My Engine Bay Renovation Thread, AE111 ECU conversion, wire tuck, and more... Options

[SinisterWhisper]

more pics please!

[GTSOwner]

It's a pity that nowadays you need a lot of useless crap like tvs, game consoles and sh!t in your car to make it into a magazine. A good amount of extra clean elbow grease doesn't get you as far as it used to.

No offence to the show car guys/girls.


That sir, is absolutely stunning.

[Kwanza26]

Bravo Chris... Aren't you glad you didn't sell it?

[Coomer]

Thanks for the comments guys.

all of that room is just begging for a turbo (i know you never will)

I've considered it. Perhaps when I'm out of school and established out on my own...but probably not.

you poppin adderal coom? cuz ur like tha energizer bunny man... u just keep goin and goin and goin - it's ridiculous

No Adderall, just caffeine...and lots of it.

Bravo Chris... Aren't you glad you didn't sell it?

Definitely.

I finally finished breaking in the clutch the other day and I've had some time to drive the car hard. It pulls pretty well and seems to be running well. It seems laggy on acceleration when I free rev the motor, which I can't figure out. If I uncap a vacuum port in the shared vacuum chamber then it will rev instantly...but then the car bogs down severely under ~50%+ throttle situations when moving. I can't figure it out.

I haven't been able to check is mileage...but hopefully it's good...just gotta find funds to actually fill up the tank. The clutch stopped chattering/shuddering and now feels great. It's still incredibly difficult to steer the car at low speeds. I need to find a manual rack that will work at some point...no power steering on a power steering rack sucks.

But I'm really happy with it. A lot of people see it and can't believe it runs because there's so much room. I had some car buddies over last night (hardcore VW guys who know a ton about motors and fabrication) and they were impressed and had some good ideas for me.

I'll have to shoot the car soon...it's got some new goodies since the last photo was taken.

[Bitter]

wonder if any corollas had manual steering racks that would swap in? :dunno:

[netrata]

Hey Chris, are you still running into bogging issues at partial throttle? I seen this and thought it might help out but I don't really know for sure:
http://www.wheelsjamaica.com/wheels_forum/...p?topic=55556.0

This post has been edited by netrata: May 13, 2007 - 2:20 PM

[cjh4l22]

car looks amazing dude!! mass props! your seriously a motivation for me to do my swap/turbo in the next months. oh and damn check out all the room in that engine bay!! add another motor! lol


P.S. my project will pretty much stand as follows.. '95 7afe -> '95 5sfTe + lsd... we'll see how that goes..

[jcbass7]

Ive been away too long, Coomer that is the most beautiful 6th gen engine bay i have ever seen, incredible work! If only i had the time to do that!

so.... how about that photo shoot

[Defgeph]

What does it take to get another picture around here ? Let's go Admin.

[Coomer]

What does it take to get another picture around here ? Let's go Admin.

Working on it. Just gotta find time.

[Valo666]

What does it take to get another picture around here ? Let's go Admin.

x2 + videos

[DSToyo]

are there pics that i dont know about?
please coomer, i really want to see the finished project.
btw, thanks for the 19 pages of detailed coverage...its really amazing work!

This post has been edited by DSToyo: Jun 14, 2007 - 7:29 AM

[Coomer]

The final parts for my bay came in Saturday. I got a new fuel filter with -6an connections and the required extra fitting I needed. So today I got them installed.



I'll do a full photoshoot shortly, so more pictures will be on the way.

[Hanyo]

The car is next to impossible to steer. The looped-lines-with-breather trick that works for all the Honda guys does not work for me whatsoever.

have you thought about using an elecric powersteering system?


electric ps conversion

I've been thinking about using those Mr2 electric power steering pump system for a while. Just haven't had the time to actually invest in it.

[Aus]

Looks very clean! Good to see some original ideas once in a while, I think they call it "out of the box" thinking.

[Coomer]

The car is next to impossible to steer. The looped-lines-with-breather trick that works for all the Honda guys does not work for me whatsoever.

have you thought about using an elecric powersteering system?


electric ps conversion

I've been thinking about using those Mr2 electric power steering pump system for a while. Just haven't had the time to actually invest in it.

That's a really good idea...never thought about doing an electric pump setup. I'll have to look into that more.

Looks very clean! Good to see some original ideas once in a while, I think they call it "out of the box" thinking.

Thanks. I just wish it was fast now like your GT-Four.

[Coomer]

Oh, and by the way, my car weighed 2,520 lbs. with a spare, jack, my sub, enclosure, two amps, about 40 lbs. worth of loose stuff (blanket, laundry, detailing stuff, camera gear) in the trunk, and almost no gas.



I should weigh all the stuff I took out of the bay and see how much it weighs next time I go home.

[x_itchy_b_x]

cleanest celica alive ^

[C3L1CA]

You did such an amazing job with that wiring tuck!

I can't wait to see some more finished pictures of it

[netrata]

Sweetest looking ST celica on the forum IMO By the way Chris, where did you get the TRD sideskirts again. I pm'd you a long time ago about it and accidently deleted it when I cleaned out my pm box. I'm looking to put the TRD sideskirts and Hatchback-style 2-post spoiler on my celica when funds are up again.

This post has been edited by netrata: Jun 21, 2007 - 5:32 PM