1999 Celica GT with VVT-I Inside, new video up 8/6/22 Options

[BonzaiCelica]

A little bit of background to my story and what I call an almost miracle

WOW, I can't believe how much of a coincidence its been for me. The same day I crashed my car which was on Dec. 13 2010 was the same day that Erahman posted up his 99 Celica GT with beams swap for sale. I couldn't believe that the opportunity presented itself so quickly. What are the chances of that. I mainly believe that its just the fact that I've been wanting to get a beams swap since September of 2008. I actually bought a 2008 Suzuki GSX-R 750 in July 2008. I was all ecstatic when I bought as anybody else would be, but when I found out about the beams swap thanks to Maikl I actually regretted buying the motorcycle. It then wasn't until may 2010 when I crashed my bike in the canyons that I knew the beams engine would be mine very soon. My parents have Triple AAA plus which allows you to tow any vehicle free of charge as long as it is not more than 100 miles. So I drove down to San Diego and the tow truck took my new Celica to my house

I have to say that my dream car wouldn't of been possible if it wasn't for the fact that my grandma let me borrow $4,500. Those $4,500 that I used to buy the celica went a long ways. Erahman took real good care of the car and only put about 3,500 miles on the swap since June 2010. He has replaced a lot of maintenance parts. The one thing that was an upgrade was that fact that my celica now has ABS, power windows, power door locks and rear disk brakes!!

feels damn good to be unique. Over here in So cal there are 4 million civics and 2 million Integras. and probably only 4 or 5 beams swap in all of California.













Walbro 255LPH fuel pump purchased from Tweak Tuning and WRC Style Rain Deflector given to me for about $8 thanks to batman! if anybody has a trd one in near perfect condition I'll trade you for my wrc one!!!


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Aug 6, 2022 - 3:12 AM

[SupraKid]

Nice, sell me that gauge pod.

[njccmd2002]

why is the strut out?

i think thats an improvement... all those goodies..

And to the vulture, this is not a fs thread...

[Batman722]

why a new fuel pump ? the Beams fuel pump is the same on that's in our US Celicas.

[Luism392]

nice car!!!!!! hope to see it soon

[BonzaiCelica]

why a new fuel pump ? the Beams fuel pump is the same on that's in our US Celicas.

facepalm. hmm I didn't know that. well the car already has 125,000 miles so I just thought a new one would be better than an old and used one.

[chacha]

ahh....so you bought that beam...congrats...must feel good. let me know if you got a "guy" to smog.

[BonzaiCelica]

why is the strut out?

i think thats an improvement... all those goodies..

And to the vulture, this is not a fs thread...

the strut is out because I like my tanabe setup with blisten inserts. I'm swapping over my whole 94 Celica ST Suspension setup to the 99 gt.

oh and some other things I found today

Honda S2000 Antenna haha yes I know a honda part on my celica


Some JDM Goodness its so beautiful

[delusionz]

Good stuff. Nice Celica

[BonzaiCelica]

KIRKASOURS Motor Mounts

[kavy]

Another celi with the BEAMS advantage and that too sooooo clean.Way to go

[malpaso]

That BEAMS really looks beautiful in white car... hmmm.

[95CelicaST]

Sell me the steering wheel.

[BonzaiCelica]

Sell me the steering wheel.

haha no way they came stock on all celica from 98-99 I believe.


update : the front suspension is on and all four tires are on the ground. now onto swapping out the rear suspension

[Keiri]

Sell me the steering wheel.

haha no way they came stock on all celica from 98-99 I believe.


update : the front suspension is on and all four tires are on the ground. now onto swapping out the rear suspension

Yup, one of the joys of having the later 90's models: 3-spoke leather wheels.

This is going to be one of the best "fixer'up" projects on the site.

[BonzaiCelica]

Sell me the steering wheel.

haha no way they came stock on all celica from 98-99 I believe.


update : the front suspension is on and all four tires are on the ground. now onto swapping out the rear suspension

Yup, one of the joys of having the later 90's models: 3-spoke leather wheels.

This is going to be one of the best "fixer'up" projects on the site.

hey thanks! your keeping me motivated to fix it up even faster. Im going to work on it tonight. Im just gettin started...

[gt4st205]

Let me know by PM if you are missing anything crucial for the engine. Preferably easy to get (a Junkyard here has one).

