Tigawoods' 1995 Celica, Racing n Stuff Options

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OR TWO!

[4-eyed-freek]

OR TWO!

smmmsh

[Ted95]

Love the catch cans Mike! Cars looking awesome! New wheels and tires look great too, what pattern are you converting to? ** nvm seen the previous post **

This post has been edited by Ted95: Feb 6, 2016 - 7:14 PM

[Tigawoods]

Thanks Cam!

Yeah I just got the front hubs pressed in!
Unfortunately I havent gotten a notification from Motorsport Tech about my spacers so I doubt that I will get them before Friday, so I probably wont be able to test fit the wheels next weekend.

[Tigawoods]

back to the car this weekend and got a little done. Most was planning/measuring for a few things.

got the 5x114.3 hubs in and mounted





while cleaning the passenger side caliper I found some pitting in the powder coat. The same showed up on the drivers side caliper in the same spot.




I had planned on mounting the front wheels today but my tie rod end on the drivers side decided to be an ass and freeze up on me so I will have to wait until my new one comes in. At that point the Spacer Adapters from MotorsportTech will be in so I can mount all 4 wheels at the same time.


I also decided today to relocate the battery to the trunk so that I could move the intake filter to a better location. Ordering the wire and etc for that today.



other than that, need more money so I can get more things done by spring!

[4-eyed-freek]

What pads are you running? Possibly the cause of pitting?

[Tigawoods]

Red stuff pads. I think its due to the heating of the calipers and possibly bad bonding of the coating

[4-eyed-freek]

Red stuff pads. I think its due to the heating of the calipers and possibly bad bonding of the coating

Looks as though its just behind the face of the caliper. Hopefully it wont proceed to being worse

[njccmd2002]

Should measure the offset on that rotor har

[Tigawoods]

Red stuff pads. I think its due to the heating of the calipers and possibly bad bonding of the coating

Looks as though its just behind the face of the caliper. Hopefully it wont proceed to being worse

If it does, thatll just be an excuse to get AP Racing Calipers!

Should measure the offset on that rotor hat

I should shouldnt I ugh
I am going to need to start to prepare for an inevitable new rotor purchase for myself soon anyways

[4-eyed-freek]

All this talk of brakes, and previous talk of parts liquidation... do I smell a big brake kit coming??

[Tigawoods]

No maybe well down the line but I figure these will last me a couple more years.

I am actually re-organizing my winter plans and coating the wheels closer to springtime while getting more important work done for now.


Also worth noting that I found out the knocking issue I had in my front Drivers strut area.
Im not sure if I noted it before but after installing the EDFC Active Pro, I had a knocking sound and I couldn't figure out what it was.
Well this past weekend, I picked up the strut to re-install and noticed that the top lock nut on the piston shaft was loose and was allowing play between the top hat and upper spring bearing. LUCKILY the EDFC motor kind of acted like a jam nut and never allowed for the nut to completely unwind off!

[4-eyed-freek]

When I was a tech I personally witnessed a strut come apart from the top mount on an evo 8, the results were less than desired. You sir are lucky!

[wootwoot]

I love what you are doing with the car, keep it up
Is there much gains for going for a ECU that can tune the whole rev range and gain low down torque in a red top BEAMS? I have seen a Black top altezza gain near 40hp with a exhaust and ecu in Japan which was stunning to say the least
Also in regards to the 98octane fuel Waynos is using, it is Australian fuel so equates to 93 in the USA system from my research.

[Tigawoods]

Thanks man!

Yeah I think there is alot of benefit to having a standalone on the BEAMS. Its a great motor stock but I think it can be tweaked a good amount more. Im not sure how much more torque can be achieved from the Redtop with basic bolt ons and a tune, but I will be able to tell you in a year or two!

I had figured it was about that for its "conversion" thanks for the research and input!


oh and got my adapters from motorsport tech.
they messed up on the order and didnt send me one of the right pairs so now I have a 18mm pair and 25mm pair to Adapt the rear RE30's. 25mm will be way too much but ill throw them on to see how cool it would look if my wheels poked haha

couldnt find out the RE30's bore so I couldnt get the spacers hubcentric to the wheel just hubcentric to the hub



This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Feb 21, 2016 - 7:38 PM

[mkernz22]

couldnt find out the RE30's bore so I couldnt get the spacers hubcentric to the wheel just hubcentric to the hub

I would suggest that a measuring device may help...

This post has been edited by mkernz22: Feb 22, 2016 - 11:22 PM

[Tigawoods]

I agree. That would have help had I one at the time around having to order the adapters

I didnt really see it being a problem as Ive been running the spacers on my car right now lug centric to the wheel without any issues

[Tigawoods]

I get to test mount the new wheels this weekend

I CAN T WAIT!!

[Tigawoods]

I cant wait till they are not blue





Put on one of the 25mm adapters on just for fun to see what itd look like



here is the proper 18mm ones on



This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Feb 27, 2016 - 3:30 PM

[HectortheRican]

Properly meaty
They're gonna look great post-blue!