lylee

id get new brakes before getting a swaybar :P :P

ill be coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but by law u cant take out factory fitted airbags apparently

for example cascade blue is 8p4

I hear spooling turbo every day, i drive golf gti's and tdi caddys for for

my boss has a gti and i drive one as a delivery van :P

but dont rip the neons i love em especially the ones in the car so i can see my feet in the dark now.

but i have alot of information and a few mechanics at my disposal :P mate from work at a guy who does 2zz lotus' and other high powered cars. estimated finish around march

i have a 01/2002 cascade blue corolla levin done 67,***kms.

the story starts out as many do, looking for a car. i found this particular one just before christmas, i finally got the keys on christmas eve and boy was i proud

that was taken on boxing day after i did a visual mods. eg brake calipers, and the TOCAU sticker.

life went on as usual till around june, when after a few things changed in my life, (broke up thankfully) i can now devote much more time love and effort into my car.

so since then these are the new mods items in red still to be put in

engine/ drivetrain

TRD CAI with trd air filter,

energy suspension polyurethane motor mount inserts

genuine toyota engine mounts (just as the older ones are lookin shabby and for plans to come)

wiseco custom made forged pistons with treaded stock 1zz connecting rods

treated and strenghened cylinder head by wiseco

T3/T4 turbo

cutom made tig welded manifold

tightened throttle cable for more responsive throttle.

power fc with hand controller will be here in the next few days

suspension/ wheels

D2 track spec coilovers

TRD front strut bar

kuro intake wheels 17/7.5

hankook rs2 215/45 R17

yokohama advan semi slicks 225/45R17 waiting to go on

exterior mods

sportivo front lip

eyelids

individual TOCAU stickers for side skirt

tinted taillights

the what was i thinking mod blue neon for the front

phillips crystal vision lowbeam bulbs.

blue parkers

rear end resprayed casue i dindnt like the finish of it

debadged rear end and relocated levin badge to the centre

matt black toyota logo front and rear

stereo gear & interior

blue centre console mod with blue interior lights accompanyed wiht blue neons in the front footwells

TRD shortshifter

toyota genuine alloy pedals

clarion max676vd 2 din headunit with ipod cable

alpine vpower 4 chall amp

alpine 6" front speakers with tweeders

rear stock speakers

have new rear ones but cbf changing them yet

cadience 12"sub which takes up half the boot

and thats all i can think of for now

just saving up for more turbo bits

ok an update i picked up a power fc of jason aka pippy today very excited getting more goodies as i continue will post wen more is updated

ivnah lol that colour code is 8q3

cascade blue is 8p4

welcome, so yes tell us a little about yourself

well xooms gearbox needs rebuilding from memory after 248kw atw but yeah either c60 or c64 i wouldnt be fussed with at all :P

yep... thats y im up here now. ill probably just get it washed at work on monday. ah the joys of working at a dealership we have detailers there to do all the hard work like that

so now does anyone have a c60 gearbox sitting in their garage so i can buy it off them

i looked eagerly down at my car saying to myself... i should probably wash it :P

im bored and wonder if anyone wants to go for a drive tonight

ah the joys of a simple install nothing i can experience with my setup. good luck with it evan

yeah thats a fair increase for a 1zz

so according to that graph the 2zz 6th gear has higher geared top speed and slightly in 3rd gear so would it be then better for top speed to go for the c60 box over the c64

mine will be revving higher than normal so will be better than stock 1zz and just differanty ratios

someone can do th math if they want id like to see it lol

welcome mate glad to see another 1zz owner in syd. yeah hopefully we'll see you on the next cruise

ok then but yeah better ratios for us 1zz owners

Buy bucket seats :D !

cant really im gonna try and get away with toyota corolla seats that werer desgned form my car..ish but nah im not really allowed to remove aibag seats

there should be better acceleration as the ratio is lower slightly, so i think it woulld be overall better in everyway

more gears, more able to take power, more reliable, quicker etc

lol funny story at work todayabout airbags.

a customer managed to sett off 3 airbags within 15m of the driveway out of my work

brand new mk6 golf 6 TDI hit a merc ml ran up a gutter hit a pole and drove into a brick wall. the car is a writeoff from it

damage to almost every panel except rear left door. 3 airbags went off in the process so yeah exciting. the driver went to hospital with leg injuries of some kind not to sure ho bad though

but my plan was to buy a wrecked sportivo, swap the gearbox when i take out the engine for the build, interior over into my levin after everything else is done but... i contacted the rta and im not allowed to remove airbags of anykind that were factory fitted unless engineered by an approved rta place so big paain. i argued to him that only 1 version had side airbags and the rest didnt so it does not affect safety in any way to making it below what toyota designed it to have but he repeated himself saying enginnered this laws and beaurcratic mumbo jumbo so im looking into a retrim with less side flex for better cornering :P

and the celica gearbox be exactly the same as the corolla box. would have to check toyota catalogue for that one im guessing. and the drive shafts are from 2zz aswell??? it would be better to run both shafts from the 6spd