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well here's a bit of history of my Celica Gt4 "TRDGT4"
Bought the completely standard about four years ago after a few mods it look like this

And then by the end of 2007 it look like this

but then i had problems BIG problems

The Thurst washers in the engine came out causing major engine damage luckly the pistons and rods were unharmed and would live another day so that brings us into the rebuild:

engine out it was then a case of stripping everything out of the engine bay for a complete respary in classic 040 Toyota white

While the car was getting its new coat of paint I source another block and began the rebiuld I also managed to get a complete engine from a GTT Caldina for which I used the Head and Intake including injectors, I then set about match porting the head and having a custom set of cams ground which included facing the Valves and having all the seats recut with a custom three angle profile and have all the tappets set with custom shims, I also added some HKS adjustable cam gears and had the intake manifold ceramic coated. The block got rebored out .5mm and the bottom end was balanced and block decked
New Engine

new engine being fitted

So now with the engine back in the hole the custom wiring job started and after 20 hours (that's just on the wiring) it runs
but not fully completed and ready for road yet (hanging out to drive her again though)
below are a few pics of the work that has gone in






I'll keep adding pics as i get closer to driving her enjoy

This post has been edited by TRDGT4: Nov 3, 2015 - 2:53 PM

holy crap....that is one sexy lookin motor...very nice car...but Snap-on sticker FTL...lol

How many catch can are u running??..i counted 4..lol

Well the Snap-On sticker i can explain
the local dealer here has helped me out with a bit of sponsorship and in return i put the sticker in the car

and as for catch cans your right there are 4 two for the engine one for the trans and one for radiator over flow i also got a custom power steer tanks and having a custom washer bottle made to look like power steer

WOW thats an incredible car you have there!
I can tell no expense has been spared. Great work!

so a 3.5gen 3S-GTE?

your a member at toyspeed also?

get this car in the NZ Performance Car mag. ASAP

Very Impressive

WOW

dedication at its highest respect to you

awesome build man. thats s clean bay!

I have much engine envy.

Nicely done.

cheers guys

I have just ordered a brand new set of projectors for her from japan so they be here in a couple of weeks

and Rusty yes I am on Toyspeed and as for the car going into the Performance Car Mag I'll wait untill it is back on the road

This post has been edited by TRDGT4: May 4, 2008 - 3:52 PM

Thats awesome work..i bet ur itching to drive it.

oh hell yeah even more so once it's run in and fully tuned

That is going to be one heck of a beast! PLEASE keep us posted and dyno when you are done.

Beautiful.

that looks wicked.

good, there has been a lack of toyotas/celica's in it lately

what have you got left to do rewire it &?

the wiring is done just need to tidy and then a little more tunning on laptop just to sort idle etc finish a couple of panels refit front guards and fit new projector headlights and bumper and then clean and then DRIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


sure no problem i'll probably wait untill October for the tune as it gives the engine a good chance to be run in and also gives me enough time to sort out any little bugs she might have (hoping not many if at all but fingers crossed on that one we all know what race engines are like)

WOW simply put, WOW