Big thanks to Jim and Joe for their help, couldn't have done it without them.






Short exhaust clip !
Another one


before anyone ask

I have no power figures on the setup yet.

as for issues, so far i've had a bad trans ( replaced ) bad axle seals ( replaced ) and my latest discovery, a bad rear main seal, which I'll replace this coming saturday hopefully.

right nwo the car runs amazingly, still at stock boost, but it feels like a F-16 compare to my super 7a auto setup,

the setup is as follows,

3rd gen 3sgte
MR2 LSD trans
ATS cam gears
Berk tech downpipe
Tein coilovers
TRD short shifter
ACT heavy duty pressure plate with F1 racing Stage 4 sprung disc
Magnaflow high flow cat
Vibrant performance resonator
Skunk2 muffler
3 inch piping all the way back under the rear suspension


still have to install Blitz EBC and HKS FconV and water injection, but I"ll do that after I correct my leak isuue.


Paint used on the engine is VHT flat blackmost parts were cured in an Oven, except for turbo and throttle body.

black turbo looks good! wat happened to dat super air filter the blitz one? nice

lightweight flywheel

clutch / pressure palte

Cam Gears

Blitz Drop in air filter

there were a lot of small modifications I did to the car during the swap

this is one of them.
Another mod !

I have since change it a little, now when I turn them off, my wideband stays on, as I read on the manual that is a bad practice to run the engine with no power to the wideband.

The black is nasty. I didnt know you could powdercoat a turbo.

You can, but he said he painted his. Looks real good culp! Let me know how it is, my car is headed in a very similair direction very soon.

awesome stevenson, congrats.

Very nice! Do love the black paint in those areas, much much cleaner looking.

Good work Stevenson
Your Car has come a long way

thanks guys, the car is almost where I want it so after oil leak and a few parts left to be installed, the only thign left will be a fresh paint job which I'll get over the course of the winter.

RPM video

ordered everything needed for Saturday, and fingers crossed will go smooth. meanwhile I'll be topping the oil and enjoying it.

the car is driven daily to work ( ~ 90 miles of highway ) with no issues, occasional boost and enjoyment.

wow! congrats man! Looks real good have fun, and drive safe
I cant wait to do a 3SGTE swap that will becoming next summer

it's about time. awesome bro.

this week's feature mod is




those pictures are just a mock up, I'll need to mod it a little to accomodate my exhaust but nothing too major, once fitted I will extend it to reach at least to the rear suspension crossmember.

total cost of this so far US$45.00

nice stevenson, thats gonna look SWEET.

Agreed, that rear valence looks awesome. Where is it from?

2006 Corvette

That IS going to look awesome. Imagine how that'd look on my car with SS-III splitters up front?

haha nice! my buddy has an 06 vette... i better not get any ideas

kinda what your rears gonna look like

tomorrow I'll finish this, I fully modified both sides, the corvette diffuser was a little too long, so I cut it in half and took the excess of the middle, I have to do some major cutting due to my exhaust, but it's ready to be welded and bolted on.

I ran out of light so didn't get to take pictures of the whole thing, only have pictures of the driver side
enjoy

Damn that looks good.

Thats a cool idea. Can't wait to see it finished

looking good!

Lookin real good man! I love good looking custom touches.

hey culp, looking good. especially like the 'vette rear lip. question for ya.. how'd you plug the front hole on the transmission where the shift linkage came out of for the mr2?

is done, I mean, prototype-wise, as of right now is held by zip ties and duct tape lol

tested to see if it was held properly at highways speeds and is perfectly attached, no noises from it, no shakes no nothing, is like the car didn't have it, but it feels a lot smoother at highway speeds.

here are some crappy pictures, my hands were dirty so didn't touch our real camera.

LOL @ the duct tape wall!

You gotta do what you gotta do, true resourcefulness. I can't wait to see the finished product!

