Tigawoods' 1995 Celica, Racing n Stuff Options

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Your vanity kept the car from running for three weeks, there's a lesson to be learned in that somewhere.

[njccmd2002]

Lol. Too old? Try a messed up back. I cannot even work on the car and it's so sad that the car it's in the garage getting dust. Im glad its kinda sorted out. Cant you call the importer about the ecud? Maybe they will pay for it or swap!

[Tigawoods]

Took the car out for a little cruise down a culdesac engine and trans seem to be working wonderfully.
I am getting a bit of chatter at what I believe is the clutch release bearing at idle.

I am going to call the importer and see what they say.

Nice to have a running driving car again!



here is a pic


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: May 10, 2015 - 8:08 PM

[Batman722]

update.

[Tigawoods]

got back to the car this weekend and the Red Top ECU I had bought had come in....in about a day...from Ottawa, Canada.
I also got my mishimoto sandwich plate so that I can hook up my Oil Cooler this or next weekend.


the car wouldnt start because the ECU that came with the engine....is not for the engine. (TOLD YOU MY WIRING WAS TOP NOTCH DUSTIN) The top ECU in the image came with the motor, the other two are the grey top and red top ECU's

Tomorrow I can finally get out for an actual drive of the car with the proper ECU, hood and plastics on. emissions/inspection time



This post has been edited by Tigawoods: May 15, 2015 - 11:27 PM

[JoshuaM]

Damn! Have you called the importer on that yet? There are lots of dodgy dealers out there that make *sets* out of anything they can find lying around.

[Box]

The ECU they gave you is for an Altezza, I'd definitely be writing them...

[mkernz22]

If you had just posted a picture of the ECU, I think we could have helped you solve your issue a lot faster...

[Batman722]

I told you to check the ECU part # ! Same thing happened to Daniel, he got an ECU from a Subaru IIRC.

Glad to see it's all working out Mike !

[Box]

At least it was for the same engine, sorta...

[JFXtreme007]

Any news on how she goes compared to the 5SFE ?

[cheela]

I told you to check the ECU part # ! Same thing happened to Daniel, he got an ECU from a Subaru IIRC.

Glad to see it's all working out Mike !

too bad it wasn't from a honda. then he would've gotten v-tec + vvti.



Glad it's running now Mike.

[Tigawoods]

sorry for the hold up but its been a mad house the past week.

Start this with a picture.



After 3 months of coming home EVERY damn weekend the car is finally out of the garage and back down in maryland with me.
None of this would have been possible without my tolerating parents along with the multitude of people/companies that helped me diagnose problems, source/research parts, expedite shipping and so on. I truly cant thank everyone enough.
Although I got the car done about 2 weeks later than I had planned on, I can rest assured that the extra time was used to ensure everything was running and working well.

There are still a few issues to address but nothing I cant fix in the parking lot.


second picture.

I am seriously looking into good ear protection.
Its that loud.


I have a write up I am working on for my view of the BEAMS swap and a comparison between the 5SFE Cammed. I should be able to post that up in a day or two.

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: May 25, 2015 - 9:27 PM

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Wooo exhaust next!

[Tigawoods]

BEAMS v 5SFE(WebCams)

Power wise and responsiveness the BEAMS will obviously outperform the 5SFE.
The powerband between the motors was something new to get used to.
The 5SFE got power immediately at 4k and you'd feel it. The dyno graphs show a sharp spike right at 4K. Since the BEAMS should have more of a gradual curve I don't feel a significant push till around 5.5k. This is a biggie for me since with autocross I may have issues with keeping my RPMs up that high in certain areas on the courses, but I will see for sure when I go race.

The higher power band in the BEAMS may be affected by the 4-1 header setup I have which is a design more suited for higher rpm power while the 4-2-1 is more mid range. I also now have a lightweight flywheel on the BEAMS so that softens that low down power feel that the 5SFE had.

Besides that, the BEAMS REALLY pulls, enough that the front end lifts quite a bit, which is new. Id say the swap was worth the effort for the increase.

Just make sure you are aware of what exhaust setup you have....and be prepared for your ears to bleed if you have an all stainless 2.5" exhaust.


EMISSIONS

One of the big things that I wasnt aware of until midway through the swap was the Emissions. I have an OBD1 car and the motor is (J)OBD2. OBD1 requires dynameter testing in my locale.

Usually how emissions works here in PA (and I assume in other areas as well) is that they test it based on the chassis (although I had someone say they could test it as an OBD2 car which I had planned on doing until I learned about the difference between JOBD and OBD).

I thought this would be problem free until I took the car to a tester and they said they would fail it since the chassis calls for an EGR...but the BEAMS doesnt have an EGR. Even if the car ran clean through emissions they would still fail is because the motor has no EGR and based on the chassis, it should have an EGR.
The only solution that I see for this is to mock mount an EGR and hope for a lazy tech. Even at the 25 yr mark when OBD1 just requires visual, they will still be looking for an EGR.

My plan is to basically faux mount the EGR off of the 5SFE.


TEIN Coilovers

One thing that was kind of overshadowed by the swap was the new coilovers.
I can say now without a doubt that these coilovers are SOOOO much better than the KSPORTS. Much smoother operation and stroke. The TEIN springs I got are about 2kg stiffer than the springs that came on the KSPORTS, and despite that it rides smoother (could be the twin tube design) I cant wait to try them out on the track

The only downsides that the TEINS have are the limited adjustability and the heavy steel construction.
If I would do it again, I would spend the extra $ to have TEIN make a one-off coilover for the car so that I could get more adjustability and newer coilover body.

Not many people have TEINS on their celica's since they only offer one option which costs quite a bit and doenst even come with camber plates or full adjustability like the fully threaded coilovers everyone else offers.

I have only had the Kpsorts so I cant speak for the other brands (though I doubt they are similar in performacne) But I would say without a doubt if you are looking to get a good set of coilovers and have some $ go get a custom set of TEINS or a used set of the ST202 TEINS




This past weekend was spent trying to get last minute car things together so that I could take it back down to MD.
I spent alot of the time trying to flush out the nasty coolant and clean out the engine. I got it pretty clean but its still a but orange. I may take it to get professionally flushed. The block probably could have benefited from a nice hot bath, the coolant passages were pretty nasty.

Wooo exhaust next!

There is no more room to add a third resonator or muffler in the exhaust hahaha

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: May 26, 2015 - 9:19 AM

[4-eyed-freek]

Either i'm color blind or your engines blood is chocolate milk.. lol Awesome progress thus far!!

[Box]

That's some nasty coolant?...

Use a baffled muffler. Surely it can't be that loud though, unless it's leaking and/or resonating off the body for some reason. My solution with the Firebird was to just get used to it.

[Tigawoods]

Yeah I had never expected the coolant to be THAT chocolaty from what I had seen in the block passages.

I do have a baffled muffler but its straight through type muffler design
I am just going to have to get used to it.

EDFC Active Pro has been ordered!


here is a "finally done" shot of how everything is sitting now, although I will probably take off the APEXi Badge and put on the BEAMS and Toyota emblem in a couple weeks.



Also got sick of the clear crystal parking lamps and wrapepd them. It looks SO much better now. It has quelled my JDM fender desire...for now

[mkernz22]

It's nice for me having a black car cause I can just spray tint them black and it blends right in
How much was it for them? I need to get the turn signals for my car

[JoshuaM]

EDFC Active Pro has been ordered!

Mine too! Funny that...