1996 Toyota Celica SS-III progress thread (NZ Celica), * At the panel beaters, Page 7 for pics Options

[delusionz]

Yep! I decided to buy it, Yes it is an SS-III, No it doesn't have Beams.

It had 74,480 Kms on the odometer when I took the keys today,

What's it got?
SS-III side skirts
Super Strut Suspension
Front & Rear Strut bars
3S-GE motor, Non VVT-i
16 Inch Factory Toyota wheels, 215/50R16
3 Spoke Steering Wheel
Auto A/C electronic climate control unit
Modern JDM tail lights
Modern JDM front bumper
Modern 3 Post spoiler

What it doesn't have?
Beams motor
White interior
Airbags
Front and rear splitters
red splash interior carpet (mines blue splash)
Sunroof
extra knob on driver seat which remembers the driving position of the back rest

It's an amazing upgrade from the '95 SS-I so I'm going to post pictures in this thread and list the things I do to it in time. I got a few things in mind which I'll list later on.

















This post has been edited by delusionz: Feb 12, 2009 - 6:24 PM

[stetsonaw]

congrats on the III man, i love mine, but you have a real BLMZF, mine is a BLP(M)ZF. P is for auto, M is for manual. love that color. what are your plans with it?

[Rusty]

upgraded from a '95 SS-I

right now I remeber who you are.

this will help you SS-III magic


looking at that, you already have a few ideas in motion

[delusionz]

My shopping list at this point in time is:

pod filter (bought that today) - mine was destroyed in the crash but I still have the old ram pipe, i haven't noticed if the mouth of the TB 3" or 2.5", i might need a new silicone joiner and some 77ml clamps.
4x ngk iridium bkr6eix
oil and filter change
coolant change
head unit
decat pipe

i have a blowby catch tank and 6" 85W door speakers from my last celica to install,
i want to paint my rocker cover and intake manifold red, blue led cluster and climate control and ingition ring perhaps....
eventually get trd plug leads, ss3 splitters, 2 post wing...

This post has been edited by delusionz: Jun 10, 2008 - 4:48 AM

[Rusty]

I'll add a few ideas
cambelt or was that done recently?
new spark plug leads? (I went TRD )
speakers front and rear?

painting ACIS manifold red? hmm check my pic out you might want to change your mind

[delusionz]

Mmmmmm yeah those TRD leads look good, Okay I'm adding that -- to the bottom though as it's not cheap and has minuscule bang for buck, but they do look great.

cambelt for sure, but I have a few kms yet to put that off. I don't have many pennies left as of today

I see what you've done with your pod filter. You've used the stock rubber pipe and blocked off the hole where your resonator connected getting around a problem i'm about to face,
I have a short ram pipe with 1 vacuum nipple on it from my old celica... on this new motor the stock pipe has 2 vacuum nipples for some other system connected to it so i'm looking all around for a T piece adaptation it needs to have 2 big nipples and 1 little nipple and i swear i had 1 i picked at Pick-A-Part i thought looked useful but i must have thrown it out and now i need it.. arghhh





Red manifold, Like my old look ----



Sporty red engine -- kinda, red yes, sporty no.

This post has been edited by delusionz: Jun 10, 2008 - 6:08 AM

[Rusty]

I see what you've done with your pod filter. You've used the stock rubber pipe and blocked off the hole where your resonator connected getting around a problem i'm about to face

ahh yea, thats ben 1 thing i've been meaning to fix

I have a short ram pipe with 1 vacuum nipple on it from my old celica... on this new motor the stock pipe has 2 vacuum nipples for some other system connected to it so i'm looking all around for a T piece adaptation it needs to have 2 big nipples and 1 little nipple and i swear i had 1 i picked at Pick-A-Part i thought looked useful but i must have thrown it out and now i need it.. arghhh

odd? mine had 1 Big for idle, and 1 small pipe going to some air speed computer for ACIS

[delusionz]

I'm really keen to get my pod filter on but unfortunately my SRI pipe doesn't have the correct nipples on it so in the mean time I got this idea from staring at Rusty's engine for a while that I'll use a 3" plastic joiner to connect the pod filter onto the stock rubber pipe and I've pulled out the resonator box and measured the connector diameter at 52mm so I went to a home building supplies warehouse and purchased a piece of PVC plumbing pipe to fit the hole with a cap on the end. I drilled a 20mm hole in the cap to place the rubber grommet and temperature sensor from the air box.


