 Alaska Celica ST revival, Stuck on what I should do to bring my 6th gen back from the dead |
 May 17, 2019 - 10:13 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 17, '19 From Alaska Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
So not sure what happened to my first post, but it lacked pictures anyways...
How’s it going, new here, and I inherited a 96 Celica ST hatch from my parents. Basically there was a pop as my dad was driving it up a nearby hill, and it started spewing white smoke out the tail pipe. It then sat in their yard for what I can recall is about 13 years. That’s 13 years of Alaskan winters without moving. Needless to say this car is pretty rough. But, my parents were pretty easy to convince to get rid of the car for the low low cost of a tow dolly ��. Back in October I did a compression test and if I remember right there was two cylinders with 0 compression... now I’m considering doing a full rebuild or a swap, don’t know if I’m super keen on keeping the 7A when there’s so much more fun to be had with this car but stuck on if I should swap it, and if I do what I should swap with, or just rebuild and call it a day. I’m a delivery driver so gas mileage is somewhat of a concern here . What do you guys think? Mind the mess but whatever I decide to do I’m happy to have a new car to join a forum that’s not for another ford       
This post has been edited by Livewire: Jul 16, 2020 - 12:20 AM |
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Jul 15, 2020 - 6:33 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Hot damn, looks like a moose took a nibble out of those valves!
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Livewire Alaska Celica ST revival May 17, 2019 - 10:13 AM
Box New members have to have their posts approved, a m... May 17, 2019 - 2:25 PM Box That or if you can find a running 7A somewhere tha... May 17, 2019 - 2:28 PM Livewire Probably going to go with a rebuild for now then. ... May 17, 2019 - 8:15 PM
Box QUOTE (Livewire @ May 17, 2019 - 8:1... May 19, 2019 - 8:21 PM Bitter rebuild the 7A and a small turbo? Would make for a... May 19, 2019 - 7:49 PM cheela 7A is definitely a good engine for daily driving a... May 20, 2019 - 10:28 AM Livewire Yeah lol the original spoiler pulled off when I wa... May 23, 2019 - 10:02 AM cheela well at least your dad capped it off.
another thi... May 24, 2019 - 2:46 PM Livewire Alrighty boys its project time!
Spent the last... Jul 3, 2020 - 9:12 PM Livewire Dropped the fluids, from what I can tell the oil i... Jul 4, 2020 - 7:33 PM Livewire Intake disassembled today, really dirty and looked... Jul 6, 2020 - 12:36 AM Livewire Well after shearing two down steps I finally found... Jul 15, 2020 - 2:24 PM |
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