RECONDITIONING MY DAD'S CELICA, Just inherited a lovely celica!! Options

[coneyre]

Hello Celica lovers,

I am proud to say I have just purchased my first celica. I bought it off my father. It has been in my family since my cousin brought it home from Japan in 1995 NEW so it holds a large amount of sentimental value.

Its a 1995 ST202 JAP import 3SFE.

It has seen better days as my dad didnt really take care of it but I love it so I am going to do the best I can to restore it.

I know its not the best celica and certainly not the most powerful (being a 3SFE) but its more than a car to me and I want to get the best performance out of it as possible.

I will post up pics as soon as possible. I havent done anything to it yet and I have some ideas but any advice you pro's have I am all ears and hope one day I will be a celica enthusist too.

[GEpower]

Check out ebay and stuff. A BEAMS engine (4th gen 3S-GE) is very nice, however, if looking at the power output, it's very expensive compared to a 3rd gen 3S-GE (the normal 3S-GE engine for the 6th gen celica), which has only 25hp less.
Most bang for your buck is putting in an 3S-GTE engine offcourse, with the turbo etc. But that costs even more to build, and to keep running! And a lot of power on the front wheels. I suggest you try to make the car as new (bodywork, slick details in lighting etc, some decent rims (not too big)) and see how much money you got left.