SRI, needs different nipples to be used with 3S-GE


cheap wildcat filter, does the trick


3" joiner plastic already connected to pod filter

This post has been edited by delusionz: Jun 13, 2008 - 11:57 PM

[S2CELLY]

congrats on the III man, i love mine, but you have a real BLMZF, mine is a BLP(M)ZF. P is for auto, M is for manual.

This is really strange, I have the same car with Super-strut, LSD, 2 pot front brakes even the clutch is different as i found out to my expence.
Also the car has close ratio gearbox.
So why is my code BLMVF.

[delusionz]

congrats on the III man, i love mine, but you have a real BLMZF, mine is a BLP(M)ZF. P is for auto, M is for manual.

This is really strange, I have the same car with Super-strut, LSD, 2 pot front brakes even the clutch is different as i found out to my expence.
Also the car has close ratio gearbox.
So why is my code BLMVF.

SS-III was introduced in 1995 or 1996 I think, You just have an optioned out SS-II

[MercuryFree]

so in the mean time I got this idea from staring at Rusty's engine for a while that I'll use a 3" plastic joiner to connect the pod filter onto the stock rubber pipe and I've pulled out the resonator box and measured the connector diameter at 52mm so I went to a home building supplies warehouse and purchased a piece of PVC plumbing pipe to fit the hole with a cap on the end. I drilled a 20mm hole in the cap to place the rubber grommet and temperature sensor from the air box.

I think I did something similar today, heh. Is this what you were meaning?



Now to go for a drive and see if it falls off. *cough*


This post has been edited by MercuryFree: Jun 17, 2008 - 12:08 AM

[delusionz]

Hehe It looks exactly the same, I haven't taken a photo yet because its cloudy and crap outside. I'm on the hunt for a 77mm PVC pipe which i can drill holes in for the vacuum lines and connect that up with my aluminum short ram pipe but all i can find is 10 metres of 80mm lol.

Man does this engine ROAR with a pod filter. I'm keen to get rid of the stock rubber pipe though, I think it gets constricted under high vacuum.

[delusionz]

[delusionz]

Plans for CAI BOX

[Rusty]

whats the wires do in the air intake pipe, because mine doesn't have that? where does it go?

I think it gets constricted under high vacuum.

you might be right, hence the reason why I want to change

[delusionz]

The dodgy I plugged into the side with the plumbing cap? Thats the air temperature sensor that origionally plugged into the air filter box

[Rusty]

hhmm mine must have came out (in Japan), since I dont have one? were does it go to?

[delusionz]

No idea, I don't have the car with me at the moment as she's in getting her cam belt changed. IIRC it just joins in with a bigger mess of wires, I'm sure the car can make do without it actually being in the intake pipe but its probably hidden somewhere around that area which wont really make much of a difference since the intake air is probably just as warm as anywhere else in your engine bay

[delusionz]

Update: Oil & filter changed, Cam belt and accessory belts replaced, Blow-by catch tank installed.

[trdproven]

Is that really a beams motor? Looks like a typical silvertop 3sge. Mostly seen beams motors with the actual beams logo, manifold and red color scheme. I might be wrong.

[stetsonaw]

it's not a beams, those weren't introduced until 1998, he has a 96, same same but newer than mine by a year. just your standard 3rd gen 3sge.