[BonzaiCelica]

haha darn look at this. The law of attraction at work. Coincidence I think not. look at the time frame I put up for getting the swap and that's how long I've been wanting this engine. 2 years and 4 months later it became mine.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...mode=linearplus

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Feb 25, 2011 - 11:26 PM

[SupraKid]

But..you didnt swap?You bought a car that had already been shop swaped.

[BonzaiCelica]

But..you didnt swap?You bought a car that had already been shop swaped.

haha of course I should off known you come on here with that smart a$$ reply. hey you little #@$*%^ ill see you at the meet alright.

[SupraKid]

Haha Ill be driving my legally registered celica.(in which i dont smog) what will you be driving? bwahahhahaha

This post has been edited by SupraKid: Feb 25, 2011 - 11:48 PM

[quick_5hifter]

I've read somewhere else that you have a Tanabe DF210 spring set... I'm also waiting for mine to arrive. Could you please upload some photos when you finish installing them?
Thank you very much and congratulations for that Beams engine!

[BonzaiCelica]

I've read somewhere else that you have a Tanabe DF210 spring set... I'm also waiting for mine to arrive. Could you please upload some photos when you finish installing them?
Thank you very much and congratulations for that Beams engine!

ya man no problem Ill take a pic, so far I've noticed that with the heavier 3sge engine vs my old 7afe set up the wheel gap is a little less, before it was 4 fingers with 7afe and now its 3.5 fingers with 3sge engine.


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 12, 2011 - 4:24 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

haha yes update with no pics I finally got the car on the road today. Man it feels so damn good!!

Was dealing with some brake issues but got them sorted out 30 min ago. The car pulls nice so far, but I've only revved it to 4,000 rpm. Haven't felt the sweet spot off vvt-i from 4-7rpm. The brakes are a massive upgrade so far from my ST Setup. My Short Ram intake sounds so sick!!! basically like my buddy's ap2 s2000 but not as high revving.

The Down pipe Exhaust size is 2.25" then goes to 2" from the de-cat back and then to 1.75 inches from the exhaust muffler and out. Its so restrictive and the exhaust sounds like crap. I'll post some pics by tuesday or wednesday. Spending 12 hours today with the celica was a real pita, and that's how I spent my 21st bday haha.

Well plenty of work ahead of me

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 14, 2011 - 12:55 AM

[njccmd2002]

glad you like the intake...

also you need a better exhaust to love the beams..

ill take some videos of mine... someday

oh and 9000 rpm is so sick. dont ask dont tell

[BonzaiCelica]

ya i need to put my 2.25" magnaflow exhaust system with the fitted high flow magnaflow catalytic converter on asap from my old car. So any cops that might creep up behind me smell the fumes of the engine, I'm catalytic converter free right now .

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 14, 2011 - 2:28 AM

[BonzaiCelica]

update!







TRD Rain Deflector $16 hehe





12" Megan Racing Slim Fans


Timken Front Wheel Bearings with Seals $120


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Apr 4, 2011 - 12:45 AM

[delusionz]

Dude! Take that thing up to 7000 RPM

That 1.75 exhaust might be a problem though.

[BonzaiCelica]

ah yes the 2 inch to 1.75 exhaust piping on the stock gt is restrictive. Although at the moment I have no catalytic converter. Not good as cops can smell my exhaust fumes. I'll get that fixed next weekend.

heres the video of my custom made intake hehe



This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 20, 2011 - 7:56 PM

[mkernz22]

glad you like the intake...

also you need a better exhaust to love the beams..

ill take some videos of mine... someday

oh and 9000 rpm is so sick. dont ask dont tell

you can rev it to 9000?....
and that sounds sick man, just watched the vid!

[BonzaiCelica]

ya im not sure what norbert is talking about. Im sure he doesn't know how to loom the engine either. In japan when they used to race the SS-III celica they would put the rev limiter at 8,600rpm where it would produce peak power. So theres no way he's able to hit 9,000 rpm on his stock engine.

Ya the intake sounds just like a k20 but needs the extra 1,000 rpm to sound like it, and as you can see by the video my idle problems are very minimal. If you hear the intake right before I start to rev it you'll notice it starts to make a weird noise, but otherwise it works great.. The intake sounds much better in person my camcorder is a bit old.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 20, 2011 - 9:31 PM

[EKAn]

so how are you going to register it and get it to pass smog?

