Rebuilt Ae71

[Gecko71]

Here is my AE71 Corolla. His name is Manfred ;) (don't ask about the name, really)

 

He's an ongoing project. I was originally looking to buy an AE86, but found him sitting next to the railway line in Auchenflower (brisbane) and thought, "Meh, close enough." :P

I chucked a 4A-C motor in, the old motor was destroyed, (already had a T50 box) and ran him for about 3 months, but then the inevitable craving for power kicked in and i needed more performance! Although many looked at me strangely when i said i wanted power from a 4A-C, I did the easiest thing an chucked a Weber in (32/36), this resulted in 90hp at the fly and 58hp at the wheels, not too bad really. I'm currently looking for 4A-C extractors (again, people look at me strangely when i say this).

 

The weber did it's job for a while, but then the traction went, so along came suspension, Monroe shocks and Kings Performance springs (standard height cause i hit the forests often) and the impact has been huge, I shattered WRX times around Lakeside driver training centre during a TRE.

At this point in time i'm working on a rear axle with a 4.3:1 diff to bring that acceleration into play (also looking for a good colour to paint the axle, suggestions??)

 

Now I just gotta wait till i'm off my P's, then the 4A-GE comes into play :P

Edited April 29, 2009 by Gecko71

[trav_555]

Sweet as man :P

 

So how long till your off your p's?

 

You reckon your gonna go some meaner suspension?

 

Might be able to thrash more cars :P

 

Travis

[Gecko71]

Sweet as man :P

 

So how long till your off your p's?

 

You reckon your gonna go some meaner suspension?

 

Might be able to thrash more cars :P

 

Travis

 

Thanks mate.

 

I should be off my P's by June 2011.

When the bank account decides to be nice to me i might work the suspensiona bit more. Try lowering it a little bit just to give it a bit more response.

Also want to make the back a bit softer to give more grip when accelerating out of corners.

[ae174agze]

musta been shit wrx driver :P

 

nice ride man, 4age is a wikid engine

[Gecko71]

musta been shit wrx driver :P

 

nice ride man, 4age is a wikid engine

 

Honestly, he was a pretty bad driver, plus he had all these wanker mods that only impeded the car.

Still a good feeling though :P

[Gecko71]

Anyone got any ideas of what colour a rear axle would look good in?

[Ella]

under a beige car go black man

[Gecko71]

Black seems a bit boring, but i'll try it out and see how it looks.

Thanks.