perth's UK GT

[aubs]

hi all, thought i'd throw up my car, its about time.
its a 1985 ae82 UK GT-Limited corolla. and before you all roll you eyes, hear me out. it is 1 of 3 2door ae82 corollas' in WA with 1 other one aslo owned by me. the third is curently in a unknown state somewhere at a workshop SOR. being a ford mechanic the best comparison is, its about as fast as a AUIII TE50. it might be fwd but i love the styling, sound and plain rarity of it.
its almsot 100% original and in perfect nick.
the only real mods are a 2" zorst and a pod filter
i plan on keeping it as original as possible apart from a gze swap sometime in the future.
now the obligatory pics



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flamesuit check

[180SXTCY]

not my cup of tea but each to their own.

one thing id like to suggest is remove the stickers

[Frostitute]

Personally yes I'd remove the shopping list as well but if they came out standard with the car (Which they might of I have no idea lol). Keep them for originality. If I had a rare car like that best thing to do is try restore it make it absolutely mint. Then go hunting for performance mods if thats your thing.

[PAGZ]

Spray it, dump it, give it sum shoes.. got a soft spot for these cars!

[Lonewolf]

prefer a 20v than the gze in this!

[aubs]

yes sticker removal is high on the list, but apart from tidying it up for rego, all im going to do is enjoy it, i semi destroyed my old one trying to make it into something it isnt (racecar) so this one is purely for the love of driving

[Alt_F4]

Needs some nice rims to set it off and fill those surprisingly wide guards.

I like this car for the fact that it is pure sleeper :)

[doriae86]

its about as fast as a AUIII TE50.

250kw vs 86kw. crackpipe down bro

[fsbk]

240km/h on the speedometer? that's a bit optimistic.

from one corolla owner to another, i'm sure it's a ball to drive on your own.

[Brockas]

its about as fast as a AUIII TE50
You are pulling the piss right?

[180SXTCY]

*pop corn out and ready*

[Brett_J]

Even with the 100kw 4AGE it would get chopped.
TE50's do a 14.1 quarter standard, this would barely do a mid 15.
GZE equipped maybe.

[Joe]

I reckon I'd give it a good run in my Impreza GX.

[DRKWRX]

I had a Hyundai accent that was even with a rolla gti lol! good luck with the car though.

[Brett_J]

These and the 4 door were quick in their day no doubt, very chuckable and quite pokey off the line.But by todays standards nothing special.

GZE is a good option as its a strong as fuck block, can wind killer boost into them and they love it,but getting harder to find and harder to support.

20V is another good option, go hard N/A andcan take a turbo with lowish boost.

In the end its an old FWD so dont go too hard with it mod wise, you'll still get chopped by any light modded Gen 3/XR8/6T.

[Chase_d]

remove stickers, ditch the wheels, lower it on some low offset 15s, ditch front driving lights, get some tint on straighten the license plate, get a smaller straight exhaust tip and finally fix paint and pinstripe the front bar and you should have a fairly nice daily.

[Brett_J]

I have a mate with a 4 door unlicensed,bit of rust and igniter is gone, but it did run and has extractors, 2.5" exhaust and lowered springs,probably could have it for 200 bucks.

[aubs]

ok i was being a bit optimistic comparing it to a te50 mabey AU XR6 is a bit more fitting. and i was thinking brand new these ran about a 14.5 with the 86kw motor (well thats what motor magazine rekons anyway) and it does currently have a 100kw in it. On another subject it is really hard to find decent wheels for these, because they have a 4x100 stud partern instead of 4x114.5 and with the guards being so wide i can easily fit some 215 wide rubber to it, but finding the right offset and yada yada yada. it's realy more a cruiser and head turner because of the lack of passenger doors

[Lonewolf]

how is it hard to find 4x100 wheels?
almost every FWD runs them... what offset?

14.5 stock, nah...

[kurbn]

and i was thinking brand new these ran about a 14.5 with the 86kw motor

Ha! a 15.5/16 more like it. even with a 20v you would be lucky to crack a 14.

20v ST in this would be more fun than a gze, gze sucks in fwd format

215' s scraped like a bitch on my ae92, I dare say a 205 will be the max it can run

[SLEEKA]

I remember keatings AE82 back in the day, that thing went bloody hard haha.

The AE82 is a good platform and being 2 door it does look interesting.

Good luck with it

[TJ]

I really really really dont want to be rude in what I say here.


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