4ABHGE's AE82 Corolla Twin Cam of WIN! (sometimes)

[4ABHGE]

Hey everyone,

This is my 1987 AE82 Toyota Corolla Twin CamIve owned it for just over a year, and am madly in love with the car. Its different, odd and it has a quirky box shape. So the plan was to set it up as a daily driver race car but at the same time not butcher the car up and keep it looking as close to original as possible. I have done all the work myself and have learnt many things about this car and also about anger management and patience haha

Heres how I bought the thing:


The car currently weighs ~900 KG without much of the interior and some bucket seats, to reduce weight.Unfortunately the car has blown two head gaskets in the past on two different motors, and has since earnt the nick name "The 4ABHGE" (lol) and because of this it no longer runs the standard 86 KW Bigport 4AGE but rather a Smallport 4AGE which had 103 KW from factory.

As it stands now, the only modifications done to the motor is a home made Cold Air Intake and a TRD 0.8mm head gasket.
The suspension is fully adjustable AE92 STD coilovers which were made to fit the AE82 by MRP, and an adjustable whiteline rear sway bar keeps the back from rolling around.

I have 3 sets of rims, 15x7 949Racing 6UL's, in bronze and black for daily and track use and the other set, which used to be for daily use is from a Holden Gemini and are 14x5.25(ish) with a decent amount of offset (Currently for sale!) And some recent piccies:

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I hope you guys like the car as much as I do

[shift_rook]

Not usually to big of fan but that's is very tidy! Get some vids next time you're out at winton

[Matt]

Some cool pics, very tidy car...

[dove grey 64]

looks nice, like the snow pics at the mount donna summit

[4ABHGE]

Thanks guys!

Dove grey: keen eye dude! spot on. haha



Thought id get some nice new wallpapers with the new wheels

[s13 james]

im also not usually a fan but this looks great,nice work

[d1staz]

Did I see you at the servo on Ballarat rd the other day? Was in my 86 and gave a nod. Car looks nice and clean.

[4ABHGE]

Yeah that was me, thanks mate! ill see you around

[myke90]

i do love these little toyota hatch's! they're just built for touge
very nice mate!

[4ABHGE]

So opened my packaging and found some instructions because this is such a difficult part to fit...



Wait... what? Greeaat...



Regardless I smashed the part into my car and took some happy snaps. Rebels gonna rebel.

AE82OC REPRESENT!!

Brace does wonders for the car. Toyed with my shocks a bit again and it feels awesome, you couldn't make a car handle much better in the wet, unfortunately in the dry it understeers a tad.
My only fear is the rear is too stiff for the front which is feeling funnier and funnier. With a few more goodies and a rear alignment Im sure its gonna feel different again.


Cant wait to tinker with this thing on holidays.. and race it!!#