Hi all,

 

Thought it was about time I started a build thread for my AE71 CSX. I'll give you a bit of a run down on what I know about it and since found out about it body wise and what my plans are and have been for about 5 years since I bought it!

 

Before I bought it I always wanted an AE86 and pestered my friends brother to sell me his, to no avail, so I did some more research on older RWD corollas and found out that lots of AE86 parts are interchangeable into the AE71's.

As the thought process continued... hmmm 4 doors isn't as cool but is more practical, it seemed like the better and cheaper option.

 

So after hunting around for one for some time I came across this one on carsales, had a look, test drive, haggled a bit and ended up with the car and spare rust free panel parts thrown in!

 

I drove it as it was for a while, swapping between my first car, an AE82 twincam seca, while I gradually collected parts after doing lots and LOTS of research.

 

parts such as...

 

AE86 BC coil overs

 

Hopper stoppers brake upgrade for AE86

 

4agze for turbo conversion

 

W57 celica gearbox

 

Custom diff, consisting of parts used from a complete EF falcon disc to disc diff which used the lsd centre, disc brakes, shortened axles, ke70 axle housing for suspension mounts, commodore centre housing, pintara crown and pinion 3.89 ratio. All done by BOSS racing differentials at Lonsdale in Adelaide.

 

15 inch EF Ford steelies stripped and powder coated with chrome trims and centre caps

 

Tenzo racing seats, super snug and ADR approved!

 

DRiFT wheel

 

THEN THE BODY WORK!

Finally got started in December 2015 by a mate, who did some amazing work cutting out of rust and replacing with the rust free parts mentioned earlier and ended up with a ridiculously straight finish and an amazing paint job, which is a variation on the original paint code.

More body work pics to come.

 

I will hopefully keep this updated as soon as things progress and the build comes to an end and I can enter a few hill climbs and shows.

Edited January 28, 201610 yr by Twincam16seca

Lovely!

 

Did the diff setup cost more than the car??

Um quite possibly... 😒 but that's not the point! it's going to be a keeper, plus all the antitheft things you could think of so those pricks who think they deserve it more than you can't take it!

 

Oh and yes those csx wheels do look bigger because they are 14" corona csx wheels polished by previous owner!

Edited January 27, 201610 yr by Twincam16seca

Here's some pics of my paint finished, it's a tweak on the original paint code. We took out the white which originally made it look milky.

I couldn't be happier with the result of the paint work, it's genuinely ridiculous in my opinion!

Also a couple of sets of wheels I picked over a couple of years and couldn't decided which ones to keep along with the steelies, so I now have 3 sets all up as it's not that easy to find cool wheels in 5x114.3 15x7 with correct offset.

The wheels are 5 spoke enkei 15x7 and most likely -0 offset. They also need to be restored as a one has some bad rash and stress ding but all seem to be straight with no buckles. Also need a hub centric ringing cap made up to fill the gap, wanting that dip dish mirror look! ;-)

The other set turned out to be an early set of performance alloys, I had no idea as there was no real markings on them. I went down to performance alloys when they were closing and the guy remembered making that style and was quite happy to see a set in good condition, I scored a full set of centre caps to suit, badges, full set of awesome quality shank nuts and washers with lock nuts for about $70 also bought a full set of nuts and lock nuts for the enkeis too! Wheels are a work in progress, not a necessity at the moment while I have the steelies wrapped in re002's.

 

Edited February 29, 201610 yr by Twincam16seca