1976 corolla rally car swap, (now with working pic's)

freetard · Post by **freetard** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:28 am

so i picked up this dirty old rally/ice racing car. $400, full caged, with a running mazda 12a rotory under the hood. i even daily drove it for 2months.

the car was ok, but it needed alot of work. the suspention was garbage(ghetto lowered at some point in its life). the 1" think bondo on the roof was comming off. and the 1.1l rotory was cool and all, but just not quick enough.

so i got this shop (split with 3 other friends)

so now the car sits 95% striped. i'm looking for an other te30 corolla that i can take the roof/glass/doors/fenders and hood from. as for the suspention, plan is to mount an independent suspention rear sub frame, and same deal with the front suspention.

plan for the motor is 2.4l wide block bottem end. with stock sohc pistons. a 43cc chamber 1.8l dohc head. this should make around a 12:1 compression ratio, if it all works out. toss in a turbo harness with knock sensor, ecmlink to tune, gsxr throttles(8 injectors), and some super nasty cams.

i got a 1990 talon right now that needs lots body work on one side, the brakes are toast, and it not realy in the best of shape. i think its going to donate a lot of its parts to the project.

i also just picked up a 1990 dodge ram50, it needs to be turboed, but that can wait.

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:30 pm

coooooooool garage man

turbostellar · Post by **turbostellar** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:52 pm

cool corolla man. back in the day my dad had two of those. coupe like that and a wagon. looks to be like a cool project. good pick up price as well

freetard · Post by **freetard** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:21 am

after looking over this caged car, iv decided to scrap it. theres just too much rust, and its just to bent. so im going to take its cage. and stick it in the is much much better condition car.

starting to remove the cage. its going to take a bit of time with this little air compressior i got.

and heres the rear subframe, adjustable uper and lower arms well be added

im also having trouble tracking down a wideblock 4g64 motor, here in canada.

89coltgt · Post by **89coltgt** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:01 pm

Are you goint to run that 1g rear with the na 2.4? If you are planning to turbocharge it, I'd opt for a stronger rear axle, it would probably be fine with na hp/tq.

77amc · Post by **77amc** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:43 pm

That looks like a Talon AWD rear subframe..?

I might be selling my g64 wide-block, block (only 81K miles).
But first I need to research if/how/where to get a narrow g64 block..

shipping might be a killa though

What part of Canada?

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freetard · Post by **freetard** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:13 am

yeah im planing for a high comp 16v 2.4l NA motor, and its going to be a very very light car, so it should hold up, if not i can upgrade to a 4bolt rear end with out much truble.

i managed to get most of the cage out today, damn thats a lot of work, lots of places you just cant get the grinder in with the car all around it, so you have to remove lots of car first. i'll add some gussets and a couple of extra tubes just to be safe.

freetard · Post by **freetard** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:15 am

im also having trouble with just what cars came with wide block motors? i know my truck has one, but what about the vans (like eagle summits/dodge colts)?

freetard · Post by **freetard** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:22 am

77amc wrote:That looks like a Talon AWD rear subframe..?

I might be selling my g64 wide-block, block (only 81K miles).
But first I need to research if/how/where to get a narrow g64 block..

shipping might be a killa though

What part of Canada?

E

im in vancouver.

89 hyundai sonata's came with 6bolt narrow block 2.4 (stamped as a g4cs)

freetard · Post by **freetard** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:54 am

cage is out, i just need to make a couple more cuts so it can fit thru the doors. and remove the rest of the old car from it.