ae71wagonater

thanks guys, has been a while since ive been on this site, Wagon is going strong, sporting some retro hoshino racing wheels, wave if you see it round brisbane

Hey guys I'm just wondering if there is any advantage to using ADM AE86 front struts in an AE71. Is there any improvement over the standard front struts? i just have a spare set on front ae86 struts wondering if i should use them in my ae71 wagon. cheers :y:

thanks guys, yea shes just a daily driver that i give a bit of a boot too, i thought she might have been getting a little bit warmer than normal, which was resulting in a little pinging, due to something with the water system but it seems to be stable arround the 85-90 degree mark now, however it is FKN cold at the moment so I'm wondering how it will be in summer. cheers everyone.

Hey everyone, I have been thinking of rigging up an AE92 oil cooler setup onto my 20v AE71 wagon. I have read that some people think they are shit and i should get a full flow aftermarket kit, but I'm trying to save money. What are your thoughts on these cooler setups? Are there many 4age KE70/AE71's getting arround with this setup?. I have the sandwich plate and a sump with the oil return, and saw plenty of coolers at the wreckers. just have to adapt the oil return fitting onto a 20v sump. any suggestions a apprecatied. Cheers. :dance:

The back of the plenum has been cut off just short of the brake booster and clutch master...just, then a pipe was welded onto the front. Also inside the plenum are four little suction tubes that curve down into the bottom of the plenum, we had to cut the back one really short to make it fit. My plan is to keep the engine stock standard for a long while so this was the way to go for me. this photo is old, ill upload some newer ones to give you all a better look.

Thanks allot everyone, i will put up some pics of the interior later on , i have re done it in black. The wheels i got are 2nd hand, i picked them up on AE86DC for $600. They are called SSR "Speed Star" or i have heard people calling them "Superfins". They are 15x7 with 0 offset so they sit just perfectly. However i have to get my front guards rolled or flared as they scrub on corners. Also I'm in the process of upgrading the fuel system to an EFI set up. Currently i only have an inline pump and suffer fuel surges. Once that is done then i have to get the rear leaf springs reset and that should be about it. Cheers

thanks mate, i still have the 4ac sittin on the floor of the shed, however i just bought an ADM sprinter with a 4ac, and its running really crap and has a crack in the tappet cover so I'm thinking of scavenging parts from it. Cheers though. Next project after the next. check it

hey everyone. thought i might update my thread. Heres the wagon with my new wheels, and on the road.

thanks for your input eveyone, sounds like i was being a little hopefull, i havent had the wagon on the road long and i love it, i feel like i could beat anything :yes: thanks for bring me back to reality. i will leave the 20v stock for my daily driver and wait until my rb26/30 hybrid is finished, that should do the trick :P

haha thanks everyone, yea its a turbo, on paper the specs are not too much different, CA18DET HP: 173hp@6400rpm 4age 20V silvertop 160 @ 7400 he smashed me allready but i had no tacho, so didnt nearly get up it. got the good jump off the line though hehe. Next time ill rev it right out, since the corolla is the underdog its not so bad being beaten, but i would love to see his face passing him in the wagon lol. maybe if i take out my rear seats and drill speed holes?

well ive got a 4age 20v under the hood, its running the standard computer and i don't really want to spend any money working that yet. I'm really just trying to get it to beat my mates ca18 180sx without going to the step of a new ECU and crap ($$$) . Cheers everyone.

cheers, do you think it would be worth changing from a 4.1 to a 4.3 to achieve a quicker 0-100 time or should i look elsewhere for performance?

trueeeee,, any idea which cars came with a 4.3?

cheers mate, this was my original thought, thanks for clearing that up .

Hey guys , I have an AE71 wagon and a KE70 wrecker car. My ae71 has a 4.1 ratio diff and my KE70 wrecker has a 3.9. Which diff will give me more low end power, and i am now running 15 inch mags on my wagon, would changing to the lower ratio diff improve the accuracy of my speedo ? . Cheers everyone