New Addition to Our Family, Painted page 7!!! |
New Addition to Our Family, Painted page 7!!! |
Oct 12, 2009 - 12:13 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '04 From Portsmouth, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 33 (100%) |
So me and Dustin (Batman722) decided to postpone the wedding another year and buy another 6th gen project instead...
That and the 99 Solara I've been using as a winter car is going to my sister in a few weeks so we needed to have one available to each of us as a 'winter beater'. We have my green 97 ST turbo, Dustin's blue 95 GT ST205 swapped, his silver 95 ST And let me introduce the new addition to our Celica family, 1994 Celica GT, 5spd, black interior, sunroof, Florida car without New England rust. Very bad rod knock and a very bad radiator meant we had to have it towed home where it stayed until it was again towed to Manny, Jenn and Randi's garage. We decided to swap in a Redtop 3S-GE Beams We cleaned it up, timing belt, waterpump, tensioner, prepped to go in ^inside the intake manifold, taken through the throttle body And as of tonight, it is in the car and running, And Manny fabricated the whole exhaust, from the b-pipe all the way back. I do not have good pics of it, someone else will have to insert them. We should be able to take some better pics tomorrow in the daylight. So far, very fun This post has been edited by hurley97: Jul 1, 2010 - 4:49 PM -------------------- |
Oct 12, 2009 - 12:26 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 7, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 55 (100%) |
Nice work as always, some amazing sh!t happening in that garage.
Looks like fun -------------------- JDM guy made me do it.
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Oct 12, 2009 - 12:26 AM |
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Moderator Joined Nov 5, '07 From New Zealand Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
quickest swap ever!
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Oct 12, 2009 - 12:32 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) |
and more pics
Day 1 starting out in the garage pull the beat down 5s and put it where it belongs remove ABS, install non abs lines/master paint engine bay black better pic day 2 get the beams in the bay I spy a tan line lightweight FW then OEM Beams disk, st185 pp, and s54 tob and a wicked cool SS braided clutch line day 3 button things up and have Manny make an incredible exhaust. and the exhaust - just unbelievable - I'm speechless every time I look at it. end of day 3, drive home once we cranked it over a few times to get some fuel in it, it started just fine. It idles a bit high right now (about 1100) so me and Stef will diagnose it tomorrow. and driving impressions...it's quick and pulls great all the way to redline more pics tomorrow in the daylight. This post has been edited by Batman722: Oct 12, 2009 - 12:34 AM -------------------- |
Oct 12, 2009 - 12:36 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '04 From Portsmouth, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 33 (100%) |
quickest swap ever! haha... Actually, Motor arrived Aug 28th After that we figured it was probably time to get serious about finding a car Bought the car Sept 10th Waited for parts from the UK... did some thing to the car in the meantime Started the swap Fri afternoon Oct 9th Drove it home Sun Oct 11th -------------------- |
Oct 12, 2009 - 1:41 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
wow amazing, what kind of red is that, the one on the valve cover and intake, is that engine enamel or what?
Send me a custom exhaust like that, i need one, lol.... -------------------- Learned a lot in 10 years... I hardly log in anymore, last login Today Sept 6 2019, and I was forced just to clarify a post. LOL
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Oct 12, 2009 - 1:54 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 25, '03 From Miami, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
it's powdercoated red from the factory...
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Oct 12, 2009 - 2:42 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '07 From Oahu, Hawaii Currently Offline Reputation: 23 (100%) |
good stuff
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Oct 12, 2009 - 5:29 AM |
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Moderator Joined Oct 1, '02 From fall river, ma Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
it's powdercoated red from the factory... actually, i repainted the valve cover cover, and top of the intake manifold for them. more pics of the header back exhaust i made for them. Full 304 stainless, 2.5" from the header back, over axle. first the inside of the 2 into 1 section of the factory header, after i cut off the small pipe and fit the 2.5" adding the flex pipe bpipe finished center section over axle and muffler a few installed pics what you see from the back -------------------- Former Team 5SFTE pro member ;)
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Oct 12, 2009 - 6:01 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 24, '09 Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Awesome Thread. Exhaust looks great. Wish I had got the bpipe with mine.
Im curious how you cleaned the inside of the intake manifold so clean. Did you just take it off and let brake clean sit in there for a while? Do tell!! Thanks. |
Oct 12, 2009 - 6:14 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 3, '06 From Czech Republic (Europe) Currently Offline Reputation: 56 (100%) |
I always liked topics like this . Amazing work...
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Oct 12, 2009 - 9:48 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
im so amazed to that exhaust setup, just wow,
Yeah, i already knew it was painted cause dustin told me. I want mine in. -------------------- Learned a lot in 10 years... I hardly log in anymore, last login Today Sept 6 2019, and I was forced just to clarify a post. LOL
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Oct 12, 2009 - 11:20 AM |
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Wow, that was some crazy progress... Manny, you do good exhaust fabrication! I might have to drive up there and pay you to do mine when I get ready to swap! Lol. Is the body going to stay like that since it's a winter beater or will you guys clean it up?
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Oct 12, 2009 - 1:42 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 30, '04 From Atlantic City Currently Offline Reputation: 21 (100%) |
awesome.
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Oct 12, 2009 - 2:07 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '04 From Portsmouth, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 33 (100%) |
wow amazing, what kind of red is that, the one on the valve cover and intake, is that engine enamel or what? Send me a custom exhaust like that, i need one, lol.... Manny sprayed it the Toyota 3L2 red, I believe he used automotive paint from work. Awesome Thread. Exhaust looks great. Wish I had got the bpipe with mine. Im curious how you cleaned the inside of the intake manifold so clean. Did you just take it off and let brake clean sit in there for a while? Do tell!! Thanks. It came like that. Wow, that was some crazy progress... Manny, you do good exhaust fabrication! I might have to drive up there and pay you to do mine when I get ready to swap! Lol. Is the body going to stay like that since it's a winter beater or will you guys clean it up? Body will stay like that for this winter, probable do some body work and paint job next year. -------------------- |
Oct 12, 2009 - 2:13 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 18, '09 From Orlando Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
My god...you people are godly.
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Oct 12, 2009 - 2:51 PM |
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quickest swap ever! haha... Actually, Motor arrived Aug 28th After that we figured it was probably time to get serious about finding a car Bought the car Sept 10th Waited for parts from the UK... did some thing to the car in the meantime Started the swap Fri afternoon Oct 9th Drove it home Sun Oct 11th oh true, last thread I remembered was, you guys just buying the celica (I dont think I heard about the 3s swap though) on another note you've pretty much had all the celica motors: (7afe +T, 5sfe + T ,3sgte, now a 3sge beams) -------------------- |
Oct 12, 2009 - 6:06 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 22, '07 From Buckinghamshire, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
awesome.
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Oct 12, 2009 - 7:01 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '04 From Portsmouth, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 33 (100%) |
It was idling a little high the first day, as Dustin mentioned, but today it was perfectly fine. The ECU just needs a few days to relearn everything.
Just some nicer pics in the daylight... -------------------- |
Oct 12, 2009 - 7:05 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) |
haha we never had a 5sfte
after driving for a day the idle is just fine, actually perfect. today we changed the rear sway bar bushings, installed the rear strut bar, set the radio stations and drove that thing hard It feels like normal until about 3.5-4K rpms then it gets going and keeps going. It pulls right until 7200 and is quick. next we're going to do suspension (endlinks, ball joints <-toasted, new struts, springs, tie rods) hopefully before winter, then next spring body work, paint, and wheels. The color we picked is gonna be incredible on a 6gen -------------------- |
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