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1981Corolla · 07-09-2002, 11:41 PM

I just made an imagestation acount and loaded my pics and blah blah blah,.. you know the rest, so what's the point for me to keep on talking and talking,.. ok, i'll shut up now.

here's the link. Enjoy.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291636333

when you see the interior pic,.. don't let the seat bother you, it's the seat COVER what its rip apart,.. I'll buy a new one(someday). Oh, and another thing, the car it is still automatic, I just put in that thing to make it look like a manual,... hopefully, if my brother have time, him and I will put in the manual tranny, It's a tuff job, but somebody has to do it.
OH and ANOTHER thing, I've talk to some friends of my brother's wich they are both Corolla's enthusiast, they told me that a 4 speed manual tranny is better for dragging/launching because the "things" inside (bolts and stuff) are bigger and better- more punishment resistent- more torque... and they also said, if I'm making my automatic into a manual that it will run faster than a stock manual corolla(because I'm keeping the automatic diferential.

So I'm really hoping to see big gains in power when adding up a 4 speed manual tranny and an automatic diferential.

OH OH, one last thing(I promise), what is the engine code/name for the engine that I have???

toymaniac · 07-10-2002, 12:36 AM

from 1980 to 1982 its a 3tc engine and the 1983 is a 4ac the first year of the ``a``models

your engine is very good for upgrades the 3tc'sare very tough lots of drag racers have them.

toymaniac · 07-10-2002, 12:44 AM

here is a pic of a drag rolla with a 3tc dont have a pic of the motor tho

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?i...p;idx=28<br />

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1981Corolla · 07-10-2002, 01:04 AM

cool, thanks Toy...
I see the front mount intercooler,.. do you know anyone that makes turbo kits for my engine??? Those drag racers have money,.. they could just have custom made their own turbo kit.

mr_sinister · 07-10-2002, 08:27 AM

if you look on club4ag right now, there was a thread (i was just reading it yesterday, so it should be somewhere near the first couple of pages) where another canadian guy was asking the best way to get power on a budget from a 3tc..

check it out

1984SR5 · 07-10-2002, 02:40 PM

Hey all,
I have a 1984 Corolla SR5 coupe with 58000 original miles on it. It has a power sunroof, pop up headlights, 5spd, baby supra rims, and is almost, but not quite in perfect shape. Up to now it's been my daily driver while I worked on my mustang, but in looking around the forums I'm wondering if it's not worth working on too. Only things wrong with it are a periodic short in the headlight switch and a recent tendency to pop out of reverse (oooh...bad). Anybody know where to get perf. parts for this old timer or body kits, or anything else. Might be a fun project car.

Bob

project trueno · 07-10-2002, 04:32 PM

SR5s are supposed to be the fuel-efficient model, while GT-S is the sportier one

although there are a number of SR5s owners here, everyone else prefers GT-S as a project car, it basically has a more powerful engine, with a better base to build on

toymaniac · 07-10-2002, 05:56 PM

is it a 4af or 4ac (engine)?

nopionline.com

this should give you an idea of whats available.

ciao

1984SR5 · 07-10-2002, 06:53 PM

it's a 4AC. What kind of difference does it make?

mr_sinister · 07-10-2002, 07:30 PM

if you're really ambitious you can ditch that 4ac and put in a side draft carb'd 4age (DOHC, 16v motor) or something more exotic, like a 4agze (super charged 4age)

and you could swap over more of the corolla gt-s drive train, like the rear end and propeller shaft

toymaniac · 07-10-2002, 08:43 PM

the main diference is that the 4ac as 80 hp
and the 4af as 95-100hp

as mr_sinister said you could put a 4ag with an after market carb (because toyota did not produce that engine with carbs)
you would get around 130hp wich is good for such a small car and the sound of that engine is so good :grin:

compared to the sound of a screaming school girl that the 4ac produces!! :wink:

project trueno · 07-10-2002, 10:26 PM

i think the 4ac= SOHC
while 4ag and 4af= DOHC

...but what difference does it make? they're all slow

mr_sinister · 07-11-2002, 07:57 AM

actually with the carbs, big cams and higher compression ratio you can make a lot more than 130hp with a 4age

Flashmn · 07-11-2002, 08:25 AM

Well 4A-F has 104hp stock and 4A-FE has 108hp stock, 4A-GE older model has 124hp stock, the newer editions 131hp stock.

Both 4A-F(e) and G(e) can get over 130hp if you know what you're doing. I'm currently planning few tweaks to boost the 4A-F to around 130-140ish, without N2O :wink: