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i will be making all my own sheet metal i did some measuring on both cars tonight and its 27-28 inches from bellhousing to shifter from what i can tell laying under the car , and from stock shifter hole to firewall wal on celica is about 28 so they should be fairly close i dont plan to cut the firewall other then for the bellhousing , a 1uz is basically a box 27x27x27 in stock form and thing the 7m's are round 32 or so long i think

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Yes of course, enough know how just need the money for parts. I live in Alabama, home of redneck ingenuity. I understand perfectly. Best of luck to you too, RWD V8 6GC FTW! (enough acronyms, no?)
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dont forget TT

Someone has done it in a ST185 :

http://lextreme.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1140&page=21

Search posts from a guy named JustenGT8.

http://www.westkyimports.com/forums/showth...elica-GT8/page2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjp7-cgwjts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzQh4swLSeo...feature=related

Google "celica GT8" for more pics.

Good luck with the swap!

Sam

Yep heard of that one awhile ago He did it back on 2005 i think or atleast started i have been through most of his stuff on lextreme and i vist there alot since those guys tend to deal with the 1uz alot and alot of nice projects

Although as impressive as it is that guy with the gt8 seriously needs to do something about the lack of grip or increase his drivers skill as it does appears he has ruined the handling of an st185.

well like i said it would be awhile before i did much but i got started tonight , so heres some pics of the donor car teardown




new 1uz bell housing on acid washed trans


i will keep yah updated as i go along it will be slow as i have other toys to work on too

You have my attention. I want to see how the rear subframe comes together

the rear subframe may create some issues but for the price its a great option over a gt4 subframe

If you want/need a rear gt4 subframe.. Ihave one...great work looking at this makes me miss my car... Great work!

I would have gone with the gt4 subframe and suspension but. Cost of those isnt cheap most i see are around a grand and strengh wise i would think the supra one would be stronger , also the actual parts available for the supra stuff. Makes it worth it to i have 200 in the donor car so price is right to me since i have to fabricate mounts anyways and the supra subframe is same width as rails on celica. ,,,atleast on the rear mounts

I'm curious as to know how much you will need to cut the firewall to clear the bell housing. Could u post pictures if possible? Do you think u will run into any issues with the hvac unit? Iirc where you will need to cut would be where the heater core is. I haven't seen a celica without the dash in a long time. Just trying to get an idea because I have been wanting to do the similar build for a while.

from what i have mesured and looked at you can go atleast 4 or 5 inches up on that area in the middle before yah run and then its the lower outputs for the floor heat/air which if ihave to ditch those thats fine but i do wanna keep heat and ac so i willprob have to keep the moto out a bit to clear heater hose input/outputs
which is fine cause theres lots of room in the bay

Thanks for the reply. How much room could one gain by using the w58/55 transmission instead? Or is the bell housing the same size as the r154? I'd like to avoid moving the engine forward because of weight distribution. Any plans on the brake set-up on the build?

I'll be keeping a close eye on this thread, so I can get a good idea on wheel offsets with the wider track on the narrower celica body.

the w58 is what i am using,, but the bellhousing itself would be the same since its for a 1uz

Can u post pics of the tranny in the tunnel?

i will be posting pics as i go of everything my celica is still in my garage but will be moving to the shop soon

completely off topic.. but, looks like you work on alot of land judging by the equipment, farm looks nicee!

what class do you pull the truck in?

we farm bout 1500 acres and my truck is still a street truck but in the 6-700 horse range , 03 cummins built motor with twins and 100hp injectors , lot of the pulls around her have dropped down to 2.6 class or there just a street stock and then modified which makes ya run with the big boys so i really just tow my offroad truck (95 s10 on 44s with 383 stroker and 14 '' travel coilovers and 4 link ) all this done by me , soi jsut pull at the local brush pulls to try and beat the local guys

damnn bro id love to see the farm, thats alot of land. my uncles and I pull tractors, farm stock (john deeres) and super stock (oliver), my uncle has a oliver 88 with a 310 thats been worked to aaround 400+ci with custom intake and exhaust manifold we made sitting on 30s, things mean for my area. could probably pull a divison 3 or 4 class out west.

theres a decent amount of truck pulls in my area, but more or less tractors.. goodluck with the truck man! and more importantly the celi build

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 7, 2012 - 5:10 PM