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post Jan 2, 2014 - 12:22 AM
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Stef and I picked up a 1996 Anniversary Edition ST with for cheap with a blown motor, 161,644 miles on the chassis.
The car was owned by a college kid that didn't know what oil was.
They put some $ into the car earlier in the year with new struts, a new exhaust, new fuel filler neck, and had the car painted after a few fender benders.
Overall the car has some dings but it's not bad.

We've had Stef's rebuilt 7a sitting in the garage since we put the 3s into her Celica so this was the perfect opportunity.

The day we got it (the guy towed it to our house)













Step 1 pull the motor that night



15 min later...



and the hole in the block (Stef says WOW !)





the new motor



and in the car



We replaced the clutch, a few interior pieces, put in an alarm, and swapped all the seats, and we got a few parts from Cameron (ted95) and Mike (mkernz22) - Thanks !

Stef repaired the door

before

after


and the finished product. We gave it a shine and some snow tires for the winter.





There were so many things dirty, neglected, and just hacked.
The interior is now perfect and cleaned up.
Runs and drives great. It's hellaslow but 38 mpg is a nice surprise.


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post Apr 29, 2014 - 7:48 PM
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yeah, i ordered them, but hate to drop the frame, as i read in other posts. looking good man...


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post Apr 29, 2014 - 8:02 PM
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QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Apr 29, 2014 - 7:48 PM) *
yeah, i ordered them, but hate to drop the frame, as i read in other posts. looking good man...

You won't have to drop the subframe with no engine in the bay. One bolt hits the BEAMS oil pan which requires the subframe to be lowered.


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Posts in this topic
- Batman722   1996 AE ST   Jan 2, 2014 - 12:22 AM
- - richee3   What are the future plans?   Jan 2, 2014 - 12:46 AM
|- - hurley97   QUOTE (richee3 @ Jan 2, 2014 - 12:46...   Jan 4, 2014 - 8:29 PM
- - Box   Went and replaced the 14" alloys, what's ...   Jan 2, 2014 - 1:03 AM
- - Smaay   congrats on the find!!!! Isnt it ...   Jan 2, 2014 - 1:05 AM
- - njccmd2002   amazing... that quick... but its nice to have spa...   Jan 2, 2014 - 7:39 AM
- - playr158   aaah 96 STs.....brings a tear to my eye.......most...   Jan 2, 2014 - 7:59 AM
- - cheela   You guys make it look way too easy.   Jan 2, 2014 - 9:58 AM
- - Ted95   Cars looking good guys! The wheels are a nice ...   Jan 2, 2014 - 11:59 PM
- - enderswift   lol 15 min later. I hope to get to that level one ...   Jan 5, 2014 - 12:42 PM
- - Batman722   HUGE UPDATE We installed stock 96+ fogs w/the sta...   Jan 13, 2014 - 5:41 PM
- - hurley97   (Only cause the st right front caliper was leaking...   Jan 13, 2014 - 6:19 PM
- - Ted95   Great update! The bonus of having a mini deale...   Jan 14, 2014 - 6:06 PM
- - Batman722   Poly bushing in the front oooo rear disks ...   Apr 28, 2014 - 9:14 PM
- - njccmd2002   Nice. Did u use the sleeves for the arms? This i...   Apr 28, 2014 - 9:22 PM
- - Batman722   The thin sleeves I didn't use. The old ones we...   Apr 29, 2014 - 7:39 AM
- - njccmd2002   yeah, i ordered them, but hate to drop the frame, ...   Apr 29, 2014 - 7:48 PM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Apr 29, 2014 - 7...   Apr 29, 2014 - 8:02 PM
- - Batman722   Or engine lifted a little (pass side front to back...   Apr 29, 2014 - 8:50 PM
- - njccmd2002   hmm, thanks ill do it before the engine goes in......   Apr 29, 2014 - 9:50 PM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Apr 29, 2014 - 9...   Apr 29, 2014 - 10:14 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (richee3 @ Apr 29, 2014 - 10:1...   Apr 30, 2014 - 3:06 AM
- - Batman722   rear strut bar w/covers Bad pics. Get your ow...   May 3, 2014 - 4:47 PM
- - cheela   yeah probably TRD springs right?   May 4, 2014 - 2:04 PM
- - njccmd2002   needs a trd vacuum   May 4, 2014 - 9:36 PM


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