Corolla BEAMS conversion

Stefan wrote:

Do not forget to post a lot of pictures We all love pictures don't we? haha.

I'm from the Netherlands indeed, let me know if you come this way

yip, i post pictures every time i do some work with it, so everything will be documented will give you a shout if i make it over there for sure. thanks mate

Really nice bro, you got a monster in the making, i hope your gonna gave us a video when the new heart starts pumping pure montrous life into your car.

we all hope so...

Definitely!!!

RedTune wrote:

Definitely!!!

Yayy

nice one bud

Kiwi-Corolla wrote:

RedTune wrote:

Definitely!!!

Yayy

hahaha

for anyone thats in galway, halfords opened here!! since december apparently!! (i dont get out much!) spend about an hour in there yesterday looking at all the shit i could buy for my car

Stopped work on this for a few days due to a nasty reaction to a fly bite on my arm, but all good so back into it.....

stripped more of the inside out. Disconnected the battery first and took out interior roof, inside panels and stereo cables (the less wires in there the less il get confused )


Then took the battery out, the induction kit came out and also the cusco strut brace


I have a fuel pressure regulator running on the 4efe engine so had a look to get familiar with pipes etc... so il know where things will go (might not use it with the beams at first until she's up and running properly)


Power steering pump and hoses




Drained radiator and took it out, along with reservoir bottle


Mock fitted the celica rad, just to see. (gonna be a tight fit!)


Took it back out and put the Corolla rad and Celica rad side by side just to show the size difference




Labeled a few things in the engine bay (pipes from fuel pressure regulator, intake pipes etc...)


put the induction kit onto the beams nice!!


Then it started pissing, so work stopped for today! balls!!


F&%k u rain!!


More tomorrow

^

I felt the same way this morning when it started raining because I just washed my car yesterday and had it looking all mint

Nice progress so far. Good idea to label all the hoses etc. I hope you'e not planning on using that intake on the 3S-GE though . It'll suck up tonnes of hot engine bay heat and make it run like crap. I put a short ram intake on my brother's 3S-GTE once and it was crap. It will be a piece of cake to make a cold air intake for your engine. Make it the same way as I made mine, with the filter sitting where the intake resonator box used to be. Someone even made a DIY for it based on my instructions. I can give you the link if you like

Cool man, ya do that please i have the pipes for it, just stuck it on there cause im excited hahaha

RedTune wrote:

Cool man, ya do that please i have the pipes for it, just stuck it on there cause im excited hahaha

Haha no worries

Here's my original write up:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3259718

And here's a DIY that someone made based on my instructions:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=354338

Kiwi-Corolla wrote:

Haha no worries

Here's my original write up:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3259718

And here's a DIY that someone made based on my instructions:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=354338

Great stuff mate, that'l come in real handy!! nice job. Thanks

Woah, a little bit dusty engine room there

nice work there mate... id go with the DIY CAI too...

Kiwi-Corolla wrote:

RedTune wrote:

Cool man, ya do that please i have the pipes for it, just stuck it on there cause im excited hahaha

Haha no worries

Here's my original write up:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3259718

And here's a DIY that someone made based on my instructions:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=354338

i copied that when i did mine too... sooo easy once you know how..

RedTune wrote:

Great stuff mate, that'l come in real handy!! nice job. Thanks

No problem mate. If you have any questions about the install I'd be more than happy to help

Nice one bro appreciate it.

oh the memorys when i done mine, all the best with it, when you looking at geting it all done bye?

More stripping of interior today and labeling!! No engine work, pissed rain all day!!













More tomorrow weather permitting!!

john-905 wrote:

oh the memorys when i done mine, all the best with it, when you looking at geting it all done bye?

Hoping by mid june all going well

Not much work done today as i was running around gathering parts

Took under body engine guard off and front bumper




Labeled more bits in the engine bay, more or less all labeled now, so easy to recognize what goes where!!


Car cover to stop the rain rusting it to shit!!


All going well, the engine will be coming out after the weekend!!!

More tomorrow.

looking foward to seeing the engine in mate, hope the weathers ok over the weekend

Ya man me too!, il fit it first then take it out and give the engine bay a scrub!! its manc, and you should see the 4efe gearbox, theres about 2 inches of shit on it haha

Bit of work done today.

Dash came out


Crash bar and air boxes out


And the ECU came out!


Empty!!


Sitting rooms looking...ah, full!!


More tomorrow!!!