Car Progress Thread v2.0, Replacing rusted out quarter panel... yay body work. Options

[jcbass7]

Well you've got to start somewhere and this is my second time starting. Nonetheless, the celica's from my past are all part of the story that has led me to this one and finally being able to complete the project I have been dreaming of. They are also contributing a lot of parts and lessons learned to get this car how I want it. I bought this car in September 2010 and will be marking my progress routinely with many pictures.

Here is the baseline. The starting point. The blank Canvas. I'm giving you a full snapshot into its original condition from when I bought it. Flaws and all. This way the you can see the progress it makes as I fix the little details and add the JDM/TRD goodies.

94' Celica GT Hatchback
-Stock 5SFE
-Stock ABS Brakes
-Stock Premium Sound
-Stock Suspension
-Stock Exterior
-Stock Interior


EXTERIOR:











INTERIOR:







UNDER THE HOOD:






Here is the progress thread for my first build a few years back.. Learned a lot on that project:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...3997&st=280
(A good read if you are bored at work, lots of parts, pics, problems and even a fire)

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Dec 6, 2012 - 10:29 AM

[jcbass7]

ok so i did a quick little test. I am confident the needle is not in the correct place. There needs to be more tension in the needle spring. I moved the needle of my stock gauge and let it go at 100 km/h (60mph) and it took exactly two seconds to hit the peg. I did the same thing with the TRD gauge and it took 10 seconds to hit the peg. I then treated 70 km/h (where the TRD gauge reads when not moving when the car is on) as zero and moved the needle to 170 km/h. I released it and it took two seconds for the needle to hit 70km/h.

This indicates to me that the needle just needs to be corrected on the TRD gauge. I will follow Stephen-lee's how to on this and see where it gets me.. now I just need to figure out how to set up this whole thing he had going to play the tone etc.

here is his how to for reference:

Speedometer Re-calibration DIY

Thanks everyone for the help and pointers so far. Big thanks to Dimitri for his pictures and information about installing his TRD speedometer!