You guys working on this classic bring back so many memories of tinkering with 70’s vintage beater Japanese cars in my 20’s. And What a perfect specimen! I have not seen a liftback Corolla on the road for at least 20 years.
So cool! I had one of those in HS and it was a great car. It was reliable and even passed down. The receiver of that gift loved it as well....he is lucky to have found one.
I had one of these for years! It had a 3KC engine in it, four speed and I drove it all overthe US for years. One of the best cars I ever owned. Sold it in 1994 as the frame was cracked and I was moving.
Sweet !! I just bought a Toyota Corolla 1976 wagon 5 speed manual and having trouble starting it looks like I’ll be getting a new carb too. Cool ride man!!
@Blind Squid : Its not a large car, and in the 70's the japanese people are usually noticeably shorter than the usually noticeably taller american people.
Kai,i purchased the same car in june 1978, ordered the car from the Toyota distributor with the largest engine available for the chassis, it was a 2.4L (Celica engine), In those days Japans export regulations were very strict & to export the car (corolla model) with that engine (Toyota) gave me rack & pinion steering, complete suspention change including front wheel struts, modified rear diferential & drive shaft AND a 5 speed transmition with OVERDRIVE, at 55mph you shifted to 5th gear & pressed the overdrive, THE CAR WOULD JUMP FORWARD, it was incredible, ALL FOR THE PRICE OF $485.00 (I WAS ONLY CHARGED FOR THE ENGINE) I received the car in September 1978 in time for my birthday..it was stolen 8 years later.
Hahaha he was concerned about that engine clacking. “Is it supposed- hows the engine sound?” “Sounds great, Kai!” Welcome to Toyota ticking! If it doesn’t tick, something is wrong! Lol
My dad's friend in the neighborhood had one and built it as a drag car with a Ford 335 engine. Man was it loud and fast, him doing trial runs on our street, those were the days.
I always had the thought of buying a 70s corolla or a sunny just because they are the only cars considered cheap in my country. This channel looks like will become handy in the near future 😁
I was fortunate to own one of these (1978) from New. Nearly the same colour, mine being a softer orange. Fantastic little car and for a non mechanically minded person it was very easy to work on. I was saddened when I had to sell it, especially when I learned the new owner had "rolled" it and written it off! I had driven this home from Cyprus in October 1979. In 1984 I drove a Toyota Celica 2.0 ltr. Hatchback/Liftback home from the same country. Toyotas are virtually Bullet Proof. I'm now thinking of a Self-charging Hybrid as my next car.
I had a 78 Corolla, the four door base model. I loved thing. I gave it to my parents because they bitched about some money I owed them, my brother then decided he would drive it. My brother never learned how fast it would take to fuck up an old automatic transmission when not completely stopping the vehicle before changing gears. The car eventually was bought by a guy at my dad's company and he never maintained it, it broke down on one of his out of town fishing trips and was towed by the state patrol never to be seen again.
Lovely car !👍 . I did own a 1975 Toyota Corolla , 2 door coupe , 1.6. It was in excellent condition , just a few minor stuff that needed attention . I had cyclone chrome rims on it and I loved that car. Unfortunately it was stolen in 1999 and it was never recovered. I live in typical South Africa.
I had a 1976 Corolla Liftback SR5 in British Racing Green. Not the quickest, but handling was superb. This car was the direct ancestor of the AE86, and yeah, it's a Hemi.
Bought a new Corolla SR5 Liftback, green, in May of 76. 5 speed, of course. Lots of cool gauges in the dash and this one knob that only varied the intensity of the radio light. The other dash lights were all on another control. I never could figure out why some designer thought it was important to do that. It was very small although the EPA rating was 39 MPG highway, so a tradeoff. Best I ever got was 33, but that was pretty good for the hills of WV ln those days. One problem was that 1st gear was a little too low. You would start out and then immediately have to shift to 2nd. And then 2nd was geared just a little too high to use instead of 1st. Shifted smoothly, though. Toyota claimed to have the smoothest shifter in the business at that time and maybe they did. Another problem was the way fuel came up through the filter from the bottom. There's always a little water in gasoline and it would sir right there and freeze up anytime the temp dropped below 32. Easy fix, though - just tilted the filter a little to one side. Traded it in for a new Corona Mark II to get AC, cloth seats, and more room. That turned out to be one of the worst cars I ever owned.
I remember back in the 1980’s all those used 10 year old car Euro or Japanese had bad difficult to rebuild carbs. The 60s And early 70s carbs were easy to rebuild after a trip to Chief Auto Parts
Damn! I had the same car and color. I loved that car. Use to go to the drive in movies with my wife and 2 year old Son. He's 34 now. When I get home, I'm going show my wife this video. She's going to freak! When I first got it, she hated the color.
