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hey im looking for stuff for a rear disc brake conversion, i hope you can help me!
car has to be non-ABS.

these are the parts i need, im at 78744, please let me know a quote, shipped via PM.

Rear caliper
Back plate with internal brake components for parking brake (drum brake inside walls of rotor)
Parking brake cable

need these things from both sides.
understandable if you dont want to take these parts off at this point in your tear down, so if you could do something like just the parking brake cables and/or caliper that would work too

Im also looking for a passenger tail light but you didnt specifiy hatch or vert/coupe. i need the vert/coupe passenger tail

thanks!

It's because you have no soul.

Here's an idea, don't drive like a jackass then it's not a problem.

That. It'd be easy to find a wrecked Camry or ES300 to harvest.

haha i feel like a read a new post like this everyday haha

In before the V6 vs 3S argument!

We can't really tell you what engine you want. That's totally up to you, whether you want N/A or boost, what your budget is, future power goals, etc. You can do a V6 swap on a reasonable budget, but you will be limited in how much extra power you can get out of the engine later. Or for more money, you can swap a 3S-GTE in and get more power out of it pretty easily. Both are good swaps, but we can't tell you which one best suits your needs. You can use your S54 trans and axles for either swap.

You need the key to remove the cylinder, and without the key in the cylinder, it'll most likely lock the steering on you.

Take her car and make her pay for losing your keys

A celi can't outrun a crown vic on the highway. If you can't hang a right and get out of sight before they close in on you then don't bother.
Like I said though if they have to bust a bitch or start from a dead stop I will try to hitthe first exit or turn. I'm already getting a ticket for speeding. But I slow down and pull over immediately if they catch me, otherwise you get a felony evading arrest plus theyre suspicious your stashing dope.

Thanks for the insight Ferdi. I'm going to sit down and make a pros/cons list of a few cars, since those always help. As far as RWD cars go there's the 94-95 Miata, 93-95 325i/is Coupe, 91-93 240SX, and the 94-95 Mustang GT. It'd seem C4 Corvettes are too expensive for the exact model I want, and the 93-02 F-body has ungodly cheap interior and is a bitch to work on. So those are kind of out of the equation. The 87-92 F-body and 92-95 SC300 are damn near impossible to find in the exact model I want, so it'd seem those are out too. Keep bouncing the MKIII Supra around, but I don't know. I thought about the RX7, but rotary brings its own host of problems. Odds are I'll just end up throwing names in a hat and go from there.

Downshifting and all if fine, it's just having a car that has to all the time is the annoying part. In a past life my main concern was all out power, but I like a car that handles though. I have the ST, I originally got it for the fuel efficiency. Which that it does great, I average 35+ on regular. Here lately I've decided that's not quite as important and I want something that can hold it's own against most cars in a straight line but still handles well. I like the "on rails" feeling the Celica has, direct steering with no play is very important to me. I would do a V6 swap, but I couldn't do half of it. If it's carbureted without computers I can swap it though. The trouble is finding a donor car, not very many V6 Camry/Solara 5-speeds around. That and I was wanting to get back into RWD, but I suppose that could be overlooked maybe.. Ideally I'd have the $15,000 to drop down on a C5 Vette 6-speed, but sadly I don't at the moment.

The 5.0 Mustang is reliable enough, and parts are dirt cheap.

I just want to make sure that the car is improved, and not waste money in the process. I'm tossing around the idea of lowering springs or coil-overs. Though coil-overs aren't much more than springs and struts for the Miata. The Miata would be a tad faster, just by going off 0-60 times. It's just tiring having a car that doesn't have enough ass to make it around hilly areas without downshifting or speeding. The act of doing it isn't a problem, it's just like "Gah you anemic piece of ****, can't even make it up a hill past third." I know what I want, but I don't know at the same time. I don't have the money to fulfill all of my needs/wants, so I'm having to pick and choose. Therein lies the problem. I keep bouncing back and forth, I do know I'm not happy with the Celica though. Knowing minivans blow the doors off your sports car isn't exactly the greatest feeling in the world.

The factory speedo is not calibrated to read accurately over about 85 mph, and if you're running anything other than stock sized tires and wheels the accuracy is further thrown out the window. You're more likely doing 115-118 actual speed, not the 145 indicated. Verify with a GPS.

^Indeed. That's a shame... The more I think about it the Miata would be the way to go. It handles really well, which is something I've come to expect. I realize that's important to me especially after having to drive my grandfather's Lexus ES300 for a few days, I couldn't deal with anything that handled like that or worse. For a sedan it was ok, but still... The slowness of the Miata is easily fixed, the handling of a Mustang probably not so much. Of course if someone wants to give me about $8,000 I'll just get a C5 Vette.

Hey Box... So at the start of next year I will be heading overseas for a 6month overseas exchange (for university studies) to either the UK or San Jose in California. If I go to Brittain I obviously already know exactly what to get But if I end up in the states I was thinking I would have to go with a stereotypically American V8 coupe... Especially with gas prices so low (<- See what I did there... I said 'gas' instead of 'petrol'.... I'll fit right in now ).

Since I will be using holiday spending money to buy and run it I was thinking something around $5k USD. HAS to be a manual, and needs to be reliable enough to clock up the kilometers (wait... Miles ) when I'm over there without too many hassles (so no old Trans Ams or the likes ). Since it is Cali in summer maybe a 2003 V8 Mustang Manual Convertible..... Any other suggestions?

If it was a 79-81 Trans Am I'd be all over it. That's ok, thinking a 94-95 Miata now.

If Walmart did this, then it's on Walmart to fix it -- at least to replace the parts damaged (definitely e-brake shoes and possibly the rear rotors). Document, and go have a chat with the service manager. If you've got grounds and he/she won't help, escalate. Store managers hate getting calls from corporate, and really hate getting more than one.

Does it come with hair clippers