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If you aren't already go read club4ag and hachiroku.net If you are in a dry climate look for rust on the hatch and around the indicators get under it and see how bad the rust is down there on the suspension and drivetrain, if it comes from a place that rust is an issue it won't be worth the trouble. Look for broken interior bits, they are fragile and getting harder to find. If the interior is stripped don't do it. Find out if it has an LSD and if it still works, it probably won't. Real racing parts for it would be a Watts link in the rear, LCA spacers, a cage and rosejointed linkages. More likely it has cheapo coilovers, a big exhaust and a badly installed harness. The 4age is a great engine, it's basically a Cosworth BDA for the consumer market. It's fun while still being reliable, it can be driven a quarter million miles with nickel and dime maintenance. However the design is over 30 years old, the only cars it really shines in are old restomod roadsters. Problem areas on it are the ignitors and AFM, and mostly being full of oil sludge due to neglect. 0-60 when they were new was 10.5 seconds which was quick for a grocery getter in it's day but now anything will outpace it. That isn't to say they aren't fun to drive, they are small enough to blast around town and rewarding to drive at reasonable speeds. The engine will stay reliable under boost to about 240hp but the transmission won't and swapping a w56 in requires a custom bellhousing and clutch. Also since they are AFM turbocharging isn't trivial, you'll be in for a standalone ECU most likely. If you want it to go actual fast you're looking at an engine swap. If you want to blast around like a maniac at speeds up to and including 60mph then it will serve you just fine as it is or with some smart suspension upgrades.
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Yeah, that's way too expensive. It's not in anywhere near the shape it would need to be to be a collector car in the future. If you're just looking for a fun car $5100ish can go way further. edit: 5min on craigslist brought up some interesting stuff. http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4686902785.html Silvertop MR2 http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/4689466236.html Galant VR4 http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4619758371.html I miss my RX-7 http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4640532563.html Low mileage Miata http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4695175755.html Corvette http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4675535101.html Supra or just end it all right now with a biturbo http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4576494965.html Of course if you are just really into the idea of a Corolla GTS absolutely chase your dream, they are easy to work on and fun to toss about. I just find it hard to justify when I paid $500 for mine and my friend paid $1800 for his but this was before Initial D became a thing and the Drift Tax was imposed. Bibendum fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Oct 2, 2014 |
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