AWD Conversion Options

[Charlie97L]

ok, so i remember someone claiming to have done this AWD conversion on his 6th gen. i can't remember who though. it's a great idea, i might attempt it at some point if i just have too much money laying around.

i personally really want to see some pics of this car, the engine bay, interior, under car, etc. if this guy really has done this, i want to see it and be able to tell him how much of the s**t he is for pulling this off.

a part list, or detailed description of what was done would also help convince me.

i'm just really interested, and i want MORE OF THIS POTENTIALLY AWESOME CELICA!

bring on the pics.

charlie

[NEVERSTOP]

Charlie97L.... I am that guy.

Yes. I have done this conversion. I did it in my 94 GT. I used a 95 ST205 rearend that I got from a guy I know in Canada.. I paid around 1k for all of the parts. And I did the conversion in about 5-6 hours with the help of a few friends.

Here is how to do this conversion.

You will have to relocate the Gas tank. This takes a while and I had already done this prior to the convesions so it cut some time off of it. I also had the 3sgte with tranny installed prior to it.. I had a transmission shop lock out the rear transfer case before I did the rearend so I could drive the car and then when I did the rearend conversion we undid the welds to free up the transfercase.

the first thing you will need to do is remove your complete rear assembly.. this is axle and all susspension componenets.

Remove your gas tank... the rearend will not fit with the gastank in the stock location. I baough a Race Ready one for my trunk and that works perfect for me but you might want to explore other options.

Then you will need to move the ST205 rear assembly under the car and figure out where you are going to need to cut to make it fit... the pumpkin DOES NOT fit under the USDM Celica without modifiying it.

My 94 GT was partially prestamped for the ST205 conversion but we did have to do some custom mounting. I am not sure about other years and versions of the Celica as to weither or not they where prestamped... wouldn't think that the ST's would of been stamped or the 96+ Celicas... If you know someone that knows alot about Hydrolics have them help you! because they have a tendency to know alot about doing custom suspension.

Once the Rear assembly is in place you just have to hook up the Drive shaft and your done... there are some other small things but this is the jist of it.

As for Photos I will get have plenty of them on here soon... Don't want to give neaway until the car is completly done but the car is gettin close to being done... just waiting for a few more parts before finishing the paint and then it's time for new Intercooler and rims!