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looks good, i wonder how it would go? I always thought the best option for our car was a super charger.
Look how long the intake piping is. I'm thinking poor throttle response and lag, especially on a 1.5L engine.... Mounting a turbo between the engine and firewall might be the obvious place, but you end up having to stretch a couple of pieces of tubing miles to reach it.... not to mention if you want to install a front mount later, there'll be even more tubing required....
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NO not at all actually.... he wants $100 deposit before he will go get them out of storage?
WTF? im not prepared to give $100 to someone ive never heard of before
if someone wants to buy them off him and resell them to me for a profit id be for that :) but deposits.. screw that..
The way it works these days is... i give someone money.. they give me a product...
p.s. he also slagged off the TRD CAI saying it wasnt designed for our cars and it was effectively crap.. pffft
Thanks anyway tangcla.. and Kcorro who sent me the exact same links 5 mins before you :)
Still hunting for eyelids and sports grilles :(
I sent that guy an email enquiring about the same thing and at first he replied offering me $150 for the eyelids and grill, to which I replied saying I was interested and would buy them the following day. He then got back to me via email saying that he'd offer me a special deal of $250 for eyelids and grill (seemingly forgetting the first offer of $150), and when I questioned him about the $100 price increase, he replied with all sorts of excuses and justifications. Now I don't disagree that the eyelids and grill are worth $250, but he shouldn't have offered me the initial price in the first place to try and bait me into a sale. It was all in writing, so I'm not sure what he was trying to achieve. But certainly don't hand your money over to this guy unless it's face-to-face and he's got the items in front of you.
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Hi folks
Have a question for the rolla owners
If you guys wanted a group buy what bits would you want a group buy for?/
eg. Eyelids, spoilers etc
I might be able to get some stuff at a good price but need to know what you guys are looking for.
cheers
TRD front and rear strut bars, eyelids, mesh grill.
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Hey thanks Rollamods. Really appreciate the step-by-step guide.
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Is it just me or is the front bumper not sitting properly?
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Has anyone done a DIY install of the front sway bar? I'm looking at the service manual instructions on how to remove the stock sway bar and it's looking VERY complicated. It says to do things like remove the Rack&Pinion Power Steering Gear Assy and suspending the Engine Assy, etc., which seems a bit overboard.
Is there an easier way?
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Don't think so man, besides, the main reason of strut bar is to lessen chassis flex. Not for oversteer or understeer, those are just some of the effects of using strut bar. less flex equal better stability.
You want oversteer/understeer, get down to suspension and swaybars.
Yeah less chassis flex is correct, but you won't oversteer because of a front strut bar.
Anyway, how did the front strut improve handling? I can't decide whether to do front or rear first.
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Never heard of the throttle cable mod...
Basically shortening the operating length of the throttle cable ie. taking up the 'slack' in the throttle cable so that you get better throttle response and no 'dead zone' in the accelerator pedal. Doesn't give you any power.
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front - produce oversteer
rear - produce understeer
I'm pretty sure stiffening the front promotes understeer in a fwd.... that's why so many silvias have front strut bars....
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Front strut bars are widely used in rwd cars to improve turn in, but the same principle won't apply for a fwd... in fact, it'll promote understeer as far as I know.... I would've thought a rear sway bar or rear tower bar would be a better option....
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I should really check the other sections (other than the Corolla one) more often...
Does this dyno do air/fuel ratios?
Put me down for it...
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You think that's bad... those plastic spacers in your centre compartment that are supposed to act as dividers/cupholders? They cost around $50 each.... and I need two....
hahaha jeeee that's terrible
Since they are the only ones that sell stock it, they can sell it whatever price they want to. Ring around a few other dealers, you'll be surpised as to how much they differ in prices around different dealers ;) ;) ;)Ha ha... yeah it's funny... I was at the motor show earlier this year, and they had a couple of corollas on the stand, and you don't know how tempted I was just to slip a couple of those spacers in my pocket....
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You think that's bad... those plastic spacers in your centre compartment that are supposed to act as dividers/cupholders? They cost around $50 each.... and I need two....
