5SFTE 94 GT / SUPRA CONVERSION, ohhh yeahhh Options

[batcavee00]

hey whats up guys, my name is jose, i've been around this site since i got my celica in December of 2010. since then i have put a lot of effort, sweat, and tears to this car.

anyway, lets get started:

i purchased from craigslist this 1994 celica gt. its had some nice rims, the interior is all black leather and was in very good condition. the only bad thing is that it was not running.

after towing the car to my house, i started tearing this thing apart and i discovered that the water pump gear was broken and some of the pieces where jammed on the other pulleys etc.


i ended up rebuilding the engine by my self, new pistons, rings, bearings etc..( first time ever attempted) and i was happy with the results

i also ported and polished the head, intake runners and opened up the throttle opening


here are some photos of the process:










soon after i finished i then started gathering the necessary turbo parts to turbo the celica

460 injectors, t3t4 turbo, medium intercooler, turbo manifold, SAFC2 and all that good stuff



here is a picture of my engine finished, ready to be dropped in:




stage 3 clutch:



i finished putting the engine into the car and then i got the crazy idea of doing a full supra body conversion... lol

and so it began....




started with the back, and then i moved to sides, and finally the front:



i made brackets, fiberglass, etc.. to make all this work.

after i was almost finished with the body conversion i started installing all my turbo parts

intercooler:





i then started tuning the car, ran into a few tuning issues, but they got resolved quickly

ported n polished my turbo,


and the car started looking a bit more complete







once i finished up all my bodywork, properly tuned my engine to 11psi and i finally decided it was time to paint the car. so i painted the car last weekend.


so here is the car once it was painted:














well thats pretty much it..

im still working on a few things in the interior and minor things on the exterior i still gotta color sand the car and repaint because i wasnt 100% happy with my bodywork, but overall i think it looks good.

i will post pictures of the engine bay once its all cleaned up ( got hoses and wires all over)

this week im working on a home made water methanol injection kit. all im missing is the hobbs pressure switch and a check valve and that would be the final thing i need to install to give my car a little more boost (~15psi) and then go to the dyno and post the results for you guys to see.

i hope you guys enjoy!!!

This post has been edited by batcavee00: Jun 21, 2012 - 11:00 AM

[RabidTRD]

Welcome man! Nice work with the car! It's cool to see how much your done. I am a bit thrown off by the front wheel wells. I feel like you need a trim to go around to make it match the supra bumper because the face looks huge and hen you have sucked in wells. Either way, car looks good. Don't see to many conversions like that.

[mgnt232]

was thinking that a little. If you use some wide body fender flares, was my plan and cut and mold them to the right size to make it less of a dramatic "suction".
+ it gets more curves