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