good job joe, can't wait til' it's finished!

thanks rico....me too....well the motor is 60% bolted in, i ran out of daylight and it looks like its gonna rain here tonight and into tomorrow...sucks caus i want this thing completely bolted in so i can start with the harness and wireing everything up. i need to source an axle carrier bracket and intake manifold studs/nuts, then the bay will be somewhat complete minues the intercooler, pipeing and all that....im now on the 2 week count down

congrats man, that bay is gonna look great with that motor

awesome work! im loving the Top Secret Gold valve cover. its gonna look sick in that new engine bay!


keep em' coming

thanks guys...well the motor is 100% bolted in...i fought with my rear trans mount for a good 3 hours...but once it fell into place damn was i happy...then the front one gave me some trouble but i eventually got it..now the 3s is exactly where it belongs...sleeping till i juice some 103 octane through her veins and force feed her with 14 pounds of boost(for now )...radiator is back in, i put my heat sheild on..just dumb stuff to get her ready for the harness...which im still waint on, as well as the axle carrier bracket and studs for the intake mani...other then that shes bolted up and ready to go...16 more days..helllllll yeaa..pics as always wil be up tomorrow

This post has been edited by 95st-celica: Apr 13, 2009 - 9:39 PM

Looks great so far cant wait to see it when its done

alright..well the motor is in...TVIS and intake manifold is on..i finially found the bolts that i needed for it at NAPA...Thank God.and while i was there i ordered a set of NGK6097's..they are a step colder then stock...then i went to pepboys and picked up 2 3"-2 1/2" couplers for the intercooler and a can of paint stripper...the wireng harness should be in this up comming weekend and i should be able to fire it up..i still need an axle carrier bracket for the passenger side axle...still dont know what im gonna do about that yet but i have a week to find one...i stripped my driver side fender today and that is going to get resprayed....when i got into the fender bender, the first time i sprayed it i didnt put hardner in the paint and it turned out like complete crap...so instead of putting it back on the car and having it look like **** im gonna respray it to match the car....other then that, nothing much has changed, i put the driver side axle in (Thicker axle then stock which is really nice, Carquest has some good stuff )....and i mocked up my intercooler and all my pipeing...i still have to figure out how im gonna mount the intercooler but i have this week to work on that...pictures are included as always...i THINK this is how i am going to route everything. i have a super small space between my heatsheild, my downpipe, and my fans(i dont know if its an st thing) but theres almost no room to fit my intercooler pipe....plus if i flip the "U" bend it wont be laying over top the downpipe and valve cover so it might stay a little cooler....i dont know...but the pictures are nothing finial, pipes still need to be cut, adjusted, mounted, so on and so forth..but heres the idea




The u bend is not right at all its just on there...but thats the way im thinking of putting it

Thats not going to work..

The fmic is hanging too low. You'll have to hack your bumper if you WANT it like that. The cold piping won't work like that and you'll see when you have the alternator and all the belts back in.. Why put the hot piping like that? Do you intend to make a straight intake set-up?

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yea...didnt think about the altenator and what not...but i'll figure something out..i gotta get the rest of the motor complete before i worry about intercooler pipeing...thanks for the heads up though...i dont want it to look butchered...i want it clean, short, and to stay as cool as possiable...i know theres like only 3 way to route it on our cars but...we'll see

Just do what a lot of people do. Route the hot piping u-bend over to the passenger side and cold piping over the intake.. Or to keep it even cleaner clock the ct but I won't know how you are going to mount the actuator.

You got a lot done!
Get the piping figured out and mount that IC this week. Then I can just bring the harness over, flip/extend it, and fire the car up (or the car catches fire, one of the two).

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dont you wish it was that easy...haha..anyway...i made some progress this last week or so...my driver side fender needed repainting, so thats stripped and ready, i put in the ecu, a driver side axle, my 3 post wheel, guage cluster, and finially starting to put the wireing harness in with A LOT of help from the man himself. harness looked awesome, thanks again art. so hopefully be the end of this week i can have this thing fully wrapped up,, front mount and pipeing in and almost ready to hit the raod by next weekend..one thing with this is nothing is ever garenteed..lol

this week comming up i'll have more parts commin in to post up


Fender



harness



wireing is a blast



and just chillin


art has no pictures of his car so..i have to do all the work...hes a little too modest but the whip is badass



and before the tint



this week is pound into it and dont stop untill its done week...so more updates to come

This post has been edited by 95st-celica: Apr 27, 2009 - 1:13 AM

everyday im wiring, everyday im wiring, everyday, everyday, everyday im wiring

Looks great, how much u get the leather seats for?

