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[turboecho2005]

Hi,

I just wanted to introduce myself. I just picked up a 1994 Toyota Celica GTS. I purchased it about 1 hour ago! and i am already enjoying it. I'll have to post some photos of it tomorrow.

Here are some photos of my other toyota project for you guys







Quick question... i did a search but couldn't find any specifics...

Does the awd 6g celica rear differential/subframe bolt to the FWD chasis?

Thanks

Turboecho

[nats_celica]

hey hun welcome dont know the answer to ur question but looks hot

[HaRv3sTeR]

welcome canadian brother! Where are you from exactly?

[turboecho2005]

welcome canadian brother! Where are you from exactly?

Just over the river from you in ottawa

[parriehunter]

Hey welcome,

May I ask whats with the cage? are you going to race it?

looks pretty cool tho.

[bslik]

im diggin the rotas... wait are those slipstreams? looks clean

[turboecho2005]

Hey welcome,

May I ask whats with the cage? are you going to race it?

looks pretty cool tho.

The cage came off the factory floor like that. It was one of 30 built to compete in the echo cup. and then it was so heavly modified that it couldn't compete anymore (but who wants to race against other echos anyways???). I did have a chance to do some solo racing this summer.

It is a race car not a street car.

4age 20v blacktop with 6 speed transmission and LSD and turbo'd

im diggin the rotas... wait are those slipstreams? looks clean

They are DAI wheels. "official wheel of the echo cup"

This post has been edited by turboecho2005: Oct 2, 2008 - 11:22 PM

[parriehunter]

Awesome.

How much power does it put out.

That is so cool.

is it still front wheel drive or did some come in awd?

[turboecho2005]

Awesome.

How much power does it put out.

That is so cool.

is it still front wheel drive or did some come in awd?

it is currently running only 8psi making 240whp...

and no its FWD

Some echos in japan came awd but it was a crappy 4wd full time system.

I've been contemplating making a RWD celica using the rear differential and subframe from the GT4 or doing a v6 swap and keeping it FWD with luxury/stereo/sound dampening so its nice a plush with a tiny drop... choices are hard to make sometimes. AWD would be amazing too but would cost far too much

BTW do you know a Lindsay Payne? he has a few cars and one is a suzuki swift GTi AWD? he lives in christchurch as well. known him for a long time.

This post has been edited by turboecho2005: Oct 2, 2008 - 11:32 PM

[bslik]

im diggin the rotas... wait are those slipstreams? looks clean

They are DAI wheels. "official wheel of the echo cup"

holy *** you right. those are the real things, rota slipstreams are replicas of the DAI fever rims and they look pretty dam nice on a echo

[turboecho2005]

Here are some photos..




the body is super clean and no rust... suprising for a canadian car.

[RickJamesBish]

I've never seen a Yaris like that, weird. Sounds like a cool concept though. OP, why don't you just import a GT4?

[turboecho2005]

I've never seen a Yaris like that, weird. Sounds like a cool concept though. OP, why don't you just import a GT4?

Well i don't want AWD.... I want RWD.... Maybe a supra 2jzgte into the celica. My original plan was to make my echo RWD with a 2jz motor but the wheel base was far to small to use the 2jz+6spd tranny. So the next best thing was to use a celica chasis. If i can mount the awd diff from the GT4 to my celica (with minor modifications required) then it saves me alot of time and money. The rest of the time i can focus on mounting the 2jz in the engine bay. And the celica has a much larger hood and engine bay then my echo so i can fit a much larger motor

Peoples comments and suggestions would be great to help steer me into the right direction. My echo will be my priority this winter in getting it to 350-400+whp. But come spring when i can drive my echo i'll pull the celica off the road and start working on it.