TRD Sequential Fuel Injection Bore: 3.189 Inches Stroke: 3.031 Inches Compression Ratio: 12.7:1 Engine Development: Toyota Racing Development (TRD) U.S.A., Inc. Fuel: VP 103 Octane Unleaded Fuel Pump: Toyota Exhaust: Custom

any of you fella's know of a shop that does cam grinding cheap enough for the average joe? after hearing grims car on sunday, the yella terra just all of a sudden needs a cam grind. the other car too! anyone?

Hey all Well, a popular question that every 1 asks (ive asked it) is "what can i do 2 my motor to make it fast". I'm not going to ask that, most of u know by now my views on my 4k :) - Anwyay this is my question. What can you do to a motor to get better fuel consumtion out of it? i know the basics such as don't drive it hard, (not that i do), don't rev it (that either) etc. Now, another part to this question is slightly differnt, i was talking to ben about it, and a bit to med_man yesterday, but what would u recomend if i said "i want a bit more power for going up hills from my stock 4k" - ben has said "longer intake runners". Does any 1 else have somthing to…

Hey guys, I'm gonna buy some coil overs for my car, and I was wondering what can I do to them, can i take them apart and use different springs? Can I put different strut tops in? can I put different shockies in? Whats possible? My dream would be to have height adjustable, with damper and rebound adjust.

ok, i'll explain this now. i am building a buggy using corolla running gear this is the engine i will be using, a 4k that i am going to drop the huge cam out of my 5k into it along with the modified 5k head and most likely use the modded 4a carbi i have it is originally a celica drag car rollcage that i have added bits onto and removed some bits too. it will be about a foot of the ground when the struts are fully mounted(i still have yet to make up the top strut mounts) diff is undecided but i am steering towards my ae71 diff as it has the all new brakes in it. and of course i will be locking it! :) so what ya's think?

If you're looking to buy a fire extinguisher (to compete or otherwise), check out KMart. They have 1kg Chubb fire extinguishers (CAMS approved with metal bracket etc) for $29.87. As a comparison my 1kg fire extinguishers from Autobarn were $40 each. Or, you can get one of them Supercheap ones, they're a bit cheaper but are 0.9kg and come with a fairly dodgy plastic bracket (I have one in Pinky at the moment). It doesn't seem to specify in the CAMS manual, but I've heard of people being knocked back by CAMS scrutineers before for having plastic brackets... Mind you, if I'm not mistaken Rob has been running plastic brackets for ages and hasn't really had any prob…

Handbrake cables on a KE3x/5x are not the same length. The passenger side one is about 2 inches longer, and that difference is a HUGE difference. If you put them in the wrong way around, your handbrake will not work.

Okay. People keep telling me they can swap gearboxes in like... an hour. Or less. Or thereabouts. I've done this 3 times now in the past 2 months, the best I've done is about 4.5 hours. Today has been particularly shit. I've been at it non stop for the past 5 hours. The box isn't even in the car yet. Plus this time the box was actually ready to bolt back in where's the last 3 I've actually had to swap bellhousing etc. I've spent the past hour alone trying to bolt the box to the engine, and then in my frustration and ranting I managed to tip the jack over and drop the box on top of me, that hurt. I give up for tonight... Am I missing something HUGE here?…

Hey all Well, if u don't know already, i have purchased my 3rd Ke70 :) ! And its yellow ! This 1 was $100, Its got a re-coned motor 50,000 ago, its got a toebar, all the interiour is there, and the best bit - working, COLD airon ! So, for $100, i wasnt gona let it slip away ! Now, this is why this post has the title "Need to Hire some slaves 4 the day! " On the holidays comin up, i wanta put this aircon into my car. 2 night, i took basically everything off the dash, except the blower / air con unit / controles etc. - Its lookin bare, but adleast i know how 2 do it now / where all the screws are. Anway, on the holidays, I'm lookin for peopl…

Anyone know of a place that will do a *reasonable* respray without costing too much? Paint is starting to flake off down the RHS, roof and bonnet. Makes me wish somebody would hurry up side swipe my car so NRMA will respray it for me.

