Toyota Corolla 1982 Ke70 V8

There is just something so right about dropping a big motor in a little car. Especially if it’s a V8! It was something that Sakai-san from motorFIX had been thinking about for years and finally last year, he went for it. From a mechanical point of view the Toyota 1UZ now residing under the lightweight carbon bonnet of the motorFIX KE70 has double the cylinders of the 4AG that preceded it and well moIt’s by no means a performance motor, having been designed more for wafting big luxurious Lexus and Toyota cars in silence down the street, but it somehow just suits the Corolla perfectly. It’s got just the right amount of power and torque and plenty of reliability, which at the end of the day is probably the most important thing in a drift carre than double the capacity.
But before we get to the oily bits lest take a quick look at the exterior of the motorFIX Corolla. Since we last saw the car at last year’s Nagoya Exciting Car Showdown it has slightly changed.