The New Toyota Corollla AE92 Sedan - Mods to come

Thought i'd show you my new ride.
The car was running a 4afc carby motor putting out an extremely unimpressive 60kw or so at the fly haha
So how does it drive? Its absolutely gutless, and it handles like crap lol But since it only weighs around 1050kg it doesn't take much to get it going and handling really well.
I always wanted to build one of these cars up with all the Corolla SX Gear so I had bought a parts car and swapped everything over.
1990 Toyota Corolla
Motor/Transmission
- 4AGE 16V Smallport Motor
- C56 Short Ratio 20V Gearbox
- Corolla SX EFI Fuel Tank Conversion
Interior/Body
- Corolla SX Dash Cluster
- Corolla SX Front Seats
- Corolla SX Rear Seats
- Corolla SX Body Loom
- Corolla SX Engine Bay Loom
- Corolla SX A/C Lines and Condensor
- 7" GPS/DVD Bluetooth Headunit
Brakes/Suspension
- Corolla SX Series 1 Front Disc Calipers and Vented Rotors
- Corolla SX Series 1 Rear Disc Calipers and Rotors
- Lowell Springs
- 18mm Whiteline Rear Sway Bar
- Advan RG2 17x7 +40 offset Wheels
- Corolla SX Front Control Arms
- Corolla SX Front Sway Bar
Planned Mods
- AE92 Levin Seats
- Deep Dish Steering Wheel
- 4" Kevlar Coaxial speakers with Silk Dome Tweeter
- Response 4 Channel Amp
- Fit Electric windows from Corolla SX Model
- Full Nolathane/Whiteline Bush Kit throughout
- Whiteline Front Strut brace
- 4-1 Tuned Extractors
- High Flow Cat
- 2" Full Exhaust
- ECU Tune
- ITB's maybe? LOL




Here is a mock up of what I am working towards:

Thanks mate. I think the shop build may be coming up closer than I thought. That MRP AE92 GTZ is insane, what an inspiration. 
 
 
Well I did promise updates over the weekend and here they are :)
We will start off with some from earlier in the week. Well the dirt, grime and grease around the car was starting to get to me so I got the degreaser out (and some upholstery cleaner which also works quite well for road grime suprisingly).


I also got my dream set of wheels after all. They are 17x7 +40 offset Lenso RC2 Wheels. As you can see the ride height is a huge issue at the moment. It looks like a camry sv21 at the moment lol This was soon going to be rectified with a set of Lovell Springs.

 
Here is a photo of the fronts with the Super lows in. I haven't taken the car for a drive since, so I think it should go down a bit more (the angle doesn't show it that well too). The backs take a bit more work to do, I have to take the parcel shelf and rear seats out to change them so I will wait for tomorrow to do that.


And now for my parts car that will be feeding my Sedan all the Corolla SX goodies. Its a 1991 Corolla SX Seca, sporting the awesome 100kw 4age 16v smallport motor. I will sell out the other bits I don't end up using. The motor will need a full rebuild as its down on compression but it will supply me larger disc brakes, disc rear brake upgrade,front control arms (with the provision for a front sway bar), 7 gauge SX Dash Cluster, Corolla SX Seats, Corolla SX Door Trims and various interior trims. The motor should come out in the next few weeks and I will start dismantling it to review what parts of the motor can be used and what will need to be upgrade.

 
The one awesome thing I loved about it was the tow bar. I am very tempted to chuck it on the Sedan, there are some times I wish I had the ability to move motors or gearboxes around in a trailer and having this on the car would be pretty awesome.

 
Just checking out that awesome EFI wiring/fuse boxes that my car so dearly misses being Carby. I'll end up swapping the whole body and engine loom over into this car eventually.


I pulled the seats out of the Parts Car (seca sx). The Carpet is in quite good nick overall so I may end up swapping this over to mine (or just buying a new carpet from Knox Carpets)

 
The dash was perfect except for a few scratches near the glovebox. I am a bit of a perfectionist and hate wear like this so I might source another before doing the whole dash conversion.

 
Here is the glorious 4age motor after a degrease (engine bay included). Came up quite well I think. Its quite cluttered with that big air box in there though.

