Ashkellybarr

Sweet man I'll clean EM up and take some snaps tomorrow. My aw came with them when I bought it, I don't know much about them, thought they were an option on FL?? Maybe not, I know my car had some work done years ago Mine also came with 18mm front sway and 14mm rear sway. I have what I think is a sw20 18mm rear sway here too??

Haha oh yeah those areas too! How can I forget

Ah sorry man dunno where the downs came from, maybe confused with anouther forum guy.Yeah I know. I felt really bad but I got it pretty much for free with the bc's, brakes and everything so I would have been stupid not to take it. Unfortunately it was around Christmas and I was changing jobs so had literally no cash to put even a ST in it. And then I was given a 2 week period in witch to do something with it. If it helps my crapy car butching reason Harry had the shell with everything, reg on hold, cert plate etc on trade me and FB for some time with no takers. He contacted me about as his mum was sick of it sitting in her one off st car park and said she would call the wreckers if it wasn't gone. So technically it would have been wrecked anyway, just as a complete she'll on adjusties and all so at least it help some people out on its way out No one wanted the shell, just vultures from mr2ocnz wanting rust cuts and panels Then not even 3 months later Harry offered me the complete 7A witch really pissed me off, if I had the motor I would have swopped all the good stuff off my white one into it and restored mine to stock (I still have unmolestered panels) It really pissed me off because it was a mint shell. Aside from some paint fade and butchered rear guards from Harry but that wasn't a biggie The roof is being used as a sun roof delete for a road/track car Boot and engine lid save one car on rust Rear lower c pillars saved anouther Side vents getting used to make duel vents on mine What was left was sold to a guy to use as serious rust cuts for his miss's I've still got all the glass and trims I'm using some of the trims to make molds so I can make carbon copy's when I have more time (their ready to be gel coated, just need some carbon mat) But hey it save 3 or more aw's from the wreckers and also some mint spares and gear for mine :/ Sorry man

No worries man! Makes sense

Hey mate nice aw! Will be mint once it's done!This sucks man, I'm pretty sure WOF guys can do the same :/ I've resently pulled my factory shocks out, they all have sway tabs and all are damper adjustable, would you be interested in the part numbers to see how they differ? Cheers Ash

The other thing I had to do was drill the other side of the gear box casing then press a seal in for the new leaver location So here's where I am now SSR formal mesh 4x100 15x7.5 15x8.5 +20 How ever to clear the brakes I'm getting spacers CNC'd so they will poke anouther 10mm, maybe 15mm on the front. Believe it or not it's cheaper to get them cnc'd then made in a lathe Spacers will fixed to the hubs for cert Flyers an old flyer from 85 from the Toyota dealership advertising the AW

So to get to work.. Shafts hardened steel so I had to grind threw about 3mm before it was soft enough to drill. The grooves I just cut with a thin angle grinder disk, and just turned the shft in a table vice. Worked better then I thought, and taking my time it came up mint, all the clips fitted perfect

With my Gbox developing a little crunch into 3rd it got me thinking about Gbox options. The e51 is a strong box don't get me wrong, mine being LSD too, and it might just need a fluid change. But the e58 shifts far better (duel syncro's and better leaver arrangement I'm told) and coming with a tighter LSD I thought it might be a good idea. One came up cheap with axels and ae111 twin pots And anouther that seems in good nick I got for $80 so I cant complain! Only problem was the shifter! I had a c52 aw11 shifter assmembly sitting around and measured them up. The c52 shifter case cover bolted onto the e58 as well And the selector spines on the shafts are the same too

Now some time after cutting up the burgundy aw Harry offered me the 7a :/ Orwell. So its been pulled apart and rebuilt. New motor for the aw will be Full ported and polished head. 267/270 cams 8.9:1 Pistons Turbo I'm yet to buy but I've got my head set on a garret gtx2871r or a gtx3071r as aevo9 upgrade so I can still use the Same manifold and don't haft to run an external gate With the 3071 I should be able to crack 400hp with the bigger cams, head work and better IC set up Pedals is one I've modified to sit out and over more to help reduce movement needed to heal toe

The good news is panels and rust cuts save three other aw11's That and I got some snazy parts for free

Now an old mate of mine from school had a burgundy aw11 with a trick 7agte. Now he pulled the engine to put in something else. Something to go drifting I can only presume. However that then left a snazzy aw11 with some snazzy parts. So I bought it haha this was ben old car, I found links to old school on his build thread Now for the Sad part. I had no space. Nor an engine handy, nor did I want to have two cars and spend money on it. Soooo..

