New Addition to Our Family, Painted page 7!!! Options

[hurley97]

So me and Dustin (Batman722) decided to postpone the wedding another year and buy another 6th gen project instead...
That and the 99 Solara I've been using as a winter car is going to my sister in a few weeks so we needed to have one available to each of us as a 'winter beater'.
We have my green 97 ST turbo, Dustin's blue 95 GT ST205 swapped, his silver 95 ST

And let me introduce the new addition to our Celica family,
1994 Celica GT, 5spd, black interior, sunroof, Florida car without New England rust.
Very bad rod knock and a very bad radiator meant we had to have it towed home where it stayed until it was again towed to Manny, Jenn and Randi's garage.





We decided to swap in a Redtop 3S-GE Beams
We cleaned it up, timing belt, waterpump, tensioner, prepped to go in











^inside the intake manifold, taken through the throttle body







And as of tonight, it is in the car and running,











And Manny fabricated the whole exhaust, from the b-pipe all the way back. I do not have good pics of it, someone else will have to insert them.
We should be able to take some better pics tomorrow in the daylight. So far, very fun

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jul 1, 2010 - 4:49 PM

[97lestyousay]

Nice work as always, some amazing sh!t happening in that garage.

Looks like fun

[Rusty]

quickest swap ever!

[Batman722]

and more pics

Day 1
starting out in the garage





pull the beat down 5s and put it where it belongs



remove ABS, install non abs lines/master





paint engine bay black



better pic



day 2
get the beams in the bay


I spy a tan line

lightweight FW then OEM Beams disk, st185 pp, and s54 tob and a wicked cool SS braided clutch line





day 3

button things up and have Manny make an incredible exhaust.











and the exhaust - just unbelievable - I'm speechless every time I look at it.



end of day 3, drive home

once we cranked it over a few times to get some fuel in it, it started just fine. It idles a bit high right now (about 1100) so me and Stef will diagnose it tomorrow.

and driving impressions...it's quick and pulls great all the way to redline

more pics tomorrow in the daylight.

This post has been edited by Batman722: Oct 12, 2009 - 12:34 AM

[hurley97]

quickest swap ever!

haha...

Actually,
Motor arrived Aug 28th
After that we figured it was probably time to get serious about finding a car
Bought the car Sept 10th
Waited for parts from the UK... did some thing to the car in the meantime
Started the swap Fri afternoon Oct 9th
Drove it home Sun Oct 11th

[njccmd2002]

wow amazing, what kind of red is that, the one on the valve cover and intake, is that engine enamel or what?

Send me a custom exhaust like that, i need one, lol....

[JoKeRkId613]

it's powdercoated red from the factory...

[808celica]

good stuff

[presure2]

it's powdercoated red from the factory...

actually, i repainted the valve cover cover, and top of the intake manifold for them.

more pics of the header back exhaust i made for them.
Full 304 stainless, 2.5" from the header back, over axle.

first the inside of the 2 into 1 section of the factory header, after i cut off the small pipe and fit the 2.5"



adding the flex pipe



bpipe finished



center section



over axle and muffler



a few installed pics











what you see from the back

[turnip]

Awesome Thread. Exhaust looks great. Wish I had got the bpipe with mine.

Im curious how you cleaned the inside of the intake manifold so clean. Did you just take it off and let brake clean sit in there for a while? Do tell!! Thanks.

[malpaso]

I always liked topics like this . Amazing work...

[njccmd2002]

im so amazed to that exhaust setup, just wow,

Yeah, i already knew it was painted cause dustin told me.

I want mine in.

[richee3]

Wow, that was some crazy progress... Manny, you do good exhaust fabrication! I might have to drive up there and pay you to do mine when I get ready to swap! Lol. Is the body going to stay like that since it's a winter beater or will you guys clean it up?

[Fate]

awesome.

[hurley97]

wow amazing, what kind of red is that, the one on the valve cover and intake, is that engine enamel or what?

Send me a custom exhaust like that, i need one, lol....

Manny sprayed it the Toyota 3L2 red, I believe he used automotive paint from work.

Awesome Thread. Exhaust looks great. Wish I had got the bpipe with mine.

Im curious how you cleaned the inside of the intake manifold so clean. Did you just take it off and let brake clean sit in there for a while? Do tell!! Thanks.

It came like that.

Wow, that was some crazy progress... Manny, you do good exhaust fabrication! I might have to drive up there and pay you to do mine when I get ready to swap! Lol. Is the body going to stay like that since it's a winter beater or will you guys clean it up?

Body will stay like that for this winter, probable do some body work and paint job next year.

[SwissFerdi]

My god...you people are godly.

[Rusty]

quickest swap ever!

haha...

Actually,
Motor arrived Aug 28th
After that we figured it was probably time to get serious about finding a car
Bought the car Sept 10th
Waited for parts from the UK... did some thing to the car in the meantime
Started the swap Fri afternoon Oct 9th
Drove it home Sun Oct 11th

oh true, last thread I remembered was, you guys just buying the celica (I dont think I heard about the 3s swap though)

on another note
you've pretty much had all the celica motors: (7afe +T, 5sfe + T ,3sgte, now a 3sge beams)

[FunkySR]

awesome.

[hurley97]

It was idling a little high the first day, as Dustin mentioned, but today it was perfectly fine. The ECU just needs a few days to relearn everything.

Just some nicer pics in the daylight...

[Batman722]

haha we never had a 5sfte

after driving for a day the idle is just fine, actually perfect.

today we changed the rear sway bar bushings, installed the rear strut bar, set the radio stations and drove that thing hard It feels like normal until about 3.5-4K rpms then it gets going and keeps going. It pulls right until 7200 and is quick.

next we're going to do suspension (endlinks, ball joints <-toasted, new struts, springs, tie rods) hopefully before winter, then next spring body work, paint, and wheels. The color we picked is gonna be incredible on a 6gen

[FunkySR]

that is so cool Stef. did u get my PM?

[Rusty]

haha we never had a 5sfte

ah true, my fault was typing to quick.

love the engine bay though (how everything is black/dark and the bright red cover sticks out)

in your guys opinion, how does this compare to 5s-fe and the 7a-fe? since we never really got those motors over here (though there are a tiny amount of NZ new with the 5s)

[Outsider]

Congrats on a job well done.

With the idle, mine also idles at around 1100rpm when I first start it up. As the engine warms up, it drops back to around 800rpm.

[njccmd2002]

..., set the radio stations and drove that thing hard

that increases HP

The color we picked is gonna be incredible on a 6gen

bet is going to be a metallic of some sort...

[96bluevert]

Who needs a wedding when you could swap a 3sge into another Celica?

Looks great guys! Can't wait to see what color you decided to paint it.

[BonzaiCelica]

wow awesome. speechless Great work

[Hanyo]

very impressive stuff.

Why are you still using the stock air box?

[trdproven]

thats just a cover over the valve cover right as it appears? Can that fit a 5s valve cover?

[Rusty]

on another point what are you using for the guage BEAMS or a modified preBEAMS one?

[Batman722]

haha we never had a 5sfte

your guys opinion, how does this compare to 5s-fe and the 7a-fe? since we never really got those motors over here (though there are a tiny amount of NZ new with the 5s)

it's definatly faster and more responsive, much much faster in above 3-4k rpms

very impressive stuff.

Why are you still using the stock air box?

thanks. The intake is kinda touchy with the AFM, too much air and it runs rich, too little air and it runs lean. We just went with a K&N drop in filter which is just fine for us, for now. The other option is to get a CAI or short ram for a 01 v6 camry with the AFM adapter, but it's very important that the pipe diameter is the same as stock or the rich/lean issue comes up.

thats just a cover over the valve cover right as it appears? Can that fit a 5s valve cover?

yes, it's just a valve cover cover. I haven't tried it on a 5s but I'd have to say I don't think it would fit.

on another point what are you using for the guage BEAMS or a modified preBEAMS one?

modded non beams tach. We didn't want to go with Beams white face gauges so we are using a Dakota digital tach adapter and the tach works just fine. I do see a little jump with the needle now and again but nothing serious.

njcc, I'll PM you a pic.

[hurley97]

thats just a cover over the valve cover right as it appears? Can that fit a 5s valve cover?

yes, it's just a valve cover cover. I haven't tried it on a 5s but I'd have to say I don't think it would fit.

The valve cover is more like a 3SGTE valve cover, it has the inner gasket with the cams almost individually housed, like this...


The 5S valve cover doesn't have the holes that the valve cover cover screws into or the oil cap in the right location. There's probably a few other problems you'd run into but those are the most obvious without actually fitting it to a 5S.

[playr158]

great job guys, I love seeing what comes out of your garage(s).

[Defgeph]

AWESOME.... you guys rock!

[laff09]

x2 on what Def said. Noice

[razor7]

or the oil cap in the right location.

That would actually be a good thing for me, my strut tower bar gets in the way so I have to use a funnel when filling.

-TC

[epocsirhc]

Maybe I will get a wife or gf some day that loves to modify cars. It would be awesome, anyways I like the work that has been done. I am considering doing a swap in mine now.

[SpadeBF]

wow you guys are amazing,
how much would you charge for a 3s gte swap

[Tigawoods]

im coning up there and throwing it in the back of my hatch.

that would save me sooo much money

[lagos]

Really cool swap. I like how the red engine went in the red car.
So who's faster? The turbo st or this thing?

btw, is it me, or is that a little air duct on the alternator?

[Batman722]

Really cool swap. I like how the red engine went in the red car.
So who's faster? The turbo st or this thing?

btw, is it me, or is that a little air duct on the alternator?

we haven't had the chance to race...yet but it's gonna be fun when we do

it's not an air duct it's just a little heat sheild, there's even a heat shield on the clutch slave cylinder

[lagos]

Really cool swap. I like how the red engine went in the red car.
So who's faster? The turbo st or this thing?

btw, is it me, or is that a little air duct on the alternator?

we haven't had the chance to race...yet but it's gonna be fun when we do

it's not an air duct it's just a little heat sheild, there's even a heat shield on the clutch slave cylinder

I need some type of shield on mine. I think heat keeps killing my alternators as they last about a year before crapping out. A low profile one like that would be nice.

[96stgreendemon]

haha we never had a 5sfte

after driving for a day the idle is just fine, actually perfect.

today we changed the rear sway bar bushings, installed the rear strut bar, set the radio stations and drove that thing hard It feels like normal until about 3.5-4K rpms then it gets going and keeps going. It pulls right until 7200 and is quick.

next we're going to do suspension (endlinks, ball joints <-toasted, new struts, springs, tie rods) hopefully before winter, then next spring body work, paint, and wheels. The color we picked is gonna be incredible on a 6gen

where can i find the sway bars for the front and rear for my celica?

[pipes]

sorry not to thread jack but when are we doing my car?

[hurley97]

Some new upgrades for our new car...


JDM tails, 5000k HID lows, and a new plate

[SPID33]

sorry not to thread jack but when are we doing my car?

i seconed that!

how much did the swap cost? motor and install?

[bccentaur3]

When is the exhaust going to get fixed. It looks as if the muffler is tilted towards the ground. Unless thats what you like.

[presure2]

When is the exhaust going to get fixed. It looks as if the muffler is tilted towards the ground. Unless thats what you like.

i think its just the angle of the pic will.

lookin good guys, now it just needs some bodywork and paint!

[Fr3AkAzOiD]

Have you had the chance to get it on the dyno?

I'm hoping to do a Beams swap at some point in time. Always seems like others things come up though.

[njccmd2002]

cool looking plate, i have got some goodies coming over for me.

[bccentaur3]

When is the exhaust going to get fixed. It looks as if the muffler is tilted towards the ground. Unless thats what you like.

i think its just the angle of the pic will.

lookin good guys, now it just needs some bodywork and paint!

lol... silly of me to think that you guys would mess up on the exhaust. I totally missed out on the first page.. Nice work on the exhaust Manny.

[mmmchocolate]

what color is the car? it looks like a dark red? yah. stock? probably. just wondering.

[presure2]

last night, i finally got to drive dustin and steffs beams powered celica for the first time.

i figured i'd try and do i quick write up of my impressions of it, to try and give the guys (and gals!) that dont know what to expect, or are trying to decide if the beams is for them an idea what it feels like.

first off, the car is VERY behaved around town, in low throttle, low load situations. it feels pretty much like a 5s if you keep the revs low, under 4k. it drives just like stock, and since they used a stock clutch, the driveability of it is just like a stock car. fantastic.
once you start to get higher up in RPM range, the motor REALLY comes to life, and where the 3sge shines, IMO. it just loves revs. the longer you stay in gear, the faster it gets, right up to the 7250 redline.
once you hear that motor sing @ 7k RPM, you just wanna keep downshifting.
with a 5s, you tend to want to shift a little early, to stay in the meat of the powerband. the 7a, even more so. the 3sge is the exact opposite, it just begs to be reved up to redline.
when you mash the throttle down, the intake note comes up, and that motor just sounds amazing as it rips up the RPM band, screaming its way to redline.
i found myself downshifting into 3rd on the highway, and doing redline pulls just to hear the motor sing.
the car feels strong, and pulls well.
if your looking for brute power, or neck snapping torque, then you want a 3sgTe, because thats not what this motor does.
power delievery is VERY linear, but still to me seemed to have a nice jump in power from ~5000rpm to redline.
IMO this motor would be absolutly awesome for autocross. the higher redline of the 3sge makes the short gearing of the tranny alot more useable, and the LSD works fantasticly.
i love the way it allows power delievery from mid corner to exit, where the car normally wants to just push out the LSD really helps pull the car out of the corner straight.

overall, if you like a high reving, performance based n/a motor, that can act like a 5s, and be great around town and daily driving, you'll love the beams 3sge.

[trdproven]

I had a feeling thats exactly what it was a better version of the 5s. do you think you can get a 5s to a beams equiv if you get cams, headers, exhaust, wires, plugs, intake, port polish, rebuild? naaa not even close. maybe only like 160 at most appr.

[presure2]

I had a feeling thats exactly what it was a better version of the 5s. do you think you can get a 5s to a beams equiv if you get cams, headers, exhaust, wires, plugs, intake, port polish, rebuild? naaa not even close. maybe only like 160 at most appr.

no.
the head design on the 5s is meant for low end torque and economy, the ge head is performance based.
the 1000rpm diffrence in rev limit is huge, and the powerband of the 2 motors are totally diffrent.

[hurley97]

next for the Beams

[Rusty]

nice write up manny about the 3sge

so what colour are they going to?

[BonzaiCelica]

ya i heard the beams one time in a mr2 that was crashed, he revved it and it sounded so GOOD!!

Im glad you did that little write up. Cant wait till i get mine. Nice choice for the gt-s rims color.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Dec 28, 2009 - 4:03 AM

[Batman722]

the wheels are gonna be powdercoated white

added a TRD strut bay ya !

[njccmd2002]

oh man that engine bay is gorgeous!!

[hurley97]

More about the wheels


Before
two had some curb rash, one was very bad. the other two were just fine...


Dustin stripped the paint off all of them, I didn't do it very well
Then I did some filing and sanding, globbed on some aluminum putty...


did even more sanding and filing and sanding again...



