M y C A R Toyota Corolla GT-Z <SeCa> AE92

The Supercharged Days…..

When I first purchased this car back in 1994, it was already 5 years old, but it was in a tip top condition - still donning it's original metallic Toyota Flame Red paint with it's 13 inch BBS gold bicycle type spoke rims.

Back then, it was powered by a 16 Valve - Twin cam 4-AFE engine. Fuel is fed into the engine through a compound carburetor. The power churned out is not bad. Able to outrun most of the standard 1.6 cc cars that's onMalaysian roads. Not much modifications were done to it though, I've only installed a K&N all round air filter, a 4-2-1 mandrel bent extractor and an RS-R Turbo Muffler for the rear with a 2.5 inch header.

3 years down the road, the transmission was shot, so was the air conditioning unit ( the compressors, etc.. etc..) and the list goes on. I figure if I have to change the burned out parts one by one, the only thing left burning by the end of the day would be my wallet. So, I purchased a Trueno GT-Z (AE92) half-cut at a fairly good price and installed the engine and other necessities into my car. I retained the original dashboards and upholstery because the items from the Trueno doesn’t really fit that well into my car as holes and gaps are visible.

  The power plant for the Trueno GTZ is the Super Charger 4A-GZE engine.

 There are two models of such an engine. One, which is built before 1989, which runs on AFM (Air Flow Metering) system which can churn out 145bhp while those built later than 1989 and runs on APM ( Air Pressure Manifold ) system churns out about 165bhp. Mine is the 145bhp version. The power is not bad but it's not really a match for the local 'hit' in town which is the Malaysian built Proton Wira converted into Evo3s. These cars are implanted with the Mitsu VR4 Engine which can churn out an incredible 220 - 280 bhp. I guess that's a class above the ones we drive as we are only running on a 1600 cc while they are 2000 cc. Damn… don’t I wish my car can red line and leave them far behind… these jokers are really a pain in the ass.

I swapped the original rims for a pair of 15inch Enkei Alloy rims and installed a set of Michelins 195/50/15 tires. The traction offered is better than most of the tires sold locally but the price's a real killer (especially to poor people like myself J ). It stops on all round disc brakes, initially the stopping power is quite responsive but after replacing the worn off front brake pads it's not as effective. This is perhaps I was ripped off by the darn mechanics but that is another … untold story…… in the twilight zone… ;)

I didn’t to much to the exterior styling. No added on skirting, spoilers, front bumper lip or etc. The only spoiler this car has is the   rear   deck   spoiler  which came as standard stock items with the car and the added  on front  air  scoop which came with the Trueno Halfcut   this is to provide air to the intercooler placed  on top of the engine). Exterior stylist  freaks would definitely give me 2 thumbs  down and a tongue  sticking  out  if  they  see my car. Too plain perhaps. But then again… that's the    point rite? ;)