AE86 Corolla with 1uzfe w/video

[ck1uzfeae86]

Started July 2007
Completed September 2008

Car: 1987 Toyota Corolla AE86

Engine: 1991 LS400

Transmission: 1985 Celica Supra W58

Details:

I DID NOT cut the firewall or trans tunnel to do this swap.

SC400 exhaust manifolds (must modify drivers side), and no-trac throttle body.
lowered front subframe 2 inches
custom one piece driveshaft and mounts
ae86 sr5 power steering lines are practically a direct fit.
summit racing scirocco radiator mounted in front of core support w/electric fans
Howe racing hydraulic release bearing
EGR deleted
twin 2 1/4" pipes into a single 3" under diff with random off the shelf muffler.

Some parking lot fun at a local drift practice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua7ZTOJ9sYI

 

[Lextreme II]

Very nice.... Love those classic Toyota.... Saw a 1978 Corolla with a 3SGTE.... beautiful body...

 

[spf_lexus]

Nice swap, I bet that go-kart is pretty fun with the torque!

 

[ihiryu]

holy shizz. I'd definitely do that one of these days!

 

[mshawari1]

WoW ... king of drift ......

 

[Lextreme II]

Light chasis, powerful and torquey engine. Imagine a supercharger like the twin crew......

 

[milisakeracing]

Love the conversion! Sounds amazing in the video.

 

[drifty325i]

Very nice mate. Pretty much the same idea as mine

 

[ck1uzfeae86]

Thanks everyone.

I have been driving it everywhere, every day it doesn't rain anyway. Almost completely useless in the rain.

This is so much more fun to drive than my supercharged 1.6 drift car, that I have convinced myself to put a 1uz into that as well.

I will keep you posted.

 

[ck1uzfeae86]

Part two:

 

[ck1uzfeae86]

And of course, a video to go with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grIXVJbBRPg

 

[chungdokwan1980]

Very nice, almost exactly what I want to do, except on a 82 Corolla SR5.

 

[chungdokwan1980]

What was the tranny you used?

 

[ck1uzfeae86]

See first post.

 

[bcjammerx]

HA HA it was made to go in there!!

 

[chungdokwan1980]

See first post.[Sorry bout that, dont know how I missed it. Thanks.

 

[MWP]

You said you dropped the front subframe 2in.
I gather that means you spaced the engine xmember down by 2in?
What did that do to the front suspension? Got photos?

 

[ck1uzfeae86]

You said you dropped the front subframe 2in.
I gather that means you spaced the engine xmember down by 2in?
What did that do to the front suspension? Got photos?

Sorry, just saw your post.

Yes, spaced the engine crossmember 2 inches.

Only thing this changes as far as the front suspension is the roll center, which is easily corrected with roll center adjusters.