My Build List

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Ok so I got a build list together things may change here and there but for the most part here it is

Engine
4AFE(GZE rods, crank, custom pistons bored to 83mm and 9.5:1)
Gude Head Package(PnP, Cams around 264 with 9mm lift, Bored TB)
T3/T4(FMI, 12psi low for street, 26-28psi for some fun)
5spd swap(Aluminum Flywheel heavy duty Clutch)WHAT TRANNY BEST??
Stock Intake Manifold with Extensive Porting
Aeromotive A1000 Fuel Pump/Filter
Aeromotive A1000 Fuel Regulator(52psi for E85)
1000cc Injectors
Billet Fuel Rail
MSD 6A-L Ignition(7200 rev limiter, boost retard)
10mm Spark Plug Wires
140 amp Alternator
Optima Blue Top
Grouding Kit
Full Wire Tuck In Engine Bay
Polished Water Pump
Polished P/S Pump
A/C System Delete
Aluminum Half Rad for Civic
Billet Cam Gear(Custom)

Suspension/Brakes/Wheels and Tires
Raceline Type 126 17x7.5 Black Rims +42mm offset
205/40/17 Kumho Tires
25mm Spacers all the way around
JIC Full Coilovers(Edited from Ksports)
JIC Lower Arm Bars
JIC Front Strut Bar
SSBC Front Drilled Rotors
Rear Disk ConversionWHAT PARTS AND FROM WHAT CARS DO THEY COME


Exterior
Drifter Body Kit for the 93-97 Corolla
OEM Carbon Fiber Hood
HID conversion kit(Possible Wagon Front)
Tinted Windows
Removed Amber From Taillights
Blue LED Underglow(Why not)
All Body Work Completed and Followed by a Factory White Paint Job
Blue Graphics(Like the ones off of Brians Skyline in fast and furious)

Interior
Black Carpet
Black/Blue Racing Seats
Black/Blue Floor Mats
Rear Seat In Black Cloth/Blue Inserts(Match Front)
All Plastic Dyed Black
Blue LED in stock gauge cluster
Red LED under dash and front seats for accent lighting
Mildly done roll cage(4 Pt. painted Blue)


System
2 12" Kicker L7 Subs
Kicker ZX1500.1 Amp
Kicker 4" In Dash
Kicker 6"x9" In Rear Deck
Sony Headunit
(I know this is a lot of extra weight but it is a street car not a track car)



Ok What You Guys Think For A Build Anything I Should Add Or Take Out

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NOTHING???????

[PhatRoyale]

For the rear disc conversion, you would want to get all the parts from a 1988-1991 Corolla GT-S coupe.

There was one fellow with a Jetta lip on his Corolla, looked quite nice.

Skip the body kit. Unless it's a subtle lip kit.

[SCT]

I would go with 15" instead of 16", paired with 195/50/15 or 205/55/15 (I think).

No body kits... There's none that looks decent IMO... except factory stuff.

[aj_gilbs]

Well no offense, but I'm not feeling the ricer mods (interior lighting, underglow), but to each his own.

Just for a safety thing, if you're going to spend this much time and money on everything, you should get a good, safe seat. Also that BOMZ seat doesn't look like it has good support in the thighs. I would spend a couple hundred more dollars for a reclining seat from a name brand company, or you could spend the same amount of money for a fixed back seat. The Corbeau FX1 comes in black with blue inserts.

Also if you're dropping this much money why not import some Cusco coilovers from Japan? Or some JIC coilovers? I can't report first hand on KSports, but performance wise I've only heard terrible things.

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Originally Posted by aj_gilbs

Also if you're dropping this much money why not import some Cusco coilovers from Japan? Or some JIC coilovers? I can't report first hand on KSports, but performance wise I've only heard terrible things.

I was looking at the JIC coilovers but I havent ever heard anything about them what are some of the pros and cons between the KSports and the JIC coilovers

Originally Posted by aj_gilbs

Well no offense, but I'm not feeling the ricer mods (interior lighting, underglow), but to each his own.

