The 1K$ celica ST that could, 4age, rear disc conv, track prep & more Options

[pinsro]

Bought this from a friend in november for 1000$, 97 celica ST special edition from the states, 168k miles.


Friend didnt even know car had a 160-170hp 4age Blacktop engine, tied down throttle cable, played with timing,
gave it a tank of premium and gained an instant 40hp...

Painted the wheels bronze cause 2 color cheap wheels is a no go.

Exhaust fell off from header to muffler on a speed bump in a mall so tied that thing with steel wire and
brought it to a shop for custom 2.5in catback

Traded my rattlecan painted Drag DR9s with bald tires for these almost new momos with brand new cheap
tires on. Currently in the process of plastidipping them black cause 2 color cheap wheels is a no go.
Hope they look good (bigger 225/45 instead of 205/40 and 35 offset instead of 47) or else will go JDM shop hunting in the spring.

Also, no pics but just went scrapyard hunting, got a full rear disc conversion for 50$ and avalon front twin pistons calipers for 40$
will be installing those in spring. thanks for reading.

This post has been edited by pinsro: Feb 3, 2014 - 8:05 PM

[zoocsijr]

Nice car mate, great find especially for 1k! I liked those DR9 in bronze...I'm still have a set of them and those are nice wheels. What are the future plans with the car?

[pinsro]

Nice car mate, great find especially for 1k! I liked those DR9 in bronze...I'm still have a set of them and those are nice wheels. What are the future plans with the car?

they actually do look really nice, but they are so heavy and the offset is horrible. I've always wanted to have a set of Volk CE28N and theses were one of the best replicas...
here's a picture of 5 mins worth of plastidipping yesterday while my food was in the microwave oven

murdered out style reppin'
Hope these tires are better then the name they gave them... lol

-coilovers mid summer,
-better tire/wheel combo probably 16's or 15's if they clear avalon calipers for weight reasons
-carpet and tar removal for summer, going to put the carpet back in winter
-rear disc brake conversion+ front avalon twin pistons this spring
-supra or momo MOD 69 steering wheel as soon as possible
-6 spd ECU for 8300 rpm limit, and cleanup of the wiring... that thing looks like a big bowl of spaghetti with alot of sauce
-flush all fluids+ timing belt
-ss-II or III? 9k rpm limit white faced cluster
-lightweight battery+ relocation to the rear (maybe)
-out of ideas.