RT78 Corona Wagon Budget Build Thread(LIKE A BOSS)

jwebb2876 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:04 pm

Needs more sidepipe :tu:

Can't say I'm a fan of the Honda wheels, But it looks awesome all the same

travmac79 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:34 pm

lol thanks. I put a tractor muffler on it the other weekend and it sounds halfway decent. And it blows straight out to the left which will be awesome during the summer when its hella dusty. especially when I encounter a convertible :twisted:

travmac79 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:35 pm

machopr25 wrote:

Bro i like ur wagon i wish i was here before i could had answer alot of ur Questions since i already been thru it here is anumber for parts you will neede no other number this guys is the King of Coronas 704-545-5261

I take it that this guy is located in Charlotte area?

machopr25 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:13 pm

Nah man Connecticut lol

travmac79 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:16 am

machopr25 wrote:

Nah man Connecticut lol

lmfao yea I saw the 704 on the phone number and automatically assumed because I live in Charlotte and it has the same area code lol.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:11 am

new fuel pump and line in. now the carb doesnt want to work correctly. It idles fine but when I give it throttle it just cuts out like its being starved for fuel. When I put the rebuild kit in it the pump seemed to fit a little too tightly for my liking and I feel that it may be stuck or something. Does anyone have any idea what the hell could be wrong?

travmac79 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:11 pm

any help on my previous statement?

travmac79 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:26 pm

No more bumper guards

Just a random pic

CRX seats that Im swapping into the corona. They are dirty as shit but Im gonna clean em up before they go in permanently. And I know I have a lot of Honda shit but whatevs. My dad and Grandpa are honda mechanics.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:01 am

About finished with this beast. When alls said and done(brake pads and wheel) I will have only spent around $230 getting this thing on the road. I think we all can agree that this is super low budget. This thing is proof that toyotas are made to last and never really die.

Front end with no bumper guards(It sits sideways because I still need one more honda wheel. Its a stock 13inch steelie on the right front lol.

CRX seats in. Dirty and stained but that kind of fits the car lol.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 8:41 pm

Carpet!

Will have engine bay pics soon. Did some cleaning up, painted and powder coated a few things.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 4:07 pm

Engine bay cleaned up a little. still looks like shit but so does the car :lol:

I hope nobody thinks that this is a serious build because the quality of the other cars I have modified and/or built are of a much much much higher standard. Just getting that out there. :mrgreen:

lmp5/luis · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 8:16 am

look nice man keep it up i want to se it finished :tu:

travmac79 · **Posted:** Fri May 20, 2011 4:46 pm

Im trying to buy a new carb and when I went to Oreilly it asked whether the carb had a dashpot or not. Now I know that a dashpot usually refers to a damper of some sort but what the eff is a dashpot on a carburetor? My car build date was 06/70 if that helps determine anything.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:22 pm

Interior updates: Installed a vent salvaged from an old aftermarket A/C unit and painted an insert in the dash. New brake pads tomorrow.

machopr25 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:16 am

Wagon looking good get that ac working am in the middle of that too , the engine starting to take shape i did the same thing before my 22re conversion i still have all my parts powder coated too lol
not shown in picture but i had the air cleaner and oil cap coated too looks good ill try n find a picture

CdnKe17 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:27 pm

They might have been asking whether the carb uses a diaphragm or a plunger for the accel pump. That's the only thing I can imagine.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:18 pm

CdnKe17 wrote:

They might have been asking whether the carb uses a diaphragm or a plunger for the accel pump. That's the only thing I can imagine.

Yea i guess you could consider the plunger a dashpot since it uses a similar hydraulic concept as a shock absorber

travmac79 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:05 pm

Hawk tach I found chillin' in the trunk of one of our chevelles and superior performance products steering wheel I found on the roof of a junk camaro in the woods and minorly restored. Tach works well and steering wheel is in pretty good shape.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:49 pm

Crappy "i really dont care" welds for the new raised rear driveshaft tunnel.

The yoyo with my first child lol

12mm wheel spacers on the way. Needs em badly.

Another pic.

jwebb2876 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:48 pm

Cool 'stang, I've always liked that shape. 4.6?
Corona looks cool, as always. I still think it'd look better on the stock 13's, or maybe a set of 13x8 slot mags? Meh, it's still cool

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