got my car back! tell me what you think :), new 7A-FE! Options

[mgnt232]

Dont have the money for a swap (buying a bodykit) but got my 7A-FE put in, and lloovvee the low end torque!
Took new pic with my phone, not the greatest quality



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What do you think? still need to paint the exhaust manifold cover

[95CelicaST]

Looks like a honda boy went to town with some spray paint.


I don't know what it is about that blue, but I think it looks really cheap. And now that it is all painted up you've really cut down the prospective buyer demographic to that of a 16-18 year old kid.

I love all of the attention to detail, but I feel the overall picture looks poor. If it were to be a black block with a silver valve cover with black details on the ridges and the same thing on the intake manifold and fuel rail it would look much better.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Dec 15, 2009 - 10:20 PM

[mgnt232]

well i dont plan on selling anytime soon. And i am a dumb 18 year old kid so i like it lol. And i know there are some stupider kids that ahve rich parents if i ever want to sell it. Wanted to do a engine swap, like a black top. I had been looking into it but my old 7afe got sooooo bad i couldnt drive it and needed a quick easy fix. but i couldnt stand the thought of it looking absolutely the same! so i had to paint it, and all i had was high temp blue and red. and my car didnt work so i couldnt get ne thing different that day lol

Looks like a honda boy went to town with some spray paint.


I don't know what it is about that blue, but I think it looks really cheap. And now that it is all painted up you've really cut down the prospective buyer demographic to that of a 16-18 year old kid.

I love all of the attention to detail, but I feel the overall picture looks poor. If it were to be a black block with a silver valve cover with black details on the ridges and the same thing on the intake manifold and fuel rail it would look much better.

ugh, just want simple headers
and i would have to go through a puddle deeper than my splash shield for the water to affect. the splash shield is directly under it, quite conveniently i might add lol.

headers for 7afe are actually headers for a corolla. While they fit like a glove you MAY have a slight issue installing them. Depending on company that makes them they sometimes may need to be cut at a muffler shop and rewelded because of ackward angle that corolla header has.

Edit: Try not to drive into any deep puddles. If you put your filter where your stock box was then it can get went in heavy rain or in water