nammer's progress thread, link to photoshoot on pg. 6 Options

[nammer]

So after selling my 98 GT-S sometime in July...I decided to seek out my dream car! Here's a little story of my adventure to see a GT-Four, up front and in person, for the very first time...

Dragged two buddies along for the journey. We planned for the 12:30pm sailing at the horseshoe bay terminal in BC, to get to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Turns out the sailing was full and we waited 3 hours for the next sailing. After 1.5 hrs on the ferry we hauled a** 150km north of Nanaimo to Campbell River (keep in mind the last sailing home is 9pm). Finally arriving at the place we took a look at the car, took it for a spin and worked out the payment details.
The pro: engine is still running strong even with meerly 103,000kms
The cons: various surface rust here and there
The solution: leave the car there, get all the surface rust sanded out and get a full paintjob (at my cost)... then ship it to me

Now, I'm just waiting for it to arrive!....time for some teaser pics!
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More pictures to come when it arrives! The wait is killing meee....

This post has been edited by nammer: Feb 20, 2011 - 11:27 PM

[nammer]

Ethanol is known to eat rubber (fuel hoses) and clog fuel filters and injectors with petrol residue as alcohol is a solvent.

I can't really comment on the use of it as I've never used it long-term, but I've never had a problem with using it every odd fill with my other Celicas.

However as this is a big unknown for me, I refuse to put a drop of it in my GT4, never have never will. Even though 10% is negligible.

Performance wise on the stock ECU it might be a bonus because the GT4 runs pig rich and ethanol has an oxygen component in it so it would be closer to optimum air-fuel ratio for power




What is that bodykit btw? Is there a front lip to go with it or is it for ST202/4 ?

Thanks for the input...I put it in my other celica too and didn't run into any problems...I'll consider trying it...

The kit is a Eurou one...missing the front lip though....maybe if i save up more money i'll look into that..but for now I should look into maintenance...

I'm not sure if the timing belt or water pump has been changed yet (do you know the part numbers for those). I will probably do oil change, oil filter, spark plugs, cap, distributor, and put in some fuel injector cleaner into my gas.

its a water to air intercooler. most top mounts get air scooped at them.. whereas on gt4 the bonnet vent vacuumes out hot air rather than scooping cold air in. the water to air intercooler is sealed full of coolant and has an extra radiator for it infront of the 2 other radiators (3 radiators in total) the middle rad is an oil cooler i think.

the thing u circled red is a duct from the little round scoop next to the vent, it goes to the cambelt to cool it down (a remnant of rallying, but still fully functional)

Thanks again for the info. Ya I'm missing that duct...is it important that I get it?