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May 2002
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Re: how come i've not seen more of these
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Mon, 18 November 2002 05:00
 
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The Tercell, later known as the Corolla 4WD isnt a great basis for engine swaps or drive train upgrades due to its design. Celica 4WD or Subaru setups for example, have 3 diffs, center front and rear. The Corolla 4WD only has two, front and rear. The rear being driven through the front diff. This design is ok around town, but not brilliant for tuning. Also, the Corolla 4WD drive train was never designed to take more power than what the standard engine (4A-C and 4A-FE from memory) could put out. Thats why for rallying in the 90's the Corolla WRC had Celica GT4 engine and drive train shoe horned into a Corolla body.
Also, the early versions of the Tercell (and some later, but i'm a bit foggy on which ones) has a leaf spring rear, later models had indipendant rear.
Even with thte indipendant rear end, it would require some extreme floor pan and chassis mods to get the 4WD system into anything other than the wagon it came in.
The Max Ellerey Corolla/Nova book has some good diagrams that out line the differences in chassis and gearbox.
Craig.
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