toyota corolla 1000 kp30 parts wanted
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I haven't anything for sale, but have collected some spares over the years but they have been getting harder to find.
Got ripped off on a pair of NOS still-in-the-box doors a few years back. Paid for them but they never arrived, and I'd bought stuff from the guy before.
I started making GRP moulds off my car, only got the bonnet done so far. Intend to do all the bolt-on panels eventually, including door skins. Probably take years at the rate I've been going though.
What parts do you need?
Aaron.
Got ripped off on a pair of NOS still-in-the-box doors a few years back. Paid for them but they never arrived, and I'd bought stuff from the guy before.
I started making GRP moulds off my car, only got the bonnet done so far. Intend to do all the bolt-on panels eventually, including door skins. Probably take years at the rate I've been going though.
What parts do you need?
Aaron.
I've got fibreglass front wings on mine, and used the arch section off another pair to repair my rear arches (left front on right rear and vice-versa). Unfortunately, I never got the mould for the wings, I just bought a few left and right wings in various states from a guy who used to race. The wings always rotted above the headlights where there was a double skinned section for mud to lie in, I think I recall a friend of mine saying (about 20 years ago) that he'd bagged the last pair of new front wings in the country.
Aaron.
Aaron.
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No worries if you get round to it let me know probably gonna be at least six months before it will be ready for paint.If you have any pictures of yours stick them up would be interested to see what it looks like.
Charlie
Charlie
Will do, but it's been a long term project delayed by moving house, building a garage to put it in and starting a family. Mechanicals have all been pretty much completed for last few years, but the bodywork now needs a bit of TLC before painting. Will try and find some pictures when I get home from work.
Aaron.
Aaron.
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Its looking good are they the fibreglass wings on it.Are you turning it into a sprint car? I have loads on my phone will upload them tomorrow its the same colour as yours at the minute but gonna spray it porsche nutmeg brown.How nuch work was it to fit the 4a engine.
Just going to be a fun road car.
They are the GRP wings and the rear arches fitted in those photos, yes. Had almost decided to change the colour to the bright yellow that MR2s came in but decided to keep it standard and do the wheels matt black for the sleeper look.
The 4A-GE was a reasonably complicated swap, but all done on my parent's drive. Physically, it had to be mounted much lower than in the AE86 Corolla to get the bonnet shut which meant my fabricated passenger side engine mount ended up where the oil filter should have been. Had to remote mount the oil filter and used an oil cooler from an AE92 Corolla. On the driver's side the inlet manifold support strut needed modified. The brake master cylinder had to be very short, and fits inside the curve of the inlet manifold. Clutch master cylinder had to be mounted under the dash on a fabricated bracket and the pedal modified to actuate it. Original gearbox mount was cut and modified to suit AE86 gearbox. Gearbox tunnel needed a little fettling for clearance and gear lever position. AE86 gear lever had to be cut and welded so it is straight. Custom one-piece prop-shaft was required. Radiator is a modified Daihatsu one mounted forwards of normal position with a Peugeot electric fan on the outside. Battery moved to the boot to leave enough room for an air-filter. ECU loom, fuse boxes and engine wiring all modified to fit the 1000 shell. AE86 fuel pump and mounting flange fitted to the 1000 tank with a new fuel supply line to the engine and the original used as the return. Heater connections needed modified for clearance at the bulkhead. Downpipes needed cut and welded to clear the steering.
The steering is going to need looked at as it will foul the bell housing slightly when the suspension compresses with the steering anywhere but straight ahead - I'm looking into a fabricated arm that turns backwards as well as down to position it where I want.
Probably did loads of other stuff that I can't remember.
Unrelated modifications are XR2 vented discs spaced inwards 10mm to allow the 4-pot calipers to fit inside the wheels but I want to re-do the caliper brackets as I am unhappy with them as they are.
Most of the polyurethane bushes where found in the kit-car/hot-rod section of the catalogue and I had to have some custom moulded to complete the front end.
New uprated rear leaf springs were made 1" lower by Leda, with poly bushes but standard shocks for now. Stiffer front coils were custom made 1" lower with Monroe strut inserts and a home-made strut brace.
I made all the flexible brake and clutch lines from Aeroquip hosing.
Aaron.
They are the GRP wings and the rear arches fitted in those photos, yes. Had almost decided to change the colour to the bright yellow that MR2s came in but decided to keep it standard and do the wheels matt black for the sleeper look.
The 4A-GE was a reasonably complicated swap, but all done on my parent's drive. Physically, it had to be mounted much lower than in the AE86 Corolla to get the bonnet shut which meant my fabricated passenger side engine mount ended up where the oil filter should have been. Had to remote mount the oil filter and used an oil cooler from an AE92 Corolla. On the driver's side the inlet manifold support strut needed modified. The brake master cylinder had to be very short, and fits inside the curve of the inlet manifold. Clutch master cylinder had to be mounted under the dash on a fabricated bracket and the pedal modified to actuate it. Original gearbox mount was cut and modified to suit AE86 gearbox. Gearbox tunnel needed a little fettling for clearance and gear lever position. AE86 gear lever had to be cut and welded so it is straight. Custom one-piece prop-shaft was required. Radiator is a modified Daihatsu one mounted forwards of normal position with a Peugeot electric fan on the outside. Battery moved to the boot to leave enough room for an air-filter. ECU loom, fuse boxes and engine wiring all modified to fit the 1000 shell. AE86 fuel pump and mounting flange fitted to the 1000 tank with a new fuel supply line to the engine and the original used as the return. Heater connections needed modified for clearance at the bulkhead. Downpipes needed cut and welded to clear the steering.
The steering is going to need looked at as it will foul the bell housing slightly when the suspension compresses with the steering anywhere but straight ahead - I'm looking into a fabricated arm that turns backwards as well as down to position it where I want.
Probably did loads of other stuff that I can't remember.
Unrelated modifications are XR2 vented discs spaced inwards 10mm to allow the 4-pot calipers to fit inside the wheels but I want to re-do the caliper brackets as I am unhappy with them as they are.
Most of the polyurethane bushes where found in the kit-car/hot-rod section of the catalogue and I had to have some custom moulded to complete the front end.
New uprated rear leaf springs were made 1" lower by Leda, with poly bushes but standard shocks for now. Stiffer front coils were custom made 1" lower with Monroe strut inserts and a home-made strut brace.
I made all the flexible brake and clutch lines from Aeroquip hosing.
Aaron.
Not really a mechanic, I repair and maintain machinery in a factory as my job. Self-taught around cars though.
Had a "professionally" tuned 4K in mine before, but it didn't last very long so I decided to go for a standard more powerful engine rather than trust someone else to tune another smaller engine.
Definitely a lot less hassle sticking with the K series of engines, there's a few variants about even within each capacity.
Aaron.
Had a "professionally" tuned 4K in mine before, but it didn't last very long so I decided to go for a standard more powerful engine rather than trust someone else to tune another smaller engine.
Definitely a lot less hassle sticking with the K series of engines, there's a few variants about even within each capacity.
Aaron.
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