[Rusty]

umm 97 wasn't it? (late changes)

[stetsonaw]

according to this, toyota started putting in the beams in december of '97. i've always considered anything after september to be the next model year, ie a car built in december of 97 would be considered a 98.

if the link doesn't work, translate this site @ http://translate.google.com
http://www.celica-matsuri.org/c02/st20/1_1.htm

This post has been edited by stetsonaw: Jun 23, 2008 - 5:40 AM

[Rusty]

^ yeah thats a good point about december, came out 97 production 98

[delusionz]

Update: New photos


blow-by catch tank


blow-by catch tank closeup

This post has been edited by delusionz: Aug 16, 2008 - 6:32 PM

[Rusty]

blow-by catch tank

whats that for?

[delusionz]

Look to the left of your ACIS manifold, notice 2 nozzles pointed at eachother joined with a small black hose? The plastic one on the left (PCV Valve or positive crankcase ventilation valve) flows oil vapour which is forced out by intense crankcase pressure into the one on the right the ACIS manifold and through the entire intake system to be burned with the air and fuel.

Burning oil is good for lowering octane, reducing engine power and sludging the inside of the manifold.

A blow-by catch tank connects between the two and catches the oil before it enters the manifold.

Even after 1 drive exposing the motor to some 1st and 2nd gear WOT operation the tank has enough golden oil in it to cover a large frying pan for bacon and eggs.

This is the 2nd cheapest/easiest modification after a pod filter

[delusionz]

Update: Ordered 6 Led bulbs from ledbulbs.co.nz

3x Blue LED 10mm wedge (Type 194 direct replacement) for the gauge cluster


and 3x Blue LED 5mm wedge (Type 75 & 74 direct replacement) for the glove box, cigarette lighter ring & ignition ring


Total cost NZD$40 Including postage, Can't wait to get them in.

[Rusty]

Look to the left of your ACIS manifold, notice 2 nozzles pointed at eachother joined with a small black hose? The plastic one on the left (PCV Valve or positive crankcase ventilation valve) flows oil vapour which is forced out by intense crankcase pressure into the one on the right the ACIS manifold and through the entire intake system to be burned with the air and fuel.

sweet, something else I can do, although I might put it on the left side of the engine bay (so I don't have heaps of piping) were did you get that from?

Is it quite easy to replace dash lights?
I want to put bright white ones in, also have to do my ignition ring maybe my cigarette lighter (even though i never use it)

[delusionz]

Catch tank is bout $50 or $60, You'll need to get your own oil hose for it as the one provided with the tank is too thin and small, it constricts and probably melts, stupid chinese stuff. Can get it from Super Cheap Auto or Repco.

The dash is pretty simple, theres a long plastic trim piece over the steering wheel and ignition ring u just pull out and it exposes all the screws u need to unscrew, 8 in total to pull out the gauge cluster... 4 along the top trim piece and 4 on the gauge cluster... just carefully pull it out and then squeeze out the 3 wiring harness clips... the 3 biggest bulb holders are the ones for the background colour... its a 12v source so LED's need to be resistored. So just buy the direct replacement bulbs from that site, its the T10's (direct replacement for Type 194) u want for the gauge cluster and the little T5's (direct replacement for Type 74/75) for your glove box, ignition ring, coin holder, cigarette lighter ring, the small warning lights in the gauge cluster...... Its very easy (5 minute job) once u know where every snap and screw is, and theyre mostly obvious... TBH your rear speaker installation is a dog of a job compared to this

[delusionz]

Another picture from the front

I used 2 metres of oil hose from ENZED costed $20, cut it in half and routed the oil lines for the catch tank around the back, perfect now as before I had short hoses over the top which were starting to melt.




EDIT: There was nowhere for it to fit on the left side, just that little place hanging off the strut brace on the right is all I could find.

This post has been edited by delusionz: Jul 2, 2008 - 11:46 PM

[delusionz]

Update: Gauge cluster, 3x Blue Led Type 194 incandescent bulb replacements




EDIT: ****ty phone camera, It looks alot better than that.

This post has been edited by delusionz: Jul 9, 2008 - 9:00 PM

[parriehunter]

Those dash lights look awesome.

