Hiro

Hi boys and girls, i've got a nissan but have been a fan of old school corolla wagons for a fair while now. A friend is letting me have his one (it's about a 1980) for $300. A steal in my books. I haven't had much to do with modding cars, but i'm interested on your thoughts about this one. I don't know a great deal about changing engines etc, but i'm interested in doing that down the track. At the moment i'm looking at getting new wheels, lowered, fix up the interior (don't know how to go about this, any ideas?), paint job etc. I'm after some advice from people that have done similar, and a breakdown of price for all the possibilities. I don't have a heap of cash, but i'm looking at it as a long term project. Any help much appreciated for this newby :) The car itself is not in great nick. Will post some pics when i pick her up, it's similar to the one in the photo (THIS IS NOT IT, but definately not looking that good)

Rollaclub will be your friend, they've got a lot more background in the earlier K-series Corollas than this lot (who mostly concentrate on the ZZ-series)

http://www.rollaclub.com

I'm on there too (I've got a 1981 KE55), and have a bit of knowledge about most of the KEs, so if you need any help, give me a yell

My g/f has a single little frangipani sticker on the KE55, it's on a rear quarter window and is directly above the Westpac Rescue Helicopter sticker, so I accept it and just ignore it. The really sad ones are the ones with dozens of them all around the back windscreen, that just makes me want to grab a frangipani plant and ram it down their cake-hole

They don't have speed bumps or driveways in Japan, do they?

it's the same with my aurion.

I kept driving for about 20km after reaching fuel gauge needle is on empty and distance to empty reached 0km.

When the tank is full, it reads distance to empty about 560km.

I didn't tempt faith trying to see how much further I could go before the car actually stops.

it is either a problem or an undocumented feature!

Better to be on the safe side though, you must agree. I personally only ever go by the type of driving that I've been doing and how many k's I've done, never projections or the fuel gauge. This has stemmed from the fuel light in the 102 intermittently (ie due to corners and hills) coming on when there's still 15L or so left in the tank (35 out of 50), and I've been able to push at least 100km on the solid light before, plus I do most of my driving in the city so if it starts to surge during a corner I know I can go down the road to a servo

Then again, I can never trust the fuel gauge in the 55 because it doesn't actually work. Well, it'll say about 3/4 full when the tank is full, but die to below empty after about 50-100km. The temp gauge seems to work in sympathy too, although at least it doesn't go up as high so it doesn't scare me

why cant they start mass producing hydrogen fueled cars

less pollution

OR even better, hybrid hydrogen which also used electric

1) If the car runs off gaseous hydrogen in an internal combustion engine or electric fuel cell, it must be stored at extremely high pressure and low temperature - ie heavy heavy tanks

2) Obtaining gaseous hydrogen is currently very energy intensive (if obtained using electrolysis) or still needs petroleum-based sources

3) If water used as a fuel and split into hydrogen and water for combustion, energy required to split water into components is greater than energy created by combustion

4) It's bloody expensive

5) The infrastructure doesn't exist yet

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awesome.!!

i have a bright yellow KE20, its a bit crap lol... but hopefully one day it will be a monster... your bro has done a good job :)

Don't you have a KE30?

If it was really the flu, you'd be in bed. Soooo many people mistake even mild colds for the dreaded flu, when half the symptoms don't even present themselves

Generally, a flu equals headaches, muscle pain, weakness/fatigue, coughing, fever, sometimes even pneumonia. They generally last around 1-2 weeks. It is the influenza virus

The common cold equals runny nose, sniffling, nasal congestion, sore throat, headaches etc, and generally last 3-5 days. It is a group (extremely large group, as the virus mutates all the time) of viruses belonging to the rhinovirus and coronavirus (incidentally also contains SARS) families

Think I will go for the Narva plus 50 .. Any idea what the standard ae 101 headlight globes are ? H4 or H7, whether the highbeam and driving beam are the same globe etc. ?

Appreciate any info .. otherwise, I will find out and post up when I go home and take the car apart. Thanks !

My guess would be H4 combo driving and highbeams ...

Good info on this site --> http://www.rallylights.com/hella/bulb_help.htm & http://www.rallylights.com/hella/hella%20images/h4-3.jpg

They're combined H4s from memory, assuming we're talking about ADM 101s here (although pretty sure the JDM Levins would be the same/similar)

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B astard.....

i know, my rego sticker says my sportivo is a sedan as well... idiots.

as for the weight, you get a choice on the papers when u first register it to enter the weight yourself... if the dealer did it, he was just lazy and looked up the 1ZZ weight i guess. not that it matters anyway

Did they get the year wrong too? My 12/97 sedan is apparently a 94 according to the rego sticker

AE102: BSA Au229 16x6.5 Charcoal/gunmetal

KE55: Toyota MA61 Supra 14x7

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Four Wheel Steering (4WS) wasn't introduced until the ST183 GT-R. Not sure of the differences between the normal ST162 (which we got here) and the ST163

I saw it on Today Tonight too, and am personally disgusted at the way that the media treats P-plate drivers. We're not all complete and utter hoons, and I see many more fully licensed drivers doing illegal things on the road any day of the week. If you watched the report carefully, you'd note that almost every bit of P-plate activity they showed in the report was people in Commodores doing burnouts. By only showing this, they imply that all P-platers drive Commodores and do burnouts, which is of course wildly inaccurate. How many Excels do you see doing burnouts?