[BonzaiCelica]

so how are you going to register it and get it to pass smog?

wow there!!, I already got that all figured out hehe. I already have the 2011 tag on the back of my license if you can see it in the first pic and it passed smog already!!!

[EKAn]

For real? But there's no way that engine would pass a visual test in California

[BonzaiCelica]

update: wont stop making noise, front sway bar components, brake components, pooping noise when going over bumps/dips!!!. Ordered the wrong power slot rotor for the 91 celica gt. Stupid mosaic motorsports didn't list 94-00 celica rotor but listed it as 2000 Celica GT. So i thought the 7th gen gt brake rotor was different. Great now I have to wait another week till Friday or so to make the exchange through US Post office.

This is seriously like the never ending storry! question is will I ever be able to drive my celica without it making a noise. This is driving me up the wall



Jan 22nd to March 26 = Car still not in perfect driving condition, and its my daily driver as well. man this sucks

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Apr 28, 2014 - 11:03 PM

[chacha]

hang in there...with an old car, that's just how it is...noises do suck A$$

[delusionz]

Will it be sweet once the correct rotor is installed?

I read somewhere in the thread "what parts from other gens are compatible with our cars" that "7th gen brakes are compatible and in theory so are 7th gen big brake kits"

[delusionz]

Btw I doubt you can smell fumes from another car, it has to be really old and ****ty, like a VW Combi van with black smoke or something

[block]

Looking good man.

[trdproven]

jealous, have fun with it.

[dudeofchaos]

Sick! Nice job man! Keep up the good work! Jealous people here... Including me! hehe

[BonzaiCelica]

a bit of an update you can say....

57MM Magnaflow Exhaust from Old 94 Celica will be fitted by Friday or this Saturday with the addition of a magnaflow 14" Long Resonator. I will also be changing the routing of the piping to under the rear sub frame. Current setup with the crush bents over the sub frame I feel that it is restricting air flow.





Changing out my Front Bearings, and installing the Poly Mounts with some Syncromesh Fluid.



Not really an upgrade but just some good ol fashioned blank brembo rotors up front



Installing the Helica LSD Transmission that I bought of UrbanDork thanks Craig!!...

and yea we didn't have a cherry picker so we went to home depot and bought some supplies hehe works just fine!






Inside the Transmission/Open Differential Hole that came stock on my Beams Transmission. which means I don't have helical LSD.



New S54 Transmission with Fitted MRS Helical LSD inside, you see the difference!!
on a side note is that how the angle of the engine mounts go right?



Take a look at my custom made downpipe, since the car didnt come with the stock one. doesn't even have a flex pipe.



Condition of my Front Motor Mount, which wasn't that bad :



Future Mod 2 Post Spoiler, that i took from the 94 Celica thats now at the junkyard RIP OLD Celi



This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 9, 2013 - 1:23 AM

[SwissFerdi]

Wow, I'd rather part it here than see my Celi go to the junkyard, that's heart-breaking. In with the new, out with the old I guess. I like the progress, seems to be going smoothly. Best of luck.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Apr 18, 2011 - 11:28 AM

[BonzaiCelica]

Wow, I'd rather part it here than see my Celi go to the junkyard, that's heart-breaking. In with the new, out with the old I guess. I like the progress, seems to be going smoothly. Best of luck.

I did part it out here and now that thread is closed. The car had been in my front yard for the past 4 months and it made the house look like crap...

[njccmd2002]

i dont see the difference in the trannys.

[mkernz22]

i dont see the difference in the trannys.

i second that.

[S8S8]

i dont see the difference in the trannys.

i second that.

The first one (non-LSD) has a little bar which run across the hole. The second one doesn't have the bar.

[mkernz22]

ohhh! I just thought that was the light / flash getting cut off haha :facepalm:

[BonzaiCelica]

ok update my helical LSD Transmission, timken wheel bearings and kirkausous motor mounts are installed. Hopefully I can get exhaust installed tomorrow!!! A quick question as regards to the gearing? From what I understood the gearing for USDM and JDM S54 transmission's are all the same right? I was only able to hit 85mph at 7,000 rpm which is unusual because i should be able to go close to 91mph in 3rd gear right??? Do you guys think I might need to recalibrate my speedometer??? heres is what my current setup looks like. Also what should my rpm be at while I'm going 80mph in 5th gear???



as you can see if have the USDM MPH Speedometer.

