Its got TVIS, so its a bigport. Further disassembly needed for further id. Sounds like you got the skills to deal with this. I haven't worked with MR-2 aside from scanvenging some parts at junkyard so don't know MR2 specific hints. The engine you will want a good machine shop to deal with things you...

Sounds like the rack might be worn, but check your tie rods. All my corollas have had worn ends, either outer and inner or both. You can detect this by leaving one wheel on ground, jack the other up, then grab wheel at sides and rock it feeling for play. You might as well grab wheel top and bottom a...

Thanks for the clarifications, I have been corrected and have learned more, I just hope it stays in my brain! As a matter of course I set the TPS before proceeding with rest of engine setup but it hadn't occurred to me that it affects the base timing. Makes sense. I thought when you jumper the conne...

Gotcha'. I saw one fx16 in a junkyard, and now I can't remember if it was a gts, that had solid front discs, and I wondered if it was a production change. As light as the car is, I don't see why a solid disc would be detrimental, and it should be lighter. I think that might have been a regular FX? ...

That would be my assessment too, short the diagnostic connector and TPS doesn't matter. If with the diag shorted and your timing mark is still bouncing around, it's likely a problem with dizzy. Once I rebuilt one of my Dizzy's with new bearing and seals, my timing became rock solid. The TPS could af...

First one "shirinda heddo boruto", cylinder head bolts. Second one "konekutenngu roddo natto", connecting rod nut.
The other stuff would take me a while to translate since I don't know kanji, but I think this explains enough.

Lesse if I remember right. Measure overall width of wheel, divide by two (get half of the measurement). Measure distance from inside edge of wheel to the mounting face. Subtract this measurement from the first number gives you the offset. I'm not sure if this will give you the correct sign though (p...

Unfortunately our courses are pretty rough, grass cow pasture. This past event we had a total of four broken driveshafts! My worry is could get full custom shaft made with stronger materials, but then the transmission would not be able to handle it. The other thing I could do would be to modify my d...

Any ideas for a reasonable setup to get a stronger transmission and and shafts for a FX16 that is running rallycross. I just dumped a bunch of money and work into rebuilding a 20V ST and got it running in there, but sheared a CV shaft at last event. This is the third shaft I've snapped, and this one...

Dang, I just dropped almost that much to rebuild just the 20V in mine, and my body's quickly rusting now!
I actually prefer the FX16 to the GTS for the stuff I do, auto and rally-X. Good luck!

Thanks for the info!

Anyone know where I can get the O-rings for the 20V oil filter mount? There's two of them. What have people done about this? I have my old 16v engine I could take parts from, but that one has the oil cooler lines, which are not recommended for the 20v.

You're kind of missing a lot. The pistons are different for 20v, also I think oil and water galleries might not be exactly the same so I don't know if you could just plop the head on your block. You're missing the throttle bodies, fuel rail and injectors. You'll need wiring, although I think there a...

In my opinion I've always found it more convenient to have the flange style axles than the solid ones, way easier to replace without having to take the axle out and lose fluid during the process with solid axles. And if you jiggled things just right, you could remove the CV shafts without undoing t...

I recall the FX16 shafts misslisted in a lot of lookups. I think if you got the ones listed for a diesel it matched. The best way is to physically match what they have. The transaxle (transmission) actually fits all FWD Corollas of that era, the splined shaft with no bolted collar and the flange col...

BTW, 3 or 7 ribs also is not a good way to identify, there are a number of late year "low comp" "Blue Top" engines that have 7 rib blocks. I have one that I finally blew.

If you want to try to find a Toyota part that might work you could give the transmission drain/filler washer a try. It's a common thing to use the drain plug to block off the EGR so the washer should be the correct size. It'll be aluminum, hopefully that holds up to exhaust temps, I think it should.

Good luck! Let us know if you find anything! Although I've been fortunate to not suffer from wheel well rust.
I do however have the roof gutter rail rust and roof corner rust. And the hatchback and rear light cluster area rust. Came on pretty suddenly.

pretty simple actually. I got myself a solenoid from local marine store. Unplugged the connector that goes to the starter solenoid and the ignition switch side of that I instead ran to the trigger of the secondary solenoid. Ground the other side of the trigger. Then on the switched contact of the se...

I sold my one FX that had operational A/C and spare compressor and parts so I don't recall what they were like. Sorry, can't help you much with that, although A blocks should share same mounting points. My circuit opening relay is located clipped under the ECU which is found at the front of the cent...

Bought the equipment and go! Read up on internet. Get together with friends and do a bunch of projects and learn as you go along. I wouldn't trust myself to do critical structural welds though. Its been mostly body work, little brackets. Taking classes would be the way to go if you want to become re...

I know this is a month old, but let me add, replace your capacitors. I just went through the same thing. Last time I checked, my caps looked ok. I even conformal coated my board for some extra protection against elements. Then lent it out for someone to use and after it sat unused for a while. I fin...

20v... jealous. California emissions laws make swaps kinda rough and I'm lame mechanic who can't weld. It sounds like you've got a pretty nice FX setup. What did you do for suspension? Have any photos or a build thread? you Californians have the only good fxs around. Makes me cuss and stamp my feet...

Nice job! A OEM spoilertte that's not warped and cracked! I think cross biased brakes are the norm now? Do you have the rear hatch area cover? I recall seeing one picture of someone who still had it. That thing I think is very rare! It seems there was more love for these in Australia. Australian com...

I have a set of OEM silvertop horns, $30 for the set of four shipped. I got them without the airbox, so can't help you on the hardware. Let me know if you are interested. Received the horns Jesse, thanks. I'll let people know if I want any of the others parts offered. For the most desired part I wa...

Thanks for the offer but I'm still running on stock ST ECU and airbox so it wouldn't make too much sense for me. I really want those support bars, it'd be so much easier than trying to fabricate something, but maybe I'll have to try.

No leads on these parts, huh? Bummers
Oh yeah, I'd like to replace the missing top cam gear/timing belt cover too. Previous owner threw that away too, ugh.

<rant> I will never buy another FX corolla again. nobody likes them and nobody wants them. i'm fed up with having been trying to sell this car for 1.5 years now. </rant> Don't bother selling them, just have fun with them! I'm on my 4th, so there is somebody who likes them, just not willing to pay a...

Wanted to buy, the two metal reinforcing stays for SIlver Top intake manifold. People seem to run without them, so there must be some out there. I'm also missing the intake horns and one of the shouldered bolts that bolt the stack on. Really want to get these so I can run in next rallycross with it.

I'm not sure on the name as I don't have the rear suspension of an AE92 on my wagon (the AE95 rear is like the AE86). Maybe it's called a trailing arm? Yup I think its called the trailing arm. I feel your pain, try finding a FX16 in Hawaii! Although I remember coming across a few AE92s when I was s...