I am interested in your oil catch set up. Does the can just fill up or does the oil get sucked back into the motor?
Also is it just me or do you have 2 connections on the acis thing and one in the manifold aswell?

Also I think the pre beams ssIII is the ssII but with an LSD and superstrut suspension.
Is that correct.

[delusionz]

Yeah, The can fills up, the one I bought is crap though, the good ones have the vacuum port at the top and the oil port at the bottom and there's a separator inbetween and you stuff steel wool in the bottom to filter oil vapors sucking through from the top, however mine seems to fill up which suggests that its working to some extent.

Yep the stock intake hose has 2 ports on it, a little one for ACIS, and a fat one for something else. Hence the difficulty in installing my aluminum ram pipe since it only has 1 nipple and it doesn't match any of the 3s-ge vacuum hose sizes.

And you are correct about SS-II and SS-III, You may be interested to know that in 1994 there was no SS-III but there was a special "super strut suspension equipped SS-II" and in 1998 both the SS-II and the SS-III had the Yamaha Beams motor but once again SS-III was equipped with LSD & super strut suspension. Also in many instances of the same year model SS-III gets more body kit parts.

[parriehunter]

When you talk about your intake hose is that the between the pod and manifold? Do you have to hook up the tank via the intake?

[delusionz]

Oh nah the tank hooks on between a valve on the engine cover and a port on the manifold itself, by the norm they'll just be connected with a small black hose

[parriehunter]

Cool might have to try and do it. Just reading this and it says how to baffle it so it works better or something.

Did it make any difference?

[delusionz]

Yeah that's good advise, I haven't done that yet but as I said the tank seems to fill up anyways, Performance wise I haven't really noticed a difference, But the oil I see in the tank I'd rather it be there instead of inside the ACIS manifold.

[parriehunter]

Thats true. Ill have to go to super cheap tomorrow and have a look.

[Rusty]

I went in there last week $60-70 for it

delusionz does repco or S C sell those bulbs I want to go bright white, but apperently Coomer said something about using "194 bulbs" not LEDs

LEDs


Bulbs


thats what i'm talking about

[delusionz]

194 is the code for the 10mm wedge socket incandescent bulb, u cant buy anything but dull yellow/orange incandescent bulbs lol..... I think wot he means is dont make ur own LED's because the size of the bulb it has to touch these transparent light transfering plastics inside the unit and normal LED's are too small + rigging it up is a bitch... just go to that website and order 3 those T10 replacement bulbs, they have white ones aswell: http://ledbulbs.co.nz/product_info.php/cPa...691521bbc371987

[stetsonaw]

rusty, these are the bulbs you need, regular 1 way LEDs look like poop. these are what i have in mine. click on the pic above to see the selection at autolumination.com, or PM Culpable04, he sells them at a good price, quick shipper, and ships internationally.

[Rusty]

stetsonaw your LED do look pretty funny, but looking at them, they look to be more effective with 5 LED's

what about this one, since the other comes in a 'cool white', and does not look as bright

[stetsonaw]

haven't tried those ones out yet, so i don't know how the light dispersion would compare.

[Rusty]

anyway back on topic (my bad lol)

what are you doing/ planning to do next?

[delusionz]

Left to do for the interior is a few difficult globes to replace with blue led (not leaving a single green light left in there), head unit & I have another set of speakers to install. Performance wise there's De-Cat pipe, NGK Iridium plugs (BKR6EIX), TRD ignition leads & a cannon muffler--but definitely not a priority that one. For the exterior which I will get to last theres a small dent in the back left corner which needs to be fixed and then I want full SS-III splitters, SS-III front grill w/ badge and I should be pretty much done after all that?? Projectors & Clear indicators would be nice too. I want to keep a stock look, but the best stock you can get sort of thing.

This post has been edited by delusionz: Jul 13, 2008 - 2:47 AM

[parriehunter]

That sounds like an awesome plan.

