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yep, the 2001 Gold Sportivo's, they had a nice amount of torque down low for day to day driving. 237Nm V's the new sportivo's 180Nm. They could really do with some stronger internals and a better turbo though, then they would be a lot faster. A little more boost on the stock setup gives a fairly large performance increase though, like most turbo cars. I'm using a 7a as the basis for my next corolla powerplant and expect 140-150kw ATW from it with a sensible amount of boost.

Samantha Rigoli's AE94 corolla ran a whole bunch of 12's before it cracked the 11's, it had a crapload of mods. http://www.turbocorolla.com/cars/samanthar.htm

That may get you in the 13's... not 12's. I've been in a couple of 12sec street driven cars, they are "stupid fast" on the street. My POS corolla will do 13's without much trouble, when the new motor goes in 12's are possible if the diff holds up to the launch with semi slicks. Will get Northy, Shao and MAP81 out to Willowbank to witness the run with the new motor when it's done (very strong 7agte in very light AE71)

you can get the car serviced anywhere you want as long as they're licenced. They just have to use the genuine service parts to keep the warranty intact. The toyota filters are pretty good anyway, I use them on all my toyota's. No point risking your engine warranty for the sake of an extra $15 per service.

that's just an over-rev due to miss shift which they'll try and blame on you anyway... but if the oil pump goes, tsk tsk tsk... non genuine oil filter must have caused that ;)

if the mechanic uses non genuine parts to service the car (airfilter, oilfilter etc) the mechanical warranty is void.

quite similar to Corey's http://www.mercurymotorsport.com.au/events...results/013.gif

I helped wire this car over email/forum posting. The donor car was a written off matrix, they couldn't get lift because the speed sensor wasn't connected to the ECU.

if you go with a full standalone ECU like the microtech or EMS, you will loose full control of the VVTi. There's only a couple of aftermarket standalone ECU's out there that can control it correctly, and they are quite expensive (eg Motec). With the piggyback ECU's the stock ECU still controls the VVTi so that's all good, but they're still just piggyback ecu's modifying the stock ECU's input and output. The emanage works well on the 1ZZ, and has been used with quite a bit of success on 1ZZ turbo installs in the US. It has more features than the Unichip, and gives you the flexibility of not requiring an "Unichip Authorised" workshop who have paid for the unichip software to tune it. There is a new version of the emanage being released soon which has even more features than the current unit, I'll be getting my hands on one to see what it can do when it's released.

4afe is injected. The belt should be replaced at the 100K service. Use whatever grade oil is specified in the owners manual unless the car is burning oil (unlikely) The 100K service is usually a major service, so your wallet will be significantly lighter afterwoods. Usually includes timing belt, coolant and box oil change, plugs, all filters etc. a lot more labour than the usual plain old oil swap and grease door hinges.

there's two locations where you can adjust the clutch, there is a pedal height adjustment, and an adjustment on the rod from the master cylinder. For the fix, all they need to adjust is the rod from the master cylinder.

I found out Warwicks still in Melbourne at the moment, so may be a little slow to reply ;)

which guy in NZ? Warick from Bowater? if he's taking some time, he may still be on holidays in Melbourne. I've got to get in contact with him about some engine mounts so I'll see if he's back or not. http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...?showtopic=1955

http://www.bowater.toyota.co.nz He works for Bowater Toyota as stated above.

he's been known at twincam.org for a couple of years now... Doing great deals for ages. He's also on Toymods, Toyspeed, club4ag, etc etc...

from the prices on Bruces website, there's SFA savings to be seen there... Warwick souces the parts direct from Toyota Japan/TRD USA etc.

Warwick was on holidays in Aus two weeks ago, but I think he should be back home by now.

You wont find anyone cheaper to get TRD parts from than Warwick at Bowater Toyota in NZ. If you email him with a part number, or description and your car's full model and frame number he will sort you out. warwick.parts@bowater.toyota.co.nz TRD and parts specialist Bowater Toyota Nelson 0800 BOWATER I've saved thousands of dollars by purchasing through Warwick.

same kit, different engine. Give NPC a call for a price. http://www.npcperformance.com.au/ If you act like a newbie there, they will charge you the newbie price.

get your stock flywheel surfaced for $40 or less. The Exedy HD kit SHOULD cost a lot less than $500. Mine was $260@trade price including flywheel machining and throwout bearing.

2ZZ is listed on the compatability list, the only 2zz owner I know locally with one was having wiring issues.

I've bought a couple of complete setups from forums for $500 now including the support tool cable, injector and ignition looms. You tune it with a notebook pc on a dyno or on the street with a wideband setup. The install I did on MAP81's 1ZZFE is here: http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...wtopic=1024&hl=

when you see the quality of Craig's work you will realise just how dodgey right price are.

grabbing a second hand emanage is better value for money than the unichip, and you can do a lot more with the emanage yourself than you can with the unichip(which is basically nothing). Both are piggybacks, the emanage had more features the last time I compared them. http://www.mohdparts.com/emanage/EmanageFAQ.txt

I think you'll find the CES system is a cat-back.