ST205 Total Rebuild, Something a bit different |
ST205 Total Rebuild, Something a bit different |
Dec 16, 2012 - 1:28 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 25, '08 From England Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I was certain I started a build thread on here, but for the life of me I can not find it so forgive me if I start again and its old news.
About a year and a half ago my current GT4 failed its yearly inspection (MOT) with rusty sills, they were fixed and it subsequently passed but it set alarm bells ringing in my head that the poor things days were numbered. I decided that I would buy a shell and swap everything onto it. so I hunted for a reasonable shell to start work on. While I was looking, I had to extend my garage. I only had a single car garage so not enough space to work or store stuff. So I decided to extend my garage backwards a bit Work started. and after a few weeks, finished ;0 About the same time a shell turned up, well it was sold as a shell, but it was more or less a complete car minus the engine and gearbox. It was in good condition with no rust, even the interior was in pretty much spot on condition, not that I need much of it I set to wrok more or less straight away First job was to strip everything off the car everything went, all the looms, glass, suspension the works Next job was to remove the sound deadening material it then went outside for a thorough jet wash go get rid of all the years of crap As I was moving the battery to the inside I could remove the battery tray which I did Next up I needed to get to the bottom of the car....this was going to require some ingenuity. -------------------- |
Jul 27, 2014 - 3:32 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 25, '08 From England Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
The 185 uses what is basically a FMIC mounted on top of the engine......they are hopeless, suffer badly from heat soak and are generally not very good.
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Jul 27, 2014 - 7:08 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 24, '14 From Durham, NC, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The 185 uses what is basically a FMIC mounted on top of the engine......they are hopeless, suffer badly from heat soak and are generally not very good. ST205/185 are Toyota frame design designations for the GT-4? If so, was the 205 an improvement over the 185? Is there more room in the engine compartment of your 205? What years were they produced? My Celica is an ST Coup (94), and my frame is AT200. That's also my frame of reference as I'm trying to imagine your predicament and I think I'm having as bad a time doing that as you in figuring out how to squeeze ten pounds of stuff into a nine pound bag, volumetrically speaking. I'm wishing you the best of luck because I don't want this thread to stop. |
Jul 27, 2014 - 11:00 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 8, '03 From Lancaster CA Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
The 185 uses what is basically a FMIC mounted on top of the engine......they are hopeless, suffer badly from heat soak and are generally not very good. ST205/185 are Toyota frame design designations for the GT-4? If so, was the 205 an improvement over the 185? Is there more room in the engine compartment of your 205? What years were they produced? My Celica is an ST Coup (94), and my frame is AT200. That's also my frame of reference as I'm trying to imagine your predicament and I think I'm having as bad a time doing that as you in figuring out how to squeeze ten pounds of stuff into a nine pound bag, volumetrically speaking. I'm wishing you the best of luck because I don't want this thread to stop. the ST205 is an improvement over the 185 in all aspects -------------------- 2001 Celica GT-S Turbo
1997 Supra TT 6speed 1997 Celica 3MZ/1MZ swap 1990 Celica All-Trac |
Jul 28, 2014 - 6:11 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 24, '14 From Durham, NC, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The 185 uses what is basically a FMIC mounted on top of the engine......they are hopeless, suffer badly from heat soak and are generally not very good. ST205/185 are Toyota frame design designations for the GT-4? If so, was the 205 an improvement over the 185? Is there more room in the engine compartment of your 205? What years were they produced? My Celica is an ST Coup (94), and my frame is AT200. That's also my frame of reference as I'm trying to imagine your predicament and I think I'm having as bad a time doing that as you in figuring out how to squeeze ten pounds of stuff into a nine pound bag, volumetrically speaking. I'm wishing you the best of luck because I don't want this thread to stop. the ST205 is an improvement over the 185 in all aspects IYO, Will Nial have enough space? |
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