Respectable I really yanks my chain when people dog on someone elses personal taste a true car fanatic is open minded to other peoples ideas and creations in all honesty thats what keeps the car scene moving forward(not saying im going to turn the car scene upside down with some crazy coold idea)

[rdyzz]

sounds like your going more for a show car. if this is your personal goal its not to bad. that list looks long wow lol, the ksports are affordable enough and if your looking at it for street driving application and not track, i would tell them to lower the spring rates that come with your order to somthing like 5kg front and 4kg rear. i honestly think that most coilover kits for street applications are undervalved enough anyways. when doing a project that takes this many parts, i myself like to take it one step at a time. i've done all my cars this way actually, just looking at the car as a whole bunch of induviual parts/projects put into a whole.

i have 15's on my car right now and actually wish i bough 16's instead. with it lowered and lower profile tires that 16's get, it should make the car look shorter. 15's just make the car look to long when you lower it alot.

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Originally Posted by rdyzz

i have 15's on my car right now and actually wish i bough 16's instead. with it lowered and lower profile tires that 16's get, it should make the car look shorter. 15's just make the car look to long when you lower it alot.

I have a pair of 18s from my old Honda that I put on just to see the look of 17x7 +28mm Lexani Firestar and they were 1. Too big 2. 32lbs each 3. Not the style I want, I think the 16s would look good tho kind of a happy medium


Later tonight I will upload some pics of how the car sits now but to be honest its but I look at it as what it will look like when Im done

[eage8]

Originally Posted by Public Disturbance

I was looking at the JIC coilovers but I havent ever heard anything about them what are some of the pros and cons between the KSports and the JIC coilovers

k-sports as far as damper design.. are crap.

JICs are much nicer, they're inverted mono-tube dampers.

teins are a bit cheaper, they're twin tube, but still quality.

If you're going to be using the car mostly for shows, k-sports are fine, any autocross or track work, I would suggest JICs. I'm running them on my RX-7 and like them a lot.

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Originally Posted by eage8

k-sports as far as damper design.. are crap.

JICs are much nicer, they're inverted mono-tube dampers.

teins are a bit cheaper, they're twin tube, but still quality.

If you're going to be using the car mostly for shows, k-sports are fine, any autocross or track work, I would suggest JICs. I'm running them on my RX-7 and like them a lot.

Ok how is the ride on them can you sit the car down pretty low?

[Flashmn]

You cant really lower a corolla that much without it starting to have an adverse effect on your steering geometry. Mines got a Espelir -50mm kit and its about max before the control arm start to point upwards.

[eage8]

Originally Posted by Public Disturbance

Ok how is the ride on them can you sit the car down pretty low?

the ride is surprisingly good, but it's also a heavier car than a corolla, and I think they come with the same spring rates 7kg/5kg

I also have a very high threshold for stiff springs, I'm running 9.3kg/10.7kg springs on my corolla and don't think it's that bad on the street.

you can lower the JICs a lot because they have a threaded damper, so you don't loose any suspension travel by lowering it. suspension travel is the the first thing that keeps you from lowering a corolla a lot.

as flashmn mentioned though, the lower the car is the more the suspension geometry will be affected and you'll start encountering things like bumpsteer

[eage8]

What are you going to be using this car for? This will allow people to help you out easier.

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To be 100% honest with you not much of anything, I may take it to a autox once or twice but its mostly going to a be a "hey did you really just mod/rice/soup/*insert your phrase here* a Corolla. Its going to get a street driven car not a race car, not a show car, just a car for me if that makes sense.



Ok and as far as the ride being on the rougher side not a big deal as much as I dont want to admitt to this because I thought it was the brightest idea ever now I see I was just a ghetto high schooler with a miniumum wage job lol but I had a 88 Honda Accord Hatchback and I was like hmmmmm spend $1400 on a set of coil overs na, I will just cut the springs(first mistake) so I get in there and dont even do it right I never took them off the strut just used the angle grinder to chop little pieces off at a time and then i was like hmmmm imagine how low this would be with no spring and litterally drove this thing for my entire second half of my freshman year up until about 4 months into my jounior year that thing was ridiculous bouncy

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