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I'll tell you what I know from my experience with my 6gc.

The stock alternator is a joke. If you do not upgrade your electrical system to handle that kind of power you'll just ruin the battery/alt anyway.

If your going to run 1000w RMS, at 13 volts the draw will be 76 amps continuous. If you drive a manual, you only have a 70 amp alternator! (Auto is 80amp i believe)

Keep in mind this does not include the power requirements to RUN the car, or even power your head unit.

You can keep it stock, but your car will suffer from voltage drops from bass notes and at the same time, the voltage drop will cause your amp to work harder to do what it is trying to do, making it hotter than it needs to be. This also causes the overall quality of the bass notes to suffer...

Now that I lectured you on power -

part 1 - user fiberglass and do it right

part 2 - thats a cool idea i never thought of that. It would make the back louder than the front so for it to sound "right" you'd have to keep them turned down a bit, just my 2 cents.

part 4 - Im a rockford guy. I also like kenwoods... and 1000rms is serious power. I run with half of that and the bass is MORE than enough lol.

Besides if you go any bigger your power problem will only be worse.

If your interested in after market alternators, check out powerbastards.com - they made one for me.

good luck!

if you know somebody who knows how to do it (like a friend) its pretty affordable. I've thought about it but I lack the skills to do it myself. While it is apart I was going to add the "heated seats" feature to my car

After this mess I'm not keeping it like this... I was thinking of cutting/modding it so it sat higher, pretty much where the air intake box hung out...

I got angry at my trunk area last spring. I took it the back seats, all the panels and put sound dampening stuff material under it. Then I carpeted the panels. it made a noticeable difference in road noise, especially the sound of water when the road was wet.

Hopefully this spring I can do the rest of the car.





and, LOL! happens ever. single. time.


And finally, yes, the cup holders are a joke. They hold at best, a soda can. Anything bigger, say, from Burger King, simply won't work. Hell, it won't even hold a 20oz bottle!!

As far as road noise goes, since I have an ST it didnt come with alloy wheels. I replaced them with some light weight Borbet rims and it made a nice difference in handling&road noise.

I'm ok with the 7A, because I get an average 32.9 MPG

Believe it or not it wasn't by choice... the car was in an accident once upon a time and the air intake box was smashed. It was cheaper to buy a cold air intake than buy a new box. (the car has since fixed and repainted)

Well here is the update -

I rented a tow dolly and brought it into the shop and got a proper diagnostic.

I didn't seem to notice the hole in the motor! For $1400 they can get me a used engine (with 80k on it) and swap it out for me. While its out I'm having the clutch (and the appropriate bearings) replaced for $150

they showed me the hole and i took a picture of it -



I was a bit optimistic going into this, but I wasn't surprised when I needed a new motor. At least I'm getting a new clutch out of it

Thanks again for all the help guys

P.S - What the heck caused the hole to be made right by the alternator? No piston there, and no connecting rod, correct?

Huh? I never said the timing belt went out... the car stalled in the water. I got water to come up from the spark plug holes when i had friends push the car and i popped the clutch.(forcing the engine to turn) It turned out to have water after all and my initial observations were wrong... my next GUESS is the timing belt slip, along with the water being sucked up.

I also never got the car running... maybe you have me mixed up with someone else? Or I'm going insane lol

stupid question -
how are you powering this?

I run with less gear and have trouble with voltage...

truth be told, i'm having a custom alternator made up

Update:

It was hydrolocked. I had some friends give me a rolling start and i'd pop the clutch to force the engine to move. I did this because I (thought) I didnt see any water in the combustion chambers.

After the first push, I looked under the hood and noticed some water came out!! We repeated the process a few more times getting more and more water out and the engine eventually was able to turn over. I cranked it and watched a beautiful water show as the pistons pushed out the water.

At this point I was satisfied so I put the plugs/wires back in and cranked it. Something was wrong, I had absolutely no compression...

I'm leaning towards my hypothesis that the timing belt slipped a bit and screwed up the timing.

In the next day or two I'll rent a towing dolly and use my friends truck to tow my car to the shop to get it checked out. Its a shame I only have 15K on this timing belt/water pump! doh!

Assuming this is the problem, I think I was lucky. I'll keep this thread updated, and thanks again for the help/advice!

thanks for the advice everyone I'll let you know what it winds up being!

wow thanks!

good ideas so far! fast replies too! the suspense is going to kill me lol

Ok so anyone who lives on or near long island knows we got some extreme rain last night. Driving home from work my block was flooded as usual and I never had a problem. I have a CAI but it is situated where I never had a problem with the water.

Last night was different.

Upon fording the river my car stalled out and in fear of hydro lock I didn't bother trying to start it. Instead I took off my work shoes, socks, rolled my pants up and simply pushed the car into the front of the house where the water wasn't so deep (2 inches)

I tried to start the car but all i heard was clicking. I can't go into details beyond what I say because it was cold and dark and the amount of troubleshooting i was able to do was limited.

I'm pretty savvy with mechanical things, so I pushed the car into the driveway and pulled the spark plugs thinking if would give the water some place to go. I tried to crank it and I still heard click click click as i turned the key to start it. I inspected the spark plugs and they weren't even wet! It was always my assumption that a hydro locked motor was waterlogged and you'd have, at the least, web spark plugs. Hell, they were still hot when I pulled them. It was too dark to see inside the cylinder(s) to look for water.

I had the g/f drive me to work, and with Valentines day today and work again on Friday I won't be able to sink any time into repairing it until Saturday.

In thinking about it, I'm thinking i may have just stalled the car out, and water-logged the starter. I may be mechanically inclined but I lack experience.

So... what do you guys think?

In addition, here are my specs
94 Celica 1.8 manual w/ CAI
147K (used to) run mint.

Thanks for your time everyone!!

I figured as much... was trying to take short cuts since my trunk is going to be a bit cluttered with the extra stuff as it is

thanks!

I wanna do a 4 channel amp under my passenger seat - what model are you guys running that actually FITS underneath?

couldn't find anything with the magic search button

It's not the same, the JDM harness uses different bulbs - push in style

I also guess $150 shipped was a great deal then :::cheers::::

....if its leaking you may have to take it off and find the leak. nothing a bead of silicone cant fix!

the new gauges will slip right over, only the older ones needed needle removal... you just need a steady hand

For some reason my web site isn't working outside of my LAN. I posted it here so you should be able to download it now

http://www.mediafire.com/?f3omm9zyndm

(i tested it this time!)

Update: I made a video clip and put it online to give you a better idea

Here

As soon as money gets better I'm going to do the fronts and change them blinkers to 'day time running lights' and blink only on/off - converting the front bulbs from 1157 to 1156

one of these days... gotta finish my other stuff first. I was thinking of putting it under the passenger seat

sure i could do something for ya... i'll do it when it gets dark out . actually its cloudy outside if they come out good ill post them this afternoon


EDIT: Sun is out after all - i'll hook you up tonight

if and when my celica goes beyond fixing i'm getting a 96-99 vert.

I decided that over 2 years ago and havnt changed my mind lol

easy solution is a line level volume control to the sub amp... this way you can control your sub(s) and get them where you want easily depending on the mood your in

If your willing to put the time in the results will be great -

www.superbrightleds.com

Order a led flasher, part # CF13GL-02

Order 'Luxeon' bulbs as blinkers. 1156 for rear, 1157 for front.

You will NOT be disappointed