my 3SGTE progrees thread, (pic. whore warning) Options

[lagos]

[95st-celica]

allright...let me just say this first ((( i have never driven a boosted celica..or a swap for that matter...today art (lagos) came up, gave me a hand, and we got my car running! anyway..he was about to leave and i said dude..get in im going around the block...i have driven 1.8t's my buddys s2k with all kinds of work done, and a bunch of small blocks and big blocks, i took it around the block and finally boosted for my first time in a REAL car...holy ****ing ****! the power that his car..or any 3s has for that matter is just incrediable...my first impression of actually getting to drive one of these things is f-in awesome...i drove it for a good mile, just around the block and back..i got to puch it from 1st into 2nd but that was enough for me to realize that the car is no bitch by any means. it pulls like a mother ****er, and the feeling is just awesome...it really did suprise the hell out of me...so thats just more motovation to get my damn car running right now!!)))

anyway...back on topic...my car finially runs, started it up, everything sounds good, except for the fact i have a few odds and ends still to look after and the usual vac. leaks all over the place..no exhaust..and the ****ty ass top mount...but that will come in time...i wish it would stay light outside for more then 12 hours out of the day..the only reall problem with the wireing that we came across was the speedo is not reading....not that i took it out driving yet but we could see just from turning the key on and off that the needle was jumping...and art informed me that his car did the same **** till he fixed it...so im not to worried about it...it runs, it sounds good for now, and it didnt catch fire!..hopefully i can tighten everything up and take a few videos of getting on it in the next week or so..just to give everyone an idea on how it runs and what not...for anyone planning on doing a swap, or in the process of doing a swap...be ****ing excited....be very excited...caus these things have balls...im just impatient and want it on the road now..but like i said before theres still a lot to be done...anyway...heres the start up video...thanks to everyone whos been following the thread..and this is only the BEGINING of whats to come...enjoy



This post has been edited by 95st-celica: Apr 30, 2009 - 7:46 PM

[lagos]

Glad you enjoyed driving my car Joe. Its always great to hear what someone thinks of a 3sgte celica the first time they drive it.
3sgte + celica = a lot of fun.

[supershannon77]

awesome!!!

Congrats that first moment is always the best moment!!!

[95st-celica]

thanks shannon....yea it is...its such a great feeling to know all that hard work is fiinially starting to pay off...i hope i can have it on the road this upcomming week to go out and enjoy it now

[cibrit-]

Sounds like a beast!

[95st-celica]

doesnt sound bad...hopefully next month my pics will start working again??? im past the allowed bandwith or some ****? i dunno..heres a better video with the front mount and pipeing all in...still have to mount the front mount but you get the idea

[lagos]

it actually idles on its own now!
ill bring my timing light, it looks like it needs to be adjusted.

[BonzaiCelica]

bandwidth exceeded, what the eff does that mean i cant see your pics!!

[95st-celica]

there working again!!! so art came up today...got some more $hit done...i put my fender on...still needs paint though...hopefully i can do that either tomorrow or next week sometime, we got the axle carrier bracket on, axle is in..then we pulled all 4 wheels off and bled the whole brake system as well as the clutch, set the timeing, and tested out the clutch in the back yard, it engages and the car moves forward and backward... i ran into a problem with the car overheating...like bad...we sat there for a good 10 mintues just staring at the engine...i thought for sure it was a water pump..i was like WTF! man the last thing i feel like doing is a f-in water pump..but we added more water, let it cool down, kicked the heat on, and it sucked up another good half gallon of water/coolant and that fixed the problem...the system just has to be burped..i still dont think it's 100% full yet but i'll keep my eye on it and add what i have to... so this is the list as of now:

paint fender
mount front mount
cut off old exhaust
fill trans with oil

and get a new exhaust - eventually

but its running good, temperture is where it should be, and it sounds like a damn healthy motor...so i am defentially happy with it...now its just a matter of getting everything else in order so i can hit the raod

[enderswift]

good work.

personally i would do everything in my power to finish it up asap

[Fate]

congrats bro!

