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post May 17, 2019 - 10:13 AM
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So not sure what happened to my first post, but it lacked pictures anyways...

How’s it going, new here, and I inherited a 96 Celica ST hatch from my parents. Basically there was a pop as my dad was driving it up a nearby hill, and it started spewing white smoke out the tail pipe. It then sat in their yard for what I can recall is about 13 years. That’s 13 years of Alaskan winters without moving. Needless to say this car is pretty rough. But, my parents were pretty easy to convince to get rid of the car for the low low cost of a tow dolly ��. Back in October I did a compression test and if I remember right there was two cylinders with 0 compression... now I’m considering doing a full rebuild or a swap, don’t know if I’m super keen on keeping the 7A when there’s so much more fun to be had with this car but stuck on if I should swap it, and if I do what I should swap with, or just rebuild and call it a day. I’m a delivery driver so gas mileage is somewhat of a concern here . What do you guys think? Mind the mess but whatever I decide to do I’m happy to have a new car to join a forum that’s not for another ford biggrin.gif








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post May 17, 2019 - 8:15 PM
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Probably going to go with a rebuild for now then. C: I’m going to have around 4K as a budget for the build in October and that should get it running pretty well. C: I was looking and rebuild kits aren’t very expensive compared to what I’m used to, (was expecting 600-700) so I’m definitely going to start with suspension/tires/wheels after the motor isn’t spewing white exhaust. Now to do some fitment research biggrin.gif

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