bloodMoney's Project V.3, Third time's a charm... Now with 100% more GT-Four Options

[bloodMoney]

With the first Midwest meet behind us, I can now post this up.

WARNING: ***Storytime with Chris***

Two years ago, one of my fellow mods over on Celicatech made the decision that it was time to sell his car to fund the purchase of a more practical DD. It was suggested that I purchase the car, but I was not in a financial position to do so. I passed on the offer and the car was listed on Ebay. The auction ended below the reserve, and he circled back around to give me one more shot at it. Stacy and I took it as a sign and scraped up the cash to buy it. That was April 2017.

Fast forward to April 2019, two years of pushing this large financial commitment out of my head, and this pulls up in front of my house:


That new new by bloodMoney2012, on Flickr

That new new by bloodMoney2012, on Flickr

That new new by bloodMoney2012, on Flickr

That new new by bloodMoney2012, on Flickr

The trans had a high RPM grind in 3rd, so the PO put in a new trans as part of the sale. All buttoned up:
Untitled by bloodMoney2012, on Flickr

That new new by bloodMoney2012, on Flickr

Let me tell you, it's been a long 2 years...

It's so small compared to the 4Runner!
That new new by bloodMoney2012, on Flickr

History on the car:
It was imported to Canada in 2009 as a Grade 4 car. It was used as a DD for a few years before the mod bug bit and little things started happening. It was taken off DD in 2011 and has been a fun car ever since.

It's not without it's fair share of warts, mostly cosmetic. It needs a complete respray, but there's no rust anywhere on this thing. I've put 300km on it since Friday, and this car is hands-down the BEST driving Celica I've driven.

I've already put my SSRs to use... What a difference a set of wheels can make.
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Post Meet washdown:
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I'm stoked to see what the future brings!

[bloodMoney]

That I don't know.

I'm in IL, so I didn't have to deal with any CARB certs.

[bloodMoney]

My little batch of trackday pics...







Luke prepping the car before the first session:



These were white....



At least I managed to get a little bit of heat into the tires



Parting shots:

[Bitter]

What did the Autobahn playtime cost?

[bloodMoney]

$300 because we registered for the event last week... lol

[enderswift]

I would say that it feels much better. Never got it aligned, but oh well.... YOLO

Track day

I went to Autobahn Full Course with Luke yesterday. Have a couple of pics that I’ll upload tomorrow.

Some clean racing lines there 👌

[Bitter]

$300 because we registered for the event last week... lol

That's not terrible. I'm about 110% sure, after watching that, I would be an impediment to traffic out there.

[bloodMoney]

I would say that it feels much better. Never got it aligned, but oh well.... YOLO

Track day

I went to Autobahn Full Course with Luke yesterday. Have a couple of pics that I’ll upload tomorrow.

Some clean racing lines there ��

Skiff was a good guide. Now I just need to get the speed built up.

$300 because we registered for the event last week... lol

That's not terrible. I'm about 110% sure, after watching that, I would be an impediment to traffic out there.

I was one of the slower cars in the field, for sure. Corners is where the car shined. But when you're running with vettes, vipers, and BMWs all over 400hp, not much you can do on those long straights.

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: Sep 18, 2020 - 8:43 AM

[Bitter]

Luke said I should get out on the track, now I know it was just so ya'll would have someone to lap I think I'd still have a good time but I wanted to start gentle with Autocross this summer but then ya know *waves arms around vaguely* all this.