boostedfe3

hey guys I found a 78 corolla 2-door for 200 dollars. My plan is to swap in a 13b rotary motor. this car will be street/strip car leaning more towards drag racing mostly. My question is that Im having trouble finding some parts for this model. I searched on the internet for it and all I find is stuff for 70-74 model corollas. Let me know if you guys think I should go ahead and buy this car. the only downside is that it doesnt have a title which i may be able to get in time. thanks for any info.

Turbo II-FB

its a 78 he whould pay you to take it off his hands

boostedfe3

So is the 78 model not worth the effort. This car would end up being back-halfed, with a ford 9 inch and 4-link suspension. Im pretty much looking for a car to drag race with.

puntorotary

not a bad find! theres many of those in Puerto Rico rotary,its a good body for a rotary.I have a 74 rotary

StinkyTurbo

Yes its worth it. The puerto ricans have been doing this swap for decades. They either swap a 3tc motor in their or 13b it. Just ask rx7 club member ssglopezvm. He has a rotory powered 81 Starlett. Ask him for details.

Matt22

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whats does that year corolla look like. I liek the old toyotas myslef. I had a ae82 hatch, and i totally like the 4age motor i had. pretty peppy. its is something i have definately considered. Matt22

Crit

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What parts are you having trouble with? I've got a few places I check that are usually pretty complete.

hbeemerman

those cars are pretty wasteful....wouldnt sink to much money into them

puntorotary

you have no clue what your talking about!!
some thing like this is not wastefull.

http://pistonvsrotor.com/secciones/p...mages/0001.jpg

Crit

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Is that your car? What parts are you looking for?

boostedfe3

Damn puntorotary i like that corolla. that is pretty much what i had in mind for the 78 im looking at. I havent bought the car yet but im looking into getting a title for it if I can get ahold of the old owner. As far as I can tell these cars weight around 2000lbs. does that sound right. Thanks for all the info guys.

Matt22

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HMM i would have to have to put that up for debate.

puntorotary

Yeah sounds about right. It aint my car just one of the many that are in Puerto Rico that we use to drop a Rotary in and make it fly!! That car is PP + NOS, it will be in the 9's for sure,i dont really think i would debate.

gerbraldy

pwnd, I had that same 78 but is was a 4door, didn't do anything with it though, saving the engine I have for a KP61 Starlet whenever I can get my hands on one.

Matt22

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hey puntorotor, that car looks like crap though.

13btnos

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I'd rather be fast than look good! But that's just me probably why I have a Datsun 1200 can't beat the power to weight ratios. I have had rx7's and rx3's, 2 each to be exact, they don't even come close to the weight of my current 1200. I'm looking at under 2000lbs with me in it and that's with all the factory glass still in it. Have to keep the glass in it because you never know when you might want to drive it on the streets.

saltyslug

13btnos you can get lexan and just replace the windows with it and still have them functional. I seen bug guys doing it all the time. Its pretty cheap from home depot. I seen a front window on a cadillac cts race car that just hadmetal tabs holding it in. That was a 200+ mph race car.

I think anything old school toyota and really fast is cool. Is that a rotary in that race car?

puntorotary

First off i rather have an ugly fast car than a nice shiny slow car,just like 13btnos said,second the car aint done yet,it still has some details to get finished...ummm like the paint job.

gerbraldy

Why bother having a track car look like a show peice, flat black is all you need as long as the car is fast.

diabolical1

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keeping in the spirit of random comments, i like the 78 Wagons ...

Crit

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Well, forgive me for getting back on-topic, but I found a lot of 78 Corolla parts at rockauto.com. They're the best source I've found yet for old steering parts and stuff like that. Give it a shot.

Matt22

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so you would rather have that toyota than an all stock RX3SP
or a all stock R100 even a Cosmo 110S?

13btnos

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Hell yes I would that car is an easy 9 second 1/4 mile car! The car is 3/4 chassis with a 13B PPort and knowing Puerto Ricans will be shooting atleast a 200 shot of Nitrous through it. Sorry but I am a fan of the rotary engine plain and simple and to be able to drive something like a PPort nitrous car hell I'd be the first one in line. I've had a clean '85 GSLSE and mint '79 RX7 also had a TurboII powered '73 RX3 and clean '74 13B streetported RX3. I just can't seem to stay away from these smaller cars like my Datsun 1200. If you have ever been in a 1200 with a rotary and say something like 300+HP you would understand why people love them. And I'm looking to make a lot more than 300HP in my 1200.

puntorotary

I like anything old school with a Rotary.

saltyslug

I wish I had this 12a when I had my b210 datsun. I had a 76 or 78(I forget), with 4 doors and it had the 1400cc witha rare automatic. I should have put a rotary in it instead of scrappin it when the auto trans went out *sad day*. yeah anything old school with a rotary is good stuff. it seems the old jap cars are better for these conversions( well old german cars also).