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any one still rocking one of these?
havnt seen one for years. was reminiscing with a mate that owned one years ago, quiet the car when you were 15/16 a few years ago :lol:
Had a 3E-TE 1.5l with the smallest intercooled turbo and only ever seen them in grey or white.

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One just sold on trademe recently
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spoonza6 wrote:One just sold on trademe recently



http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-ca ... 861320.htm
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That looked tidy
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Oh wow These are actually a real thing??
I saw one around a while ago and presumed someone had done a trueno front end swap on a corolla :lol:
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Hey, at least it sounds like a 3s.

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I found one at Pick a part years ago - so so ugly but kinda cool at the same time
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Stott69 wrote:That looked tidy


+1, would make a good daily.
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IIRC, these had a horrendous longitudinal engine/front wheel drive layout that made them a huge prick to work on
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Nah these are regular east west setup - 3et power!!
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im pretty sure there is a very similar car thats 3a powered with the longitudinal front tugs malcolm mentioned
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Are you thinking of the Corolla 2?
Corsa GP Turbos run a 3e 1500 fwd setup
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According to wikipedia it was the previous generation than these which had the longitudinal fwd layout
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Yeah bugger working on one
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Malcolm wrote:According to wikipedia it was the previous generation than these which had the longitudinal fwd layout


You're thinking of the 2A-powered AL20 Tercel/Corsa. Excuse the huge picture..

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Different setup. Can't see above picture so here is a cross section of motor and gearbox setup.
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Bugger, it seems to come and go. Google image "Tercel AL20", there are a couple of good images of the setup.
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