Twinky16v ae82

[JayMan]

hey guys been meaning to join for a while now.. thanks to the admin that accepted me anyways this is my close to stock twinky ..

some of you may know me from

www.twincam.org

www.ae82ownersclub.com

Owner:

John

Car:

AE82 Corolla Twincam 16 Hatch (88)

Engine:

Bigport 16V 4AGE red top 290,xxx kms

Engine mods: genie extractors

Drive train:

stock

Suspension:

Lovell springs, KYB shocks, front and rear Whiteline swaybars

Brakes:

AE101 brake upgrade with slotted DBA rotors

Bodywork:

not much yet seca front bar

Wheels and tyres:

ROH extremes 195/50/15" bridgestone GIII potenza's

Interior: stock very neat

DBA steering wheel

door pods

stereo gear:

Alpine headunit,

precision kelvar 6" component splits,

2X pioneer 305 12" subs

Future Plans:

strut braces and rear ae101 brake upgrade.. maybe some superstruts.

and a 4AGTE build up eventually, full respray and cut all the rust out

Edited March 13, 2008 by Twinky16v

[encounta]

luv them 4age's...

i owned a 86 twinky for 10 years, until last year...

mine had just over 450 thou k's, still going when i got rid of it...

keep us updated on your car...

welcome and enjoy your stay...

Edited July 27, 2007 by encounta

[SuperDave]

Welcome, good to see a nice straight old school car.

[JayMan]

update ..

ae101 brakes installed with DBA slotted rotors

also 14x 6" 5 spoke auscar rims with 185'60' semi slicks :)

pics in a few mins

walkthrough for brake up grade

Edited July 29, 2007 by Twinky16v

[JayMan]

hey guys i have updated the original post. alot has happened since then and alot of wok has gone into her shes slowly starting to become a pretty decent ride she looks pretty stock to cops besides the 15's which is good. i have some original side skirts but i dont think i will be using them

[Mr Slippy]

I dont see many of these corolla's around anymore but i love the 4AGE engine as they run forever.

[JayMan]

Tell me about it! lol

the heads ticking

valve steam seals are gone

the rings are gone

the thrust bearing and clutch are on the way out

cv is knocking

and she runs heaps rich

but i still get 400-480 km to a 50L tank with hard driving and for a motor that came stock 88kw at the fly.. 68 kw ATW isnt bad lol she still hasnt skipped a beat on me its great

[JayMan]

just a quick update. upgraded to 2X pioneer 12" 305's soon to buy a new response amp and 6x9's when i make a parcel tray.

looks like im getting anew job with much better pay.. if i do i have promised myself a smallport in the next few months ;)

[Guest fujiwara_tofu]

4ages are wonderful arnt they.. they REALLY take a punishment ^__^

you stated about building a new engine... make sure to use an ae92 or ae101/ae111 block as its a lot more durable and have the oil squirters.

hope that helps.

[JayMan]

hey mate i have a bit of knowledge on the 4age,

the bluetop bigport came with a 3 rib block that is quite weak but the REDTOP bigport (as i have are much stronger)

that said i am using a smallport for the very reason you stated above. they have oil squirter's and the oil feed to head is internal rather then external.. i have toyed with the idea of using a bigpport head on a smallport block but i am not to sure. i will most probably use a smallport head

thanks tofu

[Guest fujiwara_tofu]

for building an NA 4age the smallport head is proven to be better than a bigport up to around 200hp (NA).

i agree with u about using a smallport for those reasons also.

i use a smallport in my trueno... its lightly modded and has taken quiet the punishment... 4age are just so fun lol.

[JayMan]

haha i love the torque less wonders :P

so you have read billzilla's notes havent you :P

when i get a smallport im just doing minor tweaks to it and dropping it in. next year a full rebuild and turbo conversion is taking place and iv started sourcing the parts already.. (thats why i have set up most of the suspension and brakes etc) should be seeing well over 200kw ATW luckily i have many friends that will look after me :)

[Guest fujiwara_tofu]

i HIGHLY reccomend a light weight flywheel,,, (i used a blacktop item and had it lightened), extractors and an airfilter, advance the timing.. they LOVE to rev with those minor mods.

i rebuilt my smallport and the compression is 11:1 (compression really helps these a lot i think)

yes i did read that artical.. its good isnt it... the bible of 4age LOL !

[JayMan]

light flywheel was already on the list ;)

bigport cams

change all the seals so i dont have leaks

airfilter and extractors are already done

if for any reason i dont trust the head gasket.. while the head is off ill send it off to be rebuilt and she can run llike that untill im ready to go all out on her.

im getting the ae111 rear brakes to install maybe next week. :)

[Guest fujiwara_tofu]

trd 0.5mm metal gasket is also reccomended... gives u some extra compression and also reliablity ;)

[JayMan]

yes well a good H/G is a must.. when i replace the water pump ill get a genuine thermo stat and radiator cap.. at the same tie ill have the radiator unblocked.. (if i source an ae101 radiator its even better) just so im 100% sure my cooling system is working well.

[cruzer]

nice car mine will be done soon cant wait

[JayMan]

hey mate this cars in pieces lol i have a gze now