Remembering Japanese cars from the past
Do not worry about getting caught by the Carina Sheriff: apparently the Sheriff resigned and put it for sale!
So this can be yours for a mere 350 euros:
Portugese Carina Sheriff
It has comfortable bucket seats too:
Interior of the Portugese Carina Sheriff
The handle near the dashboard is to lock the adjustable steering wheel (only up and down).
For that price the car is a bargain, even as spares car. Too bad my shed is already full of spares… Anyone else interested in the Sheriff?
Good news! The infamous Carina with 1UZ swap is now getting a 3RZ-FE swap:
Infamous Carina 1UZ is getting a 3RZ-FE swap
Toyotaloyal transplanted a 1UZ-FE in his Carina TA63 (3T-GTE was already gone when he bought it) and ran it for over a year. After, as he calls it, bragging about the reliability of the engine the engine decided to destroy its big end bearing. The 1UZ-FE either had to be repaired or… swapped for another engine:
3RZ-FE shoehorned in the enginebay
The 3RZ-FE engine can be found in the Toyota Tacoma, 4Runner and T100. The reason for choosing the 3RZ-FE was because of its reputation with the US dragracers: the engine is very reliable, got an incredibly big displacement for an inline four and is easy to unleash a lot of power from this engine. As you can see the engine is a bit tall for the Carina, so I expect him to run the car with either a big bulge in its hood or even without the hood at all.
You can see his expectations of the power output echoing in this enormous gearbox crossmember!
Custom oil pan to have better oil flow
The oil pan will be a custom job to have a better oil flow than stock. This to prevent the engine from doing the same as the 1UZ-FE. ?´???
His plans for the engine is as following:
improvements to the 150hp commercial engine planned include a decently sized turbo- head work- custom inlet with 4age quad throttle bodies- remove the balance shafts- aftermarket pistons and connecting rods- MS3 engine management, just to name a few.
I like the look of this lip: it looks better than my FOHA lip. Toyotaloyal says he is going to source an AE92 front bumper instead. I do agree with him: the AE92 front bumper looks much better than this.
I’m curious what the 3RZ-FE will bring in the future, so keep you updated on new developments on this car! ( ? ??)
Found a Carina AA63 competing in D1SL North 3rd round (Chitose) on Youtube. The car is driven by Taoka Tomokazu and he ends up winning this event!
During quarter finals it competes against a JZX100 Chaser and wins:
During the finals it is put against a Nissan 180SX RPS13 driven by Masayuki Ono Akira where the Carina wins the first run:
The second run the Carina spins due to the 180SX touching the Carina. In the rematch the Carina spins again, but this time by its own error so the error by the 180SX is now nullified. Then in the final run the Carina and 180SX are equally matched in lines, but at the final corner the 180SX spins.
So the outcome is that the Carina won!
The 180SX driver pretends to be angry at his RPS13 and climbs on top of it pretending to stamp on its roof. :D
Of course the Carina could never have come this far without the help of a bit of rain, like what Alexi lacked during his third round in D1SL Central when the track dried up… The rain neutralizes the factor of having a more powerful engine than the others, so even less powerful cars have a good chance of winning. Still it is a very very good result controlling a car in such heavy rain and winning in such fierce competition! ?(´?`)/
After the TA45 Coupe two weeks ago I’d thought it would be nice to post another Carina (TA40 Coupe My Road) from the second generation:
I’m not sure how that Carina My Road can be compared with that bunch of ninjas? Is it supposed to be as fast and agile as we think of ninjas or should it also include their other trades like espionage, sabotage, illusion and assassination? Personally I would rather not drive a car which is both an illusion and will stab me in the back at the same time…
Or else you can see it in this (even more unlikely) perspective: it is supposed to be a follow up on this video with Sonny Chiba driving a Carina TA17 hardtop coupe escaping from a motorcycle gang:
So is the other Carina Coupe TA40 supposed to escape from a bunch of ninjas then?
Beware of the Carina Sheriff:
I couldn’t stop laughing when I watched this video yesterday: my coffee almost came back through my nose! It is amazing what they did to that poor Carina! ;)
So now we have a Carina Firevan, a Carina policecar and a Carina Sheriff car. What’s next? A Carina ambulance? ( ???)???????????? ? / ?/ ?
The Carina is most probably a Carina TA60 sedan from Portugal: the uploader of this video is from Portugal and I do see a white hachi-roku in the background (Portugal is a hachi country).
More than a year ago I posted some pics of a very nicely tuned white Carina Surf van. I got reminded of it last week and browsed through the owners pictures taken during the passed year. So, here are some highlights:
How the white Carina Surf van (AA63) looks now
How the white Carina Surf van (AA63) looks now
And what I really liked was his attempt to find the ideal tire/rim combination on the Carina:
Pre stretch the tires first
Stretch the tire 175/60/16 to the max on a 8.5J rim!
Compare the lot: 195/50 on 8.5J vs 175/55 on 8.5J vs 175/55 on 8J
And then fit them to the Carina:
Fitment of a 195/50/16 8.5J on the Carina Surf
Fitment of a 175/55/16 8.5J on the Carina Surf
Personally I would choose the 195/60/16 combination. But that is, of course, my personal taste. ;)
In the end he chooses the 175/60/16 8.5J combination. It is a tiny bit too wide and hits the fender regularly and damages it a bit:
175/60/16 8.5J hits the fender
However I don’t think the owner will car about it that much: he will probably keep it this way because of the looks and fix it up whenever needed. ;)
Picrtures can be found here:
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