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Well I have purchased myself a new car...unfortunately its not another Celica (hense why this is in "Off Topic"). It is however still a Toyota.

I bought myself a Toyota Corolla WRC

What a great little car it is with an interesting History. Started of life as a Normal Corolla 1.6 GS But Toyota plucked it from the factory and transformed it into a replica WRC car, its got TTE suspension, struts, braces etc etc...even the big wing on the back.

But what makes this car extra special...for me anyway...is that it was actually driven by Carlos Sainz to demonstrate the launch of the Corolla as Toyotas new WRC car...it wasnt rallied at all...just driven around Toyota Main dealer car parks here and there and remained as a display car in a dealership for some months.

It was then stripped of its stickers and unfortunately the roll cage aswell and sold on......now its mine pick it up in 5 hours...cant wait. Needs some TLC as its a bit weathered, but its only done 60,000 miles (and it came with a spare set of Alloy wheels ) It handles very well, but the engine has no grunt at all.....I`d be suprised if it had 100BHP but its economical and thats what I wanted it for....but at the end of the day how many people get to drive to work in a car once driven by Carlos Sainz?????

Pictures will come when I get it home

This post has been edited by Nial: Oct 27, 2009 - 12:01 PM

...wow.

Pics man, pics!

But why is the engine so gutless? Is it a 7A-FE?

Nice pickup man, can't wait to see how it looks like.


How'd you get your hands on it in the first place?

Yes...good for economy I guess....a world away from my GT4.

It was just advertised in a national car selling web site....I guess I was just lucky, as its link with Carlos Sainz wasnt in the advert, the guy was just telling me about it when I went to see it.....no way of prooving it though...he seemed like an honest bloke. If it turns out to be BS then its no loss as it was pretty cheap.

Welcome to my world of 7A-FE enjoyment, haha.

NVM, I just now realized that's is just an exterior conversion...I thought it was an actual WRC Corolla.

I wish....it would have a 3sgte init if it was a world rally car.....watch this space

Hey Nial, congrats with the new car my friend! How do you like it so far? So you have big plans for it I see, eh?

This post has been edited by Random_Stranger: Sep 29, 2009 - 8:45 AM

Hi bud...cheers Only taken it for a test drive so far...suspension is "firm" to say the least but otherwise its nice and smooth.

No real big plans just yet really, it`ll be my commuting car for a few months/years before I unleash any big plans on it. Just going to uprate the brakes and handling, make the interior a nice place to be and give it a thorough service and clean....replace the fuel filter, clean the injectors etc etc but its going to remain more or less stock for the time being. I cant afford to keep putting petrol in the GT4 anymore for commuting to work in.

OK. a bit late on the pictures

the car when I bought it......



After a bit of attention



After alot of attention



the engine bay cleaned up nicer than a nice thing



What it will look like shortly



I have decided to drop in an MR2 Turbo engine that has been tinkered with a bit...full roll cage etc etc all set up for tarmac rallying & track days...should be cool

so much for the economical run around then

Good project mate

Oh, it's a 4A-FE...so I can say I have a better engine than you?

That full conversion & swap should be SICK though. Can't wait to see the finished product.

It wont be for a while....it takes me a long time to tinker with engines...........but kinda getting excited...it`ll be a GT4 killer I`ll then have to upgrade the GT4 so its not the slowest car I own

I can't wait to see the end of this project. Seriously, a very nice car. You'll have to cross the pond sometime and drive around in Ohio once I get my car done as well haha.

I know whatever you decide to do, I can't wait to see. Oh, by the way, did you finish the Calendar for GT4OC.Net?

No mate not yet still working on it and waiting for more suitable pictures.

i love that rolla...


im envious

that front end of the corolla is the one i always eternally loved, thats what inspired me to get a celica. Those were the models that arrived in latin america.

When i came to the us, i did not see those, so i guess you are lucky, i love that style......

Glad you like it.

Ordered some Rally style door mirrors for it yesterday, should be here by the end of the week stickers should be ready by the end of next week ish.

On friday I`ll be visiting the company who I might use to install a roll cage, make the custom exhaust and see what they have to offer!!!!!

After the stickers it will be the lamp pod then I will just run it like that while I tinker with a 3sgte engine and collect the bits together to complete the project

Not sure if I`ll stick bigger wheels on...while I do like the little 16s and tyres are cheap I think it will look better with 17s on it but I`m debating if its worth the extra cash for such a small increase in wheel size.

id stick with the 16s. i mean they look good, and like u said, how much is it going to cost u to increase the size by 1 inch?

im still envious

only in UK.. looking good nial =)