I got another celica!, I'm back Options

[6strngs]

Hi all, I'm not sure who is still here from when I had my other 6gc, but I just picked up another 95 yesterday, which makes this my 4th celica, and my 3rd white celica Here's a couple refresher pics of my old 6th gen, maybe someone will remember those better than my description of it:
First it was stock:

Then it got turbo'ed


Then the engine blew up

Then it got a used engine and a paint job, shortly before selling it


Now the new car:







It's got 175K miles on it, but only about 60K on the engine. I bought it from the second owner who has had it since 1999, making me the 3rd owner of this garage kept and well maintainted celica. I counted only one small ding in the whole car! My plans as of right now is just to make it even more aesthetically pleasing, it's going to be my daily driver so I don't think I'll do anything too crazy, but perhaps a beams swap down the road... So what do you guys think

[richee3]

I remember the old one quite well. The new one looks like a very clean example of a 6th gen!

This post has been edited by richee3: Oct 15, 2012 - 8:43 PM

[azian_advanced]

welcome to the "i'm-now-on-my-4th-celica" club.

[RabidTRD]

Wow! Looks just like mine when I first bought it! Except yours is a lot cleaner lol. I hate our winters

Pin striping is the same too! I love how the black stripes look on the white car. Emphasizes the body curves!

[Smaay]

welcome to the "i'm-now-on-my-4th-celica" club.

how about im on my 6th celica club...or I own 6 Celicas club?

[kurt95gt]

welcome to the "i'm-now-on-my-4th-celica" club.

how about im on my 6th celica club...or I own 6 Celicas club?

Are we only counting 6th gens? If so I've had 3 but if were talking celicas of any gen I've had 4-5 depending if you count my old parts car lol

[6strngs]

Well, the previous owner told me the car had a slight oil leak and after looking around for a bit I found it had a leak from the distributor. As can be seen here:


So I got a new O-ring at Napa for $1.40. Here's a pic of the old, it's hard to see but the O-ring looked a little swollen and didn't fit well anymore:


And the new O-ring installed:


So with a total of $1.40, and 15 minutes labor I've fixed one of the very few issues this car has. Since I had to set timing afterwards, I went ahead and set it to 14 degrees BTDC for a little more low rpm power If only all fixes on cars could be this easy...

[CelicaZR]

Welcome back
I do remember your old 6GC
What made you come back to 6GC?

[Edser]

I love that classic look. It's so classic! Does that make sense? Nice.

[6strngs]

Welcome back
I do remember your old 6GC
What made you come back to 6GC?

I'm going back to school so I'm selling my WRX and needed something cheaper, cheaper on insurance, better on gas, yet still a good looking car that I could pick up a date in Plus I've missed mine ever since I sold it. I plan on keeping this one a long time

So the car had a JVC stereo in it when I got it, but it only had a front auxiliary port, I much prefer the kenwood that was in my WRX (which I think I actually originally had installed in my green 6gc, lol) because it has a USB port in the back so you can control the ipod through the unit and it charges your ipod while you drive. Also note the JDM air freshener, lol


Ipod mounted in the glove box:


Next the rear-view mirror of this car was broken and just flopped around so I went to the pick and pull yesterday but didn't find any mirrors off a 6th gen, so I grabbed one from a 5th gen which works, but looks slightly different. I kind of prefer the 6th gen one so I'll have to keep an eye out for one. Also, didn't notice that the one from the 5th gen was blue until I took these pictures, it looks much more grey in person/




Lastly, I installed some NGK plug wires. I'll probably pick up all the fluids, filters, spark plugs, and distributor cap and rotor at work tomorrow to finish the tune-up.


This post has been edited by 6strngs: Oct 19, 2012 - 8:02 PM

[6strngs]

Got almost all the rest of the tune-up parts today. NGK iridium plugs, new distributor rotor, Redline 75w90 for the transmission, mobil 1 5w30 for the engine, I actually had 1 leftover toyota OEM oil filter from my green 6gc (not pictured), new PCV valve, and a new fuel filter. I didn't get a distributor cap because the only we had in stock at my work was the "economy" version which was weird red color. I'd rather order the regular version and have it be nice and black, haha. I'm not sure when I'll have time to install all this because I'm getting my miata ready for the last 2 drift events of the season, this wednesday and next. I could share some pics of sexy miata parts if anybody is interested though

[kurt95gt]

Drifting miata ftw!!!
Love those cars let's see some pics

[6strngs]

Drifting miata ftw!!!
Love those cars let's see some pics

Well, if you insist... These are from a couple weeks ago, hopefully I'll remember to bring my camera this wednesday. I'll have to get some install pics with my new parts I'm getting tomorrow too

[kurt95gt]

Love it!!

[SwissFerdi]

Nice! NA6 or 8?

[richee3]

What's under the hood?

[6strngs]

Nice! NA6 or 8?

NA6; which also answers this question

What's under the hood?

It's the stock 1.6 motor, just has a homemade intake, an ebay catback exhaust, and timing advanced a few degrees. Then it's got Megan racing coilovers, an rx7 clutch type rear diff, bigger brakes off an NA8, and the BBS wheels. After this next round of parts I'm installing it's time to start buying pieces for a homemade turbo kit, it's pretty hard to drift with ~100hp, but not impossible

[kurt95gt]

Build thread in offtopic?

[nics]

Good find! Did you go to the BBQ in treasure island around Jan 2011?

[83841]

Drifting miata ftw!!!
Love those cars let's see some pics

Well, if you insist... These are from a couple weeks ago, hopefully I'll remember to bring my camera this wednesday. I'll have to get some install pics with my new parts I'm getting tomorrow too

Just curious what event is this?