I just need to do a little more overall sanding on two of them and they will be ready to go for powder coating...


I bought the powder from powderbuythepound.com, they shipped extremely fast
Color will be Super Durable Wet White:
ULTRA SMOOTH FINISH WITH THE HIGHEST GLOSS LEVELS !! PROVIDING LONG TERM RESISTANCE TO CHALKING AND LOSS OF GLOSS USING HIGH-PERFORMANCE PIGMENTS TO PROVIDE LONG TERM COLOR STABILITY ~ SUPER DURABLE WET WHITE ~ POLYESTER~GLOSS LEVEL 95+5% ~ CURE TIME = 400F/10 MIN

[hurley97]

And on another update note,

I installed the hood struts last weekend the day after the TRD strut bar pictured.
Need to get a good updated shot of the engine bay.

Brought the car to work today to fix a few things with the car.
Both lower ball joints were blown out and really noisy, put new ones in
Both front tie rod ends had some play, installed new ones today
Driver side axle was clicking, put another one in
Right rear adjustment arm bushings were blown, installed another arm
and alignment

all those things made a big difference and make me feel so much better about the car now. I feel like we are making some progress now.

[BonzaiCelica]

hell yea drool over the engine bay pics!! I love the fact how you guys repainted the intake manifold and valve cover. Oo and white powder coated rims. white on red reminds me of the 5th gen, sort of like rally style. so which one is faster the beams or your green celica?!

[hurley97]

[lagos]

Love it!

[SwissFerdi]

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.

How hard was it to sand the wheels? Any machine tools used?

[hurley97]

Yeah I just used a little hand held electric sander at the end, that just made it a little easier but wasn't really necessary.
Mostly a file, aluminum putty, and a lot of sand paper.

[SwissFerdi]

Haven't heard of putty ever being used, but I guess you need to if the rash is really deep. Mine might be just as bad as yours on a wheel or two.

[hurley97]

Yeah I found it a long time ago at the Japanese marketplace in Jersey and bought it cause I thought I could use it one day.

I used them on my wheels that are on the green car before we painted them. I had a lot left so I used it on these. Its very nice stuff, it gets very hard yet says very sandable and easy to work with.

[SwissFerdi]

Did you use it on all of them or just the worst one? The worst one looks like something just chewed on it when the tire was off.

[Rusty]

wow din't know the trd strutbrace fits with the BEAMS engines, or was that just the 3sgte?

how are you painting the rims might I ask? powdercoating?

[Batman722]

wow din't know the trd strutbrace fits with the BEAMS engines, or was that just the 3sgte?

how are you painting the rims might I ask? powdercoating?

it fits the with the Beams just perfectly and looks good too.

yes, we are having the wheels powdercoated white. We dropped off 2 last night to get done, I can't wait to see how they come out.

[celicaboston1983]

nice work how much the whole project run?

[hurley97]

Did you use it on all of them or just the worst one? The worst one looks like something just chewed on it when the tire was off.

Those close up pictures in the last post on the previous page are all of that one really bad wheel. I used the putty on two of them, a little on another one and mostly on that bad one.

nice work how much the whole project run?

Well we aren't done yet, the car still needs bodywork and paint. The motor swap itself was not bad at all, its all the other little details that start adding up quick.
I think my green car, as a whole, has cost me around $12-15k in upgrades over the years. I'm not sure about Dustin's blue car but I'm sure its pretty close to that and I'm sure when this car is all said and done it won't be too far under the other two.

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jan 14, 2010 - 8:44 PM

[samir0189]

that aluminum putty looks fun...

[BonzaiCelica]

hmm how come you guys just didnt swap it into the green celica?

[97celiman]

can you maybe write down the steps you guys took to fix the wheels, as far as sanding and filing go? I've been wanting to repair my gt-s wheels for awhile now.

[SwissFerdi]

hmm how come you guys just didnt swap it into the green celica?

