Intro:
I will start off by saying I have never driven an Alltrac and I have actually only ever seen one in person. I was drawn to the car because of the styling and its toyota/racing heritage. And its uniqueness/sleeper potential. My brother has always been big into celicas (currently owns an 81 and 85) so it was natural to pick one up. I have an all toyota fleet so was looking to stay that way. I was looking for something agile to supplement the supra which is very fast but I missed owning a tru handling car. Also need a better mpg car, cause the tundra is getting 12 mpg and my commute just doubled.
I have owned a few other cars in the past and built them up, wifes prelude my integra. I had an 87 yota pickup that I did alot of work to to bring it back from the dead. That was a really fun project, sourcing parts and breathing new life into it. I am hoping the trac is like that was. Currently have the supra, tundra, GS400 and the trac.
The car:
I have been lurking on the site for a while looking for one to pick up. That and of course ebay. One came up on ebay that was pretty close to me. I wouldnt normally buy outright on ebay but.....Seemed to be a straightforward project and had a florida history so rust was minimal. I scooped it up for what I think as a decent price. Car is in decent shape, paint is faded but overall condition is good. Main problem was a leaky rear main and the motor/trans were out of the car. Not the way I wanted to start since my awd knowledge is limited to 4x4 trucks which is much different. Here are some shots of the car at its original location and us bringing it home.
Goals:
I want to daily drive the car which after reading more and more I understand may be an issue. So modifications will be kept to a minimum. I want to be at around 250-275 HP. The car is pretty much stock, it has a supra ct26 and a custom downpipe. I will start with basic mods, such as exhaust, intake, boost controller, and suspension/rims. Eventually I would like to get the car painted but thats after everything else is done, it may be awhile. I have some extra sparco torinos that may find their way into the car...but we will see about that.
Project start:
I got the car in January and it has pretty much sat until the past few weeks. I had been working on some mods to the supra that took awhile and prepping my house for sale. My house sold fast so now this car needs to move under its own power.
We got started on researching all the preventative things to swap out while the motor was out of the car. I ordered round 1 of OEM parts: Gasket kit, Thermostat, oil pump, water pump, timing belt, TB tensior/spring, speed sensor, idler assembly, and new filters. I also did some clutch research for my HP goals and based on experience with RPS cluctches in my Supra I went with a new RPS clutch. My bro works for toyota so knowledge/discount there has been priceless.
After some research on alltrac.net we tore into the clutch/rear main replacement. The worst part about this was seperating the motor from the trans. But with some help from guys on here this was quickly figured out. Cleaning was also a real pita, the rear main leak made a huge mess. I cleaned that up quite a bit but its far from perfect. It eventually will get a better pressure cleaning.
We then moved onto the top of the motor to replace intake gaskets, valve covers gaskets and tb gaskets/hoses. We broke a fuel line in the process and also realized our valve cover gasket was wrong. So we are waiting on those parts to continue. I took the opportunity to order rnd 2 of oem parts. New steering boots, new axle boot kits, upper/lower rad hoses and some other misc stuff (gt four badge for the hell of it). The fuel line is discontinued so that was recently sourced used along with a crank pulley since mine has a large chunk out of ....thanks whoever did that.
Thats it as of now, I will try to keep this updated over the next month. I just need the thing running asap so I can start enjoying it and get it off the property before I move. I am trying to keep the build inexpensive to start which is tough cause I want to send stuff to powder coat while its out, but it just doesnt make sense until I know the car will run reliably at first.
Thanks!
I will start off by saying I have never driven an Alltrac and I have actually only ever seen one in person. I was drawn to the car because of the styling and its toyota/racing heritage. And its uniqueness/sleeper potential. My brother has always been big into celicas (currently owns an 81 and 85) so it was natural to pick one up. I have an all toyota fleet so was looking to stay that way. I was looking for something agile to supplement the supra which is very fast but I missed owning a tru handling car. Also need a better mpg car, cause the tundra is getting 12 mpg and my commute just doubled.
I have owned a few other cars in the past and built them up, wifes prelude my integra. I had an 87 yota pickup that I did alot of work to to bring it back from the dead. That was a really fun project, sourcing parts and breathing new life into it. I am hoping the trac is like that was. Currently have the supra, tundra, GS400 and the trac.
The car:
I have been lurking on the site for a while looking for one to pick up. That and of course ebay. One came up on ebay that was pretty close to me. I wouldnt normally buy outright on ebay but.....Seemed to be a straightforward project and had a florida history so rust was minimal. I scooped it up for what I think as a decent price. Car is in decent shape, paint is faded but overall condition is good. Main problem was a leaky rear main and the motor/trans were out of the car. Not the way I wanted to start since my awd knowledge is limited to 4x4 trucks which is much different. Here are some shots of the car at its original location and us bringing it home.
Goals:
I want to daily drive the car which after reading more and more I understand may be an issue. So modifications will be kept to a minimum. I want to be at around 250-275 HP. The car is pretty much stock, it has a supra ct26 and a custom downpipe. I will start with basic mods, such as exhaust, intake, boost controller, and suspension/rims. Eventually I would like to get the car painted but thats after everything else is done, it may be awhile. I have some extra sparco torinos that may find their way into the car...but we will see about that.
Project start:
I got the car in January and it has pretty much sat until the past few weeks. I had been working on some mods to the supra that took awhile and prepping my house for sale. My house sold fast so now this car needs to move under its own power.
We got started on researching all the preventative things to swap out while the motor was out of the car. I ordered round 1 of OEM parts: Gasket kit, Thermostat, oil pump, water pump, timing belt, TB tensior/spring, speed sensor, idler assembly, and new filters. I also did some clutch research for my HP goals and based on experience with RPS cluctches in my Supra I went with a new RPS clutch. My bro works for toyota so knowledge/discount there has been priceless.
After some research on alltrac.net we tore into the clutch/rear main replacement. The worst part about this was seperating the motor from the trans. But with some help from guys on here this was quickly figured out. Cleaning was also a real pita, the rear main leak made a huge mess. I cleaned that up quite a bit but its far from perfect. It eventually will get a better pressure cleaning.
We then moved onto the top of the motor to replace intake gaskets, valve covers gaskets and tb gaskets/hoses. We broke a fuel line in the process and also realized our valve cover gasket was wrong. So we are waiting on those parts to continue. I took the opportunity to order rnd 2 of oem parts. New steering boots, new axle boot kits, upper/lower rad hoses and some other misc stuff (gt four badge for the hell of it). The fuel line is discontinued so that was recently sourced used along with a crank pulley since mine has a large chunk out of ....thanks whoever did that.
Thats it as of now, I will try to keep this updated over the next month. I just need the thing running asap so I can start enjoying it and get it off the property before I move. I am trying to keep the build inexpensive to start which is tough cause I want to send stuff to powder coat while its out, but it just doesnt make sense until I know the car will run reliably at first.
Thanks!