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Not really AW related but my flat mate bough a mini clubman estate. Since then we pulled the motor out, re-built it. Re-sprayed the whole car in factory color. Didn't have a crane when we pulled the motor out so pulled it using some strops hooked onto the deck

Picked up an aero tech front lip at the same time. Made some alloy lip, side skirt and spoiler extensions. Going to laminate them in carbon mat with a clear epoxi

I mucked around a bit with some other not substantial things for a while but one thing that did happen that's to be weary of is the front engine mount. Where they bolt is pretty crape from factory. Running polythene mounts doesn't help either. I had a mate weld mine up but that annoying bloke at matrix garage sells a plate you can weld in witch looks to be a good solution

Can't seem to add many photos at once. finished under try and rad supports

Bonnet was a lot of work. It's still not finished today haha I've got a thing for making things out of fibre glass, flat mates nick named me "epoxi ash" Added a lip to help create neg pressure for exiting air, but also to look more aggressive

Tubing added and some stitch welding was done through the front One thing that bothered me was how the radiator is set up from factory. It's tilted back so the air flows into the front, thew the rad, then under the car. Now as far sports cars this is a huge aerodynamic no no So a whole was cut in the bonnet, under tray made under the rad and rad tilted toward.

So while I was at it I got bored and decided re think the radiator flow and do some rust prevention in the form of new seal. For the seal I used this building product witch I can't see what it's called cause I've lost my glass' but it's in the photo. Like a paint on rubber that's pretty light as far as rubber concerned and dirt cheap at hard wear stores

Shiny Painted in black engine enamel to be hard wearing and heat resistant

Next was the bushes and joints, all this stuff I purchased from twosRus and I haft to say, service, product and price was pretty good. http://twosrus.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=21 Front and rear engine mounts go in these. Rear tie rods rust up pretty good too Huge improvement to handling and feel, would definitely recomend this to anyone with an AW

So after owning it for a while I was aware of some rust and worsen out joints So up it went on stands! First the rust The two main area aw's get rust is the front bumper iron and the wind screen sill. Usually the sill rust around the air intake for the AC/fan (I have photos of this if anyone wants them) The second is the bumper iron. The bumpers have a foam core that supports the plastic outer. Water and condensation sit between the foam and iron, especially around the indicators

After not long the clutch slave went. Now you would think this would be simple but it turns out the aw slave is different to every other c series e series box Toyota. The bleed off is on a different angle because of the fire wall and all the other crap there. After not being able to sorce anouther I had to get the old one re-sleeved. Can't remember where I got this done but I'm sure there's plenty of guys on here who know where to get this done. First photos the repco, partmaster and anyone will give you if you ask them for one

So here's when I first picked it up. Little ginger fellas Findley, he's pretty into the AW too Made a new shift boot. Used proper leather hide from a place at the end of my Eden rd. They sell raw and processed hide along with all the studs, needles and waxed thread you need to do whatever it is your doing

Discussion Thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50119-ashs-89-aydub11/ So I've owned my little aw for nearly two years now Datsuns, Mazda and toyotas from 70's80's really flow my juices so.. Reason for buying was I wanted something older with some stylish flare yet quick, turns, and reasonable price for maintance parts So the aw with vented big brakes, supercharged motor, 80's AF styling, small, light weight with parts shared from Corolla's that I can get off the shelf at repco the aw11 made sense With the intention of keeping it standard I was quick to realise a 200k,km 4agze didn't quite cut the mustard After a couple track days with a friend with wide wheels and nice shocks coasting around me in his AW, well, we can't have that can we I've been on anouther forum for a while so I'll post up photos and brief walk throws on some of the things Ive done and if anyone wants to know I'll elaborate more on what ever on