Corolla WRC TTE 1998

Yeah was probably me to be honest as I was driving it around until last week when I took it off the road for the big build. There is another one near my work but the stickers are different and it’s running a WRC spoiler.

Still thinking about engine options:

.4age - love them but really hard to find
.2zzge - hard to swap but cheap and reliable
.3sgte - hard swap and expensive
.Beams 3sge - hard to find but love them and could turbo later.

I’d look at turboing any NA engine that goes in but but everything would be done in stages.

I’d also look at going 4wd but finding a knackered cheap gt4 is also ninja nowadays.

This week I’ll start the build properly but wanted to gauge interest in doing one as i didn’t know if people would be bothered about it.

Love these, as someone else said above the 5 door ones were dime a dozen but we never got the 3 door hatch in NZ.

Bookmarked!

Also gave the car a really good wash as it looked like it’d been stood for a while even though it’d been for an MOT the week before 👀

Was on the hunt for more parts and got in touch with a Toyota parts legend, such a nice guy who’s helped with a lot of bits since owning the car.

For those who aren’t a corolla geek: spare wheel cover, an immaculate g6r factory strut brace, headlight seals and a new old stock g6r gear gator and surround. He also threw in some handy manuals.

While replacing them I found some decent Goodridge braided hoses have been fitted. I replaced the fluid at the same time and the car felt worlds apart. The brakes arent the greatest anyway so will be getting swapped at a later date.

Next up was a visit to get the wheels balanced as I was getting a judder from the steering wheel. This wasn’t a great visit as I discovered the rear right wheel is badly buckled. It will need to be trued during the refurb. I also had a good look at all four shocks as the ride is literally mental. I found all four must have started leaking since the MOT less than a month ago… there’s a theme starting here.

Managed to find the last body panel the other weekend. I only need the lower section of the rear bumper because mine looks like someone cut the hole for the exhaust using their teeth.

Really am liking this car way too much.

The pic that you took looking from one car at the rear of the other is pretty cool, like a staging lineup.