Vehicle Owner

Member ID: R1obbo

Location: Portsmouth, GB

Vehicle Info

1985 Toyota Corolla

Bought: Jan, 2007

Sold: Mar, 2009

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-605.5sec
  • Top Speed120mph
  • HP165
  • Weight2200lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Ratings

    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jul 25, 2009

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Rob’s Toyota Corolla
“AE86 Corolla Levin GT-Apex”

  • Currently 3.6 /5 Stars.
11 guestbook comments

Engine Stripping

 

With the engine choosen, the stripping began, starting with taking the supercharger and tubing off:

R1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

 

Next was the flywheel:

R1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

 

Then the exhaust manifold:

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 Other ancillaries removed:

 R1obbo's 1985 Toyota LevinR1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

 

Intake removed:

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Rocker cover removed:

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R1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

 

Camshafts removed:

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Removed head:

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Removed Sump pan and oil feed:

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R1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

 

Next was to get out the pistons and crank shaft and associate bearings:

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R1obbo's 1985 Toyota LevinR1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

R1obbo's 1985 Toyota LevinR1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

R1obbo's 1985 Toyota LevinR1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

 

 So with all this removed, only the block remained, so the rebuild and refurbishment could begin :D

 R1obbo's 1985 Toyota LevinR1obbo's 1985 Toyota Levin

 

Guestbook

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Timmo77  

Posted by: Timmo77

07/25/2009 07:39AM

DAMN.....! Awesome job! 5*****

georgiom  

Posted by: georgiom

07/09/2009 03:18AM

gorgeous levin! Seriously, good job. The 4A-GZE looks top notch. Plan on building another eight-six anytime soon?

michaeldc  

Posted by: michaeldc

05/10/2009 03:33AM

5 stars :) see my ride!

JoLavoie  

Posted by: JoLavoie

01/28/2009 04:45PM

wow i love your car men 5stars

TX-BluStreak  

Posted by: TX-BluStreak

01/28/2009 01:34PM

Wow very nice lookin Levin you've got there. Awesome engine mods you've equipped to this ride of yours; 5* on a job well done! Come check out mine sometime and tell me whatya think?

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: R1obbo

Location: Portsmouth, GB