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post Aug 11, 2010 - 8:36 PM
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So first off, I've been using this forum a lot for reference and information in the past few months and it's a great tool for anyone who owns a Celica, so thanks to everyone who puts up good information.
I'm in the process of rebuilding my 7afe. It had 136000 on it when i pulled it out, but it hardly looked like 30000 were on it once i opened it up except for some oil sludge. I purchased a V-5 vortech f-trim to put on after i get the car running again, but I figured I'd share a few pics of the rebuild and update some more when I get to the fun stuff.
Pulled the engine in Feb, (i travel around the world a lot, so I've been off and on with this project) brought block and head to my machinist. Block only needed a fine hone. Head didn't need much, but had a valve job done just to freshen it up since 16 yrs on the valve springs is probably enough. Started rebuilding on Wednesday and relaxed today, I might finish rebuilding tomorrow.


Block painted and piston one reinstalled.




nice picture of the little 7a rods


head and cams installed, water pump on


timing belt installed

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post May 29, 2011 - 10:58 PM
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Thanks Lagos


Things left to do:
Mount breather can to firewall
Alternator mounting and belt
Install walbro
Cut, weld, install intake piping
Make heat shield for Hot as **** Ebay header

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- al94st   7a rebuild and Vortech Supercharger   Aug 11, 2010 - 8:36 PM
- - celica74   wow. very unique. Have never heard of anyone putti...   Aug 12, 2010 - 5:18 PM
- - 95celicastLSR   i have thought about this because of instant boost...   Aug 14, 2010 - 9:22 PM
- - Johnnyny   if you want some low rpm power get some cams work ...   Aug 14, 2010 - 9:44 PM
- - al94st   As far as I've seen the stock cams are designe...   Aug 15, 2010 - 8:58 AM
- - SwissFerdi   I'm very interested to see how this'll tur...   Aug 15, 2010 - 9:27 AM
- - Nartanian   This should prove to be interesting.   Aug 15, 2010 - 11:36 AM
- - JoKeRkId613   the v5 might be a little big for the 7a, but props...   Aug 16, 2010 - 12:30 PM
- - al94st   Quick update. Yesterday I started and timed the e...   Aug 22, 2010 - 7:37 AM
- - Tom_SS2   i heard a 7A-GZE had been done before using pars f...   Aug 22, 2010 - 8:17 AM
|- - delusionz   QUOTE (Tom_SS2 @ Aug 23, 2010 - 1:17...   Apr 21, 2011 - 12:14 AM
- - JuMPiiN   Nice vid find, GL with your build bro, this is def...   Aug 22, 2010 - 8:43 AM
- - cheela   very interesting indeed. I'll be peeking into ...   Aug 22, 2010 - 11:39 AM
- - al94st   I've put about 90 miles on it since rebuild. ...   Sep 2, 2010 - 7:43 AM
- - al94st   Quick update on this. Haven't given up on the...   Oct 28, 2010 - 10:11 PM
- - celica74   What part of NC? im located just outside of raleig...   Oct 30, 2010 - 5:33 PM
- - al94st   Wilmington   Oct 30, 2010 - 9:31 PM
- - HectortheRican   Nice choice of wheels! I dunno how to explain ...   Nov 2, 2010 - 6:00 PM
|- - al94st   QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Nov 2, 2010 - 6...   Nov 2, 2010 - 6:29 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (al94st @ Nov 2, 2010 - 5:29 P...   Nov 2, 2010 - 8:45 PM
- - celica74   might have to take the 2 1/2 hour drive to check i...   Nov 2, 2010 - 6:05 PM
- - GriffGirl   2.5" exhaust is going to be a tad big for a 7...   Nov 11, 2010 - 3:13 PM
