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Jordo's Wagon


Jordanrolla

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At long last I finally have myself a new toy to play with.

 

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1984 AE71 factory manual wagon

 

104 xxx on the clock

 

fairly clean

 

Mods are:

 

AE86 front struts with JDM brakes

XYZ coilover kit

front lip (mk 1 golf)

granny visor (genuine)

fender mirrors (genuine)

flared guards

Gemini front bar

16 x 8 steelies

 

 

Currently really don't enjoy driving it.

 

The rear leaf spring are soo stiff it feels like the tailgate is going to fall off

The valve stem seals are leaking so bad it acts like a squid on defense after every traffic light stop.

Really don't like the overly done guard flaring job.

 

So when I get the time to fix these issues I can't wait to go for a nice glorious run . . . mmmmm mmmmmmm

 

 

And yeah having all these at my disposal, 1 of them will eventually make its way into the wagon

 

 

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But for now it will have to remain stock until I finish moving and settle in

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  • 2 months later...

Howdy all, big move is over and finally starting to get settled in and get some work out of the way. Now i can start to have tinker with my toy.

 

So firstly got the rear wheels offset changed to a -12 so they sit flush with the guards, unfortunately doing this destroyed some of the paint, now I will have to get them powdercoated so i took the opportunity to fill the holes up where the ghey plastic studs go.

 

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Also took this, looked nice so i thought id share it

 

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Now on to engine choice . . .

 

Ive had the idea for a while but never really wanted to reveal it because i know how bad i am at making decisions. I was thinking another 4G63 but maybe do that for a cheap track car or something down the road. Then I was thinking a 2MZ-FE twin turbo'd with an auto behind it but there not readily available in aus and could'nt find an easy way to get an auto behind it. So that just left one engine choice . . . the mighty 1JZ.

 

The inspiration comes from one of my previous car, RA23 celica with 1JZGTE VVTi and I have NEVER forgiven myself for selling this car. At the time i pussed out because the rust was starting to get the better of the car so i sold it. It was the most inconspicuous car i owned, had a motec ecu, stock 1jz, standard CT15b turbo with 660cc injectors, stock auto, 3" exhaust and front mount running 11 and 18psi. This car could be on full boost at 2200rpm, took every car (and bike) by total surprise, you should have seen the face of the ferarri owner, it was not a very happy face i tell you! Had endless fun in the this car, effortless to drive i could be in overdrive @ 60kmph put my foot down and be on boost immediately. Got a 12.4 @ 110mph with shitty 205's on the back.

 

Anyways i could ramble on about this car forever but i wont, here are some reminiscing pics

 

 

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So today i got a chance to strip down the 1jz to get it ready for install and mount making

 

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Also happened to have the scaffolding next to it so i took a birds eye view of it sitting in the bay, really shows you what a monster of an engine it is. My engine crane really struggles with it to.

 

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yeah that was many moons ago, oh the memories indeed.

 

So todays effort,

 

I wanted to get this bad boy as far back as possible and the tunnel was stopping me. Also the intake being on the opposite side means ill have to make up some custom fuel lines that come out on the other side. This left me with only 1 line left, the brake line. Because I'm going so far back the bellhousing hits nearly all of the start of the tunnel so i had to simply re-bend the brake line to a lower position for when it exits the tunnel. Also did some choppy choppy.

 

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So now i can get all of the engine in the engine bay. Enough room at the back of the engine for water pipes, heater hoses etc.

 

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Now this is one long, heavy ass engine but it is also very low height wise. Managed to fit it without crossmember spacers and i could park a small car in between the strut brace and cam covers!

 

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