Gear Ratios for JDM S54:

3.285 * 4.176 = 2027.5 - 37 mph
1.960 * 4.176 = 1209.7 - 62 mph
1.322 * 4.176 = 815.9 - 91 mph
1.028 * 4.176 = 634.5 - 118 mph
0.820 * 4.176 = 506.1 - 147 mph

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Apr 23, 2011 - 9:06 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

I currently have a restrictive exhaust, I'm running 2.25inch from oem b-pipe, to 2 inch piping with no catalytic converter and stock 5sfe resonator, then to 1.75 inch piping before I go over the rear axle and to the stock gt muffler.

On another note I'm running 91 octane (which is low grade octane and its the highest we have here in california = 95 ron) fuel for the high compression engine. Its like running 88 octane in an s2000 that requires minimum amount of fuel to be at 91 octane. Beams run at its best on 93/94 octane = 100 Ron fuel. how about cleaning my fuel injectors professionally???? are they hard to take out I know they only charge about $50 to get them cleaned. I also know that the shop that cleans them will give you a before and after of how the injectors performed. Testing Fuel Pressure at the rail?


Second I cannot hear if my engine is knocking or not because I have a short ram intake. When I last took out my spark plugs they all seemed to be in good shape. I believe I have oem ones, but I'm going to buy a set of NGK Iridium Plugs within the next week to be on the safe side. I did however compression test all 4 cylinders and they were all perfect except for the exception of one cylinder that was at 190psi. 190psi is still pretty darn close to 198.7psi.

What other factors should I take into consideration, or am I being paranoid? When I do install my 57mm exhaust I will be going under the axle and the exhaust will be crush bent.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Oct 6, 2013 - 1:17 PM

[Euphoria]

The fuel thing is a bit dodgy but I don't think it would make that HUGE a difference! here in Australia 91 is our lowest then 95, 98 and even the 5SFE doesn't run aswell with 91. Exhaust shouldn't restrict that much aswell!

You should of done a tune up before it went in plugs, leads, dizzy, rotor, fuel filter etc but unless they're completely had it they shouldn't cause too much of a power loss.

Saying all this, I recently bought a 4th gen for a project and that thing had NO torque down low but as soon as it was in high rpm it went well, they need to be revved!

[HectortheRican]

I remember hearing somewhere that the stock BEAMS intake is better than any SRI and that you're better off just getting a high performance panel filter.

[BonzaiCelica]

no way man beams has 7 more pounds of torque than the 5sfe. I should be able to feel the torque down low. I'm not driving a torque less honda engine.

well I'll start off with what I know. Which is the exhaust, plugs and better fuel. I"ll just work my way from there. The guy already did a tune up before hand. I also already have a new walbro fuel pump. The previous owner also did all belts as well along with the tensioner too. I'm also throwing some fuel injector cleaner in the gas tank while I'm at it. I'll be mixing 3 gallons of 100 octane with 9 gallons of 91 octane to get a near 94 octane mix =100 Ron. I"m probably losing 4-6 hp with the 95 ron gas.

I also still have to reset the ecu and air/fuel ratio once I fit the exhaust and put the plugs in! that should help as well. And yes I read that as well about a custom intake running a bit lean/rich.

Where are the other 6gc experts at I need their opinion in this as well! please

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 9, 2013 - 1:31 AM

[Rusty]

I remember hearing somewhere that the stock BEAMS intake is better than any SRI and that you're better off just getting a high performance panel filter.

Agree with you on that, as the BEAMS maf sensor is very sensitive. Cone style filters cause a lot of turbulent airflow for the MAF.

Maybe put the factory intake back on, see if it imporves?

[BonzaiCelica]

I remember hearing somewhere that the stock BEAMS intake is better than any SRI and that you're better off just getting a high performance panel filter.

Agree with you on that, as the BEAMS maf sensor is very sensitive. Cone style filters cause a lot of turbulent airflow for the MAF.

Maybe put the factory intake back on, see if it imporves?