Changing the interior colours would be awesome.

[delusionz]

Update: Pictures of the blues, once again my ****ty phone camera sucks.

Dash & Ignition ring


Cigarette lighter ring


Coin box


Glove box

[Rusty]

nice, get that headunit out, get an alpine (ipod) headunit

[parriehunter]

Also change your clock .

looks awesome.

[delusionz]

I added some translucent blue paint to the clock but the green from the numbers made it look out turquoise

[parriehunter]

Gutted.

[Rusty]

lol, wh have a tech write up don't we? or did you follow that

[delusionz]

The tech writeup calls for a translucent plastic from filing folders, Nah the clock is green, green and blue always make turquoise even if I did use a blue plastic instead. However blue plastic AND blue paint might shift the turquoise to aqua but I'm afraid it may end up too dark to even read at all (especially when the head lights are on) but I'll try it anyways. Green and Red however turn out awesome! I did try that for a while, it was like a firey orange on a blood red background but that's not the theme in my car

[delusionz]

Turq:


This post has been edited by delusionz: Jul 17, 2008 - 2:15 AM

[delusionz]

Update: Showing off Crystal clear side indicators & 2 pot calipers



This post has been edited by delusionz: Jul 31, 2008 - 8:33 PM

[Rusty]

best $49 you'll spent on trademe. nice
(you can easily get replacement bulbs at repco/SC)

what size are those wheels 205?

are you getting springs yet?

[delusionz]

best $49 you'll spent on trademe. nice
(you can easily get replacement bulbs at repco/SC)

what size are those wheels 205?

are you getting springs yet?

Yeah I'm keen on the Tein S-tech, the wheels are Toyota alloys 16x7.5in wrapped in Bridgestone Potenza III size 215/50R16, I noticed the clear indicators get water/condensation in them so I'm guessing I'll be blowing a few bulbs when driving in the morning?

[Rusty]

how you'd stop it, drill a hole, some decondensation spray I don't know

[AnaXyd]

Nice car, and nice thread!

But I got some questions while reading it. A "beam" engine. Whats that?

And SS-II, SS-III, what are unique with these models?


And at last the blow-by catch tank you were mounting. Will this be necesary on my AT200 with 7A-FE engine? If so, do you have a link?

[Rusty]

A "beam" engine. Whats that?

4gen 3S-GE (148KW) a 2L 16v engine with VVTi with a red cover over the engine (toyota's version of VVT) +97

3gen 3S-GE (134KW)2L 16v with ACIS(which is a flash way of saying altering intake lenght) (what SS-II & SS-III had between 94- 97) although if you were to mod them to the max (without turbo/supercharger/Nos) they come to the same HP, since VVti is disabled in higher HP

And SS-II, SS-III, what are unique with these models?

Super strut suspension(SS-III), LSD, POWER, facelift version, Japanese models

[stetsonaw]

how would i go about modding my ACIS?

[AnaXyd]

Aha, thank you Rusty!

[Rusty]

thats alright

how would i go about modding my ACIS?

rather than tell you how to mod it heres a way how not to mod it
http://toymods.net/forums/showthread.php?t...;highlight=ACIS

(also I recommend a new thread for 3SGE ACIS/Beams discussion)

[delusionz]

Thread hijackers!!!!

I just installed NGK BKR6EIX iridium plugs, the engine is a bit more revvy now, pulsing the throttle in neutral atleast its faster to rev up than before, out came some crappy Denso PK20's that looked like absolute crud with burnt away electrodes and white stains on the outter part, blew $85NZ on 4 silly plugs but i reckon they'll stay in good cond for the next 5 services which will pay itself off by then, must be time to compliment them with some TRD or magnecore leads eh?

I love SS-III I couldn't go back to no superstrut, no lsd, no 2 pot brakes and I never wanna own another celica with an FE head

[parriehunter]

NGK BKR6EIX, those NGK plugs are sweet, not cheap but pretty sweet. I had a 20% off voucher for up to $100 that cut the price down a bit which was good.

