The A6 Celica/Carina topic

[The Doctor]

hmmmmmmm

[dollykean]

Oh is that RomanV with the Beams TA60??

[roman]

Aaahhh yep...

It is an AA60 though, dirty ol 3AU haha.

got a few more bits in, engine/gbox will be back in some time next week, for the final time.



Reverse is still being gay, even after 3rd time having box apart.

Will just be barreling round without reverse for a while by the looks, ahahaha.

[banpei]

The Doctor Wrote:hmmmmmmm

You got 210 horses sitting in that van!
So you finally got it!

[The Doctor]

actually, 235, because the previous owner shimmed the wastegates

but, yes, i've got it
including a manual box

[banpei]

Sweet!

[D.Wars]

[roman]

Question about the wagons.

Did any of the wagons come with factory IRS?

From looking at the EPC, looks as though they were either 4 link + panhard, or leaf springs?

If so, was it only very late model ones?

Only a particular chassis code?

Or were they just not made.

cheers.

[The Doctor]

i think the stations got live axle, because of the space the IRS takes in the boot. For a sedan/liftback it doesn't matter, but for an Estate/Wagon it does!

[banpei]

None had IRS. We did a comparison between my live axle TA60 and the IRS Celica AA63 boot floor and it did matter a lot! There is quite a big bulge on the boot floor for the shock absorbers and larger differential...

There are some differences in the wagons/vans though: all wagon versions got coil springs instead of the leaf springs... So, the European versions (CA60/TA60), but also the Japanese SG (aka Surf) versions had the coil springs. All vans (xA67) had leaf springs, but these were not sold outside Japan.