AE101 upgrade

after thinking about twin pot upgrades to my fxgt and trying different pads and discs is now time to take the plunge after finding a set off a ae111 Levin for $100 nzd I have started to rebuild the twin pot callipers and as I have a spare fxgt wreck I have decided to rebuild the rear while I am doing the front so it will feel like I have new callipers all-round and paint the all red so they look clean and new
here are some photos of the twin pots just after i got them


i will post some more photos as i go on after i have the rebuild kits to start work

Where did you get the rebuild kit and how much may i ask??

hi im getting them from
Sterling Clutch & Brake
55 Neilson Street, Onehunga, Auckland
and i think they are about $35 nzd each i hope this helps

You need to modify the twin pot caliper slightly, and also you need 04 shape d4d corolla Discs to get them to work with Corolla Carriers and the Levin brakes a coupple of guys have done the conversion here and its a good upgrade

im using znoelli brakes that are bigger than the standard ones so i think i might just get off lucky on that one but ill have to see

1993 fxgt wrote:

hi im getting them from
Sterling Clutch & Brake
55 Neilson Street, Onehunga, Auckland
and i think they are about $35 nzd each i hope this helps

Yer I know the place, I've had znoelli rotors and wasn't impressed, their actually sitting next to my garage. I know of a guy that can turn down the SS rotors to the right size.
I've also heard that the calipers from the ST185 GT4 bolt straight on using the GT APEX/BZ rotors no messing around with.

By the way your names not Tom is it?

yep it is

just got the rebuild kits
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twin pot ae111 rebuild kits
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fx gt rear rebuild kits
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now to get the black and red paint and to start on the mods

Hey how you doing, I bought the hatch trim off you a while back

it a small world

It is.
We're having a nz meet Sat 19th if your keen

what time as im working on the car so ill have to see if i can

Yet to be decided, I'm thinking meet around 3pm

Brakes are just about ready but are on hold as I need to move work shops to a bigger one
so I have started to look at the cooling system and as mot of you know in NZ its coming up to wof time and my head lights are faded in side and out so I found a full set of bz touring head lights for $300 nzd all look new apart from the lh one but it sill looks better than the old ones ill have to take some photos of the old and new head lights so you can see how bad they are and how good the car looks with them on thanks to some help from my friend as fx gt side lights are in the side not the head lights

for the cooling system im putting a trd 1.3 bar rad cap tridon high flow thermostat and all new coolent pipes in red to mach the car as soon as i get the i will take photos before and after plus the parts as i get them

new tridon thermostat

got this greddy oil catch tanks for $50 NZD so i thought id put it on the car as well

nice

Nice additions!

just got the new coolant pipes just waiting on the trd radiator cap and then i can start work on the car. I'm going to try and do the brakes and the coolant upgrades at the same time then i can start on the intake system when i find a k&n filter.

pic of the coolant pipes before i put them in the box with all the outer parts

done any one know where i can get clear indicator lights for a fx gt bumper as its the last piece to my front lights upgrade but im finding it hard to find them in nz

just went for a nz wof of in the uk its called a mot i think it been 8 years since i lived in the uk so if im wrong sorry but the car failed on the rear sway bar bush and sway bar (crap)
i found out that the rear sway bar is bent so time to get a new one .
i found that white line do a 18mm sway bar for $200 nzd



new tie rods


time to have some fun with new parts this weekend

nice, and yes its called an MOT

thanks it sounds like not much has changed

haha not really

ok after a long week end of work on the car swapped all the coolant hoses and fitted the new sway bar and the new catch tank not the g reddy one as their is no room in the engine bay to fit it DAM IT . So I pulled the one of my mr2 that’s still new and fitted it. Let’s just start with wow the car gets a bit hotter and what a change it pulls a lot better and at lower rpm and the sway bar is so much better just need to work on the brakes now. I will post pics soon
And I will have pics for the whole car as soon as it gets its tints on