1999 Celica GT with VVT-I Inside, new video up 8/6/22 Options

[BonzaiCelica]

hey i was thinking, do you use the factory wiring for your fuel pump? if you do, does it still retain a resistor pack? if your running full power to the fuel pump it might explain why yours is noisy,

through the factory wiring your fuel pump should only see 11.something volts?

oh, those are some odd looking endlinks you got there, they look like dumb bells lol. do you have upgraded swaybars too? what would be next? reinforcing the thin little mounting tabs on your coilovers? lol

yea I used factory wiring for my fuel pump. I had to use factor connector. So I cut the oem one and crimped the two walbro wires onto the factory connector. I'm getting a 11.1 air/fuel ratio. I actually picked up an oem fuel pump from junkyard with 109,000 miles. Should be installing that thing very soon.

yea the endlinks are thick. I'd say better than any other end-link available on the market. scroll up to the top of the page and you'll see my front green sway bar. I have a rear suspension technique sway bar as well. haha naw they wouldn't be strong enough to rip them off!

oo slight update. So the mechanic across the street said that shifter cable ^^^^ will be just fine for a little while more. So I wrapped it with a few layers of electrical tape and then with gorilla duct tape, Adjusted my clutch pedal so it will fully disengage the clutch and Vuala! Now my shifts are as smooth as butter!

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jun 3, 2013 - 1:39 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

FROM this


to this:


At first I had hard time shifting in high revs and down shifting into 2nd and 4th. Then it was so bad I only had 1st, 3rd and 5th gear. HAd to push my car when in reverse (embarrassing). Then it got so bad that whenever I went into 5th gear it wouldn't want to come out. I was have to turn off the car and then move the shifter on the transmission in order to get it popped outta 5th gear. Now gears feel so precise and smooth.

Soon I'll be buying Dunlop Direzza DZ101 in 215/50R16. Still trying to get rid of my gt4 bumper and hood so I can fit the c-one replica bumper and oem hood. sale from hood and bumper will allow me to buy tires and have some monies left over for other things.

Sold walbro pump and stock oem pump is working just fine. ahh the silence, what a joy

and yea delusionz I'll be reinforcing the tabs on the control arm as soon as I break in my new summer tires. don't want this happening again :



This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jun 3, 2013 - 12:52 PM

[Rusty]

glad to see you've finally fixed that cable

[BonzaiCelica]

yup yup here it is :

also was shortening the fuel line from the fuel filter to the fuel rail and came out with this. Also buying that same line that goes from the fuel filter to the fuel rail from toyodiy is about $180 plus shipping. they are out of their minds. I should have no problems with this setup right?

Who the **** is this guy? And who made him jesus?

lol, now ill go home and put the noose in my neck

i STAND BY MY EARLIER statement. There are two types of fuel lines. One is used for Carburetor engines low pressure fuel obviously(usually costs $1.50 a foot) and the other Fuel Injection Hose is meant for Fuel Injection Systems like our celica's (runs for $4.50-5.50 a foot!!)

this is what happens to a regular fuel line after 4,000 miles and 4 months of driving :



This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Feb 25, 2013 - 4:30 PM

[delusionz]

I figured the fuel filter (bottom port) is M14x1.5 , the banjo bolt on the fuel rail is M12x1.25, I will have

M14x1.5 to AN-6 adaptor, braided hose, AN-6 fittings, inline AN-6 fuel filter & AN-6 banjo

check out earl's over there in the US if you keen to splash some cash

[BonzaiCelica]

thx to richee I was able to get a oem beams fuel line as well as to batman because He told me the st fuel bracket will work just fine. Although one thing. the fuel filter bracket for the st does not completely hold the celica gt fuel filter because it is smaller. You can see by the pics, it was quite a hassle to try and fit the bracket around the filter correctly. Also found out fuel line goes in between head and intake manifold

Before : Here is the Stock GT FUel filter bracket and location. On the st celica's the fuel hard line is all curved, but the gt is straight!



AFTER :







This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Nov 19, 2012 - 10:37 PM

[richee3]

I have the same issue. But it's definitely better than the setup I had before. Glad the fuel line is working for you!

[Batman722]

Crazy. I'm sorry the info I gave you wasn't 100%
Squeeze the shiz tighter or put something around the filter to hold it better.

I knew the ST bracket was further away from the frame rail than the GT.
I just looked it up and found out that the ST filter has a bigger diameter than the GT.
We put a new fuel filter in when we swapped the Beams in.

So I go out to the garage and pop the hood of my Beams and we're using a GT bracket and ST filter, (wtf ! I bet Stef told the parts guy at the dealer she needed a fuel filter for a 94 Celica and they just assumed ST - because her car is an ST) and the filter is wedged into the bracket and the bracket can't be bolted together. I can take a pic if you want, I have the opposite problem as you but mine isn't going anywhere.

Moral of the story, the GT bracket/filter does work if everything is routed properly with the correct hose, just use the filter to match the bracket, if not use the ST stuff.

[BonzaiCelica]

so this is still driving me up the wall only because I want to sell this final drive to a member in peru since he's raised his rev limit to 8,000 rpm and he's got super long gears, but this is what I've come up with.

The picture below is the car at 4,000 rpm at different speeds because of the different final drive gear ratios


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jan 4, 2013 - 1:56 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

update: So i fitted the mevotech rear end links, but the fitment it quite odd is it safe?? I feel like bending the tab/mounting point on the strut so the end link can be more parallel to the shock. here the pix explain it:






This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Feb 25, 2013 - 4:33 PM

[SwissFerdi]

Seems to me like the link is binding now.

[BonzaiCelica]

Seems to me like the link is binding now.

the picture above is with the tires off the ground. although it looks the same while the tires are on the ground.

it was almost near impossible to put on the right end link. should I remove them and return them? these are meant for our cars. what gives?

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jan 7, 2013 - 3:28 PM

[BonzaiCelica]

so it turns out i had a 71 ring count on the lsd transmission I got from my friend here in los angeles. So my guess is that all celica that came with beams open differential and McPherson suspension ss2 models came with 3.944 final drive. the 3.944 is only found in 3rd gen 3sge engines.

but yes you guys are right stock s54 4.176 final drive gear ratio is short i'll say.

[BonzaiCelica]

Moog rear End links. oh yes i took one left hander turn and wow i'd say it handles like a Type r. but i still have yet to really test them out. I slightly bent the mounting tabs outward with a 10 inch vice grip in order to make sure the end link sat as parallel to the shock as possible




i could of updated my exterior parts update back in december 2012 but hesistated cause i hated the fact that the shop didnt cover up the front bumper grills and painted my radiator, horn, and subframe silver. but anyhow you get the idea!!! yea i deleted the sunroof so what. the shop didnt do that well of a job aligning the bumper perfectly to the body. but its a replica of a replica c-one bumper so they did the best they could. i'll probably get it remoldled perfectly after summer.









This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Oct 16, 2013 - 9:30 PM

[czwalga]

Ugh, yeah wish I saw your fuel situation sooner, the lower pressure hose is definitely not ok for use on a fuel injection setup; unless its before the pump in an external pump setup, or after the regulator.

This post has been edited by czwalga: Jun 3, 2013 - 1:21 PM

[Ted95]

I like your modded c-one bumper, came it out really good! would look sweet with a big ol' intercooler in its mouth haha. cars looking good man!

[Box]

Was going to say it's been awhile since I checked in, but it seems that'd be your case as well. How are you going to get the sun in your hair now though?

[ILoveMySilly97]

So jealous of your car. I've always wanted to have a red top in my car but I don't have that street "luxury" of getting it smogged in Cali like you did. Lol.

[Box]

So jealous of your car. I've always wanted to have a red top in my car but I don't have that street "luxury" of getting it smogged in Cali like you did. Lol.

Move out to Alabama where car inspections, much less emissions, are nonexistent.

[Ted95]

So jealous of your car. I've always wanted to have a red top in my car but I don't have that street "luxury" of getting it smogged in Cali like you did. Lol.

Move out to Alabama where car inspections, much less emissions, are nonexistent.

Ya over in GreenBow where you can become a Shrimp Boat Captain

sorry i had too lol I hear Alabama and i think Forest Gump

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jun 4, 2013 - 6:23 AM