$10,000+ invested into the turbo setup, as far as I know. It'd be dumb to sell that.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jan 16, 2010 - 2:59 PM

[hurley97]

hmm how come you guys just didnt swap it into the green celica?

So me and Dustin (Batman722) decided to postpone the wedding another year and buy another 6th gen project instead...
That and the 99 Solara I've been using as a winter car is going to my sister in a few weeks so we needed to have one available to each of us as a 'winter beater'...

[hurley97]

Manny welded in a new resonator today. The beams was way too loud, we actually got pulled over a few days ago because of it.
So I bought a Vibrant Performance Ultra Quiet Resonator. It's much better now, I'm happy with the results.

[Rusty]

what dp you think it was about? before and after?

any update on the white 7gc rims?

[Smaay]

last night, i finally got to drive dustin and steffs beams powered celica for the first time.

i figured i'd try and do i quick write up of my impressions of it, to try and give the guys (and gals!) that dont know what to expect, or are trying to decide if the beams is for them an idea what it feels like.

first off, the car is VERY behaved around town, in low throttle, low load situations. it feels pretty much like a 5s if you keep the revs low, under 4k. it drives just like stock, and since they used a stock clutch, the driveability of it is just like a stock car. fantastic.
once you start to get higher up in RPM range, the motor REALLY comes to life, and where the 3sge shines, IMO. it just loves revs. the longer you stay in gear, the faster it gets, right up to the 7250 redline.
once you hear that motor sing @ 7k RPM, you just wanna keep downshifting.
with a 5s, you tend to want to shift a little early, to stay in the meat of the powerband. the 7a, even more so. the 3sge is the exact opposite, it just begs to be reved up to redline.
when you mash the throttle down, the intake note comes up, and that motor just sounds amazing as it rips up the RPM band, screaming its way to redline.
i found myself downshifting into 3rd on the highway, and doing redline pulls just to hear the motor sing.
the car feels strong, and pulls well.
if your looking for brute power, or neck snapping torque, then you want a 3sgTe, because thats not what this motor does.
power delievery is VERY linear, but still to me seemed to have a nice jump in power from ~5000rpm to redline.
IMO this motor would be absolutly awesome for autocross. the higher redline of the 3sge makes the short gearing of the tranny alot more useable, and the LSD works fantasticly.
i love the way it allows power delievery from mid corner to exit, where the car normally wants to just push out the LSD really helps pull the car out of the corner straight.

overall, if you like a high reving, performance based n/a motor, that can act like a 5s, and be great around town and daily driving, you'll love the beams 3sge.

this is exactly what driving a 7th gen is like. its a wonderful thing having VVT tuning the cams to provide power through the RPM range. I just love looking at 7th gen dynos and seeing the HP curve continue to rise all the way to redline. now that more and more toyota engines are coming with dual VVT the tuning can only get better. i wonder if attaching a camcon on the beams will make more power. we have shown time and time again that with VVT tuning you can gain more power. take mine for example, i gained over 100 HP just tuning VVT

[BonzaiCelica]

i already asked if adding a camcom will give allow for better tuning. but according to the guys over at the beams forums, its not worth it, and is just better to go with a stand alone.

[windowlicker]

i was wondering where you got your hood struts, what brand are they, and how much? thanks

[Rusty]

You can check the exterior sticky thread, has info on where to get them etc

[whatthe]

Pwoah, bronze looks heaps mad!

[CelicaST_CALI]

SO sick!!!Cant wait for the results of 7afte vs 3sge beams

[hurley97]

Experimenting with the Beams... I think I need a little more time to decide if I like it or not
It looks fine right now, my concern is that when the car is finally painted and the body looks good will the plate holder make it look unfinished? Of course it will be painted professionally and properly but I'm just afraid the difference in color might make it look like we just threw it on afterward and haven't painted it yet. I know the cf plate holder would look more finished but the way I feel about cf is that it should be functional (meaning the part should actually weigh less) and be painted.







