The Celica is finally Running!, UP AND RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME Options

[richee3]

You're doing a good job, Mike. Keep it up and get that good 7A back in the '97!

[NOVAKx17]

thanks man, doin my best! once i finally started making some serious progress, it got addicting!
now i'm waiting to hear back from lagos about the new parts i need, and its soooooooooo upsetting
not being able to keep the same flow of progress i've been making so far! ha.

but thanks for the kind words! (=

[mak5603]

Cool project bro, looks like it's all comin together nicely for you.

[SupraKid]

New sig?


haha JP!! Looks good so far, im sure your getting A LOT of great experience from this that youll need in the future.

[NOVAKx17]

Bahahahhahahhah. cute.


but yeah, i'm learning ALOT from this, and i never thought i would be able to do all this on my own!
but with all your guys help, its wayyyyyyyyy easier then i ever thought possible!

[enderswift]

but yeah, i'm learning ALOT from this, and i never thought i would be able to do all this on my own!
but with all your guys help, its wayyyyyyyyy easier then i ever thought possible!

alot of people get intimidated by cars since there seems to be a billion things to learn. But once you get into it you realize that there is just a collection of basic systems to understand. And once you understand those, all the different combinations and approaches used by the oem's boils down to common sense. To this day I'm amazed at how ppl let themselves get ripped off at shops. . .

but yea, good thing you're not one of those ppl. keep learning and keep updating!

[NOVAKx17]

ha yeah, i know it would of cost a ton of money to get the engine rebuilt at a shop, so i figured why not throw in the good running engine i already have, and save myself a bunch of money i could spend on future mods and just rebuild it myself and swap it back in when this engine goes!

[NOVAKx17]

Still no throw out bearing...

but i did get other presents (=

so i figured instead of sitting around doing nothing, id do some modding and
make my car sexier (:

enjoy!

















Alot of work done today! can't wait to start driving this baby around guys (=

[mgnt232]

did you take the turns off ur clipse? lol it just looks like it.
but shweetness, i gotta lower my car soon...maybe ill buy it next week, and say screw it to the new tv i need lol
Go rob UPS and get ur throwout!

[NOVAKx17]

did you take the turns off ur clipse? lol it just looks like it.
but shweetness, i gotta lower my car soon...maybe ill buy it next week, and say screw it to the new tv i need lol
Go rob UPS and get ur throwout!

haha no, i got the both sets of turns for the celi from members on here! .... they do look similar though!

[enderswift]

oh damn, tie rod ends and sway bar links. hope those are moogs!

[NOVAKx17]

welllllllllll .... i'm still waiting on the T.O.B. to get here... have the alignment tool...


FML

[NOVAKx17]

Thinking about giving up and just posting on craigslist as a project for like 1200 bucks

i have everything put back together and half way in the car, but the motor mounts aren't lining up correctly for some reason. but i'm thinking for 1200 bucks somebody should buy it with all the extras maybe. i hope so at least . . i mean its coming with a running engine, good tranny and like new clutch.

put alot of work into it but can't finish it... i'm very upset with it and need to get a car before winter.... i had a fun time on the forum while it lasted....


i'll miss you guys.

[njccmd2002]

so whats wrong with it now. I mean, can you at least put it together, is this an ST?

7a engine?

[NOVAKx17]

yes, 7a engine. is put back together to the tranny and is half way put back in the car but the mounts aren't lining up. don't know why.

[njccmd2002]

you have install the dirvers side first then the passenger. then the rear then the front. In that order its easy.

you tighten them up in that order too. it worked for me

This post has been edited by njccmd2002: Nov 10, 2010 - 1:17 AM

[NOVAKx17]

thats really all the simpler it is? i thought the mounts were different from the different years or something? could the problem of just been because i was going driver side, then front ? thats why they weren't lining up?

[njccmd2002]

if you have both years mounts, then compare.

its easy to star with the sides so that engine lines up. if you tighten the front and side, then you dont have wiggle room. The rear motor mount is a beyotch, and you need a lot of wiggle, thats why the front is the last one to put.

to put the rear mount youneed to push the engine slighty up to the rear to be able to even put it in....

its a pain..

[mgnt232]

The front and rear mounts dont actually support the engine, dont try and get those on before the others. The front and rear just stop the engine from rotating back and forth. The mounts may be different, but i couldn't be sure.
Examples-
My car is a 94, engine from a 95 lined up fine (its no cake walk to get everything in).
But also my car is a 94, but Jims subframe from a 95 didnt all line up.
if you still have all the mounts, just look at them closely lol. Youve come this far... why not do a little extra. Or have a mechanic look at it. A new car is much more money than putting the finishing touches on a perfectly good car (imo)
GL man

This post has been edited by mgnt232: Nov 10, 2010 - 5:41 AM

[njccmd2002]

yeah dont listen to ^^^ he does not even know how to paint a car, lol..

no really its good advice, even finish it and sell it for 3000

dont quit...

Ill give you 500, lmk, lol