I was reading that it makes the beams run lean up top, but my piping is the same as stock size piping. 71mm inside diameter piping. I made a mistake and sold it to some guy here in Northern California to make a quick buck woops. I shud of kept it and tested it first. Oh well....

[delusionz]

that exhaust will definitely help, the factory 3s-ge exhaust is 2" not 1.75

[BonzaiCelica]

update new viper alarm 3303 fitted and under the axle 57mm magnaflow exhaust fitted

downgrade: Fuel line Banjo to fuel rail is leaking fuel, and my Air/Fuel Ratio I believe is still way off...

When I did the compression test 3 months ago all the cylinders read 198 psi except for the far left one that read at 190 psi. I was thinking about doing a leak down test, but was then advised by urbandork that it wouldn't be necessary since all the pistons are already near perfect.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 9, 2013 - 1:48 AM

[SupraKid]

Unhook the battery for 10 minutes, hook it back up, start the car and let it idle for 5 minutes, then go drive it like you would normally so the ECU can set everything up. Do you have any problems that are leading you to think you may have bad compression?

[delusionz]

Just disconnect battery for 15 mins to reset ecu.

also, did you figure anything out with the gearing?

Basically you should get approx 10km/h extra out of each gear with the extra redline.

Based on a JDM 3S-GE Celica with S54-06D LSD FWD Transmission with a factory tyre size 215/50R16 you should get on your speedo:

At 100km/h (62mph) you should have 3200RPM in 5th gear, 4000 in 4th gear, 5000 in 3rd gear.

At 110km/h (68mph) you should have 3400RPM in 5th gear, 4200 in 4th gear, 5200 in 3rd gear.


Based on some of my old dash cam vids. Expect 80mph to be high in the revs, We don't have speed limits that high in this part of the world.


Max speeds at 7000 were (approximately):

1st: 58km/h (36mph)
2nd: 98km/h (60)
3rd: 144km/h (89)
4th: don't max it out often enough to remember exactly, somewhere around 180km/h - 195km/h
5th: are you insane?

This post has been edited by Rusty: May 1, 2011 - 1:32 AM

[BonzaiCelica]

andrew read my above post. I did the compression test right when I got the car and they cylinders were fine. I'll get a video of me topping out 1st-3rd gear. I have 205/45R16 tires btw.

Oh another question is the ST and GT Fuel line that feeds from the fuel filter to the Fuel Rail is the same part???

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Oct 20, 2012 - 12:36 AM

[delusionz]

The SS-II used 205/50R16 and the SS-III used 215/50R16 factory fitment (or equiv rolling diameter)

So whichever car your gearbox speed sender came from (either the SS-II beams clip from the original swap or the SS-III LSD transmission swap) your speedo will be over-reading what you're actually doing either a little bit or alot. If you are using the speedo sender from the original USDM car and are running the same rolling diameter then it will be closer to accurate.

However with your current tyre size I have a feeling you will be going about ~3mph slower than reported per 60mph.

[BonzaiCelica]

the gt that I know own used to be a automatic transmission. I'm pretty sure that all beams came with the 5 spoke white 15x7 rims whether it was SS-II or SS-III. The transmission I currently have which has a MR-S Helical LSD inside is from a USDM S54. The transmission that the beams came with and the current s54 helical lsd that i have on my car right now should have the same speed sensor. I don't ever remember seeing any beams SS-III fitted with the 6 spoke 16 inch wheels.


ahaha I think I figured it out!!! hehe thanks to another beams member. check out this link, its from last section down from november 2005 and down

http://billzilla.org/AE863SGE.htm

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: May 1, 2011 - 8:12 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

exhaust pics! it sounds alright I have a 18 inch glass pack resonator. Its more performance than sound; But I'll have the exhaust system I want by the end of this year.





This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Feb 6, 2013 - 2:59 PM

[TRD-Corolla]

the straw technique might work for you, but i wonder how much it's restricting airflow. Try cleaning your MAF, IAC, throttle body/valve, make sure everything is plugged in/no vacuum leak. OR re-positioning of the MAF sensor. I think I missed it but all this happened after installing an after-market intake system with a cone filter?

[Tony-B]

80 MPH in 5th gear should just be around 4500rpm, maybe less i think. I haven't been on a motorway in a while.

The dreaded MAF!!!

