Hi guys, I'm looking for advice for my next project.

 

I have recently been forced to abandon my last toy due to the body corporate at my new address refusing to let me keep an unregistered vehicle on the premesis, to now I'm looking for something complete that can be tinkered with while I'm using it for daily purposes.

 

I have an onslaught of parts I have kept from the last car that I would like to carry over to the new one, such as a brand new pair of 235/45/r17 tyres, various guages, so on and so forth.

 

my plans are to use an oldschool corolla from ke10 to ke70 or an old corona rt100/120.

 

motivation is at this moment looking to be a rwd 5s-fe bottom end rebuilt to suit a 3s-gte head.

 

I plan to lower the vehicle with the wheels and spend some time cleaning up the exterior and adding some jdm style accessories.

 

the engine will be pieced together in the garage over time until all the components are ready for a straight swapover.

 

any advise of links people might have to help along the lines of parts suppliers and tech information would be appreciated.

 

the reason for my broad choice of project is because these vehicles are becoming hard to find, so I will be purchasing the first suitable car I can find.

Edited January 26, 201016 yr by Nemesis

Body corporates suck monkey testicles. I'm an owner in a set of units and I feel your pain. Mine is garaged and i still get shit.

 

don't know what kind of advice you are looking for as you have such a broard range of models to choose from but good luck!!!

 

Personally I'd say an e7 but thats cos I'm an e7 guy. What was your last car? That would probably help people understand what parts you might have and which models they might go into.

 

EDIT: Where are my manners? Welcome to RC!

Edited January 26, 201016 yr by blzbub666

my last project was a td gemini, I was in the process of making a mitsubishi fto v6 to an a904 torqueflite transmission from a mitsubishi scorpion when my last landlord decided it was time for renovating and asked us to move.

 

I had an old corona rt100 back when I was 18, my first car and I had a little fun with it before the rust demons destroyed it.

 

be assured when I start to narrow down my choice of vehicle I'll update my first post but for now I suppose a checklist of what to look for on these vehicles would do, such as common problem areas for rust or mechanical failure.

drifters seem to prefer ke70/ae71 corollas... ae86 sprinters...so performance parts are plentiful for them... marvis' ra65 celica in queensland is also an interesting car..

"Let me tell you something son, A driver don't pick the car, a car picks the driver. Its a mystical bond between man and machine"

Edited January 26, 201016 yr by Johno

"Let me tell you something son, A driver don't pick the car, a car picks the driver. Its a mystical bond between man and machine"

couldnt of said it better, so you said it.

I will have to beat you to death if you put those tires under a corolla, ESPECIALLY a KE10 to KE55.

 

go buy a nissan... skyline, silvia, cefiro, build a fully sick engine and put those "mad drift rims" you've always dreamt of and drop it on it's ass for that wikid JDM look bro.

 

Ok, now I've got my late night drunken aggression worked out, your engine combo sounds sick. Nice torquey bottom end with a beautifully flowing head... I may suggest something a little out in the left field. how about a ST140?

 

I think they are massively under-represented, and certainly have the makeup of great potential. Plus, fitting your particular engine combination will be a whole shirt load easier with the interchangability with 2S to other S engines. You'll be pretty much buying your bellhousing and gearbox straight out as well as the 2S sump which you'll be needing to enable the engine to stand upright properly.

 

Take a look and see what you think... but please for the love of God, don't try and drift a KE10 with 17 inch rims...

lol just to clear it up, I'm not looking to actually DRIFT the car, I just like the styling these cars have.