[95st-celica]

car is officially on the road...wow..its a monster...im loving the feeling of having done this and finially being able to enjoy it now...2 nights ago i had it out for the first time and i was getting crazy vibrations in the front end, jacked it up the next morning, and my strut where it bolts to the hub, they were super loose. i tightend them up, and check a few other things out while i was at it. it took a little bit of the vibrations out but it was still there...drove it around lastnight, got on it a little bit, wow the motor is great and the car pulls hard, but i still have that damn vibration. so today i drove down to arts house and we jacked it up and pulled both front wheels off, tightened up the axle bolts, and the strut bolts on both sides and torwued them down real good. art gave me a fresh set of lug nuts (thanks bro) because i had some ****ty lug nuts on there, torqued them down, and that took car of a little more of the vibration, its still there thogh. From about 15mph up its shaking my steering wheel and i can feel it in my feet. i have a feeling i need to get the wheels rebalanced and get an alignment and that should help. I also think my wheel bearings are shot, so im going to save up and replace them, weather they need them or not. while the car was jacked up we also noticed that the tvis clip was not hooked up, not allowing my valves to open when they should, it feels a little better up stairs now as well. all in all the car is running fantastic, pulling like crazy, i have no traction in 1st or 2nd gear, and some of third, so that means i need some new tires, pretty quick. other then that im super happy with it, its running and driving, sounds mean, and getting good gas milage for the most part! i am going to wait to post pictures because they arent going to work anyway, and maybe a few videos as well...i'll keep it posted

[enderswift]

good job, every couple of months i see another project 3s thread completed and it kills me that i wont be able to do the same any time soon. hope its everything you ever wanted and then some

[95st-celica]

thanks man..it absoutly is...dont worry about it, you'll get there soon enough...it was a super long road for myself, but a huge sense of accomplishment at the end...like i said the hard work is finially starting to pay off...now its just a matter of "finishing it up"

[lagos]

your car ate my timing light !

[lagos]

[95st-celica]

NICE^...didnt even see that...once i get my body in order we'll go out and take some real pictures man...its a must..anyway heres the dealio

i had a super fun day today...i drove up to mikes auto body on castor to see if i could paint my fender in there saterday morning...i use to work there and im really good friends with the owner...my uncle works there and is like, well joe, its tradition to get on it by the shop..im like alright alright...walk out to my car, and my front driver side tire is completely flat...back it up, fill it with air, and it has a huge gash in it? i was like alright well i have to get home quick, throw it in reverse, cut the wheel..and my axle poped out(so i thought) so im like WTF man i really dont feel like fixing this right now. i pull my pass side wheel off, and the axle boot, closest to the wheel had poped off and the axle came completly apart. so i tried hammering it back in, but looked a little closer to see why it wouldnt go on. here i have been driving around on about a quarter inch at the most of splines on the axle. whoever machined the axle, the part where they ground out for the snap ring, the splines were not lined up, they were off by about a cm or 2, so it would not allow the the first part of the axle to go back on. Go figure, brand new axle from pep boys with less then 200 miles on it, completely worthless. i have barley any tools on me, but luckly i broke down in front of the body shop and was able to borrow a few from the guys. big thanks to them for helping me out. so i got a ride to pepboys, pulled the bracket off the old axle, hammered it on the new one, put that back in, and replaced my front tire with a full size spare i had. that took a good 4 hours. complete nightmare. so now i need a new front tire anyway, and it just seems like its problem after problem. i knew there were things to iron out, but this is just dumb $hit that shouldnt be happening. so far i have been keeping my cool and just having patience with it. i figure with no money and not being able to fix things right just yet, im going to run into problems, so im just waiting on this job and hopefully everything will start to come together the way it should within the next month or so.

so the main list as of right now:
replace both wheel bearings
4 brand new tires(probably pick up a nice set of D/R's for the front)
all 4 balanced properly(that should take care of my bad vibration problem i have
new exhaust
and fix a few little odds and ends around the car i still have to look after

i'll keep it posted

[Tigawoods]

3SGTE IS SURIOUS BIZZNUZ

[95st-celica]

dude..i just fell in love with your camera....this weekend im getting my fender painted...but at that next auto-x at citizens bank park..bring your camera! i'll snap a few of you when your driving if you do the same for me...and then we'll go chill and take some together...damn they are some good pictures..thanks mike