Weber VS Aisan....any questions?? Getting there...still need to do some more work on the adapter plate, manifolds been somewhat match ported with the adapter plate. Made some changes, like ripping off the choke and inverting the throttle lever. Happy Happy Joy Joy :P

Does anyone know the part number for this? I need to exchange one I got yesterday for the correct one (the one in their catalog is not the correct one...)? Thanks

had a few hassles getting my son to school this morning. driving along and the car starts spitting and farting like it was running out of juice. the fuel guage was low, so i assumed it had run out of fuel. the car stopped, so we went for fuel. get back, put a tin of fuel in and the car starts first pop. weird, it should have taken longer for the fuel to pump through. anyway it is still doing the same thing. i work out if i give it full throttle and slip the clutch i can still get places. anything below full throttle and it would just die. after i got home i started the car and sprayed carby cleaner around the base gasket, the engine instantly stopped. ah, major v…

yo fella's. i got a reconditoned 32/36 webber the other day and as fook knows we had trouble getting a adapter plate for it. so i made one and fitted it to the yella terra today, and wow! the acceleration has so improved so much! it is great. it goes better, sounds tougher and looks the part with that gorgeous ram-flo air cleaner, but it still a couple of flat spots from about 1/3 - 3/4 throttle. i know it's in the tuning but i am not sure how to tune it. the primary mixture is done, i just don't know how to tune the secondary mixture, anyone have instructions, idea's or experience with these carbys??? thanks

hey any1 out there know where i can get my hands on ke20 parts in syney...any toyoata specialists or something...i wanna rebuil a 4k but how do i go bout getting hold of parts

I've managed to find an R31 LSD diff complete for a pretty good price (well I think so anyway), not 100% sure if I'm going to get it yet... Would anyone (Junior?) be able to point me to roughly how much it would cost to shorten? The only quote I've been able to get so far (from a generic diff place) has been closer to $800 which I thought was a bit high (considering Junior set the whole diff up inc new discs, bearings etc for $1000...). Or would anyone be able to hook me up with somewho who would be able to do the shortening / welding of mounts? Any ideas?

hey i heard theres a new pickn payless at campbellton? any1 know if its true n a address would b of much help...cheers lads and lassies

Hey all Well, I'm about to go 2 bed, so I'm not going to explain my idea, insted I'm gona leave this pic which i quickly whiped up on here, and i would like u 2 tell me ure first impressions of it - I'm gona explain it completly 2 morrow, so don't worry if uve got no clue what its about lol! Good luck tring to make sence to another 1 of my weird invensions lol Teddy

Chasing some new tires for my new rims. 185/60 or 185/55 and around 150 each. What are your reccomendations? Also where to shop would be nice also.

So, while I was over at peteys the other day I was f@$king around with this CT12 he's had sitting in his garage for months and it got me thinking... Now your probably thinking right now, "Oh no hes going to bolt it onto his 4AGE" right? But that would be the rational thing to do now wouldn't it? Have I ever been known to think rationally? I propose...... The 4A-CT. Yes, you heard right. Now i can source the main parts like the turbo, IC for cheap. (read nothing) but things like blow-throuh carby, manifold, water/oil lines, piping etc i'll have to shell out for. Now. What are people thoughts on this idea. I'm not chasing big power or anything. Just a mode…

Hey all Well, now I'm thinking on the lines of Cams ! when u say (from nicks car) - 42/88 what is what... is the 42 like the time it opens, and the 88 is the closing time? And I'm on ebay, lookin at this... Click Me and the seller has got " Sure Cam MZ16 Profile, duration 239 deg @ .050", .450" valvelift, 105 lobe centres " Wtf ! Any 1 lol

