Taking the money from the sell of Sebring, I intended to get the Corolla back into DD status. First order of business was a tune up and ripping off the useless emissions crap. http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/spiffy1379/Ariel/2013-12-21110341_zps320fb258.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/album...

You´re right, thank you for reminding me ;) Distributor shaft has to be slightly modified to clear the ARP head stud. However, I´m going to use distributor with stock ecu just for brake in time. After that I´ll switch to DLI setup with coils and fully programmable stand alone ecu with agressive map...

I'm sure if you're aware, but the ARP stud on the exhaust side, number 1, will interfere with the stock distributor in the head. The ARP stud is longer than the OEM headbolts and will catch on the end of the distributor shaft. Be cautious about that and take appropriate measures.

Yeah, she's been in a kind of downhill slump. The last 2.5 months have been full of ups & downs but I need to take a break from obsessing over her.

July 2013 The tags on the Corolla expired at the end of June, so I had sought out other transportation as devoting time & money to Ariel seemed like a bad idea. I ended up picking up two very different, crappy cars as potential DDs: A 1993 Hyundai Excel, and a 2001 Chrysler Sebring Convertible. ...

June 5, 2013 http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/spiffy1379/Ariel/20130529_133547_zps25242ab9.jpg I had a day off with some nice weather and an itch to drive, so Ariel and I made a trip up to the canyon for some spirited driving. Before I got to the “really fun parts,” I hit a k-rail. :-( http:...

Man, it has been a long, long time since I updated this. The last update was back in April of 2013. I dyno’d the car and put down a (respectable for a mostly stock Corolla) 105.5 rwhp & 93.8 ft-lbs of torque. After that, I continued to daily drive Ariel with very little fuss (lolz, yeah right!)....

I'm working on a proper update right now. Lots of things have happened since the last update.

pm sent for tail lights, bumper, front corner lights & 4-link

PM sent earlier today

I added my dyno run & car info in the other thread (OST or any mod, feel free to clean it up or ask me to clean it up as necessary). link -> ...viewtopic... I'm pleased that I put down more then 100whp, but I'm not sure why they didn't take the car above 6k rpms. In my excitement of having the c...

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/spiffy1379/Ariel/20130414_115938_zpsa06a6b1a.jpg 105.51 whp @ ~5800rpms 93.78 ft-lbs wheel torque @ ~4800rpms Not sure why they didn't take it higher then 6000rpms, but I know they only ran it twice because I forgot to turn on (or tell them to turn on) the e...

Still haven't done anything about figuring out the vibrating steering wheel. Too busy doing a fluid change & taking it to a dyno day. I think I should take care of the leaking input shaft on the transmission before I worry about the steering. I'd hate to burn up the trans.

April 14, 2013 – UMCA Dyno Day! http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/spiffy1379/Ariel/20130414_093843_zps51aee877.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/spiffy1379/Ariel/20130414_114105_zps6f71f081.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/spiffy1379/Ariel/20130414_114142_zps7e635c5b.jp...

April 13, 2013 – Freshening Up http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/spiffy1379/Ariel/20130413_141156_zps5c6da1fd.jpg Today I did some maintenance on Ariel. Changed the engine oil, transmission oil, and differential oil. I also cleaned the air filter and replaced the fuel filter. I seem to be lea...

Wheel bearings were replaced back at the beginning of November 2012. Both inner & outer tie rods were replaced when I did those ~2 years ago. When I had the car up on stands and my dad was shaking the wheel, I looked for play, with the dust boot removed, in the inner tie rods. I did not see any ...

My steering wheel vibrates a most speeds and it's bugging the hell out of me. The last time I changed the front tires, I shook each wheel to see if there was any play. Both sides had play, about 1-2cm, in the forward-backwards direction (place hands at 3 O'clock & 9 O'clock and shake the wheel)....

March 20, 2013 – Employed & IDrift So at the end of February I finally got a job at an O’Reilly’s Auto Parts store in Syracuse. It’s nice to be working again and I’m really enjoying it! Now I can afford gas to drive and hang out with friends! First I fixed my fog light mounting. One of the light...

inspiring story of a "little engine that could" but hum I'd said civic since they're dime a dozen in most places so maintenance aint too bad I've thought about a Civic too, but I'm a little particular about what kind of Civic I'd want. Right now it looks like I'll be getting a cheap Hyund...

Nothing to update about my car but I do have an update to my life. I finally have a job! I'm working at a local O'Reilly Auto Parts store. It's only part time right now, but it's better then sitting around doing nothing. Once I get more settled into this job, I might look for another part time job b...

There's a chance the speedometer drive gear could be going bad. You can replace the plastic gear and sleeve without dropping the transmission. P/N 33404-16010 - Speedo-sleeve sub-assembly ~$28 from Toyota P/N 33403-19135 - Speedo-Driving gear sub-aseembly ~$33 from Toyota **Note: 19-tooth plastic ge...

a friend of mine had told me that if they were ever pushed forward of the vehicle the corollas done. He probably said something like that because it'd be difficult to get an insurance company to pay out a "fair" amount for our cars, so if something happened, they'd likely total it out. Bu...

Um, yeah. Screw going anywhere today.

SS lines aren't hard at all to install. Use a line wrench to take off the old lines and route the new lines exactly how the old ones were routed. Make sure you have something to catch the brake fluid that will spill out when you take off the lines. The hardest line to install is the line from the ch...

Thanks! I've never "properly" fixed the fender. I just took it off and tried to bend it back into shape. Every now and again, I have to pull/pry on it to keep it from catching on the door. Ideally, I'll replace it in the future, but it's just not a priority right now. My autocross setup wa...

January 12, 2013
Well, this was from Saturday, but it was a lot of fun.

Playing around in the snow with my brother riding along.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qcTelDF3Yto?rel=0

Letting my brother try out my car.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/7czj9THYDLk?rel=0

December 29, 2012 Went for a drive today. I don't think my Corolla really should have been able to get a few of the places it did. Out by Farmington Bay, west of Legacy in Clearfield. Yes, I drove through that (on the left side of the picture are my tracks.) http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/...

December 23, 2012 Got some fog lights from a friend for a steal and installed them this weekend. I rather have square or rectangle lights, but these were too good of a deal to pass up. I might switch the bulbs to some yellows instead of whites though. http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/spiffy1...

November 21, 2012 I picked up a 90ish Honda Accord front lip at the junkyard a few weeks ago. Finally mounted it up. I had to trim about 8 inches out from the center of it as it was too wide. I also had to fight with it a little because it isn't the same shape as the Corolla, but all said and done, ...

November 9, 2012
Winter wheels and snow tires mounted.