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post Feb 17, 2011 - 9:07 PM
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A little bit of background to my story and what I call an almost miracle biggrin.gif

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 biggrin.gif

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!! tongue.gif

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!!!


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- BonzaiCelica   1999 Celica GT with VVT-I Inside   Feb 17, 2011 - 9:07 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (delusionz @ Jul 2, 2011 - 4:0...   Oct 25, 2011 - 4:15 PM
|- - delusionz   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Oct 26, 2011 - 9...   Jun 14, 2012 - 10:56 AM
- - sbennett   Referring back to the S2000 antenna, was there any...   Nov 10, 2011 - 11:34 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   So after 8 months of not buying anything for my ca...   May 22, 2012 - 2:50 PM
- - S8S8   That's a nice little haul you have there.   May 22, 2012 - 11:21 PM
- - SupraKid   You stole my SS suspension ya ass.   May 23, 2012 - 4:58 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   much better than using 2 x 4's although th...   Jun 8, 2012 - 1:01 AM
- - mi645   I also just got a 99 celica stock tho and was wond...   Jun 14, 2012 - 10:40 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   toyota forced me to install a lightweight flywheel...   Jun 17, 2012 - 5:22 PM
- - richee3   You definitely don't want the 3S-GTE flywheel....   Jun 17, 2012 - 6:37 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   yea it was surprisingly cheap also. at $185 i...   Jun 17, 2012 - 11:54 PM
- - Akirad1   yes why wait for that thing to break since you alr...   Jun 19, 2012 - 8:42 PM
- - delusionz   Yes. 3600rpm is unusually high for 110km/h, the 2n...   Jul 8, 2012 - 5:43 AM
- - Rusty   interesting conclusion. I'm guessing your happ...   Jul 9, 2012 - 12:56 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   my question is which one of these is the pinion so...   Jul 9, 2012 - 1:04 AM
- - Rusty   top left on the first shaft I'm pretty sure   Jul 9, 2012 - 2:07 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   intsalled these today. good upgrade and fairly che...   Jul 18, 2012 - 1:14 AM
- - celica74   someones got them a gsxr   Jul 18, 2012 - 11:51 AM
- - delusionz   hey i was thinking, do you use the factory wiring ...   Aug 26, 2012 - 5:59 AM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (delusionz @ Aug 26, 2012 - 5...   Aug 26, 2012 - 10:54 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   FROM this to this: At first I had hard time s...   Oct 7, 2012 - 2:11 AM
- - Rusty   glad to see you've finally fixed that cable   Oct 8, 2012 - 1:08 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Oct 11, 2011 - 4...   Oct 15, 2012 - 3:57 PM
- - delusionz   I figured the fuel filter (bottom port) is M14x1.5...   Oct 15, 2012 - 7:49 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   thx to richee I was able to get a oem beams fuel l...   Nov 19, 2012 - 10:26 PM
- - richee3   I have the same issue. But it's definitely bet...   Nov 19, 2012 - 10:38 PM
- - Batman722   Crazy. I'm sorry the info I gave you wasn...   Nov 19, 2012 - 11:00 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   so this is still driving me up the wall only becau...   Dec 11, 2012 - 6:25 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   update: So i fitted the mevotech rear end links, ...   Jan 3, 2013 - 3:32 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Seems to me like the link is binding now.   Jan 3, 2013 - 9:38 AM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Jan 3, 2013 - 10...   Jan 3, 2013 - 3:19 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   so it turns out i had a 71 ring count on the lsd t...   Jan 4, 2013 - 12:53 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   Moog rear End links. oh yes i took one left hander...   Jun 3, 2013 - 12:59 PM
- - czwalga   Ugh, yeah wish I saw your fuel situation sooner, t...   Jun 3, 2013 - 1:21 PM
- - Ted95   I like your modded c-one bumper, came it out reall...   Jun 3, 2013 - 1:45 PM
- - Box   Was going to say it's been awhile since I chec...   Jun 3, 2013 - 2:14 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   So jealous of your car. I've always wanted to ...   Jun 4, 2013 - 4:08 AM
|- - Box   QUOTE (ILoveMySilly97 @ Jun 4, 2013 - 4...   Jun 4, 2013 - 4:25 AM
|- - Ted95   QUOTE (Box @ Jun 4, 2013 - 5:25 AM) ...   Jun 4, 2013 - 6:22 AM
|- - Box   QUOTE (Ted95 @ Jun 4, 2013 - 6:22 AM...   Jun 4, 2013 - 12:59 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   Lol. As much as I want to. I just don't know a...   Jun 4, 2013 - 1:02 PM
- - Box   You can get a P.O. box as your home address, my gr...   Jun 4, 2013 - 1:21 PM
|- - ILoveMySilly97   QUOTE (Box @ Jun 4, 2013 - 11:21 AM)...   Jun 7, 2013 - 1:31 PM
|- - Box   QUOTE (ILoveMySilly97 @ Jun 7, 2013 - 1...   Jun 7, 2013 - 2:38 PM
- - Rusty   good to see it looking one colour again so whats...   Jun 6, 2013 - 11:55 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   i have a grill thats completely silver, so i'm...   Jun 7, 2013 - 12:59 PM
- - richee3   I just picked up some clear sidemarkers that I won...   Jun 7, 2013 - 2:00 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   Keep the how do i register my car in ca with jdm s...   Jun 7, 2013 - 5:39 PM
