A Cure for The Corona (Race Car)

[@DrBenIngle]

$500 my ass was all I could think about, good old lemons videos. Also please keep doing lemons videos on this channel, not enough people do and it's great to watch.

[@danielseelye6005]

John Ficarra: "Let me tell you about our Toyota Corona lemons race car!" KZbin: He needs a Covid tag on this video! 🤦‍♂️

[@theanomalous1401]

I have become so oblivious to KZbin's "fortification" notices that when you mentioned it, I was like"Wait! What?" So I went back to see what John's provocative handiwork hath wrought. #ThisCanBeRed #VentWindowsForJerryOrbach

[@russellhodge5008]

Much like the Whittington Brothers and their NOS fire extinguisher,I would love to hear more history on the ingenious ways race teams bent the rules or flat out cheated.

[@kylep.9395]

The wing is just the start, I can't wait to see a corona become a ground effects car. Going full fan car on it

[@FicarraClassic]

There have been fan car discussions. Just saying.

[@AE86Matt]

Iso tank fan

[@adamsdrives]

Chaparral style? Can’t be that hard to find a snowmobile engine.

[@TheCannonball79]

Keep’m coming John you are knocking it out of the park.

[@spyderMN]

I had been hoping you would create a KZbin channel. You are a gifted storyteller, and I love the geeky tweaks. Looking forward to many great new stories, thanks for sharing!

[@MrAquinas1]

That wing sitting on top reminded me of the time Oscar Koveleski glued a wing to the top of his helmet for his Can-Am car.

[@michaelh.9866]

Thanks, John! You're a great storyteller... I grew up at Mid-Ohio & remember the Whittington Bros & Danny On The Gas coming down the back straight. You could feel those 935s way deep in your soul.

[@Sclippy96]

A great deep dive on this lemons car, always some good low buck innovations. I'm no algorithm expert but you may want to come up with another punny alternative in case the algorithm hammers you for the particular syntax used in the title here.

[@EvilMcSheep]

I could listen to this guy for hours! Love this channel!

[@TomF1970]

You're sciencing the shit out of that ride! Way cool brah

[@AE86Matt]

Science!

[@mcdc3498]

Ah, just what i needed today - superb stuff!

[@timocallaghan4408]

The sound of a vvti 1j is both my favourite engine note, and my dream to swap into my car once shipping prices rationalise BTW, aisin ar5 from the pontiac solstice is a drop in replacement for the w58 on jz engines, might be easier to find cheap in the US and they are much newer, less abused transmissions than the typical w58 Also, you should absolutely weld the jackstands to the roof of the car

[@FicarraClassic]

Thanks for the aisin ar5 suggestion!

[@ianwynne764]

Hello John: I really like the 917 type wheel arch vents. Keep up the good work.

[@RNOdrift]

So good😄🏁 can't wait next episode 🏁 in Estonia🇪🇪there is "mannergute mõõduvõtt" like lemons and we have winter races too

[@jimbobianchi1915]

IDEA: Make your next LeMon car a spider/roadster!

[@baldrehdead]

Nearly a year after the video released, it's likely already been mounted... But I hope some gutter mount roof rack bars are incorporated into the wing mount

[@snap_oversteer]

So far excellent videos, I really hope you get the views you deserve

[@adamsdrives]

What about a McLaren inspired F-duct but when it’s activated by the driver’s knee(or elbow) it diverts air to a trunk or roof mounted medium sized tube dude for when the car is going slower speeds?

[@rollerdragon]

almost to the year... classic!!

[@Jason_Quinn]

7:59 Trim? Powered by Evinrude?

[@AE86Matt]

Gotta know what trim your wings at ;)

[@danshadoin7661]

You don't have the same number of letters/numbers on the license plates. That car is going to pull right.

[@FicarraClassic]

That's science!

[@clifbradley]

Absolute mad lads

[@cgmoog]

Rolls Royce levels of power.

[@37today46]

This is awesome

[@geigertron3000]

front bumper loos like a Studebaker Avanti

[@EdWongWRSU887FM]

Now If only you could use the wing to load the wheels directly (the early chaparral) instead of loading the chassis (allowing you to run a softer suspension)

[@FicarraClassic]

That would be the best way and we looked into that. Almost impossible to reach the control arms from above. So on the roof it goes!

[@jerryaubert6201]

Air movement around the back of the car is non-intuitive. Air going over the roof creates a low pressure (vacuum) area and sucks the air back-to-front. It's the same reason that fresh air for airlines goes back to front. Its the same reason when you put a can of gas in your station wagon and left the rear window open to move the air front-to-back that the air went oppo on you and filled the interior with back-to-front air and gas fumes. It's the same reason that bicycle speed records have a dome of plexi in front of the rider. The air goes around the dome that punches a hole in the air that the cyclist doesn't deal with and sucks air from behind to fill the vacuum.

[@shafferjoe1962]

LMAO...BAHAHA @ a BIG F'ing wing...

[@ianjamieson3985]

Love the level of cheating allowed and employed! Subscribed purely on the story of this build. What about the weight shifting mechanism off the Supra? Was it too big to transfer?

[@firefighterps2]

Is that a DType, or a Vanwall back there?

[@FicarraClassic]

D-Type. Top marks for the Vanwall guess! That's a deep cut. Sterling Moss would be proud!

[@firefighterps2]

@@FicarraClassic it helps to be old(ish) and a former 🇬🇧

[@BOB70TX]

Nice jaguar

[@hermatred572]

Nice

[@rollerdragon]

only thing i'd suggest is lav mics..

[@idiotluggage]

That is a cool car.

[@leighsmith3099]

1JZ ENGINE NO SHIT!!

[@urethrafranklin420.69]

I like the corupra

[@thec2cexpress572]

Nice work! I love the technical innovation put into every part of the car, it's a piece of functional rolling art.

