ST205 Powered ss3 Coupe, "ST205 Powered Coupe!!" continued.. Options

[Ted95]

Hey guys I’m creating a new thread over in the “My Project” section as it seems more fitting now..

3s swap..
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=75890

The car has kind of been ghost for a while, haven’t posted much of the recent work/progress I’ve done over the past year. I’ve been picking away at it between work and school.. so there will be lots of various pics!

November 2012-

Earlier in the year, July 2012 I had most of the body work done when my Comp clutch spit out a spring on me and I didn’t touch the car until November.. pics of the clutch





I then replaced the clutch with a Clutchmasters 6puck unsprung setup..




At this point I haven’t driven the car daily since Oct. 2011 I just put the car in sealer so I could drive it around a bit before winter hit..




Slapped on the GTS wheels and put her on the road





Then a short while later had the same issue that Jesse had with a snapped disk hub.. didn’t actually drop the tranny until March 2013

March 2013-





Scrapped the crap out of the Flywheel too






Did some homework and made a few phone calls and placed an order to Southbend and picked up a 8puck sprung setup with a F1 lightweight Flywheel.. the guys at Southbend were GREAT to work with, highly recommend them, John over in imports was very helpful in creating this setup..








^^ The springs are incased very well and were rubber coated for what I’m told a longer life span and easier ingagement..





Spring April/May 2013

Rolled the front and rear fenders with hammer and dolly, came out really well with no fender warp like some rollers can do.. also did some more fine tuning with getting the ss3 kit mounted, making sure they all fit properly (don’t mind the tape lol)







I chose not to drill holes in the body incase I wanted to take the skirts off at some point, will be using double sided tape but do have holes drilled underneath to support the bottom of the skirts.

And that’s where she is as of right now.. this past weekend I finished up the Hiro rears and fiber glasses the mounting studs in and primed them up.. looking to start wet sanding either this week or next with 500 grit and shoot some color on her, pretty pumped!

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 15, 2013 - 8:18 PM

[Batman722]

Looking good Cam

[The_enD]

Nice progress so far.
What color are you going?

[Ted95]

Looking good Cam

Thanks Dustin, its getting there slowly but surely. I fixed up those rain guards too, ill post pics later..

Nice progress so far.
What color are you going?

Thanks man! Im going to paint it the same Ford Mustang charcoal grey metallic I had before, painted code TC. I've always loved the color and I think it looks really good on the round body like the celica. Its gives it a clean look without being to flashy.

This post has been edited by Ted95: May 7, 2013 - 9:14 AM

[bsamps4]

Lookin' mean man!

[playr158]

progress coming along well bud

[cheela]

getting away from the sleeper look now. hahaha looks great though. can't wait to see the finished product.

[Ted95]

getting away from the sleeper look now. hahaha looks great though. can't wait to see the finished product.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Haha ya cheela getting away from it a little bit but it will still be clean and respectable.. Not to many fast celicas roaming around so it still has a little bit of a sleeper status to it I guess haha.

I would love to get my hands on a set of BC or megan coils sitting on some XXr 527s with a little poke and stretch.. But the gts wheels will work for now

This post has been edited by Ted95: May 7, 2013 - 1:56 PM

[Ted95]

Hey guys, I hooked up and purged my Devils Own kit the other day was excited to see that everything worked well!

I still need to tap the nozzle into the IC piping but I'm going to tap it once I replace my VC gasket, instead of taking the pipe off twice. Wanted to purge the lines first to clean out anything in the line.

I'll post pics once I tap the nozzle.

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 4, 2013 - 11:38 AM

[cheela]

sounds like fun!!

[Ted95]

big update later today

[Ted95]

Hey guys finally got the car painted heres a quick pic for now, CSP September? I plan to be there!

[richee3]

Moar pikchars!

[The_enD]

Osam color!

[SwissFerdi]

I never appreciated before how nice that clutch looks, the rubber-coated springs are a fantastic touch. I'm surprised you painted it again, but the color looks nice (again!).

[Ted95]

I never appreciated before how nice that clutch looks, the rubber-coated springs are a fantastic touch. I'm surprised you painted it again, but the color looks nice (again!).

That clutch has a great feel to it, it almost feels stock by with durability.

Haha I know, the previous paint job still looked good but had a few things here and there that I wanted to redo and clean up.. I shaved the antenna and side markers this time too. Thanks for the comments guys I'll post more pics later tonight possibly!

[kurt95gt]

My coupe will be this clean looking one day!
Good job so far keep up the great work

[Ted95]

Hey guys have a quick update on the Coupe, got everything all painted this past week and sitting to cure. Once the car and parts cure I can start to wet sand and buff the car. I left the car outside all day to sit in the sun (it was painted last Wednesday) to see what the color looked like in different sun light angles as the day went on and looked better then I remembered.








it's getting close can't wait to button it up soon!

[cheela]

lol, the thumbnails make it look like a mean 5th gen. hahahah. looks great. can't wait to see it all put back together.

[Ted95]

Lol I know I need to upload larger files.. But not until it's finished

[Ted95]

Trying to bring the thread back from the dead.. my photobucket hasn't been working on my home computer so I haven't been able to upload to my thread. that's why no progress updates on here
Some of you have been following some of my updates on the 6gc facebook page, but heres a couple pics I managed to download to photobucket




I have a sh!t ton of photos through the build, Ill see what I can do to get some images.

Some recent news of the car..

I installed front poly control arm bushings which are awesome, I feel so much more in control of the car now, steering response is great.
Picked up a set of 15x7 rota slips that I will use with some type of drag radial, still in the market for a tire.
Picked up a new AEM boost gauge, the Prosport i had was been acting funny since the dyno, which leads me to my next update..
Brought the car to the dyno and made 304whp 250wtq ~19psi on 93 pump gas with open cutout.
Car made 237whp with full exhaust (3" bpipe to 2.5" bpipe back) 60whp difference with the open cutout vs. full exhaust!!

Also have been doing some homework on a possible 5sgte build in the coming years. It is a setup I am very interested in, ATS racing and other mr2 guys have butt loads of information on the build. First step is picking up a 98+ block, I have a good lead on one now so time will tell!

I will try my best to upload some new pics and those dyno charts as well!

[Ted95]

Not a lot of updates done to the car lately, I have it parked in a car port for the winter.

Next project that will go under way soon is a complete gas tank rebuild. I picked up a new/used gas tank from Mike Kernz a few months ago and will use that for the rebuild. My factory tank started to leak which I believe is caused from the tank edges starting to rust out. Updates soon to come

[Fate]

Pics of the car port! j/k

[Ted95]

Pics of the car port! j/k

Gotta be a ball busta lol jk



It gets the job done for now

[Red123]

absolutely love that color.
what is a color code?

[Ted95]

absolutely love that color.
what is a color code?

Thanks man its a Ford color paint code "TC" I love it too, the color changes in different lighting. I'm posting more pictures later of the cars progress.

[njccmd2002]

oh nooo!!! ford paint, the sacrilege....

like the car a lot, needs something.... nice work

darker tint and......


leather for bondage... lol,,,, just leather...

[Ted95]

oh nooo!!! ford paint, the sacrilege....

like the car a lot, needs something.... nice work

darker tint and......


leather for bondage... lol,,,, just leather...

Haha thanks Berto, I'm working on the tint lol I only have Walmart window tint I put on the rear windows year's ago. New real tint will be happening this season. Not a fan of leather tho for the record, just not a fan idk why.