- - Box   Sorry about that. I'm just too damn helpful.   Jun 7, 2013 - 6:10 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   ok so i believe toyota took a poop on me. Now note...   Jul 18, 2013 - 12:13 AM
- - SwissFerdi   I'd start by checking motor mounts first. The ...   Jul 18, 2013 - 6:23 AM
- - richee3   In the Diagnostic box under the hood, there will b...   Jul 18, 2013 - 8:00 AM
- - Rusty   I get code 15 from seeing your CEL, which is ignit...   Jul 18, 2013 - 4:22 PM
- - richee3   I'd pull your COP's and check on those plu...   Jul 18, 2013 - 4:50 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   my friend told me to drain the pan and see if i se...   Jul 18, 2013 - 10:36 PM
- - Rusty   []...||||| 10...5 = 15 COP = Coil On Plug Follow ...   Jul 19, 2013 - 12:53 AM
- - richee3   You count the number of CEL flashes to check the c...   Jul 19, 2013 - 10:05 AM
- - Box   What those guys said. Hopefully it's just a c...   Jul 19, 2013 - 12:36 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   ding ding ding we have a winner. i did throw a plu...   Jul 21, 2013 - 9:31 PM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Jul 21, 2013 - 9...   Jul 22, 2013 - 1:27 PM
- - Box   That sucks... On the other hand it could've b...   Jul 21, 2013 - 9:58 PM
- - Rusty   Whats going on? Cylinder 2 is flooded with oil and...   Jul 22, 2013 - 3:56 PM
- - Batman722   Sounds like the valve cover gasket is blown out. t...   Jul 22, 2013 - 4:20 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   the guy that was helping thought he saw coolant bu...   Jul 22, 2013 - 10:04 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   okay so that you guys know exactly what happend. I...   Jul 23, 2013 - 1:46 PM
|- - ricochet1490   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Jul 23, 2013 - 2...   Jul 24, 2013 - 4:22 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   well all i have to say it took a complete 13 days ...   Aug 22, 2013 - 5:09 PM
- - Box   Mitsuboshi, is that like Rolax?   Aug 22, 2013 - 5:14 PM
- - delusionz   If you were to order a cam belt from Toyota genuin...   Aug 24, 2013 - 3:16 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   so i've talked to 6-7 mechanics. all they said...   Sep 2, 2013 - 6:07 PM
- - mi645   Car has no issues motor is clean... It shouldn...   Sep 2, 2013 - 7:57 PM
- - onnaj   Nice ride man! Hope you'll be able to fix ...   Sep 4, 2013 - 10:19 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   My right hub is done so I was forced to fit right ...   Sep 16, 2013 - 11:01 PM
- - onnaj   Hope you do have luck with the car now and be able...   Sep 17, 2013 - 8:31 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   well decided not to go forth with superstrut cause...   Oct 12, 2013 - 12:44 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Oct 12, 2013 - 1...   Oct 12, 2013 - 7:18 AM
- - onnaj   Great to hear that the car is back on the road aga...   Oct 12, 2013 - 7:15 AM
- - Rusty   Did you or the other person inspect the block/cyli...   Oct 17, 2013 - 5:28 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   i trust the guy. he had to take off the cylinder h...   Oct 17, 2013 - 5:40 PM
- - hoodedone   Beautiful car! Love that it has a beams swap...   Apr 19, 2014 - 2:51 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   Do You have VTEC?!! (best motoring quote)   May 22, 2014 - 11:01 PM
- - njccmd2002   found an exhaust right?   May 23, 2014 - 12:36 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   Doing some maintenance like raybesto emergency bra...   Jun 15, 2014 - 6:48 PM
- - Rusty   So your new exhaust doesn't fit/ bolt up at al...   Jun 16, 2014 - 4:14 PM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (Rusty @ Jun 16, 2014 - 4:14 P...   Jun 16, 2014 - 5:42 PM
- - njccmd2002   i just added a pipe...   Jun 16, 2014 - 10:47 PM
- - 955SFE   I came here for the weight reduction. Where is it ...   Jun 17, 2014 - 5:11 PM
- - Rusty   Too much work to do that sorry. Whats the bolt ho...   Jun 17, 2014 - 5:17 PM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (Rusty @ Jun 17, 2014 - 6:17 P...   Jun 17, 2014 - 5:37 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   So I need help with fitment. I've never person...   Jul 2, 2014 - 12:08 PM
- - njccmd2002   it wont fit, those are catbacks, which means you w...   Jul 2, 2014 - 12:32 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   No man of course I know this. You've been foll...   Jul 2, 2014 - 2:28 PM
- - njccmd2002   . i did not with mine.. here is a pic of mine w...   Jul 2, 2014 - 4:11 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   yes i agree it does look easier but installing you...   Jul 2, 2014 - 5:38 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   44cm overall length De-catalytic pipe, measured fr...   Aug 2, 2014 - 12:11 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   anywho the exhaust is good stuff, it says I'm ...   Aug 6, 2014 - 3:46 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Would it be possible to flip the muffler? Visually...   Aug 6, 2014 - 10:36 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   ha no way the hangers wouldn't fit if it was l...   Aug 6, 2014 - 3:27 PM
- - mi645   mine was alll bolt on, i wonder y u guys had a har...   Sep 11, 2014 - 3:20 AM
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