I hope you get this sorted, torque in the beams is grand i find. Not turbo like or anything but 5th gear overtaking feels nice

T

[njccmd2002]

the straw technique might work for you, but i wonder how much it's restricting airflow. Try cleaning your MAF, IAC, throttle body/valve, make sure everything is plugged in/no vacuum leak. OR re-positioning of the MAF sensor. I think I missed it but all this happened after installing an after-market intake system with a cone filter?

that pipe was mine and mine was running fine, the ecu might need a reset.

[BonzaiCelica]

the straw technique might work for you, but i wonder how much it's restricting airflow. Try cleaning your MAF, IAC, throttle body/valve, make sure everything is plugged in/no vacuum leak. OR re-positioning of the MAF sensor. I think I missed it but all this happened after installing an after-market intake system with a cone filter?

I'll check all the vacuum lines. Today after getting an aligned, it is getting closer and closer to dieing. The car's idle drops to about 500rpm and its getting worse and worse by the day. I'm cleaning that thing next and that could be my solution to my sluggish pedal feel?? In first gear it pulls nicely and my dirty Idle Speed/air Control Valve could also be the reason as to why my rpm gauge is off??? At 116 mph on the speedo, the speed cut limiter cuts off fuel to the engine. All JDM motors cut off at 111mph so I know my speedometer is off! Another thing is that at 105 mph my rpm are at 5,600rpm or something like that, I'll have to get video. RPM are a bit high wouldn't you say??? I know that 4th gear goes to 118mph, but I had to shift into 5th gear before Or else I wouldn't have been able to hit 111mph speed cut limiter in 4th gear. I'm using a usdm s54 speed sensor. maybe I need a new one or just calibrate my speedometer??

I did already reset the ecu and its running much better. On another Note I put in 4 gallons of 100 octane and about 9 gallons of 91 octane. that gave me a mixed octane rating of about/near 94 octane = 100 ron.

Yes Tony-B, torque should be pretty good but I'm finding lag in the throttle. how the hell do you adjust the throttle cable to make it tighter??? I was only able to adjust the cable so that it controls how high my idle is when I have the car in neutral. thanks guys for taking such interest in my thread I appreciate it. I thought my thread was just another thread. Jeez i love 6gc member

80 MPH in 5th gear should just be around 4500rpm, maybe less i think. I haven't been on a motorway in a while.

The dreaded MAF!!!

I hope you get this sorted, torque in the beams is grand i find. Not turbo like or anything but 5th gear overtaking feels nice

T

can you get some video you cruising at 80mph in 5th gear and you topping out 3rd gear please!! Since you have all stock/factory installed engine. Mine was done by some tuning shop.

[delusionz]

My speed limiter on both SS-III and GT4 cars was 200kph

Google tells us thats 200 kph = 124.274238 mph

[Tony-B]

Was just on a motorway there on Sunday.

Motorway speed limit is 120Kph, Beams does this in 5th gear at 3,600rpm. To do third gear top outs on most of the roads around me would be suicide, plus, my wife is a fox I dont want to die. The next time i'm on a decent/flat/straight/uncambered road i'll see what i can do.

The throttle cable is tightened the same way you tightened your brakes on your BMX fado fado, I think.

Your exhaust looks like it could be strangling your engine maybe??

T

[BonzaiCelica]

Ya dont forget deluzionz that mine came off an SS-II celica. But ya when i was trying to top out the car i only got to 190km/h on my
Speedometer, which seems quite off dont u think. That is when my fuel cut was turned on. I shud gps my speed next time.

How does my beams cluster read the rpm signal from the engine?

Naw tony b ive got a new 57mm full exhaust system now! So thats def not the problem. If i dont get my stock intake box back
Then im borrowing my friends aem wideband to monitor my air/ fuel ratios

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Oct 6, 2013 - 1:20 PM

[Rusty]

the higher the speed, the less accurate the speedometer becomes.

[BonzaiCelica]

the higher the speed, the less accurate the speedometer becomes.

yes I know but it being off about 8mph when I'm only going about 100 mph seems way off. Even my stock st wasn't off by that much. oh well it doesn't concern me that much but how do I know that my rpm gauge is correct??

[BonzaiCelica]

update : swapped out the trunk from previous celica and put on my two post spoiler with replica riser blocks. Is it me or does the spoiler/gt4 make it look super huge. I agree that it flows well with the trd splitters. Even if I were to cut down the riser blocks a few inches I wouldn't be able to see thru my rear view mirror !!!

