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I have the same car as my daily driver and I agree it's a fantastic car. I've found that Rotella T6 5W-40 slowed down the oil burning. If you're used to the low rpm torque characteristics of the 7A-FE engine in the Geo, switching to a Tercel 4WD will be a downgrade. Average mpg with a Tercel 4WD wil...

Delta probably offers different cam regrinds, but the mild street one is the 260 one. It shifts the powerband a bit higher up in the rpm range, which I figure probably moves peak torque past 3000 rpm, probably as high as 3400-3600 rpm. Peak hp seems to occur closer to the redline as the engine seems...

You can get the car to pass CA ASM dyno emissions test with the Delta regrind cam (I have the 260 grind cam in my car). Even with a stock CR engine NOx emissions tend to get high during the test, so you must make sure the EGR system is working properly and you have a healthy amount of vacuum going t...

The Prizm came with two engine options depending on the trim model. It either has the 4A-FE or the more desirable 7A-FE (less common). Usually you can tell by looking at the under hood emissions sticker and it will tell you which engine it has. If that fails, you can always use a VIN decoder.

Notice how the underhood emissions control sticker says OBD Exempt. The 88 Corolla with the 4A-F already had OBD so these last Corollas with the 4A-LC were exempt as well as the Tercel wagons through the '88 model year.

The tercel trans doesn't like it when you shift fast, most of them I have owned (7+) or driven have had crunchy shifts. It makes a big difference when you rev-match perfectly. If I hadn't done it properly I would've trashed the trans a long time ago and I have over 40k miles rev-matching my downshif...

The owner of the car featured in the second article is on the forums here somewhere.

When you rev match perfectly you would be able to shift without the clutch (not recommended) and it's very smooth. I taught myself how to do double clutch rev-matching because the syncros were worn on my '84. I've been doing it ever since then and driving became a lot smoother that some people don't...

My friend sent me a link to this: https://autos.yahoo.com/news/keep-moder ... 03258.html

There's a few of us out there that share our strange love for this quirky automobile.

So if I understand this correctly your vehicle is failing due to high HC (unburnt fuel)? The last smog test place I took my 84 failed it because the rpm was 'out of tolerance' so it failed the timing check. I lowered the idle quite a bit (probably down to 600 rpm, although my car has manual steering...

I had a problem with a cylinder not firing properly and it was mostly noticeably at lower rpms. It turned out that both the intake runner for that cylinder had a crack and the cylinder head also had a crack where that runner bolted up to it. Others here have reported cracked intake manifolds here as...

garyfish wrote:
'84 SR5, 176K, $3850 -- Portland, OR
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/4521940277.html

I'm very sure this is the '84 SR5 that I rescued in LA and Petros sold in WA...

I hadn't noticed it has the skinny tires - P155/80R13. The SR5 wagons only came with 175/70R13, I wonder who decided to put the skinnier tires on it.

This is interesting... It's a CA car with the HAC system retrofitted, this is the first time I see this.

The A55F is the 3 spd automatic 4x4 trans. The manual 4x4 transmissions are the Z52F & Z54F...

You're right, those are the flat-top pistons that were supposedly discontinued in 2004. Too bad they're only standard size... I had been looking for the 1 mm oversized ones.