That looks like a pretty good build.
Any of the cars on that link would a prize to own. Impressive power figures too.
I remember a friend had the SX when it first came out. We were out driving one night and decided to see what it could do. It was a quick little package with a speed which the Germans would be happy with. Economy was very good too.
Will keep an eye out for updates
 
 

I wasn't happy with the factory shocks that came with the car. The car was extremely bouncy at the back. I was hoping the ones from the Parts car were in good nick, and luckily they were in very good nick. Apart from a rusted sway bar link bolt, the shocks were nice and quick to swap around.
I know the Corolla SX Front seats will go in no worries, but I was feeling particularly adventerous and decided to try the top part of the corolla sx cushions. To my suprise they bolted up and locked into place perfectly. My only problem now is mounting the bottom cushion. On the Seca model, the seat actually hinges at the front, allowing the seat to be folded up and the back seats to fold down (allowing for more space). The sedan model clips into the floor at the front so I might try remove the cushion material and fabric from the Corolla SX Seats and try and install it onto the sedan seat.
Here is a pic of the rear cushions in place. Much better already.

Another pic of the car with better lighting.

Got started this weekend on installing a stereo. The front and back speakers were considerably worn and sounded horrible. The car is mainly used for a daily driver especially at the moment with the 66kw 4afc motor. I ended up getting 4" and 6.5" (for rear) Kevlar speakers from Jaycar.
I am using a Response 800w Monoblock amp to run a set of twin 10" Response Metal cone Subwoofers in the boot (dual 2 ohm voice coils)..
I ran 3 sets of RCA cable through the passenger side of the car (near the door) and ran the speaker wires through to the back of the car (for the amp).

The first thing I wanted to do was to see if any shorter shifters would fit the stock shifter mechanism.


The Caldina ST215 factory shifter was a good 2-3cm shorter and a small amount longer at the end so I thought it would be a good opportunity to try it out.

I dismantled the shifter and things were looking promising so far.Unfortunately my luck was short lived as the diameter of the end plastic sleeves were smaller on the Caldina. I might be able to find plastic sleeves that may fit but for now I will leave the original one back on there.


Here are the 4" Kevlar front speakers I bought. They are really great quality and have a decent 60w RMS power rating. The magnets are quite big too.


Here is the reassembled gear shifter all painted (I did it satin black). Its something that is all hidden away when you put the trims on but its nice to know its all greased up and neat.



Now the real fun starts :) I started dismantling the Parts car for its 4age goodness.


First started off with a few rusty exhaust manifold heat shield bolts which 5 out of the 6 came out nicely (only one broke off). This will be replaced with some 4-2-1 Extractors so I just needed it to be removed so I can get to the bottom bolts of the exhaust manifold


I went to remove the fuse box. I should be able to use my front loom (lights, horn, thermo fan) from the other car and just use the rest of the body loom from the parts car. Still a huge job ahead swapping the full body loom over.


Everytime I see my engine bay I can only imagine how big the grin on my face will be seeing a 4age in it. My engine bay is so much cleaner than the parts car one lol. I found a chunk of dust/gravel and leaves the size of a pod filter ducked in the back left of the parts car lol. I could actually lift it out in one whole piece.


I was happy to see a newish radiator in the Parts car which I will be sure to use it on my car.


I absolutely love the look of a SX dash cluster. 7 gauges look fantastic across the dash.

this is pretty cool, me and my brother bought a ae71 with 103,000km from some elders. looking at either a 4agte or a black top 4age, have fun dude.

Well after what would be a suspected worn pressure plate I have come to the conclusion that I should get started on the engine build sooner than later.
I've found a low kms 4age small port to take the place of the low compression motor from the parts car. I still just need a clutch, timing belt kit and a rear main seal which would be
I am 99% sure I may have also sourced a C56 20v gearbox to mate with the 16v 4age so that should be great too.
Basically my To Do List in the next month includes:
Swap Rear Control Arms from parts car
Swap Rear Disc Brakes from parts car
Swap Fuel tank from parts car (and efi lines)
Swap front sway bar and Front Control Arms from parts car
Drain gearbox fluid from both cars
Remove driveshafts from my car
Remove dash assembly from my car
Remove wiring
Strip out interior from my car (makes it easier to work with)
Install ECU and engine loom
Splice Fuel Pump Wiring with parts car loom
Get A/C gas on both cars drained (so I can remove rear dash assembly)
Get flywheel machined and purchase new flywheel bolts
Install new rear main seal
Install new flywheel bolts, clutch and pressure plate
Install motor and gearbox
Install driveshafts
Install new EFI wiring loom
Install Fuel Pump and fuel tank
Install exhaust from parts car (temporary solution till I get the car running nicely).
New Engine Oil, Oil Filter, Gearbox Fluid, Brake and clutch fluid

Then hope for the best that it all works lol