My Corolla... Back Again

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Thu May 30, 2013 10:03 am

That I had made??? I'm too cheap for that. I made them myself.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby marley4us » Thu May 30, 2013 3:45 pm

that's what I meant! lol my english has gone to crap lol!!! that you had made yourself!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby grappletech » Fri May 31, 2013 3:49 pm

Looks good Aaron. I can't wait to get back to start on mine.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Fri May 31, 2013 7:21 pm

Rumor has it that you're going to do a Beams swap... care to comment?
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby grappletech » Fri May 31, 2013 9:03 pm

Yea, I have the Motor and tranny at the house. My rough draft is since i have motor, tranny, extra kouki harness, spare crossmember, and a few other things. I plan to drop my 16v and have a close to turn-key drop in beams .

Unfortunately I have to go to Afghanistan so my project wont start until I return.
87 GTS Coupe stock and Super Duper Clean
87 GTS Coupe Beams 3sge (under construction cuz I'm slow and lazy and broke-FML)
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86 GT-SR5 Coupe 20v Swap

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:34 pm

New diff...

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Stuck the diff in the freezer and ring gear in the oven soooooooo...

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And Boston Mike is helping me with the last part for the fixture...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:31 pm

There are a few different part numbers for the 7.5" carrier bearings. Here's the part number for the ones that work with the Kaaz diff...

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I received a ton of help to get this part made. It's the last part I needed to complete the jig for the celica-supra rear end conversion.

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Again... I made this fixture to match the probably 20 year old 6.7" fixture Marty at AutoComp Race Cars has. Almost finished and then we can get to building the rear ends for my car as well as Will Parson's corolla. Marty is the one who did the cage work on Will's car and is working on improving his (and my) suspension.

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Aurora spherical rod ends for the lower control arms...

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LCA pieces...

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Marty is insisting on corner balancing my car. This means something needs to be adjustable soooooooooooo

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:08 pm

Lower control arms nearing a finish...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Garage7RP » Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:09 pm

What adjustment range are you trying to achieve on your LCAs?

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:01 pm

Threaded all the way in they are the same length as stock. I'm going to increase track width by 10mm per side. I'm swapping out my NCRCA's with the 60mm RCA's I machined so I will be losing 15mm per side on track width.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:37 am

Getting ready to shorten strut casings

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby marley4us » Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:36 pm

keep up the amazing work!!! I cant get enough!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby grappletech » Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:15 pm

Nice welds
87 GTS Coupe stock and Super Duper Clean
87 GTS Coupe Beams 3sge (under construction cuz I'm slow and lazy and broke-FML)
87 SR5 Coupe Shell. (Sold)
86 SR5 Hatch Shell
86 GT-SR5 Coupe 20v Swap

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby dr.occa » Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:45 pm

Another admirer here of Aaron's fine work. Thank you (and McKenney too) for helping me with locating and securing that diff.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:05 pm

LCA's almost finished...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:21 pm

LCA's finished and getting installed today along with the 60mm RCA's

Bead blasted

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby joel23 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:39 am

looks good.... :mrgreen:

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby joel23 » Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:27 pm

pm sent :mrgreen:

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:34 am

Made a fixture to aid in setting pinion backlash

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby 4doors » Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:36 am

nice to actually see pics again. those RCAs are BEEFY.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby tchybrid » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:32 am

wow... i wish i had the resources to do everything you are doing. awesome work and can't wait for the final product!!! :mrgreen:

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:20 pm

New Hood...

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Had to cut off the little hooks...

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And a few pics from the Texas 86 Day weekend...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby TeRRoR » Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:11 pm

that hood looks great, link me the site you got it from

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby grappletech » Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:39 am

Thumbs up on the hood! its proper to assume you didnt need to do anything fancy because of the beams tall valve cover. looking good!
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87 GTS Coupe Beams 3sge (under construction cuz I'm slow and lazy and broke-FML)
87 SR5 Coupe Shell. (Sold)
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:36 pm

Oh no... it definitely hits the valve cover but so did the oem hood. I still need to do some adjusting to improve fitment but I'm happy with it so far
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Toy86 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:57 am

Hey Rue,

Love you build homie! Hey man, do you still have ur build thread? I know you had the thread on the old C4AG, site. Just curious if you reposted it up. If you did, can u please link that for me. I'm currently working on getting all my ducks in the road to replace my trusty/reliable 4AG for this more powerful BEAMS engine. Thanks man.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:10 pm

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Wrodz1980 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:42 am

Awesome build! Very inspirational!!!

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby marley4us » Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:59 am

dammmmnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that hood looks great man!!!!!!! I have not checked ur thread in a min, and look at all this cool stuff! You are crazy! I love it, keep up the good work bro! and hit me up today or tomorrow so we can catch up some more!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby RuizXIII » Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:02 pm

Looking good, Boss! The hood really does look good and the car is amazing.
Keep up all the good work and sweet parts making =)
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