My Corolla... Back Again

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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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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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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:31 pm

Passenger side strut tube/coil over conversion completed. Picking up some Koni Yellows to finish this off.

Welded in an extra gusset

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:40 pm

One more with the Cressida ;)

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:28 am

Coilovers finished and installed...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby marley4us » Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:30 pm

thats bad ass!!!!!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby joel23 » Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:12 pm

good update looks good... :mrgreen:

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby EvoSolley » Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:36 am

So clean! great job on the coilovers!

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby carbd7age » Wed Sep 11, 2013 5:17 pm

How about another pic of that Cressida? I am on those wheels man.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:35 pm

That was just a well taken pic of my ugly project. The cressida still isn't running yet. Just finished making my own front suspension setup and I'm working on 5-lug converting the rear and replacing all of the rear bushings at the moment. Not sure what pictures you'd want but here are a couple...

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I cut 60mm out of the strut tubes just like I did on my corolla coilovers even though everyone said 60mm was too much and used sw20 struts with some donated HKS coilover springs. I machined my own lower spring perches, top hats, and camber plates.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:31 pm

Time to get the celica-supra rear end done. We are making new 4-link mounts to weld to the rear end housing. Ordered material on Thursday and picked it up on Friday.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby FUNKMACH1NE » Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:36 am

bad a$$ build man...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby RuizXIII » Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:03 am

Nice updates!
That Cressida is so cool. What are the specs on the wheels?
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:30 pm

Fronts are 17x9 + 25
Rears are 17x10 + 20
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:16 pm

Alright.... Corolla Updates!!!

Shooting to have the celica supra rear end finished in the next week or two. Bought almost all of the remaining parts that I'm missing... rear rotors and axle bearings. Just gonna buy the third member to axle housing seal and finish fabricating all of the mounts.

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And once again I have a dead spot on my manual rack. When I pulled everything off of my car when I did the swap I tried to have my ae86 manual rack rebuilt. The shop I took it to said there was excessive wear in the middle of the rack. So I chased down an aw11 rack and had them rebuild that one. 2 years later I'm having the same problem. Sooooooooooo.... I'm starting fresh.

Right now I'm working on collecting parts for the outer tie rods I want to make for my rack. I've looked into Xcessive Manufacturing's outer tie rods and of course Techno Toy Tunings outer tie rods. I have problems with both. There's no way that either company is using a quality heim joint for the price they're charging and I'm going to be pissed when I have rattling/play in them after a year. I like that Xcessive made a tapered stud to match the taper in the oem steering knuckle but T3 sells their kit with a 5/8" drill bit and uses a 5/8" bolt. That's bullshite to me. A 5/8" bolt doesn't measure .625"... it's undersized. And when you hand Joe Shmoe a 5/8" drill he's going to end up with an oversized hole. That means there is going to be slop where with the tapered stud there wasn't any. Soooooooo... T3 is adding slop with the "use the supplied drill to make your hole match our BS bolt" and with the cheap heim joints.

The heims I'm buying are Aurora 5/8" LH blah blah blah and cost $57 per heim... link: https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/produ ... oduct=3062
I bought 5/8" shoulder bolts that measure .622" in diameter and will be drilling the holes in my steering knuckles with an undersized drill followed by a REAMER to hold tight tolerance... I don't want slop. I'll post up more as I make progress but total projected cost of the outer tie rods is $200 for a pair. Planning to pick up a Quaife QSR this time.

Shoulder Bolt...

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5/8" LH Jam Nuts...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:48 pm

Jig progress... my welds don't look that pretty :(

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:48 pm

New 4-link mounts for the celica-supra rear end almost finished. We're changing all of the mounts so there will be no need for the bolt on traction brackets or relocated panhard mount. Trying to correct all of the suspension geometry issues.

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And another part of my tie rod end setup showed up today...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby joel23 » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:34 am

looks good... nice update.... :mrgreen:

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:18 pm

Lots-O-parts showed up today. Just waiting on the Quaife pieces and rack boots

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Oct 29, 2013 5:59 pm

Got both of the lower 4-link mounts finished. Shooting to have the upper 4-link mounts finished this week.

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And our package from the UK showed up today with the Quaife QSR racks. We ordered one for my car and one for MandM177's rhd levin coupe.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby rekik » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:42 am

I'm diggin this build. curious on that sleeve for your outer tie rods. wondering if i can get the specs or a link? thanks

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:01 am

Rekik... I sent you a PM. Call me
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