- - al94st   I actually just redid the exhaust to make the car ...   Nov 11, 2010 - 3:27 PM
- - al94st   Finally getting back to this project, bought supra...   Mar 5, 2011 - 11:22 PM
|- - k-weaver   QUOTE (al94st @ Mar 6, 2011 - 5:22 A...   Mar 6, 2011 - 9:30 PM
- - NYp8tBaller07   awesome work, can not wait to see how this ends up   Mar 6, 2011 - 1:13 AM
- - al94st   Having trouble locating a good oil feed adapter bl...   Mar 18, 2011 - 7:34 PM
- - al94st   Oil pan painted and oil return installed...10an ...   Mar 22, 2011 - 8:49 PM
- - al94st   Well, my walbro fuel pump, stoich gauge, breather ...   Mar 31, 2011 - 7:58 PM
- - al94st   Finally got my gauge holder finished and gauges al...   Apr 6, 2011 - 6:49 PM
|- - Smaay   QUOTE (al94st @ Apr 6, 2011 - 4:49 P...   May 31, 2011 - 11:04 AM
- - al94st   just so you guys get an idea of where this bad boy...   Apr 8, 2011 - 8:14 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Wow. Best of luck. The awesomeness is strong in th...   Apr 8, 2011 - 9:32 PM
- - al94st   hard at work..should have it mounted soon...   Apr 17, 2011 - 7:45 AM
- - al94st   Mounts made up (unfortunately the process took for...   Apr 20, 2011 - 7:49 PM
- - al94st   Yea the 7a is pretty slow. The blower on that car...   Apr 21, 2011 - 5:18 AM
- - OOBE   Keep on, bro. Our cars are unique. It's not ab...   Apr 26, 2011 - 7:13 PM
- - al94st   I got an idler pulley and found the right belt len...   May 3, 2011 - 6:15 AM
- - lagos   Really cool project you got going here!   May 3, 2011 - 11:35 AM
- - al94st   Thanks Lagos Things left to do: Mount breather c...   May 29, 2011 - 10:58 PM
- - PolliS_5S-FE   do the ebay headers get hotter than stock?   May 29, 2011 - 11:22 PM
- - al94st   It seems to be pretty hot and at least the stock m...   May 30, 2011 - 6:46 AM
- - al94st   It's really not junk, I wish people would stop...   May 31, 2011 - 8:55 PM
- - TerBeau   true statement!!!^^^^^ looks good my f...   Jul 7, 2011 - 8:46 PM
- - al94st   Thanks, dedicating this weekend to trying to finis...   Jul 7, 2011 - 8:57 PM
- - al94st   So like I said I decided to make a new bracket and...   Jul 10, 2011 - 7:13 PM
- - celica-s   http://www.sd-performance.com/eng/showProduct.asp?...   Jul 11, 2011 - 1:44 AM
- - al94st   Vortech charged 7afe alive and crusining. It...   Jul 16, 2011 - 6:14 PM
|- - JuMPiiN   QUOTE (al94st @ Jul 16, 2011 - 6:14 ...   Jul 16, 2011 - 6:51 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Congratulations, I'm anxious for the video, an...   Jul 16, 2011 - 7:55 PM
- - al94st   Just need to get my header wrap on there. Thanks...   Jul 18, 2011 - 8:33 PM
- - al94st   OK got this thing on the dyno today. Numbers aren...   Jul 20, 2011 - 3:07 PM
- - presure2   Thats about what id expect without an intercooler ...   Jul 20, 2011 - 6:52 PM
|- - al94st   QUOTE (presure2 @ Jul 20, 2011 - 7:5...   Jul 20, 2011 - 7:22 PM
- - al94st   I switched to a 2.62" pulley today from a 3.2...   Jul 22, 2011 - 7:07 PM
- - PolliS_5S-FE   so its basically like a stock 5s, apart from torqu...   Jul 25, 2011 - 12:10 AM
|- - al94st   QUOTE (PolliS_5S-FE @ Jul 25, 2011 ...   Jul 25, 2011 - 5:15 AM
- - Keiri   Just re-read the entire thread AJ and you have don...   Jul 25, 2011 - 7:51 AM
|- - al94st   QUOTE (Keiri @ Jul 25, 2011 - 8:51 A...   Jul 25, 2011 - 5:11 PM
- - Cuts_the_Pilot   I like this, its different. As you know getting th...   Jul 25, 2011 - 8:40 AM
- - stephen_lee   it actually looks like the stock tune is really ni...   Jul 25, 2011 - 11:51 AM
- - presure2   Nice! Anything to keep the heat off that charg...   Jul 25, 2011 - 6:58 PM