Newcastle seems to be the capital of the world as far as not indicating when changing lanes or turning is concerned. I'll regularly see people change multiple lanes without using a single indicator. And the excuse of "the bulb is blown" doesn't wash because they won't use EITHER indicator (i.e they'll pull out to the right and then merge back to the left without using a single indicator). Anyway, legally if you know your indicators aren't working you have to use hand signals, and the only hand signal I see around here is the middle finger. People (regardless of age, gender or license) around here seem to have a complete and utter disregard for other road users. **** targetting P-platers, thats just a cop-out. Pull over the rest of the law breakers (chances are they complain about P-platers too) and let them see how it feels. Simple : don't break the law, and you won't get pulled over. Break the law, and you deserve everything that comes to you. About the only breaking the law that I condone is speeding, and then only when justified by the road/traffic/weather conditions, and with a limit. 10km over the limit is by far less dangerous than merging right in front of someone (who then has to slam on their brakes) without using an indicator.

Cons (4cyl) Complete and utter lack of power, especially when fully loaded. Still, it'll pull all day long up and down hills, just take a while to get there, manual gearbox is notchier than rusty lock-bolt

Pros: Huge boot, spacious interior, bullet-proof reliability, ability to swap in 3SG(T)E, although you'd want a bit more torque, doesn't look too bad (better to be bland than ugly), some aftermarket support for them

A tick-mark or two below half-way is the normal operating temperature for most cars, including the Corolla that you've got (I'm assuming it's an AE101, as you said 1.6L). I should know, because I've got an AE102, and it has never gone higher than half-way.

Will 223.5kw+(maybe up to + 10%) go through a corolla AE101 6 speed box with a button clutch? THAT IS THE QUESTION for all those out there. I am now thinking of backing off a little and just using a heavy duty clutch instead of the button clutch. I certainly don't want to regularly blow a 6 speed box!!!!!!!!!! Do you realise how much that will cost? And keep on costing?

The 6-speed out of a blacktop is the C160, so is essentially same internals as the 5-speeds with an extra gear whacked on. I don't see this as a good match for a turbo engine, but you never know. Ideally, you'd sacrifice 6th gear and use an E-series out of a GTZ Levin or MR2, they were designed for turbo/supercharged engines and can take a hell of a lot more torque than a C-series. There's a guy on Twincam with a 7AGTE running close to 450HP at the wheels, through a standard E51 gearbox (albeit with a Quarter Master twin-plate clutch) with LSD.

You can put them on your car .. but not use spacers ... but Hub rings ...

they are polycarbonate rings they do not corrode, cause rattling, or show signs of wear like metal! polycarbon is extremely durable and forms a tighter seal between the hub and the wheel. these will not melt, crack, or break over time under normal use. suitable for street and track use.

Most places will order them .. very popular in USA

I got some ANZ rims and got a set of hub rings from USA .. perfect fit if you get the right size to match rim and do not alter any safety they just keep the wheel in the centre

and perfectly legal not like spacers that change the offset and the connection between rim and hub

even people painting there hubs can throw wheel balance off

I am selling 1 set cause they don't fit my rims .. check sell section

Hub rings perform an entirely different purpose to that of wheel spacers. Hub rings are designed primarily for aftermarket wheels which tend to have an oversized centre hole, to cater for all spigot designs. The vertical loads of the wheel are supposed to be transmitted through the spigot, and the hub ring ensures that the wheel sits on the hub as opposed to transmitting the loads through the wheel studs (which are there purely to transmit torque)

Wheel spacers are used to change the offset of the wheel (aka the distance between the hub mounting face and the vertical centreline of the wheel/tyre), and also to change the PCD/stud pattern of the wheel. Some of them have spigots, some don't, and most with spigots probably still need hub rings too, because they aren't designed for specific cars, just general dimensions

Welcome to 7 years ago, when during the 2000 Olympics Roy and HG would bag this guy out almost every night..........

Just because it's a cop car doesn't mean it can pull you over for speeding. Chances are it's just a detective/homicide/forensic car, so it won't have a radar or anything. Just don't act like a hoon around any Corollas (shouldn't be too hard, right?) and you'll be fine

AE102R

http://www.drive.com.au/buy/market_value/c...=1994&body=

AE102X

http://www.drive.com.au/buy/market_value/c...=1994&body=

yea never really noticed the difference

Biiiig differences. Put them side-by-side and you'll notice that basically all sheetmetal is different, especially around the headlights/guards

Assuming you're talking about the AE102X Sprinter 5-door liftbacks (not the normal 102R Secas), and not the AE101 Levin/Trueno 2-door liftback, then the mechanicals are essentially identical to a standard 7AFE AE102R sedan/hatch. Body however is completely and utterly different - I think about the only compatable feature is the front bar, and possibly the front doors, everything else is different