The talented teachers and students at BumpStop Car Mods & Mentoring in Penrith, New South Wales converted this 1994 Toyota Corolla AE94 into a RWD race car. They call the project Missfire and it uses the running gear from a third generation (VY) Holden Commodore SS. That means the car has a 5.7 L LS1 … Read more
This 1987 Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 is for sale in Norfolk, England for £47,500 or about $61,823. The project was built by Conrad Bradley over the course of 12 years at a cost of over £70,000 ($91,107). Under the carbon fiber hood sits a 2.0 L 3S-GE BEAMS inline-four built by Pete Whitfield that makes … Read more
Fredric Aasbo competes in a RWD Corolla built by Papadakis Racing. Under the hood sits a stroked and turbocharged 2.7 L 2AR-FE inline-four that makes 1,000 horsepower to the hubs with nitrous. The team was able to complete the build in only two months. Watch as Stephen, Shawn Hillier, Aldo Villagran, Georgheinz Rios, designer Jon … Read more
Fredric Aasbo competes in a RWD 2019 Corolla built by Papadakis Racing. Under the hood of that car is a specially built stroked 2.7 L 2AR-FE inline-four that makes 1,000 horsepower thanks to a Borg Warner EFR 9174 turbocharger and 150 HP nitrous system. Watch as Stephan disassembles the 2AR inline-four after 4+ weekends of … Read more
Papadakis Racing needed only a few months to turn a 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback into Fredric Aasbø‘s new Formula Drift race car. The team converted the car from the factory FWD drivetrain and 2.0 L M20A-FKS inline-four to a RWD drivetrain and 2.7 L 2AR-FE inline-four. The longitudinal 2AR motor features Portflow Design head work, … Read more
Colin Frost from Big Country Labs stopped by the Donut Garage to show off his Toyota Corolla AE86. The factory 1.6 L 4A-GE inline-four is no longer in the engine bay, replaced with a fifth-generation 20v 4A-GE “Black Top” inline-four that Colin estimates is making 140 horsepower. The drivetrain consists of a manual transmission connected … Read more