Chee La's celica progression thread thing, 7AFE ---> Greytop BEAMS Options

[cheela]

Is it done yet?

Enough to enjoy taking it out on the country roads here a few times. The old gas in it is almost out so I can't wait to put proper gas into it and see if that will help it run even better.

[BonzaiCelica]

good luck on the progess of new swap

[enderswift]

Here's the PSA thread I made years ago explaining what happens if your flywheel has the wrong step height

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=93023


Machining specs matter ppl. These are carefully engineered mechanical systems and everything has to be spaced appropriately to work

[cheela]

Here's the PSA thread I made years ago explaining what happens if your flywheel has the wrong step height

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=93023


Machining specs matter ppl. These are carefully engineered mechanical systems and everything has to be spaced appropriately to work

Yeah, I was searching online and just found it the other day when the forum came back up. Definitely good info and I would've never thought about it if you hadn't said anything.

[Bitter]

Every time someone with a Toyota says their new clutch/flywheel isn't working right I always ask them about how it was cut/was there a step, and almost every time that's the problem or they killed the clutch because of failing master/slave.

I hope you get it sorted out and all together for the next meet, that'll be a lot of fun!

This post has been edited by Bitter: May 23, 2020 - 1:24 PM

[njccmd2002]

NO GOOD PICS IN THIS PAGE?

meh.....

[cheela]

Every time someone with a Toyota says their new clutch/flywheel isn't working right I always ask them about how it was cut/was there a step, and almost every time that's the problem or they killed the clutch because of failing master/slave.

I hope you get it sorted out and all together for the next meet, that'll be a lot of fun!

Quarantine is almost over so my free time is going to be cut short again. It was close. I almost had it all squared out before the end of it. lol but I will have to take it apart some time and get it sorted and finish the exhaust as well.

NO GOOD PICS IN THIS PAGE?

meh.....

YET...

Better than that 2gr vert thread though haven't seen an update in months.

[Bitter]

Time to update and break the forums.

[cheela]

Time to update and break the forums.

haha, nope not willing to break the forum so no updates. Took it out a few times to "run out the old gas" hehehe.... it's fun revving it up with no exhaust down these country roads. but I also don't want to do too much and end up with a failing master cylinder too so it'll sit for the most part.

but the real reason is that most of my time has been spent on yard work. I've been mowing the lawn constantly it seems, and then solving some issues around the house. Digging a drain pipe for part of my driveway as it floods during heavy rains. Also battling invasive sumac. Those sonsabiches spread faster than a prostitute's legs. Bout to set fire to half my yard just to keep them under control. Trying poison first and if that don't kill them I'll just have to dig up my whole yard. ugh...

[Bitter]

Time to update and break the forums.

haha, nope not willing to break the forum so no updates. Took it out a few times to "run out the old gas" hehehe.... it's fun revving it up with no exhaust down these country roads. but I also don't want to do too much and end up with a failing master cylinder too so it'll sit for the most part.

but the real reason is that most of my time has been spent on yard work. I've been mowing the lawn constantly it seems, and then solving some issues around the house. Digging a drain pipe for part of my driveway as it floods during heavy rains. Also battling invasive sumac. Those sonsabiches spread faster than a prostitute's legs. Bout to set fire to half my yard just to keep them under control. Trying poison first and if that don't kill them I'll just have to dig up my whole yard. ugh...

There's worse things than Sumac, at least it's a native species that makes tasty tea! Unless you mean poison Sumac.

Sumac spreads underground and in the right conditions makes big groves pretty fast, anything that kills Sumac which is pretty hearty will surely kill everything else. The best way to control it is to block it's root spread with physical barriers like a line of flagstone or 12x12 pavers buried on edge. Their spreading roots don't go deep, usually, so that would probably block them out. Cutting them down doesn't do much since they'll just pop up from the ground again. I say embrace them, it's less lawn to mow! You can prune them up into tree's that cast a nice shady canopy and they're quite pretty in the fall.

[TimeslideZ]

Burn it all down, nothing should stop you from making progress on the car!
Jk, you're right about cutting grass though. W/ the amount of rain we be getting my brother and I find ourselves cutting the grass nearly twice a week.
Doesn't help w/ all the humidity and sudden heat waves too to not want to work on the car lol.

[njccmd2002]

[bloodMoney]

Savage Norberto is savage.

[navseal345]

Refried beans & some chips please!

[cheela]

BEAMs has been outta the garage for a while now. I take it on the occasional ride up and down these back roads. The 1st gen now occupies the garage because I thought it ran outta gas but it may be a bad fuel pump relay or something because it won't stay running even with new gas in it. I can start it but as soon as the fuel in the carb is used up it dies. FUN! maybe it just needs a BEAMS swap....

But I'm going out to wash the BEAMS in a bit and take it down one of the nice country roads here to take some fall photos before making room for both cars in the garage and THEY BOTH GO ON JACK STANDS!


pic so some of the people in here will shut up. (not like they will but still...)
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[Bitter]

GIMME BACK MY WHEELS!

So maybe when this damn Covid is over or calmed down enough it'll be a 1st gen fix party? For sure need to drive around Wisconsin, but I hear I should borrow some in-state plates cause the cops love to meet residents from IL on the road side to talk about how they're driving.

[navseal345]

Desperately missing some Beams action. And miss seeing yous all.

[bryanf]

The green Celica looks excellent!

[cheela]

Edited some pics last night. Turned out pretty nice. BEAMS ran good. Threw out a bit of heat though, temp gauge was fine but the hood and fender were very hot to the touch. It'll go into the garage soon so I'll have time to figure everything out. Get a new power steering hose in there and bolt up the AC and whatever else needs finishing up. Enjoy the pics!

[richee3]

You did a good job of editing the jack stands out of those pictures and adding a background behind the car!

Just kidding. If the temp gauge stayed normal, I would suspect exhaust to be the source of the heat. It doesn’t hurt to do a once-over of the cooking system and make sure you aren’t low and have no bubbles in the system now that you’re starting to put a few miles on the swap.