I am going to Derby a 95 Corolla

I got a 95 Corolla from a guy at work for $125 and will be doing a "Mega Stock FWD" (chain class) demolition derby with it. (no welding except safety bar and driver door) I am not new to derbies, I have done maybe a 10 races. I have always done Compact but all the other ones I did were Pinto, Mustang, Volvo and Pacer. So this my first time with a FWD. The car is a 95 Automatic and was a daily driver. Runs great.
-any thoughts?

 

Yeah, post after pics!

 

I will be moving the ecu and fuse box wiring to the to inside of the car in a few days when the windshield comes out. I plan to kinda just flop the wire loom over the dash board and zip tie it there.

 

I still have to set up the battery and boat gas tank inside the cab. I am also going to bolt on a Jeep Cherokee bumper to front (rules say bumper swaps allowed of "Like Era")

 

This sounds like it is going to be awesome post pics of the build I'm interested to see how it goes. Good luck

 

screw pics... we need some videos of this shenanagins!

 

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I cant find any info on Corolla in a demolition derby. I am gonna do the best I
can. I have have what it takes. The derby sites have been quiet for a few years now.

 

how'd the Volvo do?

 

it was a 88 240 wagon and we called it the Devastator. Because it was a exactly that I ran it in a county far from where I live and I got dq'd for making a "driver door hit" even though my driver door was caved in from being hit by all the locals. They didnt like out of towners. So then I repaired what I could and ran it at a diff county fair and devastated again but got got stuck in the mud and sold the car on site to a scrapper for $200 cuz in was stripped and still weighed 4000+. The volvo never shut off... after I started it It ran strong, I turned the key and went balls out and just destroyed my opponents. until getting stuck. Mud tires (diggers) are a waste

 

after taking close look at the Corolla , one thing that makes me nervous is the the transmission shift fork is in the front of the trans and is only 7 or 8 inches away from contact with (anything that packs in).

 

it's really only like 3 inches away from touching the front cross member of the frame. (I'm actually wondering if I should torch a U in the frame)
- NEED DERBY GUYS INPUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I would be worried about a nose shot more than anything. You are right. It is tight in the front end. . Notching in that area will severely weaken that area. The rad. has no protection so your bumper replacement will be a must. Can you reinforce the bumper ears ???? Like all the way to the firewall ???? Hehehe.

 

mike, obviously a track shot to the nose is what worries me. I need to work from the back from the start. and if i still run good eventually i will have to hitting front real estate.

 

this will be a "asss ender"

 

I use to rip the foam out of the back seat and use it in the drivers door for more padding. Duck tape makes a nice reinforced door panel. Put a couple of bottles of stop leak in the rad.

 

Sorry, I can't get past the part where you said you did one derby in a Pinto....

 

dude pinto's are KING in RWD compact class.