irokin

well....2 days after posting this I looked at an AE82 and went "what the f@$k was i thinking"....they really don't look that nice.... well....i guess driving 2000km around NZ will do that to you....(lots of circles) *spanks self*

Ok for some weird reason I had a dream about an AE82 last night....it was green...like a candy apple green..and it was mine. So all day (we traveled 7hrs today) I'm sitting there dreaming about AE82s...specifically the lift-backs (I hate the hatches). Love the car...great shape...but...FWD...my biggest enemy...its like kryptonite for irokins.... So I'm sitting there thinking about AWD...its just dreaming but if I could pull it off it would be one sick car...4A-GTE or 3S-GTE depending on what running gear is available.... Everyone says toyota AWD stuff is shit....which I'm really not sure anyone has tested yet...maybe some heavily hacked up GTiR running gear....220kw SR20DET anyone? meh...just a dream...I think I might get one even tho they are FWD who knows....my mind changes all the god damn time!! meh

No real Nav experience....I'm a pizza delivery dude if that helps (I look at a UBD every night I work...)

Funny you should mention that....we were walking through the rainforest up to the glacier and the guide mentioned that it was "temperate" rainforest...don't see how that works... I now want a Toyota Carib...saw one today riding on 15 or 16" rims....looked damn sexy...AWD too....and better still I think it runs a 3S-GE or similar...Importing one soon :)

Oh just a guage on how cold it is...last night in Franz Joseph (yea we stayed near the glacier and walked on fox glacier yesterday...got pics of my brother licking the ice....hahhaa) anyway it was -3 overnight....and at 3pm thisafternoon coming over haast(sp?) pass there was still frost on the grass... so yea...its cold... I can step out the cabin doorstep and look at snow covered mountains...and have been able to at every place we've stayed (Even in Christchurch)

Hey again... down in wanaka....and its cold...very cold!!! I'm gonna have to get to an internet cafe (rather than just a sealed box with a coin slot) and upload some photos....rest assured theres plenty of them....around 360ish on the last CD...and another full 256mb card and half a 128mb card now.... Found out the van/bus/thing has an interesting method to overcome single spinning... It detects one wheel is spinning and applys the brakes to that one wheel....kind of acts like an LSD but MUCH more active... Mumblezzz would love driving up and down the west coast....heaps of twisties with lots of grit/ice all over the road. Nelson? hrmm gonna have to have a look on the map...nothing is really planned on this trip so far...we're just winging it at the moment so going up there probably isnt out of the question....well see Photos coming...I promise!!!!

Hey everyone, thought I'd say hello before checking the rest of the board. Here I am in sunny(ish) New Zealand... Drove through Athurs pass today... We're driving a turbo diesel VW somethingorother camper van WITH!! get this... a FMIC! So when we stopped in the snow I stuffed it full of snow (mmm cold intake temperatures) I LOVE Christchurch. So much Id consider moving here!! flat as a tac, heaps of nice cars (HEAPS of toyotas) and within reach of very very nice twisties... Few corollas over here...heaps of starlets (not too many KP61s...but I have seen a few around) lots of GT starlets (they have such a cool intercooler scoop). Fuel over here is very expensive (111.9c/L for 91 octane unleaded) but diesel is very cheap (65.9c/L) and isnt taxed for locals...which explains some unexpected sightings...like...a KE70 DIESEL WAGON!!!!...I have photos...of all kinds of cars... hrmm....what else... oh a Supercharged corolla...few other weird and wonderful things (like different names on cars (i.e. torago, camry etc) I'll post up some pics when I find a computer I can use to do so.... Catchyas all later on...

everyones got their own favorite exhaust joint...

I think your IRS came out of a S12 Silvia...(yes they did exist..)

Pic no workie... edit...works now

GRIMAS WHEEEE

Damnit...someone needs to design a mini spool for corolla diffs...anyone??

Well said jamie hahahaha... At one stage I wanted to adapt a hilux diff so I could buy a ARB air locker mmmm instant locked diff....

After getting a pair of sumitomos on the rear of my car...I will most certainly be on the lookout for them again... They have taken a hell of a beating from all the scrubbing..and they arent showing signs of packing it in yet...

slick recaps...interesting... Thats accually what I'm looking for really....

I dunno what I'm gonna do... I wanna put wider tyres (like 195s or so) but the 175s already scrub badly...

aww poor fook..feeling left out??

100% I don't care what I'm doing Its cancelled..I am going to jambo. Gonna make a weekend of it this time :)

w00t *irokin chants* covergirl covergirl covergirl.... yay!!!

hahahaha...I can see someones gonna be busy....

I have a feeling the jap TA22 diff has the same universal as the KE Jap diffs... I know the all the KE jap diffs have the same uni... Up the front...dunno... I Think the AE86 gearbox clutch kits are costly ($190 or so when I priced them last...and thats for a stocker)

TRD!!! w@#$#@%$@!!!! I'll (hopefully) be in NZ next week :) you north or south?? We're doing only the south island...landing in christchurch...

http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index....=7&getevent=yes oops my finger slipped...

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If you can find a few other people I might be able to come and tinker...