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The SSS's run an SR20DE, which is not an engine to take lightly... having said that though, I've pulled (slowly but surely) on a Silvia Qs (SR20DE) from a set of lights with a passenger in my car... to be fair though, he was probably an auto... 2zz-ge's should have no problems....
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the vaccum line thingo, before it splits off into 2 there is a little blue circle thing ?
edit: blue thing you can see in rudes link
what should i be sealing it with ?
also i can't seem to get either of the mounting holes to line up from the cai to the body work :S
Don't worry... I couldn't get my brackets to line up either... make sure the first bracket is screwed in (the one on the main pipe), and let the bracket that's closest to the pod rest on the chassis...
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hey guys :)
i'm in the middle of installing my simota CAI,
i'm under the impression i have to block the vaccum lines ? after the blue little circle thing :)
what should i be blocking this with ? :S
so basically i don't need any of that brown sensor stuff anymore ?
and all the other connectors remain in tact and i don't change them at all ?
i'm going off the K&N instructions so i'm a little confused
any help asap would be appreciated
I think the brown sensor might be your air temperature sensor? Not sure, but if it is, I reckon you'll need it.... the simota CAI only has a spot to screw in the MAF sensor...
And errr, you're getting me a bit worried, coz when I installed my CAI, the only thing I saw was the MAF sensor... didn't see any blue circle thing or any vacuum line... I've got a 1zz-fe, so is there a difference? Can someone please confirm? I don't want my engine to blow up or anything...
Oh, and also.... http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...p?showtopic=711
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I kept the Simota Pod. Secondary pipe bracket is not screwed in, but is resting on the chassis, so it's still acting as a support. You might want to see what Autobarn do with this.
I have exhaust mods, so the little difference I felt with the CAI mod may not carry through to your car. The only real way to determine gains is to dyno the car. Let me know how your car goes.
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You can see the bracket that's connected to the secondary pipe. The gold washer and screw is where that bracket is meant to attach to the chassis "theoretically".
Also, in the foreground you can see the aluminium sleeve and blue rubber connector (underneath the sleeve) that connects the main pipe to the secondary pipe. If you take the red positive terminal on the battery (blurry red thing on the left) as a reference, you can see how long the main pipe is compared to the secondary pipe (look at the first pic).
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Closer view of the MAF Sensor and two screws that hold it in place.
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General view of the Simota CAI. You can see the sharp bend where the pipe meets the fuse box.
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thanks heaps for that blue_stivo it has made peace with me.
i don't see anything wrong just wondering if it did come in 2 piece.
i'll look out for the join.
is there any added brackets needed to hold this cai? or everything fits in place?
It comes with two brackets... one on the main pipe and one on the secondary pipe... in theory, I think the bracket on the main pipe is meant to screw down to one of the holes the airbox is mounted to, and the bracket on the secondary pipe screws down to a hole just before the opening where your pod fits through... in reality though, it's pretty hard getting the pipe positioned to allow this... I've only managed to get the main pipe bracket screwed in... but it still sits in place nicely...
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The simota CAI is a 2-piece. Seems a lot of people are asking this. I'll try to get some pictures. The long tube extends from the engine to approximately the fuse box (after making a ~90degree turn). The second much-shorter pipe connects the pod filter to the main pipe. The two pipes are connected by a rubber connector surrounded by an aluminium sleeve.
And it doesn't come with instructions, but installing a pipe is pretty simple anyway.
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,May 24 2005, 08:58 PM]but wat is the serious difference between the aem cai and trd cai? is it only the price?
They're designed a little different from one another. The AEM's placement of the pod is bent back slightly away from the fog light, the TRD goes straight down. Also the AEM has a more of a bend in it where it goes around the Battery, the TRD seems to also be a little straighter in that section too.
The Simota one bends the pod slightly backwards like the AEM, but has a straighter pipe like the TRD, and it's probably less than half the price of either one.
Since they are the only ones that sell stock it, they can sell it whatever price they want to. Ring around a few other dealers, you'll be surpised as to how much they differ in prices around different dealers ;) ;) ;)
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Awwwww, Rolla Boy.... I paid $180 for my adjustable and I'm trying to recoup my cost by selling it on the forum... Looks like no one is going to offer me anything more than $165 now that you've posted this!