Fate
Oct 8, 2008 - 6:09 PM
_Jim_
Oct 8, 2008 - 6:49 PM
Sweet, Jersey doing GEN3 swaps like its our job
Good luck with your project
Batman722
Oct 8, 2008 - 8:44 PM
hehe looked just like mine...o the memories.
any questions, PM me
right on !
x_itchy_b_x
Oct 8, 2008 - 10:22 PM
swaps spreading like the plague! horrrray!
zero07
Oct 8, 2008 - 10:30 PM
Someday.
Dr_Tweak
Oct 9, 2008 - 12:39 AM
These Celicas are starting to look WAAAYY to familiar LOL
Mad props to you
-Doc
99GT
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:08 AM
Damn East Coast balling out of control.
RUNNIN-LOW
Oct 9, 2008 - 7:15 AM
GOOD UPS MAN!!!!BALLER!!!!! its a joy to to just own one man!!
Daftboy
Oct 9, 2008 - 8:24 AM
sweet now i need to get my mine rolling...lol
boosted95
Oct 10, 2008 - 9:36 AM
where did you order the 3rd gen from?
Fate
Oct 15, 2008 - 7:10 PM
BELOW:
Fate
Oct 16, 2008 - 11:36 AM
presure2
Oct 17, 2008 - 5:48 AM
the old school profec works quite well, and can be had pretty cheap used on ebay.
looking good so far man!
Batman722
Dec 7, 2008 - 1:14 AM
Americo, update...?
Fate
Dec 8, 2008 - 8:13 PM
Dustin, ask and you shall receive...
First off, the reasoning for the delay. Close to 2 years ago i bought the gt4 crash bar brackets new from Jeff at toyotaworld. They were out of stock and i was told it would take about 6 weeks. 6 weeks turned into 6 months then a year and so on. While Jeff is a great person to deal with and knows the parts you need especially st205 stuff, in my case i kept getting the run around. Eventually i bought them through Colin in England and for the past month have been waiting on my refund. Coincidentally, today i talked to Jeff and it finally went into effect and i was able to order the new engine parts i needed.
I got the head off and it's been in the shop ready to be rebuilt for the past 2 weeks. I've just been waiting for the supplies to come to my house so i can give everything to the guys at the shop. From a visual standpoint nothing looked wrong with my head, so some may ask why i'm rebuilding it. The engine although it has low miles (63k) it is still from a 1994 donor vehicle. Age along with it being a turbo engine, i figured i'd do it right the first time-no expense spared. So while i wait for my packages to arrive, here are just a few pics from about 2 weeks ago.
Pics below:
My goal to have this finished is January 19th (the day before i go back to school). This week with weather permitting i plan on pulling the 5sfe and prepping the engine bay. I would have had this done a while back but school and work got in the way. Just to shoot for the sympathy factor, i've had two 10 page papers, 4 finals and a 25 minute marketing presentation.
lagos
Dec 8, 2008 - 11:01 PM
Nice work dude.
enderswift
Dec 9, 2008 - 12:37 AM
God damn
4 finals, 2 10pg papers, and a presentation. AND you work? hats off to you, I tried 2/3rds that load last year and couldnt handle it with my job. Engines looking good btw, must say im jealous.
presure2
Dec 9, 2008 - 8:39 AM
lookin great so far man! keep up the good work, take your time, it will pay off in the end.
x_itchy_b_x
Dec 9, 2008 - 10:06 PM
Nice man. polish all that stuff up, it will really look great. Nice and clean under the valve cover, nice.
Fate
Dec 29, 2008 - 1:13 PM
Very, very small update:
Finishing date has been pushed back. I've been waiting on the seals and gaskets since december 9th and still no delivery. Jeff is off today so i'll call him first thing in the morning.
-Americo
Fate
Jan 12, 2009 - 8:01 PM
...all i got atm.
95st-celica
Jan 12, 2009 - 9:28 PM
lookin good so far man...i remember you postin somethin in my thread about how you would like to do this someday...well its about time you got started..haha..we gotta meet up sometime when you get it done...once i get my swap done i'll have no prob. crusin to AC for the day...maybe even organize a meet down there...thatd be sweet...good luck with the swap and keep us updated..you lucky bastards with your GT's
Batman722
Jan 13, 2009 - 12:45 AM
_Jim_
Jan 13, 2009 - 10:27 AM
A meet in AC when you guys are done, Im down. Looking good so far man.
bmj67
Jan 13, 2009 - 11:44 AM
Flintstones car FTW GL on the swap
Jaws4God
Jan 13, 2009 - 12:28 PM
wow.. looks like such a fun project!! can't wait to see more updates!!
turbochloe
Jan 15, 2009 - 4:09 PM
awsome job .. hope to see it in time for street wars when im down there
Fate
Mar 7, 2009 - 7:10 PM
I didn't realize how much time has gone by with school and work. Big update tomorrow...i hope.
Batman722
Mar 7, 2009 - 10:58 PM
keep your head up Americo, it'll be fun when it's done.
RUNNIN-LOW
Mar 7, 2009 - 11:07 PM
your getting there man..!!!!! soon to be powerd by the 3RD GEN!!!!! hahaahhaha
Fate
Jun 1, 2009 - 10:03 PM
BUMP with no updated pictures? Yup. No more excuses, this thing needs to get finished. Deadline is set that I have to finish before or on June 13th. The engine is all bolted together, just need to figure out wiring and bolt the tranny on. If I can accomplish both those things tomorrow i'll be stoked and pull an all nighter to put it in the engine bay. Wish me luck, I'm tired of having an amazing engine just taking up space in my garage and not where it belongs.
95st-celica
Jun 1, 2009 - 10:15 PM
get on that **** then! im free all this week, but im one broke mo fo, so if you wanna pay for gas and tolls id be more then happy to come down and give you a hand like i said i would. either way good luck man...im lookin forward to seein it done already!
Batman722
Jun 2, 2009 - 12:57 AM
call me tomorrow Rico, I'll talk you through the wiring
laff09
Jun 6, 2009 - 3:26 PM
I was just in AC a couple nights ago.. Any updates??
Batman722
Jul 10, 2009 - 12:28 AM
good luck Rico
ETNRIDER
Jul 14, 2009 - 10:00 AM
Thats it i'm selling my house and moving to the north east!!
Do you have to have a 3sgte or 5sfte turboed to move in up there or can you just be in the process of doing a swap?
Great Pics, I hope one day i'll have time and $$ to finally start AND FINISH a sawp!
Good luck!
Fate
Jul 15, 2009 - 2:30 PM
hi.
CelicaST_CALI
Jul 16, 2009 - 3:05 AM
Pics,update,pics,update,pics!!!
Fate
Jul 16, 2009 - 3:05 PM
in. the. car. finally.
presure2
Jul 16, 2009 - 3:38 PM
QUOTE (Fate @ Jul 16, 2009 - 3:05 PM)
in. the. car. finally.
NICE!!!!!!!!
PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
congrats americo!
Fate
Jul 16, 2009 - 7:41 PM
it started to rain :-\.
quick phone pic:
presure2
Jul 18, 2009 - 8:12 AM
WOOOOT
almost there americo!
TiGZ461
Aug 17, 2009 - 7:01 AM
Picked up a hood and bumper off this guy yesterday. Awesome kid, and an even awesomer ride. I can say I'm jealous, I don't know how much work his done to it but it looks about the same in the last pic he posted. But he'll get it done, he looks like he knows what his doing.
Thanks again man, and keep it going
Fate
Oct 29, 2009 - 12:08 AM
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yellowchinaman
Oct 29, 2009 - 11:56 AM
looking like a very nice transplant going on here.
Do you plan on keeping the 2SGTE running stock or have you got plans for a bigger turbo?
You using stock ECU? Also I see they've supplied you with drive shafts and propshafts. Is it a straights implant? Also will you be running this as a FWD only?
95st-celica
Oct 29, 2009 - 12:31 PM
good **** rico....i demand more pictures though...and give us a video of it running....hopefully everything else from here on out is smooth sailing
Fate
Oct 30, 2009 - 3:01 PM
i'll post pics/vid once i get this fuel issue resolved. i'm going out of state this weekend, but monday i'm hoping for good things.
SlvrCelica09
Nov 2, 2009 - 12:43 PM
hey.. i dunno if you finished your swap.. but the way I handled the fuel problem was to run the big blue wire that goes from the fuel pump(underneath your back seat), to a power source.
Fate
Nov 3, 2009 - 12:40 PM
thanks. i'll run the fuel pump @ constant if i can't resolve my issue.
Fate
Dec 8, 2009 - 5:33 PM
boom shocka locka.
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