1uz + Corona?

[Koffee-Black]

Would i be talking in the clouds here if i wanted to shove a 1uzfe in an rt142 corona?

[japlish]

i've seen a picture of one in a ke70, so i guess its do-able...at a price of course

[gianttomato]

Rack and pinion already there, tranny tunnel will accomodate a W58, F series diff.

Measure the space between the strut towers, if 670mm or more you'll be right. I'm guessing you'll need a front sump motor and you may need to do some fancy stuff with extractors on the driver's side.

It's a bit out there but not in the realms of impossible.

[Koffee-Black]

thanks giant.

Ok, who wants to do this for me? I can supply two cases of crownies haha.

[gianttomato]

Actually now that I think about it, I might be wrong about that F series diff.

You'll obviously need a bellhousing/flywheel to suit. Mounting could be done over a weekend I would have thought.

[MR 1JZ]

IRS rear end has the F series Im pretty sure

[thechuckster]

RT142 has T-series in the IRS - you'll get plenty of practice changing them if you went 1UZ


edit: this is wrong - am obsessed with T-series diffs for some reason.... it should be F-series.

[The Witzl]

RT142 has T-series in the IRS - you'll get plenty of practice changing them if you went 1UZ

O RLY??

I was under the impression, with a vaigue recollection of reading a build plate, that the RT142 *imported* Avante model had the IRS rear end with an F-series open diff centre.

I'm pretty sure of that too.


Anyway, this would be a nifty conversion.... and would make a hella skid-machine.

[Norbie]

RT142 has T-series in the IRS - you'll get plenty of practice changing them if you went 1UZ

Nope, RT142 is F series IRS (fully imported) or Borg Warner live axle (locally assembled). Obviously the latter will explode on a regular basis, so make sure you get an IRS version. If it's manual it will already have a W57/8 in it and a good diff ratio (3.58:1).

As for fitting the engine, it's been done in an RA6x Celica and the RT142 engine bay is very similar so I'm sure it will go in without too many dramas.

[The Witzl]

RT142 has a W55 in it.

Bog warmer diffs will definitely explode spontaneously upon starting the engine.

[Koffee-Black]

cool, mines an auto, with irs. Got no idea regarding what diffs etc hehe.

Hmm, myabe a 2jzge? I wanna leave it auto tho.

[thechuckster]

agh... my bad ... i thought there was an IRS with a T-series centre ... me = idiot.

[Norbie]

You're probably thinking of the SA63 Celica.

[gianttomato]

So there you go. You have all the info. All you need now is the half cut, half a tank of petrol and $50 for those incidentals .

[Koffee-Black]

lol, that simple Giant?? Who in syd would i take it to? I could just use the ecu from the 1uz right? What about aircon etc?