Flippin 40 hour round trip to the south. What a nightmare.


Anyhow,

1980 Toyota Corolla
Bridgeport 12A
RX7 Transmission
4 Link Suspension
Holley 650 Carb
Holley Blue Pump
Holley Blue Regulator
Msd Ignition
Magnacore wires
Racing Beat Intake Manifold
Custom Exhaust
Etc. Etc.

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I'll begin stripping it today to get it ready for:

13B w/Raceport
80mm Turbo T6
Blowthru Carb
Full Alcohol (No Gas)
Minitub most likely
Built 8.8
Weld Wheels
Full restorated interior
Color Change
Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.

This thing makes my old RX7 feel heavy.
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LOL sweet.

 

im glad to hear you sold your blue car. That thing was pure sex if you do not mind me saying

I drove past a car just like this in Houston but it was orange and had puerto rico plates on it. Just sitting outside a guys house at about 9:45pm. I drove by the same place a few days later at about 1pm and it was gone. I have not seen it again

I could tell it was not stock by the suspension. It has a nice rake on it with some bigger tires in the back.

 

Why blowthru? What size tire will fit? You said it has a 4 link. Is it a factory 4 link? I dont know what they came with origionally.

 

dude i want one that thing is ****** pimp

 

DAAAAAmnn that thing is nice lupe. Love punto ochos(rican way of saying 1.8 rolla) lol. good luck with it and hope u run fast times with it.

 

Yeah, Factory 4 link. We're going to upgrade the factory 4 link and install a built 8.8.

I have pretty much everything needed for a blow-thru setup so I'm going to give it a try. I have someone locally who has alot of experience with blow-thru carb race cars.

I'm trying to find out if a 26X11.5X15 will fit with the stock tubs (I doubt it). I'll probably mini-tub if that's what I need to do.

 

Lupe i seen alot of them fitted with 28x9x15 fit under there with no problem. Here is a pic of another nice one i found with the stock tubes still in place

 

The car in the pic above doesnt look to have 28's. Those look like 26's, mounted on 15's. The tires in the cars above are 29's, 30's, somewhere in that neighborhood. How far inboard do the suspension peices fit? If you are having a rear custom fit with all the brackets welded on, you might not spend much more money changing it to a drag racing 4 link setup. If they are cutting the tubs out, how much more is it just cut the whole floor out?

 

PS, Im excited for you LUPE. Those old Corollas are badass. 600 horse in one of those will KILL you lol. Very nice.

 

Dude i never stated that the white corolla had 28inch tires. Never even said what tire size it has, This one haves 28x9 in it.

 

this one haves 26x10 and they still fit with no problem

 

Do you mind if I ask what type of blow thru system you are going to put together. Just wondering.

Holley?
Weber?

They all work just fine you just have to spend time on them and tune them just like any other setup.


Good Luck

 

Looks good Eric, now drag her down to TX and we'll throw a 3/4 chassis in it.

 

TE72 ftw

 

Nice looking car, but why did you drive 40 hour round trip for a basically stock toyota corolla? I mean you're going to junk the engine, trans, rearend, suspension and start over why not just buy a stocker corolla closer to home?

 

Nice!

 

Have you ever been to the midwest ? Old school japanese cars don't exist here.

Also, the car is already fabbed up for a rotary. It came with some performance parts that I can sell and I feel that I got a pretty decent deal on it.

 

Nice find Eric.........
Will it be ready to race this summer at Gateway?

 

I don't know, we'll see. I'm picking up the 8.8 rear end and 4.56 gears today.

The first thing we're going to work on is getting the rear end setup, mounted and minitubbed.

I'm going to run a 15X10 wheel with 26/10.5/15 tires.

 

UGH. Well it ain't no 3rd gen

 

so how light is this one gonna be after the "strict Cheatham car diet program"???

 

Yeah, these are the same size wheels and tires I'm getting. I did find out that the largest tire I can fit with a minitub is a 26/10.5/15 .

 

I don't know. It would be nice if I could get this down to 1500 lbs with a full/modified interior. I haven't really got down and studied the car yet to see what I can remove. I'll be removing the stock rear end this weekend so we'll see.

 

I can not wait to see video of this crazy *** car running down the track *thinks about the vids of your old FD.*