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I meant to document this build better from the start but i guess better late than never as they say. This is my second 6th gen build and I my goal this time is to not rush anything and do everything right that I settled on and or rushed through the first time around. Just a disclaimer to start off with though I am in no means a mastermind and there will be a fair bit of mistakes so go easy on me lol.

So the goal with this build is 5SGTE AWD. I will be using the 5SFE block with a gen three head. As far as I can tell at the moment I have everything that I need from the st205 to complete the AWD swap besides the st205 shifter cables. I started off with a 96 25 anniversary ST that i bought from the original owner with around 330k miles. As of now I have pulled the 7AFE and started on cleaning up and replacing all the old hardware and swapping some of the parts I will be using from my last build.

Here are some pictures of the progress of the car so far.

First Bought.


Just after pulling the engine.


Progress as of tonight after painting the engine bay and sub-frame and starting the process of reinstalling the new and or cleaned parts.


Tomorrows project is to get the oem bushings removed from the lower a arms and get them ready for paint and the new poly bushings as well as swap my front coilovers from the other car and get some other little things done while I am waiting for my next batch of parts to start rolling in.

This post has been edited by dspain7: Feb 19, 2018 - 11:21 PM

Delayed on the update, I got busy and rain kept me from getting some of the parts I wanted off of the other car. I was able to get the lower Arms ready for paint and new bushings. I got the front hubs striped and ready to start working on them. I also replaced the inner tie rods with some stronger Moog ones and got the outers on. Like I said earlier the rain keep me from getting the parts I wanted off the other car so instead I started on some of the interior stuff that I need to get done. The parts should start rolling in tomorrow so that I can really make some more good progress on the car this weekend and hopefully get the front suspension 100% back together.

Lower A Arms



Front Hubs


Tie Rods


Interior




This post has been edited by dspain7: Feb 19, 2018 - 11:19 PM

Looking forward to this.

The pics in the second post do not work though - says you have to be signed in to view.

Thanks for the support! I think I fixed them I accidentally uploaded them in private the last time around.

sounds like a fun project. keep us updated on here. looking forward to the progress.

Today I got the lower A arms and Cusco brace painted and the poly bushings, and adjustable endlinks installed. I also finally was able to get the coil-overs off the old car and swapped over to the new car. My neighbor down the street is a machinist and is going to tap the hubs and machine down my front calipers to get them centered up on the rotors. After that is done im just waiting on my new sway bar to finally come in and the front suspension will be together.

Lower A arms


Fender well after everything was installed


This post has been edited by dspain7: Feb 19, 2018 - 11:22 PM

Didn't have much time to work on the car today but I got one hub completely assembled.



Im hoping to have the car at least back on the ground tomorrow.

This post has been edited by dspain7: Feb 19, 2018 - 11:23 PM

Can't wait to see where this goes!

You know you can post pics straight from flickr here lol just copy and paste the link that pops up when you click the forward arrow on the bottom right corner of the pic on flickr

I knew that there had to be a way I just couldn't figure it out lol. Thanks for the help ill be sure to do it that way from here on.

Mmmmmm them Celica brakes, are you planning on keeping those or eventually going BBK?

That is my big brake kit lol. I invested a lot into those. I rebuilt them completely and pared them with EBC rotors and red stuff pads.

I finally got the car on the ground for the first time today since the start of the rebuild. As of now the front suspension is completely together minus the new front sway bar which will be coming in on Wednesday. I also picked up my 5SFE block from a buddy of mine that way I can pair it up with the transmission and start to working on getting measurements for mounting the AWD rear sub-frame. I geuss you could say that the real fun is about to begin.





This post has been edited by dspain7: Feb 20, 2018 - 9:38 PM

Ha ha nice, I thought about getting gt4 brakes or bbk but it's just not necessary for my car atm. I'll just go get them dual piston avalon brakes hehehe for cheap.

Making quick work out of it! What are your plans for rear subframe mounts??

So yesterday I went with my friend to a buddy of ours Toyota yard and picked up some little things I needed for the build. I was able to get a gt brake proportion valve, gt power steering reservoir, and as a bonus a scored one of those extra padded center consul arm rests. Today I relocated the side marker lights to the back of the fender well so that they will fit the GT4 fenders, and my new sway bars came in. Sadly the ones I got where not the ones I ordered so I will need to get them exchanged. I bought some of the second run suspension technique bars which from what I have heard all came green like the ones that where being advertised. The ones that showed up on my porch today are black which I can only assume means its a first run and will hit the chassis.

I am going to drop the engine and tranny in and use the driveshaft to help align everything up then my buddy down the street owns a machining shop and Im going to get him to help me build some mounts to bolt it in. Im probably going to take the easy route when it comes to the gas tank and im just going to get a racing tank and hang it from the floor pan behind the sub frame once its mounted in place.

the grey/black bars are the second generation bars as far as I remember. At least for the rear that is, Id assume the same would be for the front.

Pinta muy bien este proyecto, los brazos de la suspensión donde los has comprado? y las pinzas de freno Celica son del GT4? te han encajado bien sin modificaciones?

Saludos desde España

Lo siento de antemano, estoy usando Google translate para esto. Gracias por los cumplidos. Hice los brazos yo mismo, los pinté con la misma pintura que usé para el compartimiento del motor y puse nuevos bujes polly en ellos. Sí, los frenos están fuera del GT4.

You are right I test fitted them today and the shouldn't rub. I think the info I had got was really old lol. Sorry for the late reply I have just been busy with work Im hoping to get back to it later this coming week.