FS: 3rd gen swapped celi (in January/February-ish), Moving on to evo x come March Options

[yarik83]

I plan to move to new office in middle of February (fingers crossed) so will need car until then. This should give enough time to those interested to come up with finances and ask lots of questions. Preferred method of payment is cash.

For sale:
1994 Toyota Celica GT Coupe Tan Turquoise Color with questionable paintjob from previous owner. Celica landed in my hands with a dead computer and traveled all the way from Weeke Wachee, FL to Brandon, FL on a flat bed. At that time I went ahead and installed VIS invader body kit. Once that was squared away I took car to XAT Racing where ST205 3sgte engine was installed with management system, exhaust and yada yada. Car was also outfitted with a monster size front mount intercooler and dyno tuned to 261hp to the wheels. (well re-tuned) it kept spinning wheels at first on every gear shift. Power steering was not connected and after many unsuccessful attempts I gave up trying to fix it. At first it was hard to get used to putting extra elbow power when turning, because all my previous vehicles had power steering. That little annoyance was quickly forgotten as I learned to use lack of power steering to my advantage. Another little snafu that was left by XAT is upside down steering wheel. I never got around to fixing it but it could be done over a couple of hours. Also at some point in time before greddy BOV was installed my aluminum pipe running from FMIC kept popping off so it had to be re-engineered because of a weird angle. I took my car to a muffler shop and they welded me a very functional pipe, welded BOV to it and it has not given me any problems since. Old pipe is still in my trunk. Also included with the sale is the airbag suspension that again I never got around to install. Ever since moving to Florida I find myself engaged in work and other activities that prevent me from tinkering with the car unlike the old days when all my free time went to my cars. Naturally this is a project car and it has not been babied like other swapped celicas might have been. This project is a great starter for those with limited income or those looking to get their hands dirty. Everything you might need is already there. Car is engine swapped, there is a body kit, air suspension etc.

I have been a long term member of this website. I started visiting it in 2003 but officially registered in 2004. I have been to car meetings and went through several celicas in the last 11 years. Taking that into account it would be wrong for me not to warn potential buyers about things that are not ok with this car.
-We have already talked about upside down steering wheel
-And crappy paint job (but car would have to be re-painted anyways because of body kit)
-Engine bay needs cleaning
-Air suspension not installed
-Engine mounts are broken on one side so replacements have been purchased but never installed (will be included with the sale)
-rear bumper will need to be molded to the car or professionally touched up in couple of places if you choose to keep it a separate piece.
-mesh inserts for fenders need to be put back in. I have them but they are bent out of shape.
-front bumper may need mesh. I lost mine during the move to my new home. For me FMIC looks a lot better without mesh in front of it.
-FMIC passenger side bolt needs to be put in. Its the bracket that is on front of the intercooler that can be seen when looking at the car standing in front of it.
-manual shift boot needs to be replaced if necessary. Its kind of torn up.
-engine might need some tuning (ie spark plugs etc).
-passenger side power window keeps getting stuck. I have not fixed it but I found a workaround. It closes half way then a couple minutes later I close it fully.

I drive this car to work every day 25 miles in each direction. I have fun with it pretty much daily. I am selling this car for many reasons. If you kept up with forums you know that I have to graduate from being a boy racer to a future dad who still likes to have fun. I am purchasing myself a 4 door evolution x to get me by for the next 15 years. I am also selling this car because my employer has build a new office to which I am about to relocate. We have some important corporate people working there and my car will be a visible eyesore since I have no time to paint it or work on it. I am selling the car because I know that trading it in would imply that it will likely end up in the hands of a dealer and who knows what will happen to it then. I would rather have it live out its days in hands of a loving owner that is passionate about celicas. I have set my suggested sale price to a very fair price of $4000 or $3000 if you do not wish to purchase air suspension. I hope that this covers all bases. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Things that were fixed and or done to the car:

New Alternator and belts (installed by me).
New Harmonic Balancer/Crankshaft pulley (installed by me and mechanic)
Steel pipe that goes from FMIC to the engine. Greddy BOV was also welded to it (done at the shop)
Muffler brackets were modified. Muffler kept coming off when I crossed over large speed humps.
Optima yellow battery was installed
New tires (about 2000 miles ago)
sony xploid stereo
VIS invader bodykit
Z3 fenders
2.5 inch full exhaust
3rd gen engine swap






















Edit: last image date is wrong. Should read October something 2007

This post has been edited by yarik83: Nov 21, 2009 - 4:41 PM

[SwissFerdi]

Price seems a bit high friend...but I wish you much luck with the sale.

[yarik83]

Additional Info:

This car will not be listed anywhere else. I will be purchasing an evo either way so if this does not sell it may be used as a trade in (even if its appraised at 0 but hopefully higher) or simply as means to travel to a dealership. My luck would have it, most places that sell evo 10 are like 300 miles away and or close but want a ton for it. I have my limit set to $25000 tax and tag for 2008 model.

