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TD Gemini? I havent seen one of those in years!! I remember picking one up In Kapiti when i was younger and threw a 12a at it like most young people do with old school cars in Kapiti haha. Such fun little cars! Mine had rust around the boot seal and a little bit in the firewall Matt

Hey mate, I literally just brought one and will pick it up this week. if you still need one then flick me a message and let me know Matt

I had a good look under there and everything looked good. I pressed everything to make sure it was all good but thanks for the heads up Chris. Alot of times on these kind of issues its always the little things that count Matt

The electric windows in my partners 1994 subaru impreza have stopped working. There is no fuse for them and i replaced the master switch in the drivers door and nothing has happened. By scrolling through the internet and seeing other subaru owners with the same or similar problem it seems that the relay for the electric windows needs to be replaced. i have found three relays next to the internal fuse panel but dont know how to test them to see which is faulty. Nothing is labeled and if it is its all in Japanese. I want to be able to fix this issue and then sell the car on as it just costs me too much money. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Matt

So i got carried away and brought some things from driftmotion.com. A bit of a rookie error on my part as i got stung $150 ish in freight from the states and then i got hit with $140 in duty when it came into the country so this radiator shroud and a few other little bits i brought now have turned into expensive parts but hey its all a learning opportunity. I am VERY happy with the quality on the shroud and fans to say the least though MISHIMOTO!!! Matt

awesome to see some progress on this mate! JZ time!!! Matt

Evening Everyone, Today i got up to all sorts and the pics will reflect that. I also dropped my AE86 Powersteering crossmember to Spire Fabrication in Kapiti last week to do the mod that Sheepers has done. 40mm box tubing at either end and had it cut down on the ends to fit my chassis rails. I pick that up next week so im looking forward to getting that back and bolted into the chassis. The box tubing is to help drop the JZ down a bit as it is a really tall engine and it also helps sort the suspension geometry as well. Love this bottom radiator support. The more i look the worse it is. Massive steel plate on the front and underneath there is another steel plate and heaps of bog! Brought some s14 adjustables and they pretty much bolted straight in. I will be using a full nissan front hub assembly, s14 lower control arms and rxt 4 pots so its a bit of a mongrel Also took some measurements as the 2JZ fits in the engine bay JUST and i cant run radiator fans so i am recessing the firewall to give me some more room to play with Then i pushed it outside so that i could air out the garage from all the grinding smoke etc. Man its a pig thats for sure!!! Matt

Had a chance to get into the garage again today. I got more carried away with tidying the garage then i did working on the car but i still got some stuff done. I wanted to drop the sway bar to see what kind of room i would have with the engine as the sump sits on the sway bar currently and then i realised that the caster arms and sway bar are all mounted up to the same thing so i ended up removing it all. Sump sitting on the sway bar in this pic Removed all of this. Will have to make some custom mounts for the caster arms Front end is pretty empty I put the radiator in to have a look at clearance and have market out what sections i need to remove. The whole bottom radiator support panel is going to need to be replaced as it is full of rust so i will end up having quite a bit of room. Matt

BOOM!!! I love wagons and this will be an awesome toy too! Looking forward to following the progress. Matt

How much "massaging" did you have to do in the gearbox tunnel to fit the R154? I aim to run a R154 in my tt132 corona and was wondering how much clearance there would be? Matt

I have found the love for building car so time to sink some coin and get stuck into the wagon again. Slowly collecting parts and getting back into it. I really need to sort a gearbox out so i can look at clearance in the tunnel and firewall. No clearance up front to run radiator fans so recessing the firewall 80-100mm seems like a good idea to me. Matt

Well i havent updated this build thread in over a year and not much has changed really. Well i sold my wheels,sold the 2jz, sold my coilovers and sold the corona rear end too. The rear end now sits on a s13 subframe (not mounted yet) with plans to run s13 hubs, knuckles and adjustables up front. I have wanted to get another 2jz for a while now so i can start playing around with mounting things and then this turned up on trademe for $700!!! Deregisterd but all i wanted was the engine. Managed to pull the engine out last Saturday and on Sunday a guy from palmy turned up and took the rolling body away for $550 so i was really happy. Playing around trying to put the 2jz into the corona So i picked up a 1ggte radiator for $200 recently and have that a go. As you can see there is NO room to run fans here and on closer inspection i may end up recessing the firewall to get some better clearance up front. The other thing is that the sump sits on the sway bay so i will re think things and may run a custom swaybar setup Thats all for now. Matt

Hey ash, Good to see another wagon!!! They all rust around the rear windows mate so maybe pull them out and have a look if you havent already. Looking forward to following more and more updates Matt

I love this wagon and i was tempted to buy it from James too. Such a shame that the engine is a pig. I know he had issues with the 1g as well!

Cory Mckeown. He is a Dairy farmer. Ring any bells?

I have found a 2JZ-GE that i am keen on in the deep south (im in Wellington) and i tracked it down through a facebook group. Now, im not willing for cash to change hands unless i know it is legit. Is there anyone that can potentially go and have a look at this motor on my behalf so i know it is all kosher? Appreciate any and all help. Matt

Hey mate, that's looking pretty tight in the engine bay. I'm doing the same swap at the moment with my tt132 wagon. The engines look like they mount quite high off the crossmember. How did you find that?

I thought that this was doomed for the scrap dealer earlier in the year? Glad that didn't happen! Love that shape of corona! Matt

Thanks mate. Appreciate you replying to my PMs and giving me a walk through. Thanks to Seedy Al also to the thread in the Tech section that made building the front coilovers a breeze! Matt

Early birds getting the worms I see!!! I will be heading down but not that early haha

Over the weekend I got some work done on the corona. I picked up my struts and put my coilovers together. Huge drop in height from standard that's for sure and I have set them 7 threads up just to see how everything will sit. I put them in the car and realised the camber plates will need to be re drilled.... Take into account there is no engine or gearbox etc and it is sitting at this height. I then put her in the garage and next on the list will be to drop the rear end and see how my shortened hilux setup will fit. I am also contemplating building some rear strut towers to run a coilover suspension setup on the rear rather then the normal shock setup. Just an idea at this stage. Matt

Yeah thanks Al. There a few TT141 coronas being wrecked on trademe so maybe that's my best option

Yeah mate I remember. Many moons ago. Only selling the yellow one as the black one is I'm much better condition and has had less molestering!

Hey team, Keen to borrow a guard roller from someone for the weekend if at all possible. Car is based in waikanae but I live in tawa and I drive all over wellington daily with work. Will pay cash, beer, whatever someone is after. Matt

Sounds like a good option. I will PM you to talk about things. I have no idea what the inner measurements on the LCAs are sorry sheepers. I will be stripping all the front this weekend to have a look at things further. The cross member bolts up just like most 80s style Toyota.