And please tell me what you guys think, my 16 inch rims look quite small don't they. the rims looked better on my previous celica that had no sideskirts or splitters, but with my current GT-4 setup it just makes the 16 inch rims look small right??







how do you like my primered fender huh ha, one can of paint isn't enough, I ran out of paint


oh and a broken/scratched tail light that came with the car when I bought it


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: May 31, 2011 - 3:41 AM

[mak5603]

Psh, you can still see out the window, just the tops a little cut off, all you gotta do Is duck your head a little haha .

I agree with what you are saying about the wheels, 17's would look nice.

This post has been edited by mak5603: May 31, 2011 - 11:51 AM

[BonzaiCelica]

noo I mean I want to cut down my riser blocks down to a smaller size like this in the future after I repaint the car :

[Celicaswift]

This is a friend of mine from the Netherlands.
These blocks are custom made​​. I think this is slightly better.

[Tony-B]

I think the wheels look ok, it's just the arch gap throwing you off. A wee bit of drop and a wee bit of spacering and you'll be grand

T

[mak5603]

Oh, I gotcha. Yeah that would look sweet but for sure block some vision, haha.

[BonzaiCelica]

I think the wheels look ok, it's just the arch gap throwing you off. A wee bit of drop and a wee bit of spacering and you'll be grand

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ya but I won't be able to lower the car anymore unless I get some coilovers. I'd rather get polyurethane bushings and sway bar links before that. And buying some larger spacers would cost more money. I currently have 10mm spacers. So i'm at +32 offset, for some reason my rear end on my previous st celica was lower in the rear with the same exact suspension set up????

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: May 31, 2011 - 1:48 PM

[HectortheRican]

Another option is the Eurou style blocks

http://www.kamikaze.com.hk/product.php?id_product=76

This post has been edited by HectortheRican: May 31, 2011 - 2:07 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

Another option is the Eurou style blocks

http://www.kamikaze.com.hk/product.php?id_product=76

naw dude i've been over this before in another post. Euro blocks does not angle the spoiler forward like the oem gt4/ss3 riser blocks do, the angle of the spoiler gives the celica a more aggressive look.

[RabidTRD]

I never really liked the look of the riser blocks and I don't see the purpose if you're not AWD. I'd say just stick with the perfectly designed 94-95 style spoiler.

Do you really feel a difference in airflow at high speeds?

[sunwukongg]

leave your riser blocks! keep the gt4 look! i freakin love it! just give it new wheels and a bit lower drop!

your car is coming along very well man!

[BonzaiCelica]

I never really liked the look of the riser blocks and I don't see the purpose if you're not AWD. I'd say just stick with the perfectly designed 94-95 style spoiler.

Do you really feel a difference in airflow at high speeds?

Ya i was never really fond of thr whole gt4 look unless the car was an actual gt4. I dont think the spoiler serves as a purpose unless the rear roof spoiler was fitted. The spoiler wud look better if my car was all one color no doubt. So for now I just might remove the riser blocks n leave it like that.

[delusionz]

I just had another thought for your lack of power complaint, are you even revving to 7000?

the 9000 rpm tachometer sort of ends around the same place as the 8000rpm tachometer, the numbers are closer together so when your hitting the 7000 according to your dash it may only be around 5800 - 6000rpm.

if you rev it up to the limiter, just see what point on the gauge it bounces at, it should be either 7000rpm or 7200rpm at the cutoff point (can't remember 3SGE, I know 3SGTE is 7200).

the way the UK guys do it is to use/wire in the entire JDM cluster, put an MPH sticker over the KM/H lettering and then use a 1.6 divider speed signal adjuster so that the speedo and odometers tick over in miles, it also raises the speed cut limit from 200KM/H to effectively 200MPH

This post has been edited by delusionz: Jun 1, 2011 - 7:18 PM

[TRD-Corolla]

you can't go wrong with either the gt-four raise blocks or the ss-iii ones, either one looks good IMO. Also, these cars look a lot better with 17"+ rims

edited: any updates on that maf?

