My 93' Corolla from New Zealand (JDM AE100)

wow, awesome noise with open throttles. sounds like its gets to redline pretty quickly.

unbelieveable there were no cops on mill rd/ gt sth rd/ mahia rd. (i read you have a radar. good work.)

if you want to pull a top speed run, hit the motorway south bound and cane it on "ramarama straight" just after drury. ive gotten to around 270ish kph there before lifting off haha.

miib14 wrote:

just love that engine bay scott..

Thanks mate

Sgt_Lyna wrote:

Love it indeed! What are you planning to do with the CAI you have there?

gold94corolla wrote:

Looks super clean! I would remove the unused CAI piping now, it's not doing anything without a vacuum.

Cheers guys. The CAI piping is purposely there to provide outside air to the trumpets. It doesn't have any vacuum so it's not actually pulling any air, but when accelerating it will be acting as a ram tube and the air will flow under the car, through the pipe and to the trumpets. Won't be doing a hell of a lot, but right now it's my only source of outside air. There's no filter on the end of course, lol.

ST3LTH wrote:

wow, awesome noise with open throttles. sounds like its gets to redline pretty quickly.

unbelieveable there were no cops on mill rd/ gt sth rd/ mahia rd. (i read you have a radar. good work.)

if you want to pull a top speed run, hit the motorway south bound and cane it on "ramarama straight" just after drury. ive gotten to around 270ish kph there before lifting off haha.

Thanks mate. Yeah gets to redline pretty quick. Have to keep an eye on the tacho. I try not to valve bounce it too much as it's not good for the oxygen sensor.

Haha yeah there were no cops around luckily. I use a Valentine One radar detector so it usually picks them up from miles away anyway . Nice tip! I know exactly where you mean. Might have to give that a go sometime

Scott, can you provide me (maybe us) with the dimensions and angles of the total piping? I'm measuring a bit and don't want to waste any silicon

Kiwi-Corolla wrote:

There's no filter on the end of course, lol.

Oh, yeah I thought you still had the filter on the end haha, no wonder I thought it was doing absolutely nothing.

Sgt_Lyna wrote:

Scott, can you provide me (maybe us) with the dimensions and angles of the total piping? I'm measuring a bit and don't want to waste any silicon

Not sure if you saw my DIY, but they're all the same. I used 2 identical pipes, 18" long 2.5" diameter and 45 degree bend. Very simple.

Sgt_Lyna wrote:

Scott, can you provide me (maybe us) with the dimensions and angles of the total piping? I'm measuring a bit and don't want to waste any silicon

You'll just need 2x 600mm long 45-degree 3" alloy intercooler pipes, 1x 3"-2.5" silicone reducer (for the throttle body), 1x 3" silicone joiner (to connect the pipes together) and 5x hose clamps. Just mount the pipes in position and then mark a line on the pipe where your throttle body is, allowing enough room for the silicone reducer to still fit in. Cut the excess length off the pipe and then complete then install

Refer to Chris' DIY, the guide I posted on ToyotaNation or the DIY that another member wrote based on that guide:

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/130-7th-generation-1993-1997/350689-new-94-corolla-1-6-owner-questions.html#post3259718

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/130-7th-generation-1993-1997/354338-kiwi-corollas-cai-diy-usdm-7th-gen-56k-tour-france-bicycle.html


My ITB splash guard arrived from the US today so I wasted no time in chucking it on. It's made by Techno Toy Tuning and is brushed aluminum, specifically for the Blacktop. It's really best suited to smaller trumpets such as 50mm and 70mm, since my 110mm ones are about the same length as the guard itself, but should still help prevent any water and stones etc from making their way further up into the engine bay. It ties in nicely with the trumpets and makes them look a bit more at home, while also acting as a gasket between the ITB's.

Nice, not only does it look good, but it serves a good purpose.

I have seen a guy who broke his engine because of trumpets.. drove through some sand on the road, lost his compression
Another guy drove into the sandpits on a trackday and filled one of his cylinders with sand. Piston and head looked brand new on that cylinder, but no compression
So i guess the sand is way more dangerous than a rock!

