i have a new-to-me, '01 corolla S. it's in excellent condition, with ok mileage on the odometer. i was looking into getting a few aftermarket parts for it.
i was looking for things such as:
intake (looking at getting just a drop in K&N though)
possibly a new muffler (if i have my facts right... that would be a weld job right?)
-and anything else to change up the engine tune would be interesting
good tires/wheels
and any other little things to add to my e110.
looking forward to all learning all the information i can from this forum. a big thanks to everyone that posts!
Welcome! It all depends on your goals and available funds. The corolla is a great car however it is not a car that can be made fast cheaply. Minor modifications like intake/header/exhaust will help a bit but not really much. It'll just increase the noise made by the car.
And yes, You can get pretty much any muffler with the similar exhaust pipe size to fit the corolla if it fits under the vehicle. It's up to your muffler shop to get creative with it's weld work and pipe routing.
i wouldn't even go as far as different headers. i've gotten the feeling, just by reading around on this and other forums that the corollas aren't one of the best things to modify for speed xD
so as far as mufflers go, what size do i need exactly? i see you have an '02 corolla S, would yours be any different to what i would have to get?
would you happen to have tire/wheel suggestions? that's one major point of styling i'd like to change as soon as funds allow :P
lol well... i wasn't looking/expecting a lot of powerful mods or anything. it could use a different engine tone though, and i would MUCH rather have a better handling car than high horsepower. just a personal preference.
soooo i'm looking into a dragon intake, and TRD strut bar as the first major parts to go on ^_^ and possibly a set of hotchkis sway bars sometime afterward (after i build up the funds) xD
maybe i should post pics... if anyone would be interested...? o.O
cheapest coilovers for the 8th gen ive found are $900 ksports....and trust me dont waste money on a "dragon intake" just get a K&N drop in filter, cut a big hole in your intake resonator and bam! you got a cold air intake!
and i though all 8.5gen have sway bars already installed, just change the link
lol, i've thought about doing just that with the drop-in.
hmm.. will deff have to save for some quality coilovers then. will i need to change the sway bars /and/ the links? i'm a bit confused on how just changing the links would do anything, some info would help a noob out xD haha
If the boots on your end links are torn or you can wiggle the end links then you should replace them, also if they are bent. 8.5gen corollas have front and rear sway bars...
ok, i do realize that it has sway bars already.. however i thought that getting aftermarket ones would make it stiffer..? if getting new ones doesn't do anything, then i'm not gonna go through the trouble of replacing them xD
i'll check the end links... now i'm curious. although i'm sure they're ok, haven't had any noises or anything coming from the front.
Replacing the sways, depends on what you want from the car - handling wise. If you stiffen up the rear, it will make the car rotate more under cornering which helps fight understeer. But being a FWD platform, also makes it more likely to spin easily, as it is harder to recover once that rear end swings out.
But you are on the right track - best bang for the buck on this generation of Corolla are upgraded tires, lightweight wheels, any suspension upgrade, and performance brake pads. Punching out the resonator on the airbox and using a drop-in freer flowing panel will retain the stock look, have plenty of air, and eliminate the potential for a CEL to pop up.
This way, you keep the dead nuts reliability of the car - just improved on the handling. The 8th gen is so softly sprung from the start, that even a modest coil spring and strut upgrade will have a huge impact on handling. If you plan on adding wider wheels, front strut bar brace will help sharpen the steering. Coilovers and aftermarket sway bars will allow some adjustability where there was none before. Some like the ride of coil-overs, some don't. You might be better served by installed a quality spring and strut set first - see how you like it and then decide your future upgrade path.
On my 2002 - current upgrades are quality tires, lightweight wheels 14" running a 195/60R14 tire (plenty of grip for this aging chassis, pothole proof as well), synthetic fluids all around, drop-in K&N filter with resonator punched out, Hawk HPS pads on Brembo blanks, TRD springs (~1.25" all around) and KYB-GR2 struts. Rides as smooth as OEM, but all other aspects are improved - braking, cornering, load capacity, etc.
where is the intake resonator?? i want that plastic crap gone -_- i read somewhere that it's in the drivers wheel well...? could anyone give a description, or even a picture would be best!
well sway bars sound nice. but i've never set foot on a track to even test stuff out, even though i'd love to :P guess that question will have to be posted elsewhere......
btw: the upgrades on yours, fishexpo, sound like a lot like exactly what i want to do. good job ^_^
brakes are something else i'm interested in. i also got some brembo OEM discs, but got EBC green stuff pads. haven't installed either of them as the brakes on it now are practically brand new, but when they wear out they're definitely going on.
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