Also installed a 7th gen non-power antenna today, just need to get a mast for it now.
Dustin read through some how-to's where people said something about using the 6th gen base and having to notch something and shim something else to make it all fit nice, I just used the 7th gen antenna base and ornament (black thing on the outside of the car) and it took about 10 mins and all fit perfectly fine. The bracket inside just needs to be loosened and turned the opposite way, but I'm not too worried about that, I'll get to it eventually.

[SwissFerdi]

I like it, but CF would look better. I've thought about rattlecanning my license bezel black since it looks good on silver cars, but yours pretty much came out the way I had it in my head...a bit unfinished, like your OEM part was broken and you took this from a black 6GC.

Go for CF.

[hurley97]

a bit unfinished, like your OEM part was broken and you took this from a black 6GC.

yeah, but I think you get that feeling because the rest of the car is a POS, cause thats what gives me that same feeling. If it was a good looking car with a good looking paint job would you still get the same feeling?

Now, the color we are going to paint the car is going to be a bit darker and metallic. So a darker, nicer red with the black plate holder and we are thinking we want to do a black roof also.

This post has been edited by hurley97: Feb 1, 2010 - 6:50 PM

[Culpable04]

you just need more black accents to make it look like it belongs there, being the ONLY black part in the car is what makes it look out of place.

great work so far Steph !

[95st-celica]

i dont think it looks all that bad actually...i think it looks like its supposed to be that color...and it breaks the ass end up a little bit as well....yea red would look good, but i think black looks fine....i would leave it and have the rest of the car painted...i mean...if carbon fiber isnt your thing...i would stick with black...maybe a set of SS-III riser blocks in black to help accent it? i dunno if your into them or not...but over all the car looks great...and the back plate looks just fine in black

[BonzaiCelica]

that is the euro style license plate bezel. thats why it looks weird...

[SwissFerdi]

yeah, but I think you get that feeling because the rest of the car is a POS, cause thats what gives me that same feeling. If it was a good looking car with a good looking paint job would you still get the same feeling?

Black roof would be AWESOME. But no, I don't think that's it. I don't think it would look good on mine either, and black and silver look great together, plus my tails are smoked. I can try though.

[hurley97]

Dustin's idea is to go black roof anyway cause it'll look great regardless... then get a second euro rear plate holder and have one painted red with the rest of the car and have the other painted black with the roof. Then we can try the black one on for a while and if we don't like it switch to the red one. I think that works for me.

[SlvrCelica09]

you guys do the work like its you're paid profession.. everything looks so clean. If I didnt know anything about 6gcs.. Id say that engine came out of the factory for a celica GT

[hurley97]

you guys do the work like its you're paid profession.. everything looks so clean. If I didnt know anything about 6gcs.. Id say that engine came out of the factory for a celica GT

It pretty much did, for a left hand drive Celica anyway. No real customization in mounting it or anything. Only wiring changes and the brake master cylinder was in the way of the canister vsv mounting point on the air intake hose.... but the JDM Guy family thanks you anyway

[97celiman]

update?

[Batman722]

a week or so ago we dropped it with TRD springs and KYBs, today I'm gonna put in some RacingBeat solid endlinks
Our 7gen wheels are off to powdercoat and we should have those back in a week or so, then new tires mounted.



we've got a 97 front end on and we made a deal to get the bodywork/paint done probably by July.

[hurley97]

7th Gen white powdercoated wheels and new Goodyear Eagle GT tires are on, I also installed the endlinks today.




I also ordered new quarter windows yesterday. All non-moveable windows will be removed for paint, quarters windows and front windshield will be replaced with new ones, rear window will be the one from the parts car.

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jun 16, 2010 - 4:40 PM

[presure2]

the white rims are gonna look SMMMOOOKKINNN hot against the new paint.
JDM Guy approved.