Some quick Snap's

Got bored, and since I'm so "obsessed" with my car, (According to people) i thought i would take some more photos. :)

Also thought would share this lovely creation.

Some clear hood action.

Short Shifter

UPDATE:

I ended up taking out the ae101 shifter, and customising the original ae92 one.
I knocked of the ball, and ground down the shaft so it would slide up further.
I ended up extending it around 20mm, and then welded the ball in place.

Because of this i had to then raise the mount even more, with some big nuts, and washers.

With a day off, it was time to create and install the short shift.

I had been reading a few posts on forums of guys making short shifters with old ae100 series shifters cutting and welding original ones.
So i thought i would give it a go for myself.

I started out by getting a ae100 series shifter, and stripping it down to just the shaft.

I then went and yanked out the original one and stripped it down.

Painted the shaft, so it wouldn't stand out once all back together.

I checked the ae100 series side shifter piece to the ae92 original and found that it was a little longer. So i went and cut the them both in half and added them together to give them roughly a 5-10mm length increase.
(This will aid in the throw between gears.)

All welded together. (Excuse the "lovely" welds, done with a good old trusty arc welder)

As know both links are longer, they would bottom out. So to fix this i added some washers under the main shifter housing to give it clearance.

Put it all back together, and ready to put back in the car.

With the shifter know sitting higher than factory, the plastic surround had to be trimmed to suit. Out came the drill and the Dremel.

The rolla know shifts quicker than ever. 

By doing this little alteration, i am able to select gears quicker and it feels alot better than the original stupidly long gear change throw.

Hears a few more pics as it was sitting in the shed asking for attention.

Good things are a happening!!

So the next project is to make some sort of short shift.
After a bit of researching, people tend to do alot of ae101 shifter changes to the ae92's.
This is because the shaft on the shifter is longer so gives a shorter throw feel.

The next thing was to find myself a ae100 series shifter. I went to the local wreckers, found an old stripped out corolla and yanked out the shifting assembly.

Since the ae92 has a different surround with a steel holding, i had to strip down the shaft, and remove all the plastic surround.

Know i can strip down the old one and put this one in its place.

Stay tuned!!!

Maintenance

Some general maintenance over the weekend.
Front Gearbox Mount was less than favourable, so installed a nice and new one.!

Here's a few pics taken with my new camera, a Canon 600D

Clean..

Well i bought a Clear Cam Cover the other day, and since i had put some red adjustable cam gears on i thought it was more than applicable!

Here's some pics of the final product!

Super happy with it!!

TRD

Since I am now running some TRD goodies I thought it would be appropriate to have some sort of TRD badge.

I found some aloy carpet bagdes on eBay and thought that would suit just fine.

Enjoy!

Also added a little Reformed Ridez to the rear.

Rev Happy!

We are now REV Happy!!!

I have know installed a Lightened 20v Blacktop Flywheel and Heavy Duty TRD Exedy clutch and clutch plate..!
Saturday came and the gearbox was dropped out, with a bit of pushing and shoving, but eventually it popped out.
Removed the old clutch pressure plate, and flywheel.

Gave the new flywheel a quick sand, and bolted it up.
Installed and tightened up the pressure plate.

Now it was time to stick the gearbox back in. This came with its difficulties, we struggled to get the mounts to line up properly, and get the box to sit up against the engine.
Once it was all lined up, we tightened it all up and put it all back together.

The lightened flywheel gives the 4age a lot more freedom.! It revs alot freeier, and gives it a more torquier feeling down low.
The heavy-duty clutch is also quite a good upgrade.! With a more positive feel and gruntier grab.

Should receive the clear cam cover soon which will just complete it that much more!!