Engine bay improvement

[BigDAT]

old:



Current:



Ideas:



In case you are wondering why the yellow tube looks funny, its because i just capped the pcv valve on the intake because my pcv feeds from the manifold, and i split the yellow tube down the backside so it covers my air flow censor wires.

If you got any ideas please share

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Personally, I'd keep it how it is. The yellow is far too intense in my opinion, and doesn't really go well with the blue already on there. Up to you though

[BigDAT]

Originally Posted by Kiwi-Corolla

Personally, I'd keep it how it is. The yellow is far too intense in my opinion, and doesn't really go well with the blue already on there. Up to you though

yeah, im sot sure about it anymore.. i think the next thing im gonna do is get front and rear strut bars.. at least fronts, because I do like having a rear seat, and i cant have both the rear strut bar and a rear seat.. i mean installing it would be no problem, and removing the seat would be easy too.. but i dont think i wanna go that far. Any suggestions for front strut bars?

[Jeff Lange]

I liked it better before, haha.

Jeff

[Ludapower]

Yeah the before was the nicest I find.

[BigDAT]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lange

I liked it better before, haha.

Jeff

Originally Posted by Ludapower

Yeah the before was the nicest I find.

The new intake makes a lot of difference, the old filter was far too restrictive.

I was considering re-doing the valve covers, intake manifold and the head shield red, but I'm not too sure about that.

[PhatRoyale]

I would just keep it as it was before.... the yellow is a bit too busy for my tastes.

A dull gold on the other hand would look nice.

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Originally Posted by BigDAT

yeah, im sot sure about it anymore.. i think the next thing im gonna do is get front and rear strut bars.. at least fronts, because I do like having a rear seat, and i cant have both the rear strut bar and a rear seat.. i mean installing it would be no problem, and removing the seat would be easy too.. but i dont think i wanna go that far. Any suggestions for front strut bars?

There are quite a few strut bars available for our cars, but one of the best would either be an OEM Levin/FX-GT/AE92 (etc) or a TRD one. You can use a TRD one designed for an 8th Gen Corolla, but you just have to modify it slightly. There's a thread on these forums that shows exactly how to do it.

As for the OEM one off a Levin etc, that's what I use on my Corolla. It bolts from each strut tower directly to the firewall. You could even use a combination of an OEM strut bar and a 'cross-over' strut bar if you wanted to, but that might be a bit overkill, lol.

[Turborolla97]

Can i have some Bean, chicken and RICE ! , keep the yellow off.

[gameguru1360]

I'd keep the bright yellow and blue only if you're a hardcore fanatic of the UCLA Bruins!!

[PhatRoyale]

Originally Posted by gameguru1360

I'd keep the bright yellow and blue only if you're a hardcore fanatic of the UCLA Bruins!!

Or the Denver Nuggets.

[BigDAT]

lol, ok we can all agree the yellow was a bad idea. Also if anyone wants that old intake, im selling it on craigslist

[kickfli12]

does the intake manifold just unbolt or is there more to it?

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Originally Posted by kickfli12

does the intake manifold just unbolt or is there more to it?

The top part of the intake manifold (as seen painted in the pics) simply unbolts and the whole top half comes off. You'll need to remove the throttle body first though and pull off a couple of hoses, but the whole procedure is straight forward. Although some 4A/7A-FE engines have an intake manifold that is one whole piece (not two parts with bolts), in which case you'd have to remove the entire intake manifold from the block. But that's easy to spot just by looking at it.

[PhatRoyale]

Originally Posted by BigDAT

lol, ok we can all agree the yellow was a bad idea.

Even NBA supastar Carmelo Anthony thinks so: