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1996 Corolla Conquest Seca 1.8 AE102R sway bars
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Mon, 22 December 2003 07:00
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just got me my first car the other week, it is all stock at the moment, i'm looking to reduce body roll while cornering and am contemplating getting sway bars or something that will help achieve my goal, i know lowering and getting stiffer springs and shocks works as well, but i want to keep it looking as stock as possible. any suggestions as to what i should do/get? and if possible a good place to get em or have a look?
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Brisbane
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Re: 1996 Corolla Conquest Seca 1.8 AE102R sway bars
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Tue, 23 December 2003 01:20
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Congratulations, you're on the right track, it's got to be a farkin miracle (it is xmas, after all).
Get the biggest adjustable rear sway bar you can find to begin with. The rear bar will give you the biggest improvement in handling for a given price. IE: spending $200 on a new bar will give the same results as spending $1000 on springs and dampers.
Whiteline make one for the AE101, part #: BTR71Z. It's only 20mm, but that's fine (my AE92 one is set to 20mm). They don't make a front one, probably because they can't improve on the factory one.
If your car came with a rear bar, you'll only need to purchase the bar, if it did not come with a bar, you might need link arms, and brackets/bushes. The bar will come with bushes and might come with the arms and the brackets. In any case, I'd but the bar first, then see what it comes with, then source any other parts needed.
If your car DOES NOT come with a front strut tower brace, i'd get this next, part #: KSB583 (adjustable). Whiteline don't make a rear brace.
There are 2 possible reasons for not making parts:
1. part not needed (no improvement)
2. no market for parts
If your car falls into (2.), you might have to look at TRD or something.
Another easy mod i'd recommend for the 101 is a custom short shifter. The 101 shifter has a brilliant design and is the easiest to shorten. (And you can do it any length you want, where as the ae92 is a bitch and is limited to a certain amount.)
Steps:
1. Heat the ball and move it up on the shaft about 10-20mm. (You're best off taking this to someone with a press to do).
2. Make a riser plate of about 5-15mm to sit between the plastic ball housing and the metal base plate.
For mine, i have the ae101 shaft (ball moved about 15mm), the ae101 housing sitting on a couple of sheets of aluminium (which are easy to cut), sitting on the ae92 base plate (which is required because the ae92 has different bolt holes/pattern and different length shifter cables).
Check this out (it's an ae101 shifter):
http://pub131.ezboard.com/ffwdtoyotafrm23.showMess age?topicID=469.topic
[Updated on: Tue, 23 December 2003 01:34]
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