rwd...yes another thread, new option? Options

[jgreening]

[the] suprica was far from all OEM parts .... that entire front was made up of aftermarket pieces sans headlight and hood.

Bondo is technically aftermarket, I guess

[playr158]

[the] suprica was far from all OEM parts .... that entire front was made up of aftermarket pieces sans headlight and hood.

Bondo is technically aftermarket, I guess

Bondo, Fiberglass, invader front bumper, Bomex front bumper, Z3 style VIS fenders, Invader rear bumper, invader side skirts, Aerospeed coilovers, custom catback exhaust, TWM short shifter, velox wheels......damn all that looks oem to me?!

But /off-topic discussion

theory was IS300 rear subframe & accessories, reasonably within size limits ect.

This post has been edited by playr158: May 16, 2008 - 11:30 AM

[jgreening]

Nobody cares whether it was OEM or aftermarket. It was a piece of sh!t that was discarded once completed. And, given the amount and size of the fantasies in this planned build, it will either suffer the same fate or never be completed at all. /thread. /discussion about fantasy hack-job car

[playr158]

mhm...boo hoo you made me cry

nobody cares about a incomplete version of a car 4 years old that doesn't exist any more.... get over it old fart

This post has been edited by playr158: May 16, 2008 - 1:36 PM

[lagos]

nobody cares about a incomplete version of a car 4 years old that doesn't exist any more.... get over it old fart

Dan, people are giving you so much crap because you've been doing nothing but talking about this. I remember talking to you 4yrs ago about this same topic, and you told me "just wait, in 2yrs it will be done". Here we are 4yrs later with another thread full of unrealistic plans and zero progress.

If you really DO plan on building a rwd celica (of any hp), then START WRENCHING! So far Ive seen you spend about 500bucks on that curren front end, and thats about it. You have huge goals (rwd+500hp), yet you try to nickle and dime a rear end. This is starting to remind me of all those posts Mac used to make back in the day about the super amazing celica he was going to have because the typical swap sucks so much. Nothing ever came of that either.

I expect weekly updates, with pics from now on!

This post has been edited by lagos: May 16, 2008 - 1:55 PM

[playr158]

nobody cares about a incomplete version of a car 4 years old that doesn't exist any more.... get over it old fart

Dan, people are giving you so much crap because you've been doing nothing but talking about this. I remember talking to you 4yrs ago about this same topic, and you told me "just wait, in 2yrs it will be done". Here we are 4yrs later with another thread full of unrealistic plans and zero progress.

If you really DO plan on building a rwd celica (of any hp), then START WRENCHING! So far Ive seen you spend about 500bucks on that curren front end, and thats about it. You have huge goals (rwd+500hp), yet you try to nickle and dime a rear end. This is starting to remind me of all those posts Mac used to make back in the day about the super amazing celica he was going to have because the typical swap sucks so much. Nothing ever came of that either.

I expect weekly updates, with pics from now on!

I don't realese all my pics and there has been steady progress in the creation of this car. Though i never remember saying two years, I've always assumed a 5+ year completion of project, i don't have the funds to complete in 2 years. Sadly though, I've been occupied fabricating parts for a racecar i work on and not given much time to work on my own car and when i get time to work on my stuff normally its spent lately rebuilding the head on my motor and prepping the bike for races. Celica is a 3rd priority at the moment, I'm enjoying the research aspect of this project right now, learning the mechanics and engineering + how to correctly set stuff up > doing stuff blind.


Building isn't all about wrenching though, I've been consistently researching suspension application components and which motor + tranny setup i would like to go with. This is a very difficult aspect of this build since so much of the car depends on it. My friend owns an IS300 and will be boosting it shortly while its down for that i'll be taking measurements and figuring out how "compatible" the parts are. currently i'm concentrating on firewall parts (brake/clutch/gas/support beam) restoration as much of it came with lots of rust.

fyi a lot more than $500 has been spent on this car already. yall assume too much

This post has been edited by playr158: May 16, 2008 - 10:04 PM

[jgreening]

mhm...boo hoo you made me cry

nobody cares about a incomplete version of a car 4 years old that doesn't exist any more.... get over it old fart

Sorry for the delay in responding, I was looking for my Geritol. Danny, I am sorry that I offended you. I was trying to help you out by maybe getting you to think about whether you are wasting your time and money in such a silly endeavor. I shouldn't have made the crack about the suprica. It wasn't even that funny since everyone familiar with that project already has made their own conclusions. Peace.