Another '78 Corona

[tankluda]

got off my lazy ass and finally wired up my e-fans.

before wiring, took it out for a small test drive
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hoping to drive it to work this weekend to get a feel for the sloppy old steering. still have to change my original brakes, a little harder than a typical brake job

[tankluda]

Shit's booming right now on progress, been driving it to work for a few days, drives pretty good but need to tweak the AFR. Found out I had a lot of rust underneath my windshield and was quoted for a couple grand. Asked and got a company to come down, remove my windshield, turned out to be not as bad as they said, so I wire wheeled it and used Rustoleum Rust Reformer and in the windshield went.

I was suuuuper happy it looks so fresh. All thats left is to take a long drive to an inspection station and pass to get my restored salvage title. Emissions on the other hand, will have to wait. Once its all done and legalized, the REAL progress will start

[MommysLittleMonster]

Nice. Love the patina this car has going on. Keep up the good work, looking forward to some more updates.

[tankluda]

got it legalized, restored salvage and registered with no emissions.

replaced more stuff for suspension


sprayed my valve cover wrinkle black for a cleaner, simpler look


removed my exhaust and open header is way too damn loud, gonna get quotes on a straight pipe exhaust to prep for the boso.



next is I really need to get a weber to remove all that emissions mess.

[Karpaazio]

I'm also a huge fan of old toyotas! heres mine

Toyota Crown ls110 '83

[tankluda]

damn thats freakin clean!

[rab71]

Love these cars not too many in the Midwest they have all rusted away.

[OpelWagenGT]

Looking good with the stance it reminds me of the Datsun 1200 I had super ratty and dropped on it's ass...

-Aron

[tankluda]

Bought a Weber 32/36 and after installation, throttle response is SOO much better, my old carb was worse than I thought. Unfortunately, I don't have an EGR blockoff so my engine bay won't be clean for a bit. working on it though





Next after getting the blockoffs would be to get a set of headers and maybe a oil filter relocation kit, not sure on that yet.

[SheaMoose]

I'm happy that this is getting some attention now.
Bosozoku!

[ChuckNDicks]

Always liked the older rear wheel drive Japanese cars, can't wait to see how this turns out, hope you keep it at least somewhat tasteful.

[Nick crx]

This is awesome, only not really feeling those wheels.
can't wait to see it boso!!

[tankluda]

yeah these wheels are the typical cheap upgrade with good offset for the time being. I'm not ballin yet lol.

[SheaMoose]

Haha don't worry, I have the same wheels on my 86.

[Karpaazio]

Rust is not a friend of these old japs... I spent 3months welding my crown in -20celsius weather to get it on the road.

heres a pic how rusted it was in the rear fender, sorry for the crappy pic



My wheels are enkei ek90 15x8'' et -10 with 175/50r15 tires.