Newbie to 6th gens but not Toyotas Options

[MtyMseHarmer]

Hi everyone. I just bought me a 94 Celica ST auto tranny yesterday. It is the girlish terquise color but since this is a used car and my daily driver I am fine with it. This is by means not my first Toyota at all. I also own an 86 MR2 with a silvertop 4age in it. I have also owned an 81 celica GT(build a 20R/22R hybrid for it), 86 Corolla SR5, 83 Celica GT, 84 Celica, GT and two 2nd gen camrys. Also I have a bachlors degree in automotive from Pittsburg State University and used to be a Toyota certified technician before I decided to get another bachlors(this one in business). My dad is a parts manager at a Toyota dealership and has sold Toyota parts for 32 years. So I pretty much grew up around Toyotas. As for me I am a 26 year old who has been married for 8 months now and we are trying to get pregnant. I just started back to school at the University of Arkansas and am pursuing a degree in business finance. As for the Celica it has 209K on it and I am the third owner of it. The person I bought it from has all the records he did to it while he owned it. The interior is in almost perfect condition with a couple of minor things. He did put a full walmart stereo system in it so last night I already ordered a new head unit and speakers from crutchfield. I am just hoping that he didn't butcher up the wires too bad but oh well it just determines how much wiring I have to do so that still isn't too bad. the other plans I have for the car are to just get a K&N or TRD drop in filter, probably remove the cat(dont have emissions testing here in Arkansas so I can get away with it). Then I am going to get some TC wheels, lower the car with some Tein S tech springs, and a factory spoiler and that is pretty much it. I really want to do a manual tranny conversion and then swap in a 20V 4age but my wife is making me keep it an auto for a few years. As for my Mr2 it is getting built right now for some soloII running. I am in SM2 class so I really need to give the motor some more power. right now it is just a stock ST 20V with no cat and an HKS exhaust. However, I am in the process of converting to a blacktop ECU so I can put some velocity stacks on it and get rid of the AFM. Also I am about to order some Toda cams, springs and gears and get a TRD metal head gasket. It also has Suspension techniques springs and Tociko struts and I am also about to order a high and tight rear sway bar and Twosrus rear tie rods. Along with that it has 15" Kosei K1' wheels with goodyear eagle F1 tires. Anyways here are a couple of pictures of both of my cars:

[nate95]

that looks so wierd, its like, just an engine and nothing else! looks good though. and welcome to 6gc

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Nice MR2, I like those Silver top conversions. I didn't think you could run the blacktop ECU because of the different valve set-ups in the two motors. I would just run stand alone if you're already in the SM2 class. That thing is going to have to really scoot to run in SM class. The coupe ST's are great for autox, they are the lightest of all the Celica's. I've heard when you go from an auto to manual in the ST's it's a real night and day difference.

[MtyMseHarmer]

Nice MR2, I like those Silver top conversions. I didn't think you could run the blacktop ECU because of the different valve set-ups in the two motors. I would just run stand alone if you're already in the SM2 class. That thing is going to have to really scoot to run in SM class. The coupe ST's are great for autox, they are the lightest of all the Celica's. I've heard when you go from an auto to manual in the ST's it's a real night and day difference.

Yeah you can use blacktop ecu with a silvertop. A lot of guys on the Mr2 board are running it that way. I heard that by switching to the blacktop ecu you get a little bit more power because it is tuned a little bit more. I think really there isn't much difference in the two motors other then electric things and the blacktop has bigger throttle bodies maybe a couple of other things different but not enough to not be able to use its computer. As for going stand alone I have thought about that but it is really tricky to use a stand alone with the VVT system in the 20V's. Plus I have found a couple of companys that can reprogram the stock computer to your setup and that is what I plan on doing once I go full out toda(bottom and top end). I have heard the ST's are great for autox but I wont be doing that in mine because this is my daily driver and my wife will keep reminding me of that which is why she wont let me convert to manual tranny.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I autoX my Daily Driver. It's not bad as long as your not trying to tear it up. btw, what's with the 2nd gen Camrys. There is a guy here in my town that loves those things. Are they something special?

[WH95TE]

Got pictures of any of the other Toyotas?

[MtyMseHarmer]

I autoX my Daily Driver. It's not bad as long as your not trying to tear it up. btw, what's with the 2nd gen Camrys. There is a guy here in my town that loves those things. Are they something special?

I know you don't tear up a car too much when you autox my wife just would rather play it safe then sorry and only see me autox the MR2 since that is really all it is going to be now is a soloII machine. As for the Camrys the first one I got was my second car and I was in high school and college it was a good car for that. The 2nd camry I used to own was just a plain daily driver. It was rusted all over the place but it still got 35 MPG and was reliable.

Got pictures of any of the other Toyotas?

I don't think I have pictures of the other Toyota that I used to own. If I still owned them I would take pictures for you but unfortunatly I don't have them anymore.

[amysmojo]

Hey!! Welcome to the site Congrats on your new car!!

[Jaws4God]

Welcome!! Looks great!!

[DippedInSauce]

welcome to the site =)

[trd94]

wow that what my st looked like just white, welcome to the site and keep us posted on the mr2

[shin]

welcome to the site. since your dad is a toyota parts manager. ya should hook us community up jdm parts and all for a nice discounted price nice work on the MR2.

[MtyMseHarmer]

welcome to the site. since your dad is a toyota parts manager. ya should hook us community up jdm parts and all for a nice discounted price nice work on the MR2.

What do you mean by hook up? I can probably have him give you guys a discount but that is about it. He is still running a business so he can't just give stuff away. JDM parts he requires money up front and since he is in Kansas it takes him quite a while to get the parts.

[Diab1o_3000]

At the risk of sounding SUPER NEWB-LIKE I have to ask: What is auto-x? Oh, and welcome to 6gc.net!

[MtyMseHarmer]

At the risk of sounding SUPER NEWB-LIKE I have to ask: What is auto-x? Oh, and welcome to 6gc.net!

Its a little road course setup by cones in a large parking lot. They put cars in different classes according to size of motor, car and mods and what not. Then it is a timed thing. Whoever has the fastest time in each class wins. AutoX you don't get your car past 2nd gear most of the time because it is full of turns.

[tomazws]

Welcome! Seems like you already have everything planned out for the car. Can't wait for results!

[MtyMseHarmer]

Welcome! Seems like you already have everything planned out for the car. Can't wait for results!

Planning is the easy part along with putting the parts on the car. The hard part is getting the money to get those parts to make the plan come together. I did decide to go with TRD springs instead of Tein S techs and will have them this saturday when I go to my college alumni basketball game and see my parents. My dad put them in order today and so he should get them in friday. So probably the week after that I will have the springs on the car(can't do it until a friday).

[MasonF]

Nice Celica and MR2...I'm going to put a 3S-GTE into my 85 MR2.

[MtyMseHarmer]

Nice Celica and MR2...I'm going to put a 3S-GTE into my 85 MR2.

MK1.5's are awesome man. I want to build one of those someday.