Alright, I finally gathered enough parts to call this a ''project''...
First of Im Charles,20, from Montreal, Canada. Im currently in my second out of 8 years of mechanical/robotic automate engineering program in college/university. I curently work as a junior hydraulic engineer in a local hydraulic parts machine shop. Before the GT-Four I owned a U12 Bluebird sss, but it was beaten up by rust and destroyed bushings so I sold it... I thought alot about what my next car would be, and I just always wanted a ST185 , from video game and classic rally on the tv... So I bought one. The car is a 1991 Toyota Celica Gt-Four A, it's my daily and only car. Jdm model fully loaded aside from the sunroof (which is good in my case because I wouldn't clear the roof otherwise). Its been a year now and I just spent some little to no time upgrading it. And with the budget I had I didn't wanted to go all out then find out im broke after the project, so I went the craigslist/kijiji way haha
Some picture of the car:
After his first ride:
First winter :
And presently :
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So here's the thing I did so far to the car (I won't count maintenance parts, too much to put in :lol: )
- C-One coilovers
- complete 3'' turbo back exhaust
- HDI electronic boost controller
- FCD
- Running 14psi on the stock 132K miles CT26 :|
So as you can see I mostly spent my time maintaining the car, reason is I want a good platform to start with.
So to start with I decided to go with a complete head refresh, stem ,spring, retainer.
-Cometic metal head gasket
So here's the parts that will be going on the car:
-Big front mount Intercooler by Yonaka:
-Refurbished an tig welded throttle body
-Steel, tubular manifold (notice the flange)
-IHI VF23 turbo from a 22b STI .
-And somewhere in there I have a spare fuel rail with 550cc injectors.
That covers pretty much the engine
Now handling wise;
Like I said I already have the coilovers covered
-Xiimotorsport Read diff kit
-Complete rear bushing kit (except the 4 spherical ones)
-Complete rear OEM bolt and nuts
So that will be pretty much it for this summer this is going to be a pretty weird setup but it will definitely be different
First of Im Charles,20, from Montreal, Canada. Im currently in my second out of 8 years of mechanical/robotic automate engineering program in college/university. I curently work as a junior hydraulic engineer in a local hydraulic parts machine shop. Before the GT-Four I owned a U12 Bluebird sss, but it was beaten up by rust and destroyed bushings so I sold it... I thought alot about what my next car would be, and I just always wanted a ST185 , from video game and classic rally on the tv... So I bought one. The car is a 1991 Toyota Celica Gt-Four A, it's my daily and only car. Jdm model fully loaded aside from the sunroof (which is good in my case because I wouldn't clear the roof otherwise). Its been a year now and I just spent some little to no time upgrading it. And with the budget I had I didn't wanted to go all out then find out im broke after the project, so I went the craigslist/kijiji way haha
Some picture of the car:
After his first ride:
First winter :
And presently :
______________________________________________________________________
So here's the thing I did so far to the car (I won't count maintenance parts, too much to put in :lol: )
- C-One coilovers
- complete 3'' turbo back exhaust
- HDI electronic boost controller
- FCD
- Running 14psi on the stock 132K miles CT26 :|
So as you can see I mostly spent my time maintaining the car, reason is I want a good platform to start with.
So to start with I decided to go with a complete head refresh, stem ,spring, retainer.
-Cometic metal head gasket
So here's the parts that will be going on the car:
-Big front mount Intercooler by Yonaka:
-Refurbished an tig welded throttle body
-Steel, tubular manifold (notice the flange)
-IHI VF23 turbo from a 22b STI .
-And somewhere in there I have a spare fuel rail with 550cc injectors.
That covers pretty much the engine
Now handling wise;
Like I said I already have the coilovers covered
-Xiimotorsport Read diff kit
-Complete rear bushing kit (except the 4 spherical ones)
-Complete rear OEM bolt and nuts
So that will be pretty much it for this summer this is going to be a pretty weird setup but it will definitely be different