beatdownte27mango

mmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm SEXY!!!!!!! :D

I thought the info on early Celicas to be really interesting. How about that oddball ass camper-wagon thing? They built some funny stuff!

After searching for a long time to try and find some interchangeable rear end parts for my te27, I found this site. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stepho/diff.htm It takes you straight to rear ends, but check the rest of the site out, its got lots of info on JDM parts, and a brief history of toyota.

I need a digital camera really f'ing bad... The only thing that worries me is that the rust comes close to the rear windshield weather stripping, so if I cut a little too much, and my welds aren't really good, I risk junking the car... I'll try and post up some pics as soon as I get my hands on a digi. thanks for the advice. Oh ya, how do I drench a weld without risking the integrity of my beads, and how much water are we talking about here? I have never welded on anything smaller than 10 guage steel before :D

I have a cancer hole in the roof of my beat down te27, and was wondering if any of you have done any sheetmetal work or would have any suggestions. The hole is about the size of a thumb, and goes all the way through. I was thinking of just cutting that section out and either welding or pop-riveting another piece of tin over the cut-out section... what do you think?

Super Jaime hit the nail on the head... rev up the engine, engage the tranny and FLY! MWAHAHAHAHA

Yes, powerglides are two speed automatics. As far as I know, anything with a torque converter would be considered an automatic... I personally have not seen an air-shifted transmission out of the car it came in though, but it seems like it would be closer to a manual, because the ones I am thinking of have levers coming out of the dash corresponding to each gear... you just keep pulling levers untill you run out of gear :D

Really? Even better then... Has anyone dropped a 2JZGTE into a rolla? That would be a MONSTER!!!

Is that car FWD or RWD?

Whatup CUCY, I've seen you on toyota3t-c.com. Nice to have another "yank" posting here with me!! =)

I hear that rotaries are pretty big in Puerto Rico too. If I was going to get rid of my 3t-c I like the prospects of a 13bt in my mango... You gotta love a motor that putts out over 200 bhp and is light enough to pick up without any help =) I know that you guys in Australia got Mazda Cosmos, have any of the old school toyota guys over there swapped in 20b's into their cars? Talk about a wolf in sheep's clothing ;)

DDDDAMN, that sounds like my kind of car!!! With my luck, I would wind up dead or without a liscence in a week with that kind of power to weight... CUCY, thanks for your .02, I think I'm gonna stick with the 3t-c for a while and see what she'll do. I like the idea of going fast with an old ass engine =)

=) WOW, that is a really nice car!! Clean 240sx-Sil80 conversions are really rare over here. I am sure his is the real deal though, because you bastards get all the cool cars and we were stuck with the KA24 powered turd which mostly only came with auto ;)

BTW, Super Jaime has a point. If you look at american NHRA dragsters at least, you will see that all of the outlaws and up all run 3 speed or 4 speed autos, or they run air shifters. Its hard to get off the line with 700 horsepower and a clutch without igniting the back tires untill they blow! The cars with air shifters get away with it because they ride the clutch all the way down the track, part of the reason that their engines sound like they stay at the same revvs the whole way down the track.

Autos are gay unless they have shitloads of power =) I got to drive a 99 Corvette that was an auto... It would have been better if I could shift it but that car had obscene amounts of power, it felt like driving a guided missile!!