I am soon to inherit my brother's 1988 Corolla GT-S Twin Cam. It has the 16 valve 4AGE engine. The only upgrade we have put in is a Pace Setter header, 2 1/2 inch exhaust pipe going to an UltraFlow muffler. I am wondering if anyone could tell me of cheap performance upgrades for this car. When I say cheap, I mean I'm still in high school and any upgrades are few and far between.
aw11 distributor cap/rotor and better plug wires...
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Originally posted by toyotaspeed90 uh, 88 mk1 is the same cap (at least non oem toyota).....
weird the one on my 92 was changed and it's different!
and it's an aw11 cap ..unless it was a 3sgte but that doesnt really make sense
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Yea, air filter is the first thing I'm getting. I'm also trying to buy the Trueno front grill emblem and Trueno steering wheel off ebay for looks. And I'm trying to save some money to get a new distributor cap and plug wires after that. Thanks for the suggestions.
Originally posted by toyotaspeed90 yeah.... the 88-89 ae92's, all the ae82's, the ae86's, and the mk1's with 4a-ge's all use the same cap.... the 90-91 cap is different, though
indeed...my original redtop cap was changed to a different one :p
the original owner informed me that it was an mr2 cap...so i assumed it was aw11. ask itch! he knows! he did the same mod
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i work at schucks (just the 2nd job) and i can only find any 4ag cap if i look up 85 mr2..... if i look up any other year mr2, or any other corolla gts... the wrong cap comes up & keeps giving me part numbers for 4a-fe wire & cap sets.... kinda annoying (and yes, i'm using a bigport cap on my smallport... makes things easier)
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take out your trunk carpet and all your rear passenger seats + any nuts and bolts. The gt-s is heavyer than what it should be but if you do that it will feel lighter plus you get better acceleration lol. because the 4age barely has and tq to haul around weight but will rev as you want it to. Gotta love the 4ageit doesn't make as much as a b series engine but man thats not why we love it its and a engine series a is at the top of the alpabet
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toyotaspeed90 why not use bigport cams in your small port too. Don't the big port have more duration than the small port.
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96'paseo 40mpg DD!!!!!
90' corolla gts smallport engine FS... "levin front conversion" "current project" - BEAMS 3sge in the works
Originally posted by rdyzz toyotaspeed90 why not use bigport cams in your small port too. Don't the big port have more duration than the small port.
ssshhhhh
yes, i have a set lined up to go in... as soon as i fix the billion other problems i'm having (currently the header/downpipe gasket keeps blowing, the fpr gauge is broken, and i keep melting ignition parts... stupid MSD)
but those are going in the same time as all synthetics (motor & tranny)
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..unless it was a 3sgte but that doesnt really make sense 
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