My Corolla... Back Again
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wow... i wish i had the resources to do everything you are doing. awesome work and can't wait for the final product!!!
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New Hood...
Had to cut off the little hooks...
And a few pics from the Texas 86 Day weekend...
Had to cut off the little hooks...
And a few pics from the Texas 86 Day weekend...
"Working on cars is not what I do... it's who I am." Steve Metcalf
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that hood looks great, link me the site you got it from
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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!
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
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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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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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.
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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"Working on cars is not what I do... it's who I am." Steve Metcalf
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Awesome build! Very inspirational!!!
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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!
1985 Corolla Hatch widebody w/ SR20det (The Project)
1993 5SGTE stroker widebody MR2 Turbo (drag car)
2002 Miata SE hardtop (daily Driver)
1994 4runner (The truck)
1993 5SGTE stroker widebody MR2 Turbo (drag car)
2002 Miata SE hardtop (daily Driver)
1994 4runner (The truck)
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Looking good, Boss! The hood really does look good and the car is amazing.
Keep up all the good work and sweet parts making =)
Keep up all the good work and sweet parts making =)
irony.cc
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Passenger side strut tube/coil over conversion completed. Picking up some Koni Yellows to finish this off.
Welded in an extra gusset
Welded in an extra gusset
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One more with the Cressida
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Coilovers finished and installed...
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thats bad ass!!!!!
1985 Corolla Hatch widebody w/ SR20det (The Project)
1993 5SGTE stroker widebody MR2 Turbo (drag car)
2002 Miata SE hardtop (daily Driver)
1994 4runner (The truck)
1993 5SGTE stroker widebody MR2 Turbo (drag car)
2002 Miata SE hardtop (daily Driver)
1994 4runner (The truck)
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good update looks good...
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So clean! great job on the coilovers!
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How about another pic of that Cressida? I am on those wheels man.
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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...
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.
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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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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bad a$$ build man...
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Nice updates!
That Cressida is so cool. What are the specs on the wheels?
That Cressida is so cool. What are the specs on the wheels?
irony.cc
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Fronts are 17x9 + 25
Rears are 17x10 + 20
Rears are 17x10 + 20
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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.
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...
5/8" LH Jam Nuts...
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.
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...
5/8" LH Jam Nuts...
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"Working on cars is not what I do... it's who I am." Steve Metcalf
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Jig progress... my welds don't look that pretty
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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.
And another part of my tie rod end setup showed up today...
And another part of my tie rod end setup showed up today...
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looks good... nice update....
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Lots-O-parts showed up today. Just waiting on the Quaife pieces and rack boots
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Got both of the lower 4-link mounts finished. Shooting to have the upper 4-link mounts finished this week.
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.
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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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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Rekik... I sent you a PM. Call me
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