this fanboy 4ag crap is getting old. how can you possibly say the 4a is the best? it doesnt make the most hp, it doesnt make the most tq, it doesnt have the most potential. its not the most reliable. it doesnt have the best flowing head. seems as long as you can extend the list of mods in your sig for the motor, you dont care how little power you actually make. who cares if you have 20 name brand parts if your only making 170hp. id rather have 3-4 mods listed and be making 3-400hp. making a 2zz rwd wouldnt be hard, but then again it would require fabrication, which requires skill. a trans adapter plate would take a few hrs to make tops. and then a forward facing intake, or if leaving it n/a, just grab som itb's etc... and go standalone. then again, people that love the 4a usually cant run a standalone, wether its from lack of funds or simple lack of ability to install and tune. a 3sgte is a rather easy swap for a corrolla. especially if you grab one from a 87-88 alltrac. wont even have to mod the intake manifold. though a 3rd gen 3sgte with custom intake manifold would make double the power of a 4age easily and reliably. yet no one does it, simply because it costs some money. a beams 3sge swap with 6 speed rwd trans is less then $2k(i know, my buddy is contemplating putting one in his 510). why doesnt anyone do it? oh, cant afford the engine. doh. and the ones that can, cant do the simple hook up of the 5-6 wires needed to make it run, or the others so the gauges work. if you want to rev to 9k with no power, stop buying ae86 corrollas and go buy a damn honda. with the honda, at least people expect to see you perfromance shoping at pep boys. with the corrolla, its just sad.

i would say just swap a 2j, but the fabrication involved would cause 99% of corolla owners to fall over dead.