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1988 Toyota AW11 MR2 hardtop
Australian-delivered

Why is it called Zerogôki? Because I'm an EVA geek.

Engine: 4A-GTE
1.6L DOHC 16v EFI
Trans: C-52
5-speed manual

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Current list of upgrades:
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Engine:
- Full rebuild; bored to 0.5mm over, crankshaft balanced, block and head decked on CNC machine, 9.6:1 compression ratio
- Cometic 1mm head gasket
- ACL Race Series bearings
- OEM 4A-GZE 'smallport' pistons
- ARP fasteners (head studs, main studs, connecting rod bolts)
- TechnoToyTuning adjustable cam gears
- TechnoToyTuning lightweight single-row crank pulley w/ 36-1 trigger wheel
- Upgraded valve springs
- Garrett GT2860RS turbocharger w/ .64 A/R turbine housing
- Speed-Source stainless turbo manifold
- Removed TVIS mechanism from intake manifold

Fuel Delivery:
- 550cc SARD fuel injectors
- Walbro 255lph fuel pump (in-tank)
- Aeromotive 13109 fuel pressure regulator w/ Speco liquid-filled pressure gauge
- AN-6 stainless-steel braided feed lines

Engine Management:
- MegaSquirt III PCBv3.0 running MSX code
- TechEdge 2J1 wideband oxygen sensor controller
- Bosch LSU 4.2 7200 wideband oxygen sensor
- Ford EDIS4 ignition system
- J&S Safeguard Vampire 2-channel knock controller
- Bosch knock sensor
- GM open-element air temperature senor

Intercooling:
- Frozenboost.com 600hp water-to-air intercooler
- Frozenboost.com aluminium heat exchanger (radiator) 24"x12"x1" w/ two 10" fans
- EMSPowered electric water pump (75lpm @ 0psi loss)
- 3/4" copper pipe and heater hose to make up the rest of the system

Transmission:
- Second-hand 4-puck sprung centre clutch (unknown brand)
- ARP flywheel bolts
- Relocated starter postion to the intake side, using a 4A-GZE starter motor

Exhaust:
- 3" from turbo back, mild steel. One straight-through muffler and a Magnaflow catalytic converter.

Suspension/Steering:
- Custom Bilstein inverted-damper coilover struts with Swift Springs (12kF/7kR)
- TechnoToyTuning camber-adjustable spherical-bearing strut top mounts
- Prothane urethane bushings (full kit)
- Quaife quick-ratio steering rack (2 turns lock-to-lock)
- Stainless steel rear tie-rods
- Removed both sway bars

Brakes:
- RDA slotted brake rotors, front + rear
- Goodridge stainless steel braided brake hoses, front + rear
- Porterfield R4S brake pads, front + rear

Wheels/Tyres:
- Rota Grid-V 15x8 +0, bronze
- Hankook Ventus R-S3 225/45R15
- Full-size spare wheel replaced with space-saver

Exterior:
- RPM Racegear bonnet pins on the front
- Gas-strut for engine bay lid
- DIY sleepy-eye mod (thanks to Jon)
- Custom number plates

Interior:
- CAMS-certified half cage from Meridian Motorsport
- Kirkey aluminium race seat
- RPM Racegear 6-point FIA approved harness
- Racetech and Prosport gauges for boost, oil temp, oil pressure, intercooler water temp and AFR
- Speedhut Revolution GPS speedometer
- Speedhut Revolution tachometer
- Moved battery location to the front boot, using an Odyssey PC680 battery
- JonO short shifter w/ RSe drop plate
- Speed-Source aluminium shifter base bushings + brass shift cable bushings
- New leather shifter boot
- TRD Duracon shift knob
- Modified driver's side power window circuitry to enable auto-up
- Replaced green dash cluster illumination globes with red LEDs
- Darkest legal window tint from Tint-a-Car


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Stuff to do next:
- Get the engine run-in, and then tuned on the dyno
- ZG fender flares and wider wheels
- Replace the clutch with something better because it slips under high boost which sucks balls
- Install Bilstein SW20 coilovers. Need to get them adapted for the AW11 +rebuilt +revalved +resprung

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Future plans:
- If the gearbox or driveshafts break then I will probably upgrade to an E-58 or E-153 (after crying)
- Limited-slip differential (TRD clutch-type or Cusco RS-type)
- New steering wheel?
- Straighten all panels and respray


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Pics:

Win. Lovely exhaust, as well.

True-blue sports car straight outta the '80s. *Thumbs-up!*

Nice exaust

The Rota RBs look freakin' sweet!

And duct tape on muffler ftw.

Oh that's not duct tape, it's just the label that was on the muffler which now has silver paint on it.

Anyway I'm glad you guys like my ghetto exhaust

Sweet; it's a shame about the damage to the back though (actually, I'd recommend putting at least some money into fixing that before basically anything else )

Also: wow, the entire exhaust system? Now that only leaves me with one question: does / would the EPA chew you out or is the system pretty good, emissions-wise? Either way, you going to post a video soon?

RedCarDriver wrote:I'd recommend putting at least some money into fixing that before basically anything else

I would like to, bit it's not just a matter of 'putting money into it'. I need to find parts, which is a slow process.
The damaged area is not leaking or rusting and I can still get into the boot so it will be fine for now.

RedCarDriver wrote:Also: wow, the entire exhaust system? Now that only leaves me with one question: does / would the EPA chew you out or is the system pretty good, emissions-wise? Either way, you going to post a video soon?

Nah not the whole system, just cat-back. As for the EPA, it doesn't really worry me. Being in the trade means I can get dodgy/free certificates or whatever

Edit: as for video . . . I dunno. I haven't got a video camera

Looks absolutely awesome, love it!

Actually, that looks pretty nice. Love the color.

Cheers, glad you all like it

Hella yeah!
(WTF? that was freaky... I had a typo... but the typo was the whole word spelled backwards!)
Cool car. Would be fun to drive on a track or some twisties. Handling's received some good attention. How's the power though? It's quite a light car still.
Cool old school rimmies, lol.

baumaxx1 wrote:Would be fun to drive on a track or some twisties. Handling's received some good attention.

Yeah the upgraded parts give it awesome feedback in the corners, but like I said the shocks let it down a bit. At least it's comfortable, so I can't complain.

baumaxx1 wrote:How's the power though? It's quite a light car still.

Hasn't got much power really, but it loves to rev and the engine response is brilliant.
Also AW11s aren't really that 'light', compared to something like a CRX.

However a 2ZZ swap would help in both of those departments

Haha! One day... one day.

A 2ZZ swap would be nice, then you have a even more rev happy engine, driven a Celica and a Corolla with the 2ZZ-GE engine and have to say It's a lovely engine, there isn't loads of power low down but once it get's around 6K it's getting a real boost.
And in a small car like this it should be fun

Yeah it's lacking a bit in the bottom-end, so that's why I want to stroke it out to 2.0L as well Add ITBs and extractors and a few other little goodies and it'll be crankin about 250hp.



*keeps dreaming*

Isn't that a expensive process?
I know there are supercharger kits for the 2ZZ. for instance from Blitz or TDR/TTE ok they're not cheap eighter and won't reach 250 bhp (between 220 and 230) but they also give more low end torque. and sound cool

But then.... getting a engine is the first priority, I have no clue how hard it is to get it in a AW11, and how expensive a 2ZZ is.

boganbusman wrote:Yeah it's lacking a bit in the bottom-end, so that's why I want to stroke it out to 2.0L as well Add ITBs and extractors and a few other little goodies and it'll be crankin about 250hp.



*keeps dreaming*

You'll be lucky, unless your thinking of running a stand-alone ECU

Well yeah I think it's mandatory for completing this swap . . . along with a full custom wiring harness and one custom engine mount. The rest is plain sailing (apart from finding enough moneys).

The huge dent on the back of my car has been bashed back into shape, and I put my new (red!) bumper on there, and the right-hand side light was also replaced..

I'll get some pics this week. Here is what it used to look like up until now:






This photo makes me cry!

Thats a hell of a dent!

Well, at least it's fixed

How much did fixing it run you?

The bumper and new light cost me about $150, but the panel beating was free. Then there is the paint which was $20, and I'm getting that sprayed on soon, again for free.
Well when I say "free", it's more like the guy owes me one becasue I gave him my old wheels and tyres.

Anyway being in the trade has it's perks

Still need to get those pictures . . .

Dag, what did you run into? (Or did someone hit you?)

I spun at an intersection and slid backwards into a Ford Falcon.

The cause was a combination of poor tyres and lack of concentration, completely my fault. At least my car came out better off! The Ford was busted up big time.

Ouch, liability insurance FTW.