If it hasn't already had the cam replaced with a '74 cam, you can pick up some useful HP that way...they detuned the cam in '75 to meet emissions and gave up 13 hp. I think there might have been another change or two, but the cam was the big change. I remember one of the car magazines driving a '75 Corolla SR5 and saying that the car had been ruined. The 2T-C was making only about 10 more HP than a 4K at that point; not so sporty.
As a Hillbilly I can tell you the hole in the bracket was way to well done and if we (us Hillbilly’s) would have done it, the carb would be there using a combo of JB Weld, duct tape and coat hanger wire. Please from now on refer to us as Appalachian Americans!
Love this, this is cool one of the best build videos I've seen so far. Im bench watching outta curiosity for the labor involving the cam, crank, sensors and timing the injection. I bet it's gonna be interesting.
You failed to mention that the 2TC was a Hemi head high rise piston center fire plug. I had a 72 Carina back in the day built as a sleeper and I ate Camaro's for lunch in the 1/4 mile ;)
I could be mistaken but I believe that carb is a Weber 38 Outlaw. I'm speculating solely based off the geared linkage that allows both barrels to open simultaneously. I haven't watched the entire video yet so if you mention it later on, "muh bad."
That car appears to have been well kept, for something from the 1970's. I prefer the 70's Datsun Z. Although it starts and runs, it's not a drivable car, as seen in the video, that car will need work. Nice overall condition of the car.
RIGHT ON!!! I've been running the sniper on my ford pinto 2.3 for about a year and its been great! keep me posted on your datsun! i'd love to see cars other than cameros and mustangs get some lime light. And the next video is coming very soon so stay tuned!
The stock 2T-C was making the automotive writers pretty happy in its original 88 hp. version. Then in 1975, the American Corollas got the 75 hp. detuned version along with a new body style. The new style got decent reviews, but the missing 13 hp didn't make anyone happy. Even the 3T-C didn't make 88 hp! Toyota had the same problem as G.M. and Ford when it came to meeting EPA standards without decimating power outputs...at least on this engine. The R series must have burned cleaner, because it didn't suffer the same way through this period.
My dad had a 72 I believe he said it was yellow....his very first brand new car purchase, but by the time I was born in 78 it rotted away and was junked. Atlantic Canada roads in winter are salty,...the car lasted 5 years. Imagine spending 30k today on a car and it’s junked before it’s even paid off lol.
Better start resourcing all the parts for a manual swap, that A41 automatic isn't gonna last very long. Also i think that's a 1.8 instead of a 1.6 engine !
hahah we actually sought out this car BECAUSE of its A40 automatic. Kai prefers an auto due to his commute in down town traffic. And we haven't pulled the head off to measure the bore but this particular TE51 was equipped with the 2TC 1.6 from the factory.
I think those "new" gas cans with all the safety crap on them spill more gas than the old style making them more dangerous to use than the old ones. Great job government *sarcasm* On a side note, sounds like on that first start that you need to change the oil and use something heavier and maybe with zinc in it. I have an old truck that sounded like that until I changed the oil. I replaced it with 15w-40 diesel motor oil (after a lot of research) and she sounds lovely now.
Why don't you use a spray bottle with gas in it and can spray it in while it's running? I've done that even to test EFI cars to see if they will try to run. It's a fast way to diagnose the fuel system as the issue. Don't however spray gas this on any sensors as it can ruin them.
Hey garret, is there a way I can email you or possibly speak with you on the phone ? My dad just purchased his high school car a 1981 Toyota Corolla and he’s looking into a Holley sniper as well and has a lot of questions about it, it will help out a lot if we get to speak to you thanks for the great videos too!
The only thing we did different was we put tape over the IAC to get the initial idle set. Everything else we've done to it so far has just been self learning
I hope you don't mean the 3E engines with oil coked all over the valves after pouring past their leaky valve seals, thin castings, a hollow crankshaft, and a small oil pan, leading to connecting rods left on the road...
Did you have to do anything special to the Holley Sniper system to make it work with the 1.6 liter 2TC? I am interested in a retrofit on a 1.5 liter 3AC Toyota and can't find any information.
@@Scooter_911 hey so I just started watching all this. I have two Tercels. Ones a parts car but it drives also. Main one is a 3A AL12 and other is A1 AL10 but there both pretty much the same with the exception of the pre chamber on the AL10. After seeing this looking for carb to efi... I’m seeing this is more a reality than not.... some I’ve been reading about is minor welding at spark plug ports. But I’m gonna keep watching yours for ideas since they’re roughly the same era
