gemini newbie

pepsi · newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 7

hi everyone. I am new to here and new to Geminis.
I have found that gemini is a great car, and cheap for its age and 'mod-ability'. ;p and the best thing is, it's a RWD!
I would like to buy one, before that I want to know this car more. generally I am looking for a 1980+ RWD gemini.
What model should I look at?
How many variant is there? Engine capacity? power?
What's the weight of this car?
Are they all four doors?
Which model does most of the ppl want?
What good engines will fit in it? will they drop straight in? How much they normally go for?
what brakes they come with? what's the best mod to increase the brake power? and how much?
is there any particularly rust spot i should be looking at?

These are the questions I can think of now.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jin.
jzho9523@bigpond.net.au

kingy · tinkerer Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 68

a good gemini to get is shut the hell up

Te_Andrew_GC · tinkerer Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 62

don't worry about him

um, as far as whats a good gem, any gems a good gem. maybe except the RB, the FWD ones..... to each their own

most are 4 doors except a few of the early ones, but they are mostly pre 1980's anyway. u might like the earlier ones tho. have a look at the gallery and go from there.

VL commodore brakes are a popular mod in place of the rear drums. also, G180 and G200 engines, out of rodeo's and jackaroos from the 80's are direct bolt in's, pull pretty decent compared o the stocko, and can be EFI'd and turboed.

do what u want with the gem, be original

hope this helped a little
Andrew

pepsi · newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 7

that helps alot. thanks very much. but i think i will still prefer a post 80's car.
what power figure is the stock engine, G180 and G200 engine?
And is gem a light car?
Do they got power steering?
thanks again.

TGNVD247 · tinkerer Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 470

"most are 4 doors except a few of the early ones, but they are mostly pre 1980's anyway. u might like the earlier ones tho. have a look at the gallery and go from there."

and the wagons and panelvans........
RWD
sedans - tx,tc,td,te,tf,tg
wagons/panelvans - td,te,tf,tg
coupes - tx,tc,td

TGNVD247 · tinkerer Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 470

personally i wood get a tg or tf panelvan
or..
a tx coupe
i have a tg sedan and im getting sick of them cuz there everywhere...
just my opinion

TGNVD247 · tinkerer Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 470

power steering wood b good but no they dont..
sedan weighs about 950kg

pepsi · newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 7

yeh, I think a tg is good, especially a panelvan(then I can park in the loading zone in the city! ;p )...
tg and tf are around 82-85. so it's pretty new.
tx is just too old for me i think.

pepsi · newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 7

950kg that's pretty good.
my toyota sprinter weight about the same 910kg i think.

GROOV3 · petrol head Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 3682

so your down grading?

you had a sprinter?

TGNVD247 · tinkerer Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 470

thats what i was thinking...
i love 83 sprinters...!
why'd u sell it?
how much?

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: gemini newbie

wanna sell the sprinter?
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TGNVD247 · tinkerer Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 470

i think he sold it..
but if he hasnt and its an 83/84 model i'll buy it!

pepsi · newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 7

yeh, planning to sell the sprinter.
the one I put on toymods is from my friend, and it's sold.
my one has a 20v conversion. just feel that sprinter are very over priced. and I ran out of budget.

pepsi · newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 7

sprinters are like 83-85 in australia.
a stock sprinter has a 50kw motor. so it's nothing special.
I wanna sell my becoz i have ran out of budget.
I am not sure of the price at the moment. around 8k, it has got a 20v 4AGE conversion.