Looking good, i'm hoping to get a 3s by fall and take my time with it like you did, making sure everything is done correct.

Btw carquest does sell decent parts, plus they warranty everything i think.

looks awesome

lookin good so far joe, get art to help ya with the IC piping and you'll be good to go!

well...my knuckles are full of blood, im mentally and physically exhausted, and i smell like $hit...BUT i did get some more stuff done...after a year and a month i FINALLY got my license back...but i really dont want to drive anything except this damn car...so i got the rest of the harness wrapped up with electrical tape, then coverd with plastic tubeing, and wraped with electrical tape again, then put a few more odds and ends on and this is what i got







well...i still need 2 more pieces for the axle carrier bracket, an exhaust, registration, inspection, insurance, put the whole front end back on, paint the driver side fender, and give it a good wash and wax...i am PLANING on having it ready for saterday/sunday night...but we'll have to see

no wayy thats loads of work! Keep up the work its looking great!!

ahh man you dirty the engine bay again! but anyway good work man! i like the way its turnin out. just wait till u drive the thing....

allright...let me just say this first ((( i have never driven a boosted celica..or a swap for that matter...today art (lagos) came up, gave me a hand, and we got my car running! anyway..he was about to leave and i said dude..get in im going around the block...i have driven 1.8t's my buddys s2k with all kinds of work done, and a bunch of small blocks and big blocks, i took it around the block and finally boosted for my first time in a REAL car...holy ****ing ****! the power that his car..or any 3s has for that matter is just incrediable...my first impression of actually getting to drive one of these things is f-in awesome...i drove it for a good mile, just around the block and back..i got to puch it from 1st into 2nd but that was enough for me to realize that the car is no bitch by any means. it pulls like a mother ****er, and the feeling is just awesome...it really did suprise the hell out of me...so thats just more motovation to get my damn car running right now!!)))

anyway...back on topic...my car finially runs, started it up, everything sounds good, except for the fact i have a few odds and ends still to look after and the usual vac. leaks all over the place..no exhaust..and the ****ty ass top mount...but that will come in time...i wish it would stay light outside for more then 12 hours out of the day..the only reall problem with the wireing that we came across was the speedo is not reading....not that i took it out driving yet but we could see just from turning the key on and off that the needle was jumping...and art informed me that his car did the same **** till he fixed it...so im not to worried about it...it runs, it sounds good for now, and it didnt catch fire!..hopefully i can tighten everything up and take a few videos of getting on it in the next week or so..just to give everyone an idea on how it runs and what not...for anyone planning on doing a swap, or in the process of doing a swap...be ****ing excited....be very excited...caus these things have balls...im just impatient and want it on the road now..but like i said before theres still a lot to be done...anyway...heres the start up video...thanks to everyone whos been following the thread..and this is only the BEGINING of whats to come...enjoy



This post has been edited by 95st-celica: Apr 30, 2009 - 7:46 PM

Glad you enjoyed driving my car Joe. Its always great to hear what someone thinks of a 3sgte celica the first time they drive it.
3sgte + celica = a lot of fun.

awesome!!!

Congrats that first moment is always the best moment!!!

thanks shannon....yea it is...its such a great feeling to know all that hard work is fiinially starting to pay off...i hope i can have it on the road this upcomming week to go out and enjoy it now

Sounds like a beast!

doesnt sound bad...hopefully next month my pics will start working again??? im past the allowed bandwith or some ****? i dunno..heres a better video with the front mount and pipeing all in...still have to mount the front mount but you get the idea

it actually idles on its own now!
ill bring my timing light, it looks like it needs to be adjusted.

bandwidth exceeded, what the eff does that mean i cant see your pics!!

there working again!!! so art came up today...got some more $hit done...i put my fender on...still needs paint though...hopefully i can do that either tomorrow or next week sometime, we got the axle carrier bracket on, axle is in..then we pulled all 4 wheels off and bled the whole brake system as well as the clutch, set the timeing, and tested out the clutch in the back yard, it engages and the car moves forward and backward... i ran into a problem with the car overheating...like bad...we sat there for a good 10 mintues just staring at the engine...i thought for sure it was a water pump..i was like WTF! man the last thing i feel like doing is a f-in water pump..but we added more water, let it cool down, kicