1986 SR5 corolla hatch. I bought it from Eddie Habeck in February '06 and proceded to amass parts off the club4ag.com forums. I’ve been a member on there since 98, so I already had a pretty good idea what I was looking at.
Installed already:
-4AGE- balanced and bluepreinted, mikuni/solex 44mm sidedraft carbs, TRD valve springs, ported head
-Carter low pressure high volume fuel pump
-Mallory FPR
-electric fan
-MSD 6AL ignition
-MSD Blaster 2 coil
-OBX 4-1 header
-gutted cat
-Illegal Garage clutch
-Greddy/Trust DD exhaust
Needs the alternator wiring messed with to get it charging before I can spend some time tuning the carbs (it runs now, but super rich)
Purchased, awaiting my lazy ass to get motivated and install:
-Corolla GTS LSD rear end with disc brakes (SR5s are drum in the rear)
-MSD 8981 timing computer
-Paradise racing front coilovers 8k spring rate
-Swift rear springs 6k spring rate
-KYB AGX adjustable shocks
-14x9 Epsilon wheels 0 offset
-carbon fiber hood (oem style, plan on painting with the car)
Future plans:
-Cusco engine and trans mounts
-T3 short shifter
-T3 LSD rebuild kit
-Koyo radiator
-BattleVersion lateral rod
-BattleVersion NCRCAs
-new brake rotors
-ProthaneFull bushing kit
-Camber plates (TEIN, Cusco, project mu)
-Largus sway bars (F/R)
-BattleVersion Rear traction brackets
-BattleVersion adjustable 4 link set
-Vertex STYLE body kit (shine auto is urethane and the real vertex is fiberglass and would get destroyed at the height I plan on running)
-JBlood rear wing
-JDM redline taillights
-Full paint (close to stock color, a little darker)
-new dash cover
-Nardi steering wheel with NRG quick release hub
-HID lights yellow 3000k
I plan on doing most of the mechanical work first, and driving it for a bit to work out the bugs before getting into the pretty bits ;D This isnt a daily driver, so I plan to set it up pretty aggressive for fun on the streets. maybe an occasional track day, but I dont think it will be set up that great for grip.
Then get your wheels gold. After seeing that paint/wheel combo I’m in love. These cars are so rare around here it’s ridiculous, and modified are even rarer, you got yourself a keeper there.
So Drift or AutoX/Track. Very hard to build a car to suit both.
Btw, what is the diff between pop-up headlights, and regular stand alones? Years? JDM trim only? All i’ve seen are pop-up only, which is why I’m curious.
in the US, they only sold pop up style. in Japan, you had a choice of “Trueno” with the popups or “Levin” with the fixed.
I guess id say its more built towards drift, but really just for a fun street car. I’ve done track days in the past with my Matrix so I could see maybe doing one.I’m not a fan of Auto X at all. I’d say all 3 require pretty different setups
