"Tohru" (tohrurokuno)
01/13/2016 at 20:32 • Filed to: None
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"Tohru" (tohrurokuno)
01/13/2016 at 20:32 • Filed to: None | 1
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So, I’ve been hankering for a different car because I haven’t bought something different since the Buick. And I’ve come across a pair of notchback Japanese cars locally. Now I have to decide which, if any, I should get. No pictures yet because Kinja mobile.
1) 1986 Nissan 200SX, aka S12 Silvia. About 70k miles, front fenders are rusted out but chassis “appears sound”. Interior needs some love. CA20 and 5 speed. Motivated seller, recently dropped price from $900 to $500.
2) 1985 Toyota Corolla SR5 RWD. EDIT for more information: 153k miles, originally from Kansas, manual trans, not running because it was blowing oil out the breather and leaving puddles when parked (seller's words). Body appears pristine, comes with Watanabe/Minilite style wheels. $1500.
Or do I just keep the trio of Bonneville, Century (still down with fuel issue), and F150 (popped a rear tire last night)?
Eggplant
> Tohru
01/14/2016 at 02:23 |
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What are your goals here? To bring things back to stock and running, the AE86 is probably going to be easier, as 4A-Cs are often pretty much cheap as free if you can find one.
If you want to make things fast, that’s a different proposition altogether. The S12 is probably the better chassis to start with, provided it’s as solid as it appears to be. There are more options as far as swapping out the engine goes (hello SR20), and and it likely starts out with the better rear suspension/brakes.
The AE86 on the other hand will need to have the rear end replaced either way. Even if you don’t mind the drums, the gear ratio back there is a little tall for spirited driving. I’m also pretty sure it’s going to be an open diff as well. Up front, you’ll have to decide if you want to screw with wiring to convert to EFI when you upgrade the engine. It’s likely okay if you’re running carbs, though.
Rainbow
> Tohru
01/20/2016 at 09:46 |
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Hey Tohru, this is unrelated to the post, but out of curiosity, do you know if you could get me the files for your version of WMM? I tried borrowing someone’s Quicktime Pro, but it didn’t work right for dashcam compilations... So it seems my only option is to downgrade Movie Maker so that it can support Quicktime files. And, of course, Microsoft won’t let me do that...
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Tohru
> Rainbow
01/20/2016 at 14:21 |
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Windows Movie Maker? Yeah, email me at uppermidwestkinja at gmail and let me know what files you need. I’m running Win7Pro 64bit.