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This post has been edited by TRD-Corolla: Jun 1, 2011 - 9:50 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

i'll get some video footage of me topping out 4th gear yes I know I said it. Its a must so you guys know what I'm talking about, I wonder if my 4th and 5th gears are shorter?? 4th gear reaches 108mph on the speedo which was less than my previous ST Celica in the same gear. I'll also rev all the way upp to redline.

I have beams tachometer and the rpm gauge with a speed signal thing that converts it to mph. Not entirely sure on how the guys did that since the car already came that way. Cut off for beams motor is 7,450 rpm.

As far as the MAF resetting the ecu did help with about 10hp. It just such a shame we only get 95 ron as our top best gas here in CA and all other states get 98 ron.... So buying that race fuel to mix with 95 ron is somewhat expensive. I should be getting my original intake back soon from what the guy told me, he just has to do smog with it. I did put a screen door mesh in front of the maf but it still feels the same. I just need my dyno results. No fun either cause I lost my job on friday so I'm trying to figure out where my income will come from.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Dec 11, 2012 - 5:21 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

when I do get my stock intake box back what drop in filter would you suggest for under $40??? I used to have the K&N but brand new that costs $55.

[RabidTRD]

I've got connections. I may be able to hook you up with a K&N for around $40.

[BonzaiCelica]

I've got connections. I may be able to hook you up with a K&N for around $40.

I saw one last night for $42 shipped and its still listed on ebay.

[mkernz22]

How do you top in 4th gear? lol my 5th gear tops at about a grand from the redline! but I'm going to install a switch for the speed sensor so it tricks the ecu & etc. haha

[mak5603]

How do you top in 4th gear?

You launch in first, shift to second, shift to third, shift to fourth and pull to the top of fourth. Pretty simple procedure.

[TRD-Corolla]

try re-positioning the maf

also, it's pretty common to lose some low-end torque after installing a cone filter. However, you gain a little bit more at top to compensate.

[SupraKid]

How do you top in 4th gear?

You launch in first, shift to second, shift to third, shift to fourth and pull to the top of fourth. Pretty simple procedure.

Wait wait wait I'm confused, what do I do between 2nd to 3rd again?

This post has been edited by SupraKid: Jun 4, 2011 - 1:18 PM

[delusionz]

I have beams tachometer and the rpm gauge with a speed signal thing that converts it to mph. Not entirely sure on how the guys did that since the car already came that way. Cut off for beams motor is 7,500 rpm.

It's actually 7200, so if you can see the needle reach 7500 then as I was saying your tach isn't calibrated properly.

So when you think you're revving to 4000 and hitting the powerband, your actually not.

[BonzaiCelica]

here you go delusionz im not redlining my gears as I'll make a video for that later. But tell me if you notice how off my speedometer is. I'm in 5th Gear



here is a youtube video so you can compare. note the rpm gauge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrTfiXIddls

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jun 9, 2011 - 5:43 PM

[Rusty]

You said it yourself you are using a S54 transmission with a MR-S LSD, so you are changing the final drive ratio.

Thats why at 4,000rpm your doing 123km/h and the youtube one is doing 141km/h.

[mkernz22]

How do you top in 4th gear?

You launch in first, shift to second, shift to third, shift to fourth and pull to the top of fourth. Pretty simple procedure.

I thought he meant that his car tops out in 4th gear, as in 5th gear does nothing speed wise. I was confused at first

[BonzaiCelica]

Rusty say whatt??!! now you've totally confused me???

Where did you get that conclusion from??? My speed signal is broken or whatever converts the km/h to mph could be screwed up. That makes no sense 30 km/h in first gear is like 15 mph???!!!!

Both you and I know that all SS-III Celica came with a Helical LSD which is the same exact setup that I had. And all the time I've been here on the site I've never read any different specs on the Final Drive Gear for SS-III Celica's or that installing an helical lsd would change my final drive?

[Rusty]

on page 3 you said

New S54 Transmission with Fitted MRS Helical LSD

so you have an MR-S LSD not a SS-III LSD.


I chose 4,000rpm as the 'max rpm' in this case, as you and the other guy both did that rpm in your videos. In your video at 4,000rpm (in 5th gear) you were doing 123km/h. In the youtube video when he was at 4,000rpm (in 5th gear)he was doing 141km/h.
You have a different final gear ratio to the SS-III.


yes you can do 30km/h in first at 4,000rpm.

Rusty say whatt??!!

ok... whatt lol