Hey all After some thinking today and what not, i was wondering what ke""s the 3K Big port intake manifold came off - u know the bit I'm takin about - bit that takes the air and fuel into the cylinders ! stilllll thinking about K motors, how they work, best setup : Price etc Thanks all :)

Hey all On the ke70s, the final drive gear ratio is 4.300 standard - The came optional as 3.889 How do i know which ke70 would have which ratio ? - Is there a way of telling ?(besides from driving on freeway at 100 Kmh in 5th and seeing revs) & - Which ratio would keep the revs lower @ 100 kmh in 5th - The 4.300 or the 3.889 ? Thanks All !!!!

Hey All If i said - Build me the Nasty'est 4K motor possible, what would u do to for-fill this request? (money isnt an issue in this lil game) (This requires every 1 to think excotic, but still possible) Lets here some ideas !!!

OK, How hard would it be to put fuel injection setup of a 7K on a 3k motor, i was told that i have to make my 3k to take unleaded?, how much work is involved and how much would it cost?

hey all i got ke20 rolla n i wanna do an engine conversion...apart from replacing the stocka'z 1200 with a 1300....what else is reasonably easy to do n low budget? also how the hell do i get the tie rods off so i can get the struts out....iv belted it to death with a hammer but to no avail..the stupid thing is seized..any help appreciated...cheers lads n lassies

last night i found some injector specs on google for yoda modas engine / inj colour / cc/min / impedance 4ke / light green / 145 / 2.4 1g / green / 145 / 2.4 4age / dark grey / 182 / 2.0 3sfe / dark grey / 200 / 1.7 22re / orange / 200 / …

heya guys, new to the site and to playing with corolla's are there any easy options for a brake upgrade for an AE71?? I'm thinking of fitting a 4AGZE and the current brakes aren't even really up to spirited driving with standard power Dave

I've got silly tiny little jap-spec drums on my AE35, and I must say - they are absolutely pathetic. I thought maybe they needed a bit of adjustment/cleaning, so I did that today, spent half the day in fact. Everything is schmick now (although I do think the drums could use a tad of machining), and the drums are working a lot better than they were before (read: not working at all), but they are still pathetic. They will hold the car on a 15 degree incline, and not much more. Not a chance in hell on my driveway. And definately not a chance in hell of locking up the wheels with the tyres I have on now. I've got the bigger aus-spec drums on my KE55, and while the…

Just bought KE70 with 4K engine. Faces some problem and need some one to advise ??????? 1)Fuel gauge going ding dong. When car not moving & fuel is full - OK, the problem happened when the car start moving, the gauge will indicate empty fuel. 2)Body shaking at speed of 80km/h and above. 3)Fuel consumtion -300km vs 35 littre :)

I've picked up some pretty blue and gold anodised sleeves from fulcrum for my front struts but I'm baffled as to how they are actually attached. They look like they're made of alloy so they can't be welded to the strut. Are they press fit or do you need to attach a steel collar of some kind to hold it in place? I noticed Fook was using the same product but i can't see how its attached to the strut. Any ideas?

hey what would ur expert advise be , like wats wrong, when the car jerks, like if i have petal down a little it don't, but once i take off it jerks and even when I'm doin like 100 on highway in 5th and just like go to press break cause i gettin to close to other car it jerks, what would be wrong, i always thinkin carby float pin broken...but i dunno??? ne advice, it happens in all gears, and its not when I'm goin to slow for that gear, and only happens when no petal down. so yes any1??? plz help. and what can i do to fix???

Hey Guys, I'm new to this forums, i own a ke30 corolla, my one is the one in the public upload, the ke30 2 dr with the L plates on it, I'm no lerner anymore. But anyway, to my question, i hate how sloppy my steering box is, and i cbf getting it replaced, what i wanted to know is, is it possible without toooo much hassle to put a ke70 rack and pinion setup in, what work is involed? thanks.