That would not be the end of my journey with celicas. I plan to keep an eye out for loopholes in our law system and get my hands on a gt4 and of course stay a member of this community.

Additional edit:
I could consider a trade in for a clear title hatchback model. Ideally road worthy and color does not matter.

[CelicaST_CALI]

God dam...take some of those pics off...only a few and needed,if someone is serious u can PM them the rest...it takes way to long to load...if u trade a 3sgte swapped 6gc to a dealership for 0$s your legally retarded...good luck with your sale

[yarik83]

You are forgetting the fact that any kind of modification to a car poses a sentimental value and not an upgrade (unless it does not void factory warranty).

People say that they have invested thousands into their cars and when selling it they try to bring up associated costs (just look at sporty cars on ebay). They have a long list of how their 2003 model whatever was upgraded with 90000 worth of whatever and they are trying to sell it for ohh I dont know 139000.

When I priced out my car I started with 0 because anything that I have done to it made it illegal according to NHDOT.

$4500 swap
$1400 engine management system
$500 bodykit+installation
$1500 air ride system that has not yet been installed
But that does not mean that somehow miraculously my car is now worth $8000+ nobody outside of 6gc community would even consider investing that kind of money into a 15 year old celica
So I looked back at our community and looked at demographics or people and nobody here could afford that much either so I halved the price and set a suggested cost rather than a set cost. Meaning that I will consider best reasonable offers.
And if I cant sell the car... what is it worth? Nothing. I cant leave it on the street because it will get towed. I dont have a garage to store it in. All relatives live 1200 miles away and definitely dont want it. I definitely dont want to pay insurance and registration fees on this baby considering that I will stop driving it in February. (Probably 15th of February).... so aside from trying to get a 3000 trade in offer to a dealer who does not want it either... I felt it would be best in hands of a person who would appreciate it especially since 3-4K is a really sweet deal for people who can't afford to spend 8-10 grand worth of upgrades on their own celicas. If that was not so we would have thousands of people driving with swapped celis.

And of course I added a trade in eye for eye offer so that someone who definitely does not have money to get rid of his celi and purchase mine can just trade me his or hers. I think that's a darn good deal

This post has been edited by yarik83: Nov 21, 2009 - 6:19 PM

[Mstoochn]

can i get that serial number off the block

[cardshark525]

If my celi was not my DD I would offer you a straight up trade and call dibs on this lol.
Financial situation doesn't allow a trade or purchase at this point.

I think however that the tears and rips on our armrests would perfectly match up thought. I ended up just taking my top cover off and going with the low plastic. Like buying a new arm rest lol.


GL with the sale and let us know how that Evo is...

[yarik83]

can i get that serial number off the block

If its that blue and white thing there in the image.... I cant get to it to see numbers clearly and it does not say anything about serial number on invoice from xat racing

[njccmd2002]

i had breakfast waiting for the pics to load, lol, give it a nice vacuum, and clean, it woudl get more attention, too much dog hair,.

[presure2]

What kind of engine management?

[yarik83]

That would be spectre ems pro

[Mstoochn]

serial number is stamped on the block not the timing cover.
so the cars been painted 3 times? i asume thats a knock off vis kit as it doesn't line up very good, do you still have stock body panels?
any reason why the engine bay hasn't been very well taken care of? misshapen IC piping???

This post has been edited by Mstoochn: Nov 22, 2009 - 2:51 PM

[yarik83]

I have not painted the car at all.. but it has been painted by previous owner twice and rather poorly. When I bought it, that was not a red flag for me because who in their right mind even considers driving a brown celica? I was going to repaint it into red or blue.

In 11 years of me being in 6gc I have yet to meet a single person who does not have a knock off of a veilside kit. This kit was made by vis racing. There is not a single fiber glass kit out there that lines up perfectly. All have to be trimmed or otherwise modified to fit especially for coupes.

Engine came from japan as is.. I did not buy it nor had 800 to pick from. XAT racing has ordered one and being goofballs they hoisted up my car.. removed the cross member and did a really poor job bolting engine in. Story goes that it fell from the lift so they had to order another engine causing 1 month delay on the build. When my car was delivered to me it ran like a champ and it did everything I wanted it to do. I have not asked them to polish it or anything. I don't have time to work on the car so I have not had time to make it all sparkly and everything. I doubt it ever will.. its not a brand new crate motor.

Intercooler pipe was bent a couple of degrees off so when coupling was attached to the pipe even with clamps it took about a week to wiggle itself out of the coupling. New pipe was bent with that little issue in mind.

Are you asking me questions because you are interested or ....

[Mstoochn]

well I would part it out and rebuild the gen3 to sell, yes

[yarik83]

I am more of a computer geek than a car geek. Please navigate me to where I can read that serial block number. If it is somewhere where I can't get to then err. I guess that answers that question.