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"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 10/21/2015 at 23:47 • Filed to: None

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Welcome to the Coroll’s Royce. This magnificent beast is a 1991 Toyota Corolla wagon, with the 4A-GE of course, and a 5 speed manual. She currently sports a set of E30 basketweaves. She also has no clutch. None, as in running, in gear, not touching the pedal and not even trying to move. And the CVs click like crazy when you turn. And the shocks are well into “should be replaced” territory. The current owner, a good friend of mine, has a different car now, which means apparently I get this for free! So yeah. I’m in the middle of moving, so it will chill in a garage for the time being until I have spare money to at least get the clutch replaced. I’m already impressed with it though, it’s been camping and off roading, has one of the loveliest shifters I’ve used, and feels much better built than the 2015 Yaris I drive for work. Updates to come at some point!

DrJohannVegas > gmctavish needs more space 10/22/2015 at 00:01

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AE111 20v swap or GTFO.

gmctavish needs more space > DrJohannVegas 10/22/2015 at 00:03

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I know what that means! I'm usually all BMW and Volvo stuff so I'm reading up on these guys and what can be done

DrJohannVegas > gmctavish needs more space 10/22/2015 at 00:09

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TheHondaBro > gmctavish needs more space 10/22/2015 at 00:14

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Fuck that, F20C swap immediately!

gmctavish needs more space > TheHondaBro 10/22/2015 at 00:23

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Haha that is solidly into things that I am unable to do

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > gmctavish needs more space 10/22/2015 at 01:02

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So... beautiful... :’)

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > DrJohannVegas 10/22/2015 at 01:03

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Good meme

gmctavish needs more space > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/22/2015 at 01:34

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I quite enjoy it....it's just so freaking versatile

promoted by the color red > gmctavish needs more space 10/22/2015 at 02:07

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Nice.

JGrabowMSt > gmctavish needs more space 10/22/2015 at 06:51

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Welcome to wagonhood!

What is your vision for this fine specimen?

gmctavish needs more space > JGrabowMSt 10/22/2015 at 08:55

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Thanks! Well it's current wheels will be taken to be the winter wheels for my friends E30, so it's getting a set of bmw bottlecaps, and then I think I'm going for a mild expedition feel to it, since it's already so good at so-called 4x4 roads

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > gmctavish needs more space 10/22/2015 at 10:53

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4AGE? I love those engines. You have the smallport one in that, which is the one to have as far as 16v ones go. You going to convert it to AllTrac?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > DrJohannVegas 10/22/2015 at 10:54

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BLACKTOP ALL THE THINGS!

gmctavish needs more space > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/22/2015 at 13:41

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Oh well that's good to hear. I'm not really sure, I think I'll be bringing it back to a solid baseline and see what needs improvement from there. But if it has the same floorpan as the all-tracs, that would be very cool

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > gmctavish needs more space 10/22/2015 at 13:43

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It does. You’ll need a ton of parts and I don’t know if the bell housing for the alltrac transmissions bolt up to the 4A or not, but the chassis should be the same. You’d probably be best off finding a junker alltrac to cannibalize.

gmctavish needs more space > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/22/2015 at 14:00

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Well that is really good to know....oh man so many possibilities

nerd_racing > TheHondaBro 10/29/2015 at 07:39

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Why not F22C? Is it less Reliable?