I have everything needed to make it nice looking, but I didn't wanna make it permanent yet, so duct tape was the choice, as if I need to make small chances, is easy, real easy. so it'll be duct tape for at least a week as a test, if everything checks out, I'll pull it out and make it pretty. and the pictures were in process, so it doesn't even look as nice as it is right now.

the final stage of it as of right now is pretty pretty good, hopefully by the time my wife gets home we still have some daylight so she can take good pictures of it.

it honestly look stock, except for where my exhaust violated it lol

not the greatest picture, but you get the idea




so far, no issues, enough room to not get burn / melted by the exhaust, and no rattling, shaking or weird noises from it.

looks nice. but what happened to your skirts????

double post

the skirt got ripped off on the highway by unknown object, I went back and picked it up, needless to say, it needs some repair, but it'll be back on soon enough

ouch! but at least you picked it back up. LOL.

I enhanced the colors and cut most of the picture, you can see more of the diffuser, the gaps on the body lines will be filled and the duct tape will be removed and that area will be fiberglass and painted black. but after a week of driving, no issue with rattles or weird sounds, so no more modification is needed.

I like the progress going on here!
got ur FB message and saw it, looks pretty good bud!

Love what your doing, the diffuser looks awesome

yup love it

Thanks guys, now I'm just looking for the time to finish it and make it look nice, the duct tape is not noticed unless you really get down, but still should be fiberglassed, it''ll be relatively easy as I just need one layer of fiberglass to smooth edges and paint over.

I will also try to get better pictures this week

Oh man, I can't wait to see it all finished. I love subtle custom work.

diffuser was taken down Sunday, and today I laid the first coat of fiberglass, it's drying now, later tonight or tomorrow I'll do hte thin coat to fill the small joints and such, then prime and paint.

I'll be painting it black, it's a rubber paint meant for stock black rubber bumpers so it'll look just black, I'll be adding a " toyota " lettering symbol I found which fits perfectly and will give it that " oem " touch

I did this a few weeks ago, so time to feel you guys in.

after over a year of dri8ving with my ST205 front disc conversion with cheap disc and OEM pads, I felt it was time to upgrade the components, so Bremdo Slotted disc and hawk brake pads along with DOT4 brake fluid.

the difference between cheap and good disc can be felt, braking is much smother now, I don't feel the slight unevenness felt with most slotted disc, now to the pads, hawk pads felt tricky, took some time to get used to, they don't bite as hard as OEM with cold, but once they are up to temperature they are super aggresive, so my whole braking tech is a little different now but I love the new setup.

on the diffuser, is done, but due to weather conditions I'm not installing it back till spring time. I'll make the post more interesting with some pictures sometime.

I LOVE my hawk HPS pads...not to mention they have a super long life even with slotted rotors.

which hawks did you get?

Hawk HPS ( high Performance Street )

they are quieter than the stock ones, and it took some time to get use to them, as I was pressing the brakes too hards because of the initial feel when they are cold, then tyhey would come up to temperature and I would be stopping harder than desired, but once I got use to them I love them, definately will buy again whenever thsese wear out.

I'm ordering a set for the rear ST205 brake conversion, once that's installed that should really slow things down.

after the accident, the car has sat for a while, but just a week ago I finally had some free time to pick up a new shell.
I have already started to work on it, small stuff, as the storm is keeping me from tearing into the engine compartment.

as of right now, interior is back together on the shell, ST205 fuel pump installed ( it came with a walbro which is noisier )

next week I'll be swapping the brakes and suspension, basically leaving the car ready just waiting for the engine to be dropped in.

I have also installed most of the water injection system in the new chassis.


I have no pictures to show at this time, but soon I will, I only work on the car 1 hr a day as time is not abundant, but this should hit the road pretty soon.

i need to come by and see it when its all back together. havent seen your celica for 3 years or so

Yo Culp good to hear that its coming along slow and steady is just fine. these last 2 weeks ive been doing small stuff to my car one day at a time rushing usually never gets you the results you want. any plans on the new one now that your working on it anyway, any changes in mind?

well keep us posted.

before anyone points it out, I didn't remove all the tubing and such, why ? well, it won't be seen anyways, my point was just to even out the color and cover some scratches in the metal to avoid rusting. tomorrow, I should have a picture with more stuff in the way.

no spoiler less this time? nice wheels give me the set ur not keeping j/k

enkei's are staying on, OZ are not a complete setup so they'll stay as spares because they clear my brakes unlike the OEM spare wheel. spoiler is getting painted along with a scratch on the hood. car drives solid and firm.

need some more driving time to make sure everything is as is suppose to, but I guess tomorrow will have an answer