my te71 vert

hvguy · Post by **hvguy** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:44 am

the engine is a POS abused and never taken care of mess....

The first time I got it started it didnt have this noise, but w/e ill just drive it till it goes away.

I finally swapped out that unreliable garbage LSD and swapped it for a always works, never think twice welded. lulz.

And it sits about 1.25 inches off the ground because of the frame supports. Just crappy pics and nassers fail camera lighting for now. Ill get more when my new camera comes in the mail.

und-R-steer · Post by **und-R-steer** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:39 am

What a cool car ! Dude, is that the same car from last years may daily drifter event ?

Post by **nt66** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:59 pm

lol its an ae72 get it right

Post by **dr.occa** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:29 pm

nt66 wrote:lol its an ae72 get it right

will, didn't you own one of these ugly old Griffiths ;'P

actually, IIRC it's a TE75 right before the AE chassis.

Post by **nt66** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:27 pm

lol its an ae72 trust me ae is the engine code ae= a series engine im pretty sure the number is what refers to the chassis. that car is weird because its the very last of the older body style but with a 4a engine

Post by **dr.occa** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:18 am

if that griffith that orlando is posting has a 4AC then it would be the AE72 chassis you're talking about but griffith also began performing the conversion on the TE chassis w/ the T motors in them. what really determined the chassis code for the rollas was the family model motor: e.g. if a TE72 had a 4A-C from the factory, it was most likely coded as and AE71 chassis.

and IIRC, your griffith (a.k.a. sunrunner) did have a 4A-C equipped in it so you're right, it was an AE72. if orlando's "vert" were outfitted with a 2/3TC from the factory his chassis code would be TE75 but NOT a TE71.

but, if the firewall says TE71 then nt66 and i are both wrong and toyota is just as confusing as ever even 20+ years later.

just take a pic of the chassis code on the firewall and post it up why don't you orlando. now i'm really curious how predictable and consistent toyota was.

Post by **nt66** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:15 pm

dr.occa wrote:if that griffith that orlando is posting has a 4AC then it would be the AE72 chassis you're talking about but griffith also began performing the conversion on the TE chassis w/ the T motors in them. what really determined the chassis code for the rollas was the family model motor: e.g. if a TE72 had a 4A-C from the factory, it was most likely coded as and AE71 chassis.

and IIRC, your griffith (a.k.a. sunrunner) did have a 4A-C equipped in it so you're right, it was an AE72. if orlando's "vert" were outfitted with a 2/3TC from the factory his chassis code would be TE75 but NOT a TE71.

but, if the firewall says TE71 then nt66 and i are both wrong and toyota is just as confusing as ever even 20+ years later.

just take a pic of the chassis code on the firewall and post it up why don't you orlando. now i'm really curious how predictable and consistent toyota was.

this is MY old vert with a 4ac from the factory its the one i used to drive there are only like 100 of these that exist did you really think it was a different one?

Post by **dr.occa** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:36 pm

nt66 wrote:this is MY old vert with a 4ac from the factory its the one i used to drive there are only like 100 of these that exist did you really think it was a different one?

dad-gum man! you guys are incestuous! i thought it was another one.

inertia · Post by **inertia** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:01 pm

nice drop top

Overdrift · Post by **Overdrift** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:20 pm

fire wall says ae71 vin code says ae72?

hvguy · Post by **hvguy** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:56 pm

Small update while im thinking of it.

Has stripped out ring and pinion... hardcore style. As in if the ring sits just right, the car wont go anywhere, but just makes a squealing noise.

Still slammed, and gets stuck in my backyard when I move it.

has headers i built

powdercoated red valve cover

rev limiter that is fail as ever... my old tach broke in the move, so im using a autometer trash tach thats slow as hell in reading rpm's.

lights and such work now.

HORN WORKS!!!! first corolla ever to have a stock working horn.

proxies in the front, falkens in the back. both new "first new set of tires ive ever bought"

bout to tear it all to the ground and put a new engine in. Still not sure yet, I was thinking the new corolla XRS engine, but not sure of availability and price. And ill probably use the W158 rx7 tranny I have in stock and rebuild the LSD and give it a go. Otherwise ill use the ring and pinion from my auto diff and stick with welded.