I would love to have an lsd but is superstrut that amazing?

[delusionz]

the diff is amazing the amount of throttle you can give around corners easy and sharp without sliding forward especially in the wet

[Rusty]

hmm might need to look at a TRD Helical LSD

hows the celica got any more updates (Big updates on mine early next week )

[stetsonaw]

hey man, with your work under the hood, do you happen to have any [good] pics of the motor mounts?

[delusionz]

the only update from me is that i'm severely pissed off with some mean looking old woman who slammed her door into the side of my car and chipped my paint, i'm quite poor at the moment and cant afford to get it fixed right away but i dont want a source of rust to come up (to the left of my fuel door) and it's very frustrating because my park at home isnt garaged so theres either rain or frost on my car every morning.

but definitely get the lsd if u can, you'll love the amount of boot you can put down through corners though, the amount of steering ability that you retain under power is awesome. cant wait to see what you have in store for us.

nz celica power!!

[Rusty]

hey man, with your work under the hood, do you happen to have any [good] pics of the motor mounts?

lol what work under the hood

whys that?

[stetsonaw]

i meant of while they were out (if you had done that...) one of the motor mount inserts i got looks a little...thick.

[Rusty]

oh right I got you now, nope haven't changed my engine mounts, but one of my tranny mounts looks rooted, also how come there are no engine dampeners for our celicas?

[stetsonaw]

a guy on mr2oc, kirkosaurus makes some for 3sgte/5sfe, i ordered some to see if they fit on the 3sge. only like $50 USD. i'll post up if they do or not. it's the front and back tranny mounts... i just call them engine mounts for some reason.

[delusionz]

It's been a while since the last update, My SS-III is due to hit 81,000 kms next week and has recently received a Sony CDX-R3300S MP3 head unit, V12 1400W amplifier, Pioneer TS-W307D2 1200W 12in subwoofer and I have a little cannon shaped muffler which is going on when I get some free time from the welder.

I also modified the original air box so the pod filter could sit inside it with the box inlet port moved to the front piped down to a ram air scoop, still a work in progress, pictures next week...

[Rusty]

sounds cool,
where did you fit the subwoofer? in a box or on parcel tray??

I also modified the original air box so the pod filter could sit inside it with the box inlet port moved to the front piped down to a ram air scoop, still a work in progress, pictures next week...

sweet, cant wait to see pics

[delusionz]

Got MDF box, Unfortunately only has two banana plugs when it needs four! Will get that fixed soon and enjoy full power to my sub

As for the airbox, I need use my plastic welding skills to enlarge it a little more so the filtration surface isn't minimised by it touching the walls, and also reseal the back where I've hacked away the old box outlet port and the whole corner around it

[delusionz]

ACIS project will be sweet too, I found the VSV funny enough it's just sitting there on the back wall next to the ignitor! All it needs is a charge above 4000 rpm and a circuit breaker below 4000 rpm

[delusionz]

Update:

CAI box modification on hold now, I managed to get the vacuum adapter I needed from the scrap MR2 in order to install my aluminum SRI pipe, and now the CAI box doesn't fit at all so i have to get back to the plastic welding, but here's a photo anyways.

The motor sounds awesome, alot deeper growl than with the old rubber hose, doesn't constrict under full throttle.

Better picture here

This post has been edited by delusionz: Sep 21, 2008 - 9:34 PM

[stetsonaw]

dude, you seriously... SERIOUSLY need to change your image hosting service, or put up smaller pics. i have a pretty fast ADSL connection, and it's taking, well, been loading for an hour now, and still not done with your pics, when every other pic on this site takes no time at all. i just wanna see the work you've done and not have to sleep a night before i can see the pics

[delusionz]

