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> Adventures of Dr Tweak: picking up 5th gen to finish up a swap..., Put this in off-topic since it's not a 6th gen...
post Dec 24, 2005 - 12:02 AM
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So I've been working with this guy down in NH who's had his Celica at a shop for more than a year getting a 3SGTE swap done. The guy just wouldn't finish it. So I went down and picked it up. There was a question about how we were going to load his lowered car with molded front bumper onto my dolly, but as you can see, we figured something out. biggrin.gif

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You guys should have seen this place, it was downright scary. The "shop" that he was working out of was a garage bay so small that with one car in there you could *just* walk around the sides and front of it (not even the back of the car), and a milkcrate full of hand and air tools on the floor.

He stuck the engine into the car with two mounts, didn't cover the intake, turbo, or oil filter flange, the lug nuts weren't tightened down, it just went on and on. Now I'm worried about what I'm going to find when I get to work on it... LOL

But the good news is, it's safe and sound at my shop now. Getting it off the dolly was even easier than loading it, and loading it went EXTREMELY well. I couldn't believe we pulled it off so easy!

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post Dec 24, 2005 - 12:10 AM
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You need a reality show where they follow you around the world saving Celicas from the clutches of evil-doers.

BTW: How far are you from Portsmouth, NH?


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post Dec 24, 2005 - 12:10 AM
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LOL, that'd be cool biggrin.gif

About 3 hours, I think. A little more, maybe.

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post Dec 24, 2005 - 12:50 AM
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Niiiiiiiiiice I contributed to a sig quote.


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post Dec 24, 2005 - 1:53 AM
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Take a trip to Ohio?


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post Dec 24, 2005 - 2:54 AM
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Whenever you're ready biggrin.gif


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post Dec 24, 2005 - 11:00 AM
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QUOTE(Dr_Tweak @ Dec 24, 2005 - 12:02 AM) [snapback]370593[/snapback]

You guys should have seen this place, it was downright scary. The "shop" that he was working out of was a garage bay so small that with one car in there you could *just* walk around the sides and front of it (not even the back of the car), and a milkcrate full of hand and air tools on the floor.


I didn't know I had a 5th gen in my garage!


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post Dec 24, 2005 - 1:48 PM
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i have to do that when i pick up probes. every one i buy ALWAYS has to have the front jacked up to get it on my dollie. stock suspension or lowered.


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post Dec 24, 2005 - 3:10 PM
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now heres the next puzzle... how are you going to fit a proper fmic or water to air ic on this swaped car when the bumper is molded ?


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post Dec 24, 2005 - 8:16 PM
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Could you take off the fenders and bumper at the same time?


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hey, nice mod does it come in hetero?


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post Dec 24, 2005 - 10:41 PM
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oh man that 5th gen is looking hawt...i always see this guy around my town with the same kit and i've always loved that style. wow another 3sgte...should be a piece of cake for ya doc. wink.gif am i gunna be able to see it up there when i come up in a month or so?

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post Dec 24, 2005 - 10:59 PM
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Actually he has a carbon-fiber alltrac hood, so he's using the stock TMIC. I'll take a couple pics.

QUOTE(BBoYRuGGeD @ Dec 25, 2005 - 3:41 AM) [snapback]370892[/snapback]

oh man that 5th gen is looking hawt...i always see this guy around my town with the same kit and i've always loved that style. wow another 3sgte...should be a piece of cake for ya doc. wink.gif am i gunna be able to see it up there when i come up in a month or so?

bboy


Woah wait, you're coming up in a month???


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