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Finally got back home and was able to spend some time down the shed. Started fitting some of the stuff I have accumulated. I got these 16v rocker covers off ebay, I needed them because i am going to install a SQ coil on plug setup and you can't use the supercharged rocker covers. Corolla shed life: OEM cam belt, HKS gears, rocker covers and COP plate installed: Next up I got the TRD thermostat in there and fitted the RWD neck onto the thermostat housing: I thought id tackle the rear brakes, AJPS s13 upgrade. This stuff has never been apart before so I thought it would bring fun times: After removing that ol busted shit, and some serious bashing and swearing I finally got this bastard out: Rinse and repeat for the other side. Now.......it was about this time I thought "Hmmm I have no idea what diff centre is in this thing," plus I really wanted to know what ratio is in it. Considering the axles are out, its only a few more nuts and bolts and the centre will fall out. So i ripped the centre out and boy was I happy I did!!!!!!! TRD 2 WAY and 4.3 ratio Yeeeeeooooowwwww: Now I'm left with this till I get new bearings on the axles:

Oh Huws home from work for a week, its time to update with more useless shit he has purchased: HKS cam gears: Brand new OEM Zenki lip. I bought a bumper that is in MUCH MUCH better condition than mine, and it came with indicator housings which I also needed: Also got some sideskirts which I thought would be OEM, but they arent made of the same plastic material, I think they are copies......BOOOOOOO: Got this modified sump to increase the oil capacity a bit. Has surge flaps in it, a turbo drain and oil temp fitting in it. Just needs a clean up: Lastly, a seat rail for that Bride recliner that I unpacked last time I was home: I have a SQ Engineering COP plate coming, going to run this setup instead of the poo Bosch coils and leads I was going to use. will be MUCH neater and less of a headache.

Nothing exciting.......

Not much of an update, I'm in QLD at the moment, at work. Whilst i was home, I got a few deliveries. Well actually my partner goes to the post office for me ALL THE TIME to collect Jesse Streeter parcels: I did get a second recliner seat to match my drivers, it needs a wash tho: And some little service parts i needed to finish the cooling system.......and something to filter the oil too: Waiting for another parcel that will have my sideskirts (OEM) in there and whatever else i decide to buy inbetween ;) Refitted struts and wheels to move. I am quite surprised as to the lack of poke with my custom hubs on there. Essentially the front specs are now 15 x 8 -14, I think the Cusco LCA is slightly shorter when not extended. While I had the car in the carport I tackled something that has been bugging me for ages, the body loom that runs around the front of the car was going behind the rad support, thus putting it inbetween the radiator and the rad support. I could never get the radiator to sit hard against the support. So i unplugged the harness from the passneger footwell and fed it through so I could re position it on the FRONT of the rad support. To do this I had to remove all the lights and brackets: Once that was all done, I moked up all the various cooling components that will fill the front end: And just a mock up of how it will look, bonnet needs painting and so does front bar (and a lip): For several years I was sure that a Kouki bar and lip was the way to go, but I have done a 180 and I'm liking the Zenki bar and a OEM Zenki lip will complete what I'm after.

parts pieces. Cusco swaybar Cusco Formula link front suspension: Got alot of time off at the moment, mine is shut because the pit is full of water from the QLD floods/rain. What else have i got to do but try and get something happening on this. A while a go i managed to win an auction on yahoo for a single HTS102f cartridge that i desperately needed as i was using a temporary TRD blue in the front. I set about removing the strut so i could do the swap: I was lucky, the shock looks brand new, i don't even think it has been fitted to a car before! While i had the strut out, i knew it was a good opportunity to get that piece of sexual goodness Formula link kit in the car. Was very easy to do and including the new swaybar installation (23mm Cusco item) , only took about 45 mins: Its so very very pretty! Ever since ive had the car, its not had a working handbrake, i put this down the the genius who cut the front cable before i got the car. So i jumped on toyodiy.com and sourced a new front cable, and some new retainers to hold the rear cables to the body: Unfortunately i have left the other cables at my other house, ill have to collect them during the week. In an effort to continue with the OEM products, i purchased two complete cam belt kits. One for this car and one for my daily AE93 seca. After replacing the belt, pulley, tensioner spring and bolt on the Seca, i set about doing the same on this engine. Although it is a 'new' engine, it only had a generic belt on it, and i wasnt happy with that or the fact the pulley wasnt new. I am in the process of painting the cam gears because they look a bit old a crusty. I have smarted them up with a paint scheme that seems to be the way to go these days.......pics to come soon! Tomorrow ill spend a good deal more time and have something else to show i guess.

Couple of random shots of the car outside, getting ready to have it towed to my new place: So tow truck delivered car. All is good.........apart from tierod that came out of lock spacer.....so LH wheel was floating about. Fixed that. Sussed out the rust.......there is definitely some there, but I'm not worried about that at the moment, it will be fixed once car is running. here are a few nicer pics now cars has a better home:

Took the head off today to ensure things are all good on the inside.......they are :thumbup: switched the headgasket from the HKS item to the stock toyota one.....the comp is already low enough enough on this engine, i don't need large amounts of metal between the head and block making it worse. here is a comparison between the two: HKS And stock toyota: So anyways, head is all bolted on and cams re-installed. Just have to go to work and borrow the mini torque wrench to tighten the cam caps and then that all is done. then i got to fitting these things: here is the comparison between the RWD and FWD water necks. I'm pleased to say I'm running a FULL RWD cooling setup now, so nice and neat. Also good that you can still get the parts and gaskets new...... This is the clutch ill be using:

Parts were coming in thick and fast: And the things thats going to turn the tyres: too cold to go out to the shed, so i just paint now........anything not bolted down....and some stuff that is! 30 mins turned these: into these: its not the best job out, but it looks a bit neater. just a misc pic of my seat for happy fun times

fitted the rear end stuff today actually didnt fit the RCA's cause they didnt fit.....but oh well. as you can see, it looks good. notice how my panhard rod is almost totally horizontal.....thoughts. springs are totally captive at full droop with the HTS shocks. they are 4.5kg springs for those that are interested. here is a photo of the springs that came out compared to the new ones.... fitted my cusco engine mounts and gearbox mount too. was REALLY disappointed with how the gearbox mount fitted. i had to modify it with a hammer ALOT to make it fit......not a happy camper. also fitted my kouki parkers....just something small, but makes me happy. they also came with the looms, so that was a bonus. LOTS more happening tomorrow, i have some motivation, better not let it go to waste :worried:

went down the hardware store and got some paint and a wire brush to tidy some things up. ended up removing the entire xmember, rack, castor rods and swaybar.....all in preparation to fit the cusco stuff. then i proceeded to give the rack a clean up, it wasnt too bad, but a clean and a lick of paint wouldnt hurt. whilst the rack is out, i put new rack ends on it. looks like someone had fitted one new one not long before i bought it, it was still pretty tight.....but my AJPS items are much better. just need to get my lock spacer from work and then it will be all tight and nice. i also got a bit excited while i was doing the front end and decided it would be a good idea to give the front end a quick coat of paint before fitting the cooler and bumper. it will also make the cusco front end look better by having the lower part of the rad support nice and fresh. so:

- cleaned up and got my front end parts sorted - got some discs from AJPS for my brakes, test fitted them, all sweet. here are some pics of my painting skills.....or lack there of: the starting product, i had them bead blasted by a guy at work: then i went and got some killrust primer and 2 cans of matt black.....then applied said paint: after a few coats of the kill rust (only 2) i started to apply the colour.

Thought Id share my creation that has been ongoing for a great many years now. My background I have been a light vehicle mechanic for almost 10 years and have now moved into the mining industry. The car engine: 4agze 7 rib bigport from ae92, complete rebuild by me. ARP headstuds ARP main studs ARP rod bolts ARP flywheel bolts balanced bottom end honed and new acl rings decked block and head tunnel bored with 10thou oversized acl bearings OEM head gasket Acid dipped head three angle valve cut new valve guides OEM gasket and seal kit RC Racing 440cc injectors Modified fuel rail to suit speedflow fittings Modified OEM sump to increase capacity and windage flaps Cusco catch can HKS cam gears Microtech LT10s SQ Engineering COP plate 1zz coils Trust oil cooler and remote oil filter including thermostat control T3 underdrive water pump pulley TRD oil filter TRD thermostat TRD radiator cap 52mm alloy radiator Silicone radiator hoses Drivetrain: JDM t50 TRD short shifter extreme 4 puk clutch T series disc diff TRD 2 way with 4.3 gears (Kouki diff, large axles) Suspension front: AE86 strut converted to coilover by AJPS AJPS 7kg springs HTS102 front inserts Cusco camber top Cusco lower control arms Formula link Cusco castor rods Cusco cross brace Cusco 23mm swaybar AJPS RCA AJPS lock spacer AJPS rack bushes Powersteering arms New rack ends and boots supplied by AJPS rear: 4.5kg rear springs HTS102 adjustable shocks Cusco on car adjustable panhard rod AJPS traction brackets complete rebushing Brakes: FC3s rx7 calipers unknown brand adaptor AJPS braided brake lines AJPS S13 rear rotor conversion, 258mm rotors. S13 booster and BM44 master cylinder. interior: stripped plastics and carpet Bride fixed back seat "HKS edition" Bride recliner passenger seat autometer tacho autometer boost autometer oil pressure autometer oil temp autometer coolant temp wheels R: 15 x 8.5 -22 Work Equip 03 F: 15 x 8.0 -4 Superlites I'm just going to copy various things from my other build thread to show some progress of the vehicle.

What AE92 Corolla DOES have ABS?