Updated photo of engine bay with aluminum ram pipe



This post has been edited by delusionz: Sep 21, 2008 - 9:36 PM

[delusionz]

my acis throttles are constantly on short path now even more so with the sri.. off idle even ... anyhow this system I have in my hands right now is ingenious, It's a VSV I took from a wrecked MR2, I'm going to mechanically override the old vacuum routing with this frequency switch which I will hook onto the ignitor and set to my guess is around 4000 RPM and relay some ignition key switched power to this secondary VSV and engage the acis throttles, Cant wait!!! heres the part I need to complete this:

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID...=&SUBCATID=

[delusionz]

Custom RPM-adjustable ACIS controller project complete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Jaycar kit is all soldered together and functional, my secondary VSV is clicking open with power and closed on discharge like it should, I've got it set to come on slightly above idle to verify whether the ACIS throttles open correctly or not at the set RPM and they do!!! I found out the reason why they get stuck open is because when the VSV shuts off the vacuum is trapped in the line... So I used a plastic hose coupling and carefully placed a tiny half-millimeter hole in it (by heating up the wire in a twist tie and stabbing it through to the centre) so that the atmosphere could relieve enough pressure to close the ACIS throttles again without hindering their ability to open under vacuum.

Now I just need someone to hold my gas pedal on about 4400 (I'm guessing is a good figure) so i can dial it in and then off I go for a test drive!

This post has been edited by delusionz: Sep 25, 2008 - 11:51 PM

[delusionz]

First proof of concept

[delusionz]

Car in the shop at the moment with burnt out clutch to be replaced, 83,000 Kms odometer.

[Rusty]

wow really already?

[parriehunter]

Gutted,

what have you been doing to it?

[nats_celica]

hehe poor baby. ur car is gna b so gd wen its dne.

[delusionz]

Reversing out of my driveway (up hill, narrow with obstacles) every day is what's done it, so gonna reverse in from now on and make more of an effort to let the clutch engage before I give gas. Nat's been hangin out with me a fair bit lately so I'm not completely Celicaless :D:D I get people asking me how I got a spoiler and mags overnight now haha.

But yeah as I gotta just keep working on Celicas I'm doing to her car everything I've done to mine.. Intake, Dash/Ring LEDs (hers pink), Probably put in an oil catch, Get a 3" aluminum ram pipe, Once she's up to where I am I gonna template and build two CAI's.. She's onto Interior trims... blue for mine pink for hers.

ACIS mod would be cool too if she didn't have a stupid 3S-FE motor.

Still yet to document this properly, but once I get my car back with the new clutch I'll have it dynoed, videoed, pictured and documented.

[nats_celica]

hey engine aint stupid lol just slooooooooooooow lol. hehe we making a his hers celicas right mike. lol yea we need to take pics like **** loads hehe. mike knows a **** load lol didtn know half the **** on my car. anyway see u tomoro mike. xx
nat

[parriehunter]

Sounds like you have been busy. itll be almost like his and hers celicas.

EDIT I was abit slow on that reply hahaha

This post has been edited by parriehunter: Oct 7, 2008 - 2:31 AM

[delusionz]

We plan to sell them as that when we're done and start all over, 98 SS-III Beams for her, 96 GT-Four for me

[parriehunter]

Haha. Thats awesome.

[delusionz]

Ohh yeah, Clutch biting good... very snappy now..

[parriehunter]

Awesome.

[delusionz]

Update: H3 Super White 100W globes fitted to fog lights, used to be yucky yellow like the low beams.

[RickJamesBish]

So is the 3S-GE close to an ST205's engine?

[delusionz]

Not really.... The revving characteristics are completely different between all the engines.... the engine blocks in the different 3S motors are a similar shape and bolt straight up if that's what you mean, but their internals are different. 3S-GE with ACIS has completely different characteristics to 3S-FE, 3S-GELU with TVIS, 3S-GE with VVT-i, 3S-GTE with turbo

[RickJamesBish]

Oh okay. I just thought that the ST205 had the 3S-GE as well.

[delusionz]

ST205 has 3S-GTE, the T in terms of design differences is alot more than a Turbocharger