Eventhough i would use the trumpets any day!

Do you know if the note or flow changes with the lenght of the trumpets?

I so can't to hear them

nice updates bro.....its nice to see you enjoying your ride.....

Corolla Sound wrote:

Nice, not only does it look good, but it serves a good purpose.

Thanks. It does indeed

Skorp wrote:

I have seen a guy who broke his engine because of trumpets.. drove through some sand on the road, lost his compression
Another guy drove into the sandpits on a trackday and filled one of his cylinders with sand. Piston and head looked brand new on that cylinder, but no compression
So i guess the sand is way more dangerous than a rock!

Eventhough i would use the trumpets any day!

Do you know if the note or flow changes with the lenght of the trumpets?

Haha sand would be a real killer. I'll have to remember to stay away from beaches

I'm not sure entirely what the science is behind the various lengths of the trumpets sorry, but I know it's fairly complex. Look up "Helmholtz resonance" on Google and it should tell you more.

magweal wrote:

I so can't to hear them

I'll definitely have to take you for a spin Jamie!! The video definitely doesn't do the sound justice!

SHEHROZE ARAIN wrote:

nice updates bro.....its nice to see you enjoying your ride.....

Thanks a lot bro

I bought and installed some TRD spark plug leads today:






Also bought an FGK header set and spent the afternoon polishing it up (only the parts that are visible when installed). Will probably chuck it on in a couple of weeks:

Sweet! Looking good bro!

Nice, that looks like a lot of polishing. but your car sooo deserves it. and the TRD plug leads too.

Sweet mods scott, everytime i look at this thread theres a new mod lol

You can get those headers shinier!!! hehe

kickfli12 wrote:

Sweet! Looking good bro!

Thanks bro

Corolla Sound wrote:

Nice, that looks like a lot of polishing. but your car sooo deserves it. and the TRD plug leads too.

Haha yeah, it took about 4-hours all up. They mustn't have been used for a while so as they were in storage the moisture in the air must have got to them a bit and caused the steel to go a patchy brown color, so it needed a decent amount of elbow grease to get it back to looking somewhat shiny again. Shouldn't have that problem in future since I'll be driving the car every day, so it won't give the headers a chance to discolor . Thanks a lot dude

miib14 wrote:

Sweet mods scott, everytime i look at this thread theres a new mod lol

Cheers mate. Did another mod today but will post photos about it sometime this coming week

gold94corolla wrote:

You can get those headers shinier!!! hehe

Yeah if I had spent another couple of hours on them they could have been a lot shinier, but since they'll almost instantly go a nice golden brown color when I start the engine I didn't see the point of busting my ass even further to get them to a mirror finish

Kiwi-Corolla wrote:

but since they'll almost instantly go a nice golden brown color when I start the engine I didn't see the point of busting my ass even further to get them to a mirror finish

Yeah I'm surprised you shined them up even that much lol.

Lol! Looks good indeed Scott! Loving it

Damn I really want my engine swapped...

Thanks man. Once you have a 20v you'll wonder how you managed to live without it!

I changed my front lip in the weekend. Decided I wanted something slightly fatter to give the front end a 'fuller' look - The only problem was that the particular front lip I wanted was extremely hard to find. After searching the local junkyards and wreckers for about a year I finally managed to find one a week ago.

The actual lip itself is a genuine Toyota item which was a factory optional extra for the 1997-2001 Toyota Caldina (ST215, JDM). Since they were only available as an option, the vast majority of Caldinas don't have them fitted, which is why it took so long for me to find one. Got one in the end though and did a bit of custom work to make it fit. The fitment was very close but I had to heat it up to adjust the curvature a bit.

Here's some pics that I took today:

Very nice, high five

Looks very nice and tight Scott, a bit more body to it indeed

nice additions bro......u have a gem know bro

Wow very nice indeed, looks very similar to my dc2 lip apart from the indentations imo

Thanks guys. I'm looking the look of the new front lip

Here's a new photo from me:

Argg!! The dip in the road messed it up!!!! IMO. Looks like your front tires are flat haha.