- - celica-s   very nice install, i may ask, will a stock charger...   Jul 25, 2011 - 9:12 PM
- - PolliS_5S-FE   oh sorry i thought that was flywheel hp, very nice...   Jul 26, 2011 - 4:35 AM
- - al94st   QUOTE (celica-s @ Jul 25, 2011 - 9...   Jul 26, 2011 - 5:08 AM
- - celica-s   a 205 bonnet and a top mount intercooler should be...   Aug 3, 2011 - 1:35 AM
- - Cuts_the_Pilot   a 4a blower would probably be a reasonable match f...   Aug 3, 2011 - 3:07 AM
- - Johnnyny   this is great keep it up   Aug 3, 2011 - 3:10 AM
- - stephen_lee   the 7a runs around 15:1 idle and cruise. more than...   Aug 3, 2011 - 9:28 PM
- - al94st   Got my front mount aftercooler, at some point I...   Aug 10, 2011 - 11:51 AM
- - al94st   FMIC and Half Radiator installed. For any 7afe gu...   Sep 4, 2011 - 7:31 PM
- - cheela   been waiting for someone to start a thread like th...   Sep 4, 2011 - 7:43 PM
- - zoik   i hope to see a sleeper version of a compressed 7a...   Sep 6, 2011 - 12:00 PM
- - playr158   There is so much win in this thread!! Gre...   Sep 6, 2011 - 12:27 PM
- - al94st   QUOTE (cheela @ Sep 4, 2011 - 7:43 P...   Sep 10, 2011 - 6:06 PM
- - presure2   good to see the civic 1/2 rad fits well in the bay...   Sep 11, 2011 - 8:04 AM
- - al94st   Thanks, I'm kind of surprised no one has tried...   Sep 11, 2011 - 7:04 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (presure2 @ Sep 11, 2011 - 8:0...   Sep 11, 2011 - 8:18 PM
- - al94st   Nah, I can take more if needed though. You can ge...   Sep 11, 2011 - 10:03 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Any plans of throwing an intercooler on soon? I lo...   Sep 11, 2011 - 10:15 PM
|- - matts94celica   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Sep 11, 2011 - 10...   Sep 12, 2011 - 3:45 AM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (matts94celica @ Sep 12, 2011 - 4...   Sep 12, 2011 - 6:36 PM
- - Shoker   Really nice work!   Sep 12, 2011 - 1:06 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   more pics of your radiator set up please   Sep 12, 2011 - 5:36 AM
- - matts94celica   Yeah it was hiding in the pic. Hopefully we can se...   Sep 13, 2011 - 3:06 AM
- - al94st   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Sep 12, 2011 - 5...   Sep 13, 2011 - 5:09 AM
- - matts94celica   I wish I could get mine dyno'd before and afte...   Sep 13, 2011 - 6:20 AM
- - bsamps4   AJ, like the intercooler set up! Exactly what ...   Sep 16, 2011 - 9:29 PM
- - al94st   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Sep 12, 2011 - 5...   Sep 18, 2011 - 10:58 AM
|- - matts94celica   QUOTE (al94st @ Sep 18, 2011 - 11:58...   Sep 20, 2011 - 7:59 PM
- - bsamps4   I wanna see pics of the aftercooler!   Sep 19, 2011 - 10:05 AM
- - al94st   Well ran my first auto-x today. It was fun, but I...   Sep 25, 2011 - 2:55 PM
- - al94st   Well, I doubt I'm going to be selling this bab...   Sep 29, 2011 - 9:08 PM
|- - Neon90424   QUOTE (al94st @ Sep 29, 2011 - 10:08...   Sep 30, 2011 - 2:35 PM
- - bsamps4   Twin Charge FTMFW!   Sep 29, 2011 - 9:17 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Why not try to twin-charge the 7A? Glad to see y...   Sep 30, 2011 - 12:02 AM
- - matts94celica   You would have to fully build the 7afe and get a b...   Sep 30, 2011 - 2:36 AM
- - al94st   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Sep 30, 2011 - 1...   Sep 30, 2011 - 5:47 AM
- - matts94celica   Well it don't matter what you placed as long a...   Oct 2, 2011 - 9:31 PM
- - al94st   Nah, no decisions made as of yet. Just preregiste...   Oct 3, 2011 - 7:00 PM
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