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  1. Some very nice metal work going on here! Keep it up. Mark
  2. Even though home made rotisseries can sometimes be a hassle (compared to the ones you could buy), I would still reccommend doing it. It makes so many things so much easier that it is well worth the trade off in time spent making one. Here are a couple of pics of my car when I was working on it. I probably could have done it without the rotisserie, but it would have taken even longer. And having your sandblasting done by a professional is a smart move. I did mine myself and regretted it. I spent twice as long cleaning up as I spent blasting. Mark
  3. I never realized how FEW engine bay pics I have. I'll see what I have on the computer at home, or I'll take some and post them. Anyway, here's what I did last weekend. This is what I built it for. First a couple of pics: That Cobra did not survive the day--broken shifter and straight off one of the turns. No other damage though. Luckily, I survived with no problems. I have to put a disclaimer on the video: The car is still being sorted out, so my fuel map over 5000 RPM or over 7 PSI of boost was so rich it was like hitting a rev limiter at either of those points. The boost limit was really frustrating because I had to really feather the throttle, and I could NEVER go to full throttle. Also, I was running crappy brake pads that were not up to the task, so stopping after a few brake zones became really scary. But even with these limitations, it was still ME holding the car back. Each lap in this session was two seconds faster than the last: 2:17, 2:15, 2:13, and 2:11. The one in this video was the fastest one. All in all, I had a blast. I highly recommend going to a track event, it is totally worth the money and the only way to REALLY know what you and your car can do.
  4. I have a 1UZ in mine (TE37 but same thing, right?). But it's probably not going help you very much. http://www.rollaclub...537#entry623537 Mark
  5. Excellent write up. My project was WAY more than just an engine swap--but you described my planning process pretty much to the letter!!! It is impossible to overstate the importance of planning on a project (unless you have an unlimited supply of money, that is!). Anyone who is thinling of starting a project should read this and give it serious thought. Mark
  6. If all of the above is REALLY true, then you should just start tearing things up. You have enough skill to get it far enough along for a relatively small amount of money, so you will have enough to pay for the things you cannot do yourself. This will keep the project from getting too expensive. The most important is your last statement: the WILLPOWER to see it through. If you really have it, then just start working, so you will have more SPECIFIC questions about what you are actually DOING, so that people on forums like this will actually want to answer and help you out--instead of arguing about stupid shit. When I started my project, I knew it would be intense but I also KNEW I would get it done. I had a specific goal in mind. I lurked on a few forums doing research for a while, then dove right in with a grinder and a welder--asking questions as they came up. Took a while, but now I have the baddest Corolla in the world. http://www.cardomain...-toyota-corolla Mark
  7. Thank you for pointing me toward one of the few places where there is love for old Corollas!!! You guys know what's up. I'm glad you guys like the car--some how I figured you would. Mark
  8. I thought would post up a few pics and links about my car. Some one posted about it two years ago, and I have been lurking here ever since. I have been working on it since 2006, and the car is finally pretty much done. The summary is that it's a 1975 Corolla body that was in horrible shape when I got it. It was so rusted that I cut the firewall and the entire floor out. The shell sits on a chassis that I built to to hold the front and rear suspension from a Lexus SC400, powered by a V8 from the same donor car supercharged by a M112 from an SVT Mustang, and backed up by a T56 from and LT1 Camaro. Every bit of work required to do this was done by myself in my little two car garage. A complete build log can be found here: http://www.cardomain...-toyota-corolla I have a few videos, they are not very good-but better than nothing: http://www.youtube.c...11?feature=mhee I still have a lot to do: put the side glass back in, get the A/C working, install a sound system, finish the interior, and paint it--to name a few of the major things . I have just started to drive it around, it only has 14 miles on the odometer now, so I have a lot of engine and suspension tuning to do. In reality, it will never be "finished." Mark
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