Yes, you will need: • manual rack • brackets & bushings x2 • firewall shroud x2 • steering column (all I've found are non-tilt) ** • knuckles are supposed to be different, I have a set but never compared them to my PS knuckles ** If you have a tilt column with power steering, you will need to ex...
Base models did, at least for sedans. I have one that I pulled from a 1989 Geo Prizm. It's more turns lock to lock than a PS rack, but I like having less to maintain or be in the way in the engine bay.
I'll never understand why aftermarket companies (like Fel-Pro) haven't made a proper rubber oil pan gasket for these engines. I found this company that makes silicone oil pan gaskets. Maybe someone can reach out to them? I'd buy a notched block (20v) version. https://realgaskets.com/product/oil-pan-...
I'd like to know if someone with AW11 manual rack mount bushings can measure them. For the D shaped one, I'd like to know the top-bottom and front-rear dimensions, inside and outside. The round one, the ID & OD. This is a poly set I had found when searching. But I couldn't get the specs, not eve...
Thanks Jon, for some reason in my searching I hadn't seen Teflon buttons. I'll have to call up some machine shops in my area (few that there are) and ask about this. I'm sure there won't be anything off the shelf. I think I'd rather have this set up than trying to have a steel bushing made for the r...
I hadn't heard of buttons, or I'd forgotten about them. It's an interesting idea, although from one article I just read, they sound like they're intended to be used for race engines (torn down often). It seems that they basically sit in the space where the pin enters the piston, and the cylinder wal...
Thanks Jondee. The rods I'm thinking about this for are Honda, which all use press fit wrist pins. There's a little bit of old school upgrading for their D16 engines (very skinny rod) using a B18A/B / B20 con rod (more substantial rod). Some material is shaved down on the big end to make it narrower...
This is probably more of a general engine question, although the 4A-GE uses both types of wrist pin attachment. From looking at parts diagrams, it appears that the early 18mm press fit wrist pins are pressed directly into the steel of the con rods. The later 20mm floating wrist pins ride inside of a...
I'll have to remember these mods for the 7A-GE I want to build. Speaking of oiling and mods, would it be worthwhile to smooth out or polish the inner section of the block behind where the oil filter sits? And to radius that hole where the oil flows out and into the filter?
Epoxy instead of paint? Have you heard of ceramic coating a block, for shedding heat? I was talking to someone at a shop who has ceramic coated parts for me, was getting some ideas. I was thinking about ceramic coating the 4A block that I've been using as a guinea pig (smoothing out the inside casti...
Thanks guys. Although I have to wonder if the AE92 GT-S rear discs, with calipers and all, are the same size? It looks like the AE92 rear rotors are 1cm larger in diameter than the AE86 ones. This all spawned from hoping to buy a set of Tercel wagon 13" aluminum rims (square design) for one of ...
Thank you... I cannot believe that this info isn't out there somewhere in the www. At least not in my searches. I can't be the only person who has wondered this.
I was wondering, for those of us with a sedan or wagon (obviously non-GT-S) who want to do a rear disc brake swap. Or for those with the 88-89 GT-S with the smaller front brakes. Will 13" wheels clear the GT-S rear discs, calipers, etc? It looks like the USDM GT-S came with 14" wheels in a...
Thanks Jon. I didn't know an aftermarket ECU would be able to compensate for the distributor being slightly different. USDM distributors are definitely different than the ones you described. They both seem to have 4 and 1 pickups inside. I guess this will turn into a weekend project (on some weekend...
Techna-Fit does make a set for the AE92 GT-S. TOY-710SM The SM is for the smoked color. They also had red and blue, so the letters would be different. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Techna-Fit-Stainless-4-Brake-Lines-Kit-Smoke-for-1987-91-Toyota-COROLLA-GTS/264740215748 Looking back through my old emails,...
For USDM parts. I have what I am pretty sure is a stock SP distributor, came from a 1990 Geo Prizm GSi. And an MR2 dizzy which I know is OEM because it still has the Toyota part number decal. I set both to what I was pretty sure was TDC, but looking at the reluctors(?) inside, they aren't quite in t...
Thanks. Yes my pistons have that unfortunate slot design. That combined with being cast vs forged makes me leery of them, but as I said, I wouldn't try pushing them too much anyway. And I'd be paying someone for tuning, who hopefully knows what they're doing.
On a related note. For "3rd party" cast pistons, which don't already have a coating (whatever it is that was done on OEM 10.3:1 pistons), would having the domes ceramic coated help when pushing for higher-than-stock HP? I'm guessing it at least helps with heat dispersion and so prevents ho...
The DNJ pistons have worked out well for people's builds? I still have a set that I never did use. I was planning to send them out for dome & skirt coating. But then I had changed my mind to doing a 7A-GE with late GZE pistons.
for AWD, a boosted 7AG (stock head/stock cam) will make more torque than you'd know what to do with A plain old journal bearing T28, T3 or small t3/t4 will do +1 on that, use the N/A manifold for best results. My main concern would be your tranny at that output level. Thankfully I do have the small...
Rogue All depends on what you want from your engine. I had made a topic here a few years ago ( link ). Basically I'm thinking around 350 crank HP, so that my AWD drivetrain will put down in the range of 250-300 HP. I was hung up on cam choice, and turbo choice. I was looking at the GTX series from ...
I have a 7AFE longblock that's been sitting in my garage for a few years now. Also have a smallport head, 8.9 GZE pistons, Matrix Garage rods, etc. All of it just waiting on me to finish some other car projects that I ought to finish first. I'd love to get my 3rd car running and out of the garage be...