6G Celicas Forums

Hi there,
I am looking for another car to play with as I just finished rebuilding and selling a 1991 mr2. I would love to get my hands on another 6g but I dont want to spend a crapload of money. If anyone has a car with a blown engine/wrecked/etc. celica they are looking to get rid of email me.
thanks
matt

hey all,
I have a 1992 toyota tercel for sale in philadelphia. It is red, manual transmission, no options, no ac, 140k, new tires, alternator, brakes. Runs great but has a few dents/dings. Looking for 900 obo. Need to sell quick.
thanks
matt

sorry I didnt put that in my original post. I have a gt hatchback as well. How much would you like for the bumper and where are you located?
thanks
matt

Hey there,
I am back from my patrol and I am ready to start working on my celica. I need the following parts:
96+ front bumper
drivers side headlight housing and highbeam housing
hood
rear bumper
rear hatch
license plate piece
if you have any of these please let me know.
thanks
matt

I have seen people install some type of heatshielding between the intercooler and the valve cover. Also, installing a puller fan on top of the intercooler would help as well. While it is true that it doesnt draw as much cool air, it is also alot shorter distance so the air leaving the intercooler doesnt have time to heat up. Dont get me wrong, I would prefer a front mount as well, but a top mount will do the job
matt

You can get a decently sized spearco intercooler off ebay right now for under 400 shipped. You will probably want to stay away from a long, thin intercooler as it isnt as generally very efficient. You would be best asking eric(the guy who started this thread). He is an engineer and im sure he could recommend something.
matt

Yeah,
Even though im not a big fan of most hondas(nothing against them just so many), they are relatively easy to make quick. I have a ford probe gt right now, and even though it is a heavy car, it is still pretty quick stock. Celicas are still my first love though!
matt

lol, I did try to call dibs. If you want to do the the "ebay" thing thats cool as well. I guess I started at 400, anyone want to pay more?(im assuming yes:) )
matt

hey there,
Had both 18 x 7.5(trm typhoon), and 18 x 8(alt xfiles) with ground controls fully dropped(i would estimate right around 2.5 inches), and never rubbed even with people in the rear. The main thing to watch is the offset of the wheel. If you go to www.tirerack.com you can search for wheels by car and if you call them they will give you the correct offset as well.
hope that helps
matt
p.s. i have had 19s mounted as well(axis hagens), and it didnt rub either!

Ok,
So I got a reply email from alamo today saying they dont sell them. I told them that I thought they had organized a bulk buy in the past and would they be interested in doing another. I have yet to hear back.
just wanted to let everyone know.
matt

The car looks great man,
A guy down the street has those wheels on his a4 and I drool everytime I see them.
keep up the good work!
matt

cool,
the guys are pretty cool. I have bought a crapload of stuff from them so I think I can get them for a pretty good price. Its front and rear seats as well.
matt
p.s. If you know anyone interested a chameleon 93 probe gt let me know. I ended up trading my old probe for this one, and now I just bought another 6th gen, so the probe will be sitting

ill be there too,
lets just get a time and place together.
matt

hows it goin man,
Just wanted to let you know there is a nice set of black leather seats from a 99 I believe at a junkyard up here. If youd like I can see how much they want for them. They were in perfect condition and the place is pretty cheap.
just let me know
matt

I had ground controls on my car. If you look at my pics I had the front all the way down but I didnt grind off the original spring mounting cup which wouldve dropped it more. I had it with stock struts at first and it was a decent ride considering I had almost no suspension travel. I had trimmed bumpstops and never hit them unless I hit a large hole or bump. I have had dropzone coilovers on my ford probe and they worked really well. What you want to look for it the spring rate on the coilovers. My dropzones were the same as the ground controls for the probe at least.
hope that helps
matt

hey there,
Right now the only pic I have is of the front lip. I am picking the car up this week, and will snap some pics for everyone there. I cant vouch for fitment as I havent seen it yet but it is new and unmounted.
matt

Yeah,
the 96 turns wont fit the factory bumper without some major cutting. You can make your own clears. What I did with my 94 was take the factory signal out, and fabricate a small turn signal/opening kinda like what they sell for the miatas(have a pic if it helps to explain it). For my side markers(since they werent making clears in 98), I used the clear rear bumper sidemarkers from a 92-96 prelude/94-97 accord(I believe it was those year accords). I had to trim the mounting point just a tiny bit, but it fit fine, and even used the factory gasket(you can see pics of those on the celica.net website as well).
let us know what you decide
matt

im assuming your car is a 5 spd? You could try feathering the clutch some, lowering tire pressure(as you said). Thats what I would recommend to start. I have a slow car though, lol, so I dont do a whole lot of drag racing.
matt

hows it goin man,
Personally I dont think the tan/black combo like that will look all that great, but as long as its something you really want I wouldnt be to worried about it. If you need any interior parts to play with(i.e. extras), I still have alot of interior stuff out of my 94 I could donate to the "make over jareds interior" fund
let me know
matt

No problem,
Thats great to hear. Im sure it will turn out great! If you can, post some pics of the swap so everyone here can see the quality of your work. One nice thing about a lighter fwd car. Even a mildly modified 3s swap will still be a really quick car.
regards
matt

LOL, yeah the pics are pretty bad. It was sleeting outside, and I was freezing. I sold the car awhile ago so I dont have any new pics on the computer. I will scan some photos I have later on.
matt

I spent 9000 for the car(94 st),
5000 on paint and bodywork
1600 for wheels/tires
600 for chrome plating(engine parts and suspension parts)
1200 for interior
3000 for stereo(clarion autopc/kicker zr-1000 amp/zx460 amp/3 solobaric 12s)
500 for intake/header/exhaust
I worked at an import shop at the time, so I got alot of my stuff pretty cheap. I would blow 80% of every paycheck on the car as well. It was fun but im a little older now and have other priorities(rent/insurance/girfriend). Ive already posted a link to the pics on another thread, but here it is again if youd like to see it. Its nothing too crazy, but I liked it, and it was nice having something other than a honda(not knocking hondas, there are just soooo many of them modded)
matt
http://www.celica.net/multi/Gallery.asp?fo...neration/Matt_M

Is your car a 5spd or an automatic?
I ran my 94 st automatic in may of 2000 and ran a 16.8 on 18s. Do you know what the altitude of the track is(how high above sea level?). that can affect quarter mile times. Were you losing traction at all?
matt

thanks for the info,
Ill contact them and see what the story is.
matt

Mr. Hux,
How are you? I recognize you from the mr2 boards. I have seen your work with the 4age swap in the celica as well and am thoroughly impressed. I have some links to pics of the intercooler piping in the celica, let me see if I can find it for you.
http://www.alltrac.net/images/intercooler/...praFrontIC2.jpg
http://www.alltrac.net/images/intercooler/...ntercooler3.jpg
http://www.alltrac.net/images/intercooler/.../st185bigic.jpg
http://www.alltrac.net/tuning/frontICinstall.html
the last one goes through the process of installing the intercooler
hope that helps
matt
p.s. for anyone that doesnt know Mr. Hux has done some amazing things with both generations of mr2's as well as some in the celica world. Plus he makes some amazing parts. Are you doing a 3s swap into a celica?