Hiro Protagonist

Technically a 5K is greater than a 15% increase - 4K is 1290cc, 115% of 1290cc = 1483.5cc, 5K is 1496cc, but it's the kind of thing that could easily get ignored, especially if the RTA go "it's a 1.3L, 115% of 1.3L is basically 1.5L, the 5K is a 1.5L, so it's ok".

Let me guess, you're on your Ps in NSW? And you want to go with a NA SR20 or 13B because you can't have a turbo? Then I think you'd be a little shocked to find out that you won't be able to have those either as you would need an engineers certificate for them to be legal, and P-platers aren't allowed vehicles which require engineers certificates for performance modifications. So in short, suck it up and wait until you get your full license, then do as you please (as long as it is still legal).

The FE water setup is different to both the FWD and RWD 4AGE setups, and more akin to the 20Vs. In the FE setup both the inlet and outlet of the radiator (no matter which direction the flow is) are on the gearbox end of the block/head, whilst the waterpump is still in the same spot as the GEs. And there is no sudden cool rush through the thermostat anyway, thermostats don't open like a floodgate at a particular temperature, they progressively open (like the wax pellet valve in the cold-idle valve, not that the revs slowly drop as the valve progressively closes with coolant temp increase) which allows time for the flow from the radiator to mix in. 4AGEs (and 7AFEs, and 4AFEs) also use double-valve thermostats - there is a bypass system so there is still some hot coolant flowing from the engine into the back of the thermostat as it starts to open, along with the jiggle valve which also lets a small amount through. As the thermostat fully opens, the secondary valve closes the bypass circuit.

Thermofan switch opens at a hotter temperature than the thermostat (93 compared to 82), so if the fans are on then the thermostat is open, thus it doesn't matter what side of the 'stat the switch is. And I never said it was a Commodore. I just said that conventional wisdom (and essentially every single application of a vertical flow heat exchanger) says that flow will go from top to bottom, and the layout and flow pattern of the system (whilst the opposite of a lot of cars when it comes to thermostat location) has been stated by 3 of the most knowledgeable Toyota modifiers I know of (Bill Sherwood, Phil Bradshaw and Jason Purcell), and aligns with Toyota's own EPG for both RWD and FWD setups. As a final note, take a look at the layout of the water pump - being a compressor-style impeller pump, it receives water axially and outputs it radially, like the compressor on a turbocharger - the radial outlet of the pump goes straight into the block, NOT through the thermostat. Anyway, this is getting off-topic as the OP has a 4AFE, not a 4AGE, which means the layout is completely different - 4AFEs have the thermostat bolted to the side of the block on the end of the lower radiator hose, whilst the top radiator hose exits from the top of the head

The yellow books pop up on eBay and the forums every now and then, I had the 4KC yellow book for a while before I did a cleanout of my old KE stuff. Had the KE55 Gregorys book too, it did gloss over a few things but nothing really critical, but then again I wasn't ripping the whole car apart.

?/ Doesn't make any sense. Vertical-flow radiators always flow top-to-bottom (which is why trans coolers etc sit in the bottom tank, otherwise there'd be no temperature differential and thus no cooling as it'd be essentially running in coolant the same temp as the trans fluid). Yes there are differences in layout between the FWD and RWD 4AGE systems, but both have the thermostat on the outlet of the radiator before going into the water pump (the little bypass valve on the thermostat is there to stop the water-pump cavitating). Both the EPGs for the AE86 and AE82 list the lower hose as radiator outlet, and the water outlet from the block above the water pump going to the top radiator hose.

Yes there is, I posted them up before (#92725 for the Haynes and #221 for the Gregorys). The two numbers you listed originally were for US Haynes manuals, the Australian ones are different. go to the Haynes Australia website and you'll find all the Australian (and Australian-applicable) ones there.

I'd be guessing the 1588cc is a reference to the 2T that US-spec cars would have got. Haynes manuals for Australia have different codes to the US ones (and cover different cars), here we have a Gregorys for the KE55 (1978-81, #184) and the KE70 (1981-1984, #221) a Haynes for the KE70 (1981-1984, #92725), both readily available on eBay. 92030 is the American Haynes manual for the KE/TE 3x/5x from '75 to '79, and 361 just seems to be a slightly different version of the same book.

Just hock them out the window and over the fence, let the neighbours deal with it

New presenters are the following: Ewen Page - Top Gear Aus magazine editor (pretty sure he came from Wheels or Motor before that) Steve Pizzati - same guy as first two seasons, advanced driving instructor and Porsche factory race driver Shane Jacobsen - Kenny. First impressions are that Pizza-head seems much better this time round, Kenny works really _really_ well, but Ewen is the odd one out - he resembles Charlie Cox too much in character and doesn't seem to be either a) outspoken enough and unafraid to say exactly what is on his mind (ie like Clarkson), b) so serious about things that he regularly gets offended by things (ie May), or c) a clown (ie Hammond). Now I know that they shouldn't be trying to re-create the UK hosts (and the current bunch do a good job of not doing that), but Ewen needs some kind of defining character.

Will be there in the 102, sans FXGT front end though as I couldn't get it painted in time, so nothing really new from last year's show apart from the seats, steering wheel and plates. Will be attending the dinner too for any Rollaclubians backing up for beer and pork knuckle.

What MA61s and 195/65/14s look like on a stock-height KE55. Feel free to delete the body and replace it with a T18 in your imagination.

Why the hell would you go that large a tyre anyway? Stock size on a MA61 was 225/60 and even on the hefty Supra that was a fairly big tyre, with lots of sidewall bulge. On a Corolla, which is a significantly smaller car both in physical and visual bulk, those tyres would be possitively gargantuan, monster-truck-like even. On my KE55 I had 195/65 and even then it was rolling rally-style on stock height springs, plenty of sidewall height and a bit of bulge.

These would work better, but timing the sound is much harder

Seen a few clubmans with Vortech and Rotrex centrifugal chargers on silvertops...

The silvertop crank, block (I think) and conrods are the same as an AE101 GZE. GZEs have always used the same bottom end and internals (apart from pistons) as their respective year's 4AGE

There is such a thing as a 13TU, and I believe it did come in T-18s...

I know, I was just implying that it is possibly possible that at some stage of the life of the car it has had an auto ECU put in. Either that, or the code was mis-read (I've done that several times and gone on a wild goose chase to fix something that was perfectly fine).

I've seen auto Levins though, and the odd auto ECU come up on eBay.

ECT = Transmission ECU for an electronic auto, didn't think the 4AGE computer could throw that code - all the lists I can find for the smallport skip it, shows up on Supras etc though which run separate ECUs for the transmission (called an ECT - Electronically Controlled Transmission). Then again, auto 4AGEs are fairly rare, maybe this one has had an auto ECU swapped in at some stage, but I still didn't think they had standalone transmission ECUs.

And last of the Corollas with independent rear suspension too...

Voted 7th/AE10x, because I knew no-one else would, and someone has to defend the AE102's honour :P Seriously though, if you include the whole range it is one of the best, fully spec'd AE101 GTV 4AGZE Levin is about as good a Corolla as you can get.

I've found forum users have a propensity to chuck hissy fits and get all their threads deleted when something doesn't go the way they want. Has happened on Twincam several times, and over relatively minor things too.

I'd advise not typing "twinky orgy" into a search engine by the way. I bet it'd come up with completely different results to what you were expecting...or exactly what you're expecting, who knows.

Except Cops LAC is actually trying to be serious?