New owner! Options

[DarkLupus]

First things first moved here to tenny from colorado and the third day i was here my 1995 acura integra gsr was stolen so i ended up looking for another car with money i saved for living mind you so i was crunched for money and time.

My family has always been toyota lovers so looked for supras didnt work out well (nothing worth the money)

Found a 1995 toyota celica st for about 2000 posted (long story short talked him down to 1200)

List of problems

1. Speedometer (MPH) doesnt work (Can't figure this out)
2. Rust spot on back bumper behind rear driver wheel (wallet sized)
3. Fender jacked due to accident (Guy didnt really care for this car)
4. Front bumper same issue (See above)
5. CV boots need to be replaced (Next check getting this fixed buying new axles)
6. Head gasket needs to be replaced (Simple fix again next check)
7. Downshifting from 5th down to 4th hard to do (Trying to figure this out)
8. Tear in drivers seat (Me whining)
9. Some bad paint some places (Whining again)
10. Needs new cam seal (Annoying)
11. Needs new crankshaft seal (Annoying)
12. Sidemarker lenses broke (Cant find replacements)
13. Rubber around headlights very loose (Doesnt even make sense seeing how its tightly fitted in that area)
14. Engine light comes on when on highway (Thinking its the EGR)

Plans

1. 200-225HP
2. Turbo based (Havent decided on keeping the 7A-FE and "turboing" it OR 5S-GE swap and adding a turbo)
3. Stripped interior (front seats and basic dash)
4. Full body kit (JDM or Pre-made kit)
5. Lower it
6. Full stereo system

But man do i love this car even with all this gets great gas mileage as well as fun to drive...coming from a 337hp GSR [EX]owner!

This post has been edited by DarkLupus: Aug 10, 2010 - 12:23 AM

[mgnt232]

Welcome (and yes everyone here is awesome very helpful community)

Sucks about the acura! I would be soo pi**ed! If your looking to a big improvement over the ST (which i know is about the slowest car ive ever driven lol) you should look into a Beams or 3SG(T)E, Jim might even have one, and he sells every!thing for a full swap including motor mounts for us ST guys, and he's very honest good guy, i dealt with him

But good luck getting her running good



And depending on the timing, i will have my 2post spoiler I can give you for like 10 bucks (plus shipping obv.) but it will be orange (im repainting my car) and plan to buy a hiro spoiler

[DarkLupus]

Welcome (and yes everyone here is awesome very helpful community)

Sucks about the acura! I would be soo pi**ed! If your looking to a big improvement over the ST (which i know is about the slowest car ive ever driven lol) you should look into a Beams or 3SG(T)E, Jim might even have one, and he sells every!thing for a full swap including motor mounts for us ST guys, and he's very honest good guy, i dealt with him

But good luck getting her running good



And depending on the timing, i will have my 2post spoiler I can give you for like 10 bucks (plus shipping obv.) but it will be orange (im repainting my car) and plan to buy a hiro spoiler

thanks for the info i dont need the spoiler but im selling mine lol i have a 2 post...i dont think i wanna go 3sgte would rather stick with a 5s mainly cause i can find them like everywhere and easier swap since for the time being as i just moved here im garage-less lol

This post has been edited by DarkLupus: Aug 10, 2010 - 6:17 PM

[mgnt232]

ahh lol didnt understand oh well someone will get my spoiler cheap-
id still wait for a 3s swap if your going to be swapping anyhow, its not much harder to put in a better engine IMO, but look forward to seeing progress on the project you start