GEARED

Ok, so I've got a few updates to show you guy! I've been trying to keep the costs down as much as possible until it gets driven a couple of times. I'll caption the photos as we go. First things first, I got the rest of the sound deadening out. Also took the A/C gear out and anything else that didn't need to be in the dash. I still need to make a metal plate to go into the top dash, to put some gauges and other bits and pieces into. I also picked up two Sparco seats (which I mounted onto the original rails) and a new steering wheel off ebay. This is a bit of the gear I pulled out from the dash area, there was a heap more that I already threw away! I wanted to use the original battery location for the new air filter, so this is the new battery location. I just need to get it hard mounted in there. I picked up a set of ebay extractors. I'm planning on running a 2 1/4" straight through exhaust out of them and have a cannon style of muffler at the back. You can see how they'd have better flow when comparing to the original set up. How the engine bay sits at the moment. I removed the heater core and A/C parts. The intake isn't finished yet, still need to weld up a bracket to hold it together and probably get a better filter then the cheap one I picked up. I think I might give the top cover a spray with some black paint as well.

Thanks Hiro! I'll run my filter down into the front bumper like you have done, that seems like the logical thing to do.

Just a quick update after getting to spend a little bit of time on the Corolla today. I have got a bit of the dash ripped out but I don't know weather to rip out the A/C fan and ducting, I can't think of any reason why not to. I've also started to get rid of some of the sound deadening material. I'm currently looking at a way to make a plate to hold switches and gauges which will replace the radio and A/C control spots in the dash, I might have to make up some sort of tunnel/cover for the gear stick mechanicals as well. Another thing I was looking at was the sensor inside of the air filter box, if I wanted to run a pod filter is anyone able to tell me what I'd need to with that sensor? Cheers,

Yeah mate you are most likely right, I haven't got the car here but I have some papers I found in the glove box the other day and it's an AE101 and the engine number starts with 4A. Not sure what made me think it was a 7AFE, probably one to many beers!

Thanks for the advice blokes! The 4AGE is more of a long term project so it might even get used in something else if I'm happy with the 7AFE. I'm trying to keep the build on the cheaper side but I don't mind spending some money on things, especially a decent set of tyres. I think I'll also take the advice and keep the drum brakes for now because I gave the handbrake a bit of a test and it worked well for drums. But I'll have to do some research on how to set up a lever, should be able to sort it out somehow. I was told to invest in a decent LSD, so I'll look into that as well. Now I need to get some time to do some work to her so that I can post up some more photos!

Hey guys and girls I'm new to the Rollaclub forum and also to the Corolla scene, although very much a Toyota fan boy. I've spent most of my free time modifying my 4WDs the last couple of years but I decided it was time for a new project, a Khanacross Corolla. The goal is to just have something to work on and have some fun at the local rally club, plus it seems like Khanacross is a good entry point to get into motorsport. I was pretty set on finding an AE92 and building a 4AGE engine but as it happens I ended up coming across an AE101 for $300. It's got a bit of faded paint, a dent in the rear bumper and no rego but it still runs fine and is a surprisingly neat car for 300 bucks! I also still want to run a 4AGE with aftermarket cams, standalone ECU and all of the gear so I decided to buy myself one of those to rebuild over the next few months while still using the standard 7AFE in the Rolla. It's a Smallport and its now stripped down and I've noticed that it was recently rebuilt, bored and the pistons have a ACL imprint on them which I'm guessing is a good thing. My near future plans go a bit like this: - Strip out the interior and get rid of sound deadening on the floor - Get some Sparco seats to fit - Make a strut between the rear strut towers to mount a 4 point harness to - Make a stainless plate that will bolt in place of the whole dash piece that has the radio and air con currently, this will hold gauges and switches - Figure out some rear disk brakes to replace the drums plus a lever style handbrake. As for the engine I'm currently getting some quotes to have the head ported, the block and head decked plus acid dipping. Once that's done I can start to work my way from the bottom up with new piston rings and other bits. I'd love to hear any advice, suggestions or even criticism that anybody has. Cheers! -Cory