no prob

 

Amazing transformation. From tired looking Corona to b****en Corona just like that. Great job. But the AE86 is a decent ride, my friend rolls one as a street-legal drift machine. Custom tuned with the JDM 4AGEU and all the other goodies that make a real tuner and not a ricer. Just what the doctor ordered to clear up some confusion around Lake Elsinore, CA.

 

thanks for the compliment


but you confused the heck out me with the ae86 comment

 

Well, there are differences between real tuners and ricers; tuners have performance parts and look fast... ricers however, have no performance parts and try to look fast.*

Anyway, my friend with the AE86 has the JDM engine in it, the more powerful than US market 4AG-EU with tons of go-fast goodies under the hood. Somewhat like JDM sleeper style.

*I am an enthusiast in the real import tuning scene rather than the poser s***. I've actually studied what makes real tuners... but I prefer the sleeper look for these vehicles, less of a cop magnet and OE styling is usually better and stronger.

 

nope, still confused


no where in this whole thread is a AE86 or a rolla mentioned till you brought it up 3 post's up. i just dont understand the refrence, i agree with the mind set that 90% of the people out there "building" their cars are really just F'n up what was better in factory spec. but im, just not following you on how it applies.

 

Here's where I got it from. Sorry about confusing you and basically stealing the thread.

 

lol

thats what i get for speed reading my own post's



im hoping for work to begin on that rolla before june, or as soon as i sell the next thing im selling...


no worrys about the thread jack, id have to actually do something to the wagon to post about

 

some updates



noticed that my lower hose was bulging pretty good, and looked close to poping. so i ripped the thermostat out and saw it was all covered in a gunky rusty paste looking crap then threw it in a pot of boiling water for a while. never opened, so i rodded out the valve and stuck it back in. now during hard driving im seeing temps around 170, which is better but its still overheating a bit. i really need a A/F gauge, gonna try to not drive it that much till i get one and learn how to use it.



then i headed to my garage with the plan of tearing into the parts truck, and instead pulled out the heated springs from the wagon. can anyone else tell this was a bad idea?


threw in some other springs after i cut 3 coils off, then headed to the free wall to snap a few pics.

this one is from a couple weeks ago


these are from today, lil lower up front and i got my rake back

 

looking good nuff! i found a running corona wagon on craigslist for $300, but i'm about maxed on room for projects.....

 

other wise, i'd have stickers all over my truck

 

Looks sweet! Will you guys quit posting pics of these old Toys? You're getting me all excited and I start looking for some. lol.

 

You shoulda seen me when i saw a 1st gen celica... I was literally "hooked"

 

cool

Thats a cool project you got there, Theres a kid in pomona ca that has one, dont know whats in but its fast, i will catch him some day

 

that thing is sick i might have to plan a trip to Seattle just to check out your toys dang it lol

 

so im supposed to be doing body work on the hilux, but i cant stop F'n with the wagon


so first i took off the small maxima fan, it might work for a normal motor, but the SC creates too much heat for it. ill let everybody know if it does work on a normal motor ( gonna try it on the lifted celica)


now i forgot to take a pic before i started hacking at it, but this is what i cut off with the "accurate saw" from a 97+ bmw 2 speed 17in pusher fan (mounts to front of radiator)


it could not fit more perfect, i didnt have to cut a bit of the wagon




for refrence, the maxima fan resided on the inside in this itty bitty 3.5in gap


runs a bit cooler now, but i think im gonna go get me a 3 core radiator, i wanna have issues warming up the motor.




then i noticed that the rear tires on the wagon were $hite. turns out that after i "heat cycled" the tires they dont last too long and were looking scary.

happen to have a vid of the "heat cycle" from 3 years ago here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMCjqau341I&feature=channel_page

so i started looking at the uber rare 15in supras sitting on my "needs a Tcover gasket super bad" celica. then i said F it and slapped em on the wagon.


very happy with the look now, it looks like it tucks harder now but its just a illusion, overal diameter is the same, just more wheel and less tire now.



now looking at the pics, the rake is a lil too much for me. im either gonna put taller springs in the front or take the 2in blocks out and put in 3in. we'll see. i might just not do anything, we'll see how much it bugs me.



ps: you can jus see the front of the hilux i havent worked on in a week in the last pic

 

man i need to find me a supercharger!

 

Awesome thread.
i was thinkin bout getting a wagon at one point
anywho
I was wondering where you got those mirrors
In this pic
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i only have the one mirror.

and if i remember correctly its from a datsun 720, if that isnt right, its from a datsun something. that im sure of, datsun... something, 78-84 ish. found in a yard.


kinda pisses me off i cant find a yota chrome mirror thats a direct fit, and i broke the oem mirror, or my honda motorcycle broke the mirror, either way it erks me.


think the square mirror doesnt fit with the round body, but i love chrome anything so im mostly happy... mostly.



ps: bernie the SC can be had easy through LC for something like $3k

 

i had found one on craigslist awhile back for $500, but didn't have the cash...

 

i skimmed over alot of this but read alot too. sweet build. i want to do a 2nd or 3rd gen rolla wagon similar to this. but probably wont. anyways, you said that style wheel only came in 14x6 and 14x7...i have found a set of 14x8s before at the junkyard. on a celica supra. i know, because i wanted the tires. 235/60/14s. woulda fit nice on my lux if i had a wider steelie out back.

anyways, my vote is dump the back a little more. then the front. then the back again.