[@tony66au]

Im Smiling my Ass off here on a Sunny Sunday morning at the absolute silliness of your Shovel Nose Corona, I played with these 30 years ago with 4AGE's and they are a surprisingly well balanced car (Mine being more Dirt oriented) but still a hilarious body to make go fast as a common Granny car here in Aus, I remember seeing this car a while ago on KZbin and grinning like a loon so it was awesome to get a walkthrough this time around. Love it!

[@bpinsf]

"Because it will be fun" is the best reason

[@1963neil]

Again, thanks for the tour!

[@ElseasWorld]

I love it, keep these videos coming!

[@theanomalous1401]

Only John can employ his mastery of the English language perfectly and trigger the Tech overlords into tagging Automotive content with a Covid fortification warning. Touche!. Shame on you @Jared Pink! Between you and Freddy, (Tavarish) aka The Dynamic Duo of the JDM underverse for not jumping on the 1 JAY-Z 2 JAY-Z punchline and letting John scoop it up for the game-winner. Finally, I swear, I thought early Coronas had Vent Windows. ok, John, You got some splaining to do!

[@scottwhitmire6613]

CHEEZY ACTIVE AREO. Love the idea. Best to you.🏁

[@johnburch6927]

I am so happy you started your channel. Dang, I could have just come for the efficient usage of license plates. Seriously, if so inclined, I would love to hear more about the Whittington Brothers.

[@d3vjak]

my new favorite channel :D Cheers from Slovenija

[@virtualstatic]

the 2JZ joke was what got the like. always loved your vinwiki stories, looking forward to many others on your channel!

[@CarWizard]

Can confirm. The Suprona means business. Looks really cool, and is a force to be reckoned with. Especially with John behind the wheel.

[@jensenhealey907efi]

Can you do a video about the D-Type replica in the background?

[@FicarraClassic]

The "He's Working on ... What" video has an intro to the D-Type. More will be coming on that car for sure.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

For anyone who wants to know, it's about 360-400hp at the crank in that spec. W58's are a great transmission but only rated to around 350hp. They door exhaust needs to be more isolated from the electrics, it'll cause long term damage to the wiring insulation and intermittent faults.

[@marcuscoquer5958]

Doesn't the wing also push back? With the leverage that will still be lifting the front. Maybe try creating some downforce at the front, seeing as the radiator isn't there anymore, with less bonnet and some flappage (fla'parrge). Or ground effect/fan car with less boot and more flappage...

[@hruskaz]

heh, that Illinois plate says "little worm" in czech (actually its červík, but czervik is how you would spell it in english to get the same pronunciation)

[@scottimusgarrett15]

The first thing I thought when you started talking about The Wing was Chaparral!✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦

[@danepatterson8785]

Had a 96 stihl chainsaw ported bored polished and dual port exhaust ran 110 octane race fuel has ran for 5 years on the same spark plug starts everytime hi octane fuel is the way to go

[@bretthatfield2516]

Will having all that wing weight and actuators on the roof change the center of gravity?

[@simbry49]

I am so proud. My first car was a late model (1982) Corona. You are mt hero.

[@Taz_XE076]

Hope you document some of your races with this thing. Would be cool to see the goings-on come race day

[@josephfranzen5626]

Absolutely genius build guys.

[@basuramanya]

When is the race you are looking to race in?

[@FicarraClassic]

We'll be racing in LeMons at Thunderhill in May next. Can't be sure the wing will be ready by then, but you never know!

[@theanomalous1401]

@@FicarraClassic See if the fine folks at Canepa's can get you into the wind tunnel after hours. No issue is to big for the Colin Chapman of LeMons!

[@davidpooler1027]

1JZ, explanation, supranos logos and t-shirt (face palm) the puns are delightfully horrible. The cheap tricks such as the homefab coilovers mismatch gauges, to real world clever ideas as prepresured coolant system, driver comfort/safety planning I can appreciate all this to the tune of, a paper mache award! The cheaty planning is great. I figured more smokey Eunic style tricks vs a car-toon wing but hey if it might work, its worth persuit! I especially like the idea if using it for braking assist. For the tranny I understand there is some shared family in aisin gearboxes with jeep Ax15 and the turbo version 22r trucks. I wonder how much might be in common after all for the Jz? Further I have heard aisin auto transmissions used in cherokees, are internally same as v6 tacomas. I have a 2wd ax15 as have had 2wd auto cherokees. As tranny doners they do exist and with 4wd application and popularity, aftermarket support is there. Interestingly enough Ax15 has removable bell housing and can be found in some dacotas too (I run mercedes diesels in front of one with help of an adaptor kit) I would ask if it is sacreligious to run an auto setup? Turbo cars benefit from the head start of boost developed by pushing a TC. Especially off the line. Buuut loose power in the form of heat from TC. Always a tradeoff and I suspect you may accept low buck reliability at the cost of some power loss. I wish I had more quantifiable data to share, just sharing musings from the hip that could send you down research rabbit holes. I am trying to figure cheap junkyard solutions for low buck fixes often hidden by stones left unturned. Finally I wish I was still in california so I could see this race venue In person, for now I vicariosly draw of inspiration you provide. Oh yeah... This too, "could be red"

[@davidpooler1027]

Another thought is with a gearbox running hard for 8 or 10 hours in crazy high ambient all day? Makes me wonder if failure may have had roots in oil breakdown? Perhaps an aluminum finned pipe style cooler (large copacity and lof flow resistance) to add oil capacity add cooling. Start by drill and tapping off casing where gear splash sling or churn will circulate it through cooler.

[@splattbastard]

Great channel! Very happy you are doing it. Smokey Yunik ran a center mounted wing at Indy in the early 60s.