My First Corolla

[KE ping it real]

Well i've gone and done it now - i bought a 4age bigport :yes:

 

After the blue mountains cruise and talking to a couple of other members, I couldn't resist

 

My plan is to collect parts for a while (so far i have the 4age and the RWD extractors)

and then take it off the road in maybe 6 moths to do the conversion and do some other things to the car aswell

 

I'll run with the engine as standard till i get bored and then i'll turbo it :D

 

I'll post up a couple of pics when i pick it up :lovin:

Edited July 5, 2008 by KE ping it real

[Johno]

Congrats on the new engine mate!

[KE ping it real]

Congrats on the new engine mate!

 

Cheers Johno

 

It's going to be very hard to have the motor sitting there for a while and not just pump a shitload of money into it to get it running sooner

 

As my wife says, I have to learn to be patient ;)

[KE ping it real]

Say hello to my little friend

 

I picked it up yesterday and stripped the gearbox, a/c and starter off to be able to lift it off my ute

 

Man those 4age's weigh more than a 3k - one heavy mother f#%ker, me and the old man lifted it down to its current resting place

 

It needs a good clean up and the usual FWD to RWD mods but she cranks over nice & smooth and i realised that i have the 7 rib block so i'm pretty happy about that one

[JiP]

OMG!! Who would have thought, heavier than a 3K!! lOl

[KE ping it real]

OMG!! Who would have thought, heavier than a 3K!! lOl

 

Yeah i kinda figured it would be heavier but last time me and another bloke lifted a 3k & gearbox in one and this time i had to strip all the stuff off it and it was still heavier

 

I guess i was just surprised by how much difference there was - I wasn't going for the captain obvious award :D

[radrollaz]

Good on ya mate, I'm happy to see you have made the move and are doing a conversion. :yes: Any questions just ask :D I'm sure cuzzo and olskool could be of great help, when you start the conversion.

[KE ping it real]

Good on ya mate, I'm happy to see you have made the move and are doing a conversion. :hmm: Any questions just ask :yes: I'm sure cuzzo and olskool could be of great help, when you start the conversion.

 

Yeah Thanks Mick

I'm super excited about it, I've now got a microtach on the way as well as a T50 box so i don't need too many more peices before i can think about starting :dance:

[Falken_KE30]

Polished those hotties yet Ping? LOL

[KE ping it real]

Polished those hotties yet Ping? LOL

 

Thats definatly on the soon to do list, I've gotta try to make em sparkle just like yours

Someone has to represent with hotwires on this side of the pond.....LOL

[beerhead]

Hey, I'd call around to some tuners in you're area, you'll find that they all hate Microtech + atmo 4AGE's, many won't even try and tune them. They work ok under boost, but but NA it'll take them half a day to tune at $100 an hour, and still be an average tune that's horrible on the fuel, and terrible off throttle. They're an annoying company too, this whole pay them $250 to make the ecu work on a different engine is the biggest scam ever, every other ecu around, will let you change settings to allow you to re-use the ecu on another vehicle.

 

 

Yeah Thanks Mick

I'm super excited about it, I've now got a microtach on the way as well as a T50 box so i don't need too many more peices before i can think about starting :dance:

[KE ping it real]

Hey, I'd call around to some tuners in you're area, you'll find that they all hate Microtech + atmo 4AGE's, many won't even try and tune them. They work ok under boost, but but NA it'll take them half a day to tune at $100 an hour, and still be an average tune that's horrible on the fuel, and terrible off throttle. They're an annoying company too, this whole pay them $250 to make the ecu work on a different engine is the biggest scam ever, every other ecu around, will let you change settings to allow you to re-use the ecu on another vehicle.

 

G'day Brad

 

I picked up the computer 2nd hand from Queen20v, Which was running on a 20v (funnily enough) and before purchase i rang microtech and they reckon it should go straight on without changing the settings

BUT, he did say that if it did need to get reset then it would cost $450 which i thought was a rip off, however i did get it with the hand held as well so i can only hope that it helps them speed up the tune process

 

I do have a guy that tuned my twin carbs who apparently is a bit of a fuel guru all round so hopefully he can sort me out

Although i havent told him my 4age plans yet :dance:

 

I can only hope it all works out for the best :yes:

 

What do you mean by atmo 4age's?

Edited July 19, 2008 by KE ping it real

[Falken_KE30]

atmo, NA. non charged same thing i guess..

 

Use autosol on the rims, you might need to do a light wetsand, get the clearcoat off the rims !!

[KE ping it real]

atmo, NA. non charged same thing i guess..

 

Use autosol on the rims, you might need to do a light wetsand, get the clearcoat off the rims !!

 

Oh OK sweet as now i know what he is talking about

 

And yeah i figured i would have to break out the wet n dry for many hours of hand cramping fun (and not the good kind LOL)

[beerhead]

Was the 20V single coil in FWD or wasted spark? Either way, you'll need to get a 100kw dizzy or mod your bigport one, from being an early batch fire(4 spark event prongs) to sequential (1 home prong) on the upper magnetic wheel in the dizzy. I've modified one successfully in the past using a microtech.

 

NA = Naturally Aspirated - Atmo = Atmospherically charged