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 Oct 12, 2012 - 12:10 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 12, '12 From Inland Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Hello everyone, I'm new here. I wanted to share a project that I plan on doing. I know many of you will find it impractical and a waste of money to convert a FWD to a RWD, but I want to do something that is rarely done because I think that's the beauty in doing a project like this. I wanted a modern looking Toyota in the first place that fits the category of light weight, hardtop coupe. I just bought a 1997 Celica ST coupe. So here's what made me decide to do this project on this particular car that will be strictly for track use.
1) It's a coupe. RWD in a coupe body just seems right! And the extra structural integrity and lightness of it is a plus. 2) It has a drive shaft tunnel from the GT-Four, so with little modifications to the rear floor pan, this can be done. 3) It's the most recent generation of Celicas that has the coupe body style that doesn't have pop-up headlights. Nothing against pop-up headlights, but for my application I want to make the car as simple as possible. 4) Sleek body and long hood. Styling cues from the Supra and Lexus SC/Soarer, both of which are RWD. So a few engines I had in mind are the 4AGE, 22R, and 3SGE. I was leaning towards the BEAMS 3SGE blacktop because it powered the RS200 in a longitudinal setup. And it's such a beast of an engine. Any thoughts, comments, suggestions welcome. Keep it friendly please 
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Oct 12, 2012 - 12:21 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Aug 23, '11 From kenton ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Can't say I'm all for this but I could be a cool car when your done
Sounds like you got a rough idea of what you wanna do Good luck -------------------- 95 gt coupe, v6 swap weekend toy
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Oct 12, 2012 - 1:08 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 23, '08 From Muskego,Wi Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
sounds fun, but making a fwd car into rwd just kinda messes with the whole suspension geometry
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Oct 12, 2012 - 1:18 PM
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Since you know that 6gc as a whole isn't find of RWD conversions, I'll skip the "read the stickies!" comments and skip straight to the good stuff.
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=82785 He is swapping a 1UZ into a Celica and using a mkIII Supra rear subframe. If you go through with this, be sure to post as many pictures as possible! -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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Oct 13, 2012 - 10:34 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 10, '10 From MA Currently Offline Reputation: 37 (100%) |
I thought the coupe was a lot different in terms of the rear seat and floor setup? No to shun your idea, but I don't know how well this will work with the coupe, but I can't wait to see the progress!
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Oct 14, 2012 - 6:18 AM
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Oct 14, 2012 - 9:56 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 10, '08 From Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I'm doing the same thing to the most recent body style celica. Then again, I'm going with a compact, powerful engine and swapping in a complete rear end so I don't have to work with geometry that wasn't meant to handle rwd in the first place.
Good luck with your project! Can't wait to see some photos! -------------------- - 1994 ST205 GT-Four WRC
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Oct 14, 2012 - 7:23 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 12, '12 From Inland Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Oct 13, 2012 - 10:34 PM)  I thought the coupe was a lot different in terms of the rear seat and floor setup? No to shun your idea, but I don't know how well this will work with the coupe, but I can't wait to see the progress! I am aware of that, and I did mention it above Thanks for all of your support guys, the pieces are coming together slowly but surely. |
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