The site's first Ae101 Supercharged 8)

how to starty with the thread...used to have a 1.3 5door e10 corolla before that could wake the dead and shoot the odd flame, aswell as built a turbo corolla.
the 5door just got too rusty and after a clutch went yet again in that cursed, rusty-out car i decided to keep any good bits and scrap the rest.
got this levin in awful shape, stuck under a tree for a year.2 powerwashes and a day of t-cutting and polishing after, and the car looked halfway acceptable ha.got the car end of august '11, and the spec was as follows:

Bomex trueno front bumper
Bomex grille
Bomex rear spats,
Tom's spoilers
security
Work RS Beta wheels
cheapest airfilter possible in the middle of the hot engine bay
A-pillar pillar-pod with guages that weren't wired up lol
Momo corse wheel
Razo pedals and gearknob
turbo timer
Toyota rear tints and TRD sunvisor (under the right angle, you can see the prints IN the tint)
home-made exhaust system with a micra backbox lol












well, got the car a little rough around the edges in august, pillar guages not working, the joke of an exhaust sytem that was slightly blowing besides looking cat, front topmounts knocking, and the problem of popping out of 5th from the synchro which got worse and worse, and then the diff starts knocking too for good measure haha.

slowly but surely added bits here and there, that i either bought, or got from cars i broke for parts to spec it up to the following below:

Outside:

no major changes, took off a few of the stickers
changed wheels to work RS-Z's
re-painted the 2 horns and mounted them either end of the grille (behind grille obviously)
fitted the facelift ae101 levin rear lights and centre garnish
red wheelnuts









Interior:

Recaro SR3 confetti
carbon-wrapped interior panels
clocks that count milage, usual toyota problem haha
black RSM
double-din Carrozzeria headunit (cd, mp3, radio, minidisc and my old 6cd changed too plugged in for good measure ha)
carrozzeria door speakers
carrozzeria rear speakers
Toyota air-purifier
TRD rep gearknob
Nardi steering wheel








Engine:

Apex'i power intake
FGK (by fujitsubo) 4-2-1 manifold
gutted cat
Kakimoto racing R exhaust (since changed for kakimoto pro-racer)
buddyclub racing spec condensor
cold air feed pipe
aircon removed


Kakimoto!!














Chassis:

TRD SS front antirollbar
full set of TRD adjustable shocks
Full set of TRD springs
Rear calipers replaced to working ones that aren't siezed haha








Future plans for the car before the meet are:

a general tidy-up on the outside and fix the front bumper
some form of nice aftermarket skirts that'd suit the car
fit either the tom's c3r wheels i have or after i collect and spray them, the wedssports sa90's
re-fit the cat so i can have a fucking conversation in the car again
fit the blitz boost guage
fit and wire in the panasonic ETC (jap toll thingey that i think is really cool)
fit the footwell light
get magnecor uprated leads off rony on the site
full service (oil done, need to buy timing belt kit and waterpump, good plugs, and new auxilary belts for the bigger crank pulley)
fit bigger crank pulley then, hopefully get a lighter version made up
possibly tint headlights and spray grille black for the "black line" across the front
fit the ae101 4-spoke momo wheel, the optional extra on these cars
spray engine bay gloss black
replace ALL engine fluids (PS, brakes, gearbox oil)
new cv boots
paint calipers a nice subtle colour, will look nicer than yellow fronts and rusty rears lol



later plans are mainly:

heatwrap manifold
find second confetti
maybe coilovers
carbon bits custom made, defo a fibreglass/carbon bonnet needed
engine work (could end up being nearly anything lol)
research toyota-lsd interchangability for my gearbox

enjoy it and drive it lol



any comments and suggestions welcome

very nice nick

nice car bro

Welcome Nick,

The site's first AE101 Supercharged from factory.

Kev.

miib14 wrote:

very nice nick

thanks ishaq
bit of a step-up from a 1300 corolla hahaha

K20VFX wrote:

Welcome Nick,

The site's first AE101 Supercharged from factory.

Kev.

true, forgot about that, my bad :/

i've 4 less valves too though

Lovely lovely

I love trees as well as cars. But they are not happy bedfellows. But the bodywork from the picture looks like it has come up nice and bright. While it's not ideal I find there's something nice about bringing back a car from it's faded identity back to a tip top form. And your one is no exception.

QuinnyGT wrote:

Lovely lovely

sound joe
least you seen it in person on sunday lol

twenty20 wrote:

I love trees as well as cars. But they are not happy bedfellows. But the bodywork from the picture looks like it has come up nice and bright. While it's not ideal I find there's something nice about bringing back a car from it's faded identity back to a tip top form. And your one is no exception.

ah this is being brought back to tip top form and beyond, big plans for it within the next month

The Kakimoto on this isn't exactly shy either lol

QuinnyGT wrote:

The Kakimoto on this isn't exactly shy either lol

no, quite a bark off it isn't there haha

thats the reason why the cat is going back in.not to pass the nct like everyone else, but to quieten the exhaust bahahahaha

Been big updates on this lately

In particular a respray

Gonna be one of the nicest ae101s around when it's finished

we are all waiting for the updates on this nicky