HiTempguy1
02-26-2016, 02:30 PM
I think I mentioned on Beyond when I bought this car, but I realized I never posted a thread on it. This is copied over from 780. Since it was the end of 2015 when I got it, I did approximately NOTHING to it except cruise around in it until mid September then parked it for the winter. I bought the car at the beginning of August, and then took it on a 3,000km roadtrip to PAX Prime in Seattle and back (car didn't miss a beat!).
Hopefully by posting this thread, it will keep me motivated to do some stuff to the stupid thing this year!
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200542_zpsyyfsmzdb.jpg
I've been daily driving boring vehicles the last little while and its been starting to wear on me. A car guy is not meant to daily a duramax and enjoy it In 2011 I had a 1995 JDM STi that was amazing, but the deal of a lifetime came up to acquire my (eventual) first rally car. So I sold the 95 STi and went down to the states to pick up the rally Talon. I needed a truck and trailer, so I bought those, limiting fun summer toy cash.
After crashing (rolling off a cliff) the rally talon ($$$$), I picked up a 2002 WRX rally car with a complete V8 spec C STi swap ($$$$$$$$) and raced that. After blowing up a clutch, and then crashing into a tree in the winter of 2012, costing more $$$$$$$ to fix, 2013 was deemed a "break" year (worked 1100 hours of OT and went racing in Mexico and did a cross Canada haul for two weeks for a buddies rally team).
And then in 2014, life was pretty hectic so I didn't do a single event. I've always said that owning a race/rally car will cause you to want to have a completely boring daily driver, and that's exactly what happened to me... for a while. Money, time, and ability has made the racing schedule much easier along with life in general, which leads me to now...
This past summer the itch has been strong for a toy that can just be driven, not worrying about perfection for a race or soul crushing boredom due to a high utility vs fun factor like the truck. I've been browsing Kijiji on and off, but I really wanted something CHEAP and COOL. A tough combo to come by in this province.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200753_zpsgr4ufyoj.jpg
The car has a 3TC in it rebuilt with hi-comp pistons and dual weber sidedrafts that have actually been PROPERLY SETUP. It sings! Great bottom end too, love the 3TC. I had a 1981 te72 probably 8 years ago that was a piece of crap, but did a couple of TSD's in it for fun and really liked the car. This car is a better version of that in every way!
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200603_zpse1hkr8kv.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200800_zpsm1olhrwe.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200615_zpse7pgrzj7.jpg
What does the future hold? Dunno. This is one of the only cars I've ever impulse bought in my life. If I go nuts with the car... I know some people who swapped a 2.0L ecoboost from a Focus ST into a Merkur XR4Ti. Its supposed to be a great swap, and Ford sells a kit to get the 2.0L running in anything. I know a T5 can be made to fit in the TE72, so thats a thing :bowdown:
Hopefully by posting this thread, it will keep me motivated to do some stuff to the stupid thing this year!
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200542_zpsyyfsmzdb.jpg
I've been daily driving boring vehicles the last little while and its been starting to wear on me. A car guy is not meant to daily a duramax and enjoy it In 2011 I had a 1995 JDM STi that was amazing, but the deal of a lifetime came up to acquire my (eventual) first rally car. So I sold the 95 STi and went down to the states to pick up the rally Talon. I needed a truck and trailer, so I bought those, limiting fun summer toy cash.
After crashing (rolling off a cliff) the rally talon ($$$$), I picked up a 2002 WRX rally car with a complete V8 spec C STi swap ($$$$$$$$) and raced that. After blowing up a clutch, and then crashing into a tree in the winter of 2012, costing more $$$$$$$ to fix, 2013 was deemed a "break" year (worked 1100 hours of OT and went racing in Mexico and did a cross Canada haul for two weeks for a buddies rally team).
And then in 2014, life was pretty hectic so I didn't do a single event. I've always said that owning a race/rally car will cause you to want to have a completely boring daily driver, and that's exactly what happened to me... for a while. Money, time, and ability has made the racing schedule much easier along with life in general, which leads me to now...
This past summer the itch has been strong for a toy that can just be driven, not worrying about perfection for a race or soul crushing boredom due to a high utility vs fun factor like the truck. I've been browsing Kijiji on and off, but I really wanted something CHEAP and COOL. A tough combo to come by in this province.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200753_zpsgr4ufyoj.jpg
The car has a 3TC in it rebuilt with hi-comp pistons and dual weber sidedrafts that have actually been PROPERLY SETUP. It sings! Great bottom end too, love the 3TC. I had a 1981 te72 probably 8 years ago that was a piece of crap, but did a couple of TSD's in it for fun and really liked the car. This car is a better version of that in every way!
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200603_zpse1hkr8kv.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200800_zpsm1olhrwe.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/hitempguy/TE72/IMG_20150722_200615_zpse7pgrzj7.jpg
What does the future hold? Dunno. This is one of the only cars I've ever impulse bought in my life. If I go nuts with the car... I know some people who swapped a 2.0L ecoboost from a Focus ST into a Merkur XR4Ti. Its supposed to be a great swap, and Ford sells a kit to get the 2.0L running in anything. I know a T5 can be made to fit in the TE72, so thats a thing :bowdown: