The Corolla Ae-202 Project, Pic heavy

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got a new grille today... for tyler lol

Ae101 Hella Grille







Fitted to the car

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Got some new JDM Rims, quite different to what iv had in the past.. alot of mixed opinions about these.

Need a really good clean and polish and hopefully they will be back to their former glory

Heres the specs

Wedsports RS-5
16x7JJ ET45

Front just fit, rear i put on 5mm spacers

[Big_Martin]

Nice! The best wheels IMO

[miib14]

haha thanks martin

[miib14]

Had a really bad week,

quite lucky / unlucky (whichever way you want to look at it)

Sunday morning on the way to work, tyre blew out at aroun 65-70mph



quite lucky that there was rubber still on the edge, guessing thats what gave me more control and stopped the car from spinning, glad that there was hardly anyone else on the road as the tyre flew back and bounced across all lanes on the motorway, pulled into the hard shoulder and swapped the alloy for a space saver i had in boot. funny thing is that it didnt fit and i had to use spacer behind it to space it out because it was catching on brake caliper carrier..



Got to work all right and then realised how lucky i was,
thought about it like there was the initial shock from the blow then instinct kicked in to keep car straight, got to work all right.

on my lunch break went to go get the alloy checked out and new tyre fitted, they were quite surprised that there was next to no damage to the alloy and all they had to do was to replace the old wheel weights and put a new tyre on, balanced up ok




so that was day 1 over, on the way to work the following day i hear a really bad grinding sound from the passenger wheel, got about 5 mins from work and brakes failed, quite literally foot hit the floor, pumped it and got pressure, then drove again and foot hit the floor. This had happened to me in the past and it was due to the nut on the drive shaft coming loose, so again on my lunch break i took it down to my mates scrapyard to get it checked out, i was running late and left it with him to repair the fault. He phoned me 20mins later to say " you're very very lucky" again im thinking whats gone on today, so i take another break from work and go down to his yard, car was up on ramps and wheel was on the floor with half the hub attached to it.. i couldn't believe what i was seeing , half the outer cv joint had snapped off with the nut attached and the wheel bearing had collapsed.

the wheel bearing is pressed into the hub and should NOT come away like this at all



and the driveshaft, inner CV split and outer thread snapped off




got some more pics










Got my BZ Touring grille for my car

need to paint it to the same colour as the car though






Finally sorted out my driveshaft and changed gearbox oil



Got a new manifold system

Its a jasma 051 (Etching K S) system, which I've found is also known as HKS

this what the bottom of the old system looked like, loads of welding due to it snapping twice there lol




Going to attempt to polish it soon





In comparison to the FGK system








also re-fitted the RSM and a new cd player, and a boost gauge (wanted it for the vacuum gauge) to try to save abit more fuel lol

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better pics of the flexi





it doesnt rest on the subframe, just on there because the manifold was off again...



to get welded around all the ports next to the head



because it was off i got around 30mins to try to polish it up abit, used 400 wet sand paper and some polish and this is the result, not bad in my opinion



now its gone a golden bronze colour

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some arty shots of the car and bay taken on my phone

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Got my car dyno'd again after 2 years and here are the results
 

 
195 Bhp & 148 Lb Torque
 
its running quite rich top end
 
the mods done to the car are as follows:

Sard Ecu
HKS Manifold
2.5" Custom exhaust system
ARC chamber
Power Deck Spacer
Ultra Power Leads
Pipercross Foam Filter
 
Also got the car corner weighed
 

 
weighs 1105kgs & near enough 50/50 weight distribution
 
 
worked out that the car is 177bhp / tonne

[miib14]

absolutely love this pic of it on the dyno

[Big_Martin]

Really like the new grill

Glad you and the wheels escaped unharmed

[miib14]

thank you martin, yeah i was quite lucky

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Sold the Wedsports and went back to the multispokes





Upgraded rear light setup to JDM facelift

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Got better pics of the rear

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fitted my new parking pole

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Updated the Spec List for my car...

Engine & Performance:

3S-GE with S54 Gearbox - 175bhp from factory, Dyno proven at 195bhp currently
Weighed the car with full interior - 1080 Kg
SARD Analyse ECU
Custom 2.5" Mandrel Bent Exhaust system
HKS 4-2-1 Exhaust manifold
Pipercross Airfilter
ARC Magic Chamber
Ultra Power 7mm Ignition Leads
Dual Core Aluminium Radiator
Oil Catch Can
Battery Relocation to the boot
Celica ST185 Fuel pump
Custom made Cooling Panel

Exterior & Body:

FX-GT Front Bumper with Fogs
Integra DC2 front lip
Corolla BZ touring headlights
Corolla BZ Touring grille
OEM wind deflectors
Subaru Impreza STi side skirts with spats
Customised rear bumper with Subaru Impreza STi hockey sticks and spats moulded in
Facelift JDM rear garnish
Facelift crystal rear lights
Lip spoiler moulded on the bootlid

Chassis & Wheels:

BC Coilovers
15" Wolfrace Pro Lite alloys
Front strut bar
TRD front ARB
Front brake upgrade to 275mm using AE111 Levin Twinpots
OEM AE101 Levin Rear Disc Brakes conversion

Interior & Cockpit:

Evo 1 Recaro seats
Italv Lanti Red Stitch Steering
ARC Shift Knob
Oil Pressure Gauge custom dash mounted
Apexi RSM custom dash mounted
Razo foot pedals

Optional Extras:

Toyota OEM Ae101 Multibox
Toyota OEM Ae101 Cup Holder
Toyota OEM Ae101 Flare
Toyota OEM Ae101 Electric Mirrors with Retracting switch
Toyota OEM Ae101 Large Suede Arm Rest
Toyota OEM Ae101 Levin Floormats
Toyota OEM Roof mounted Air Purifier
Toyota OEM C pillar Map Lights
Toyota OEM Clean box
Toyota OEM Con light (auto headlights)
Toyota OEM Ae101 Corolla Si Speedometer
Toyota OEM Ae111 Shift boot
Toyota OEM Ae101 Parking Pole

cheeky engine bay shot

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Got some new wheels.
They are 15" Black Racing (BR-R) Split rims.. i think they are 15x6.5, unsure of the ofset lol







Painted the strut bar purple

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went to a meet on the 24th, was just driving home from work, noticed some JDM cars so i parked up, car is super filthy

the caption with the picture

"This shape Corolla is something you don’t see everyday. Parking pole ftw!"

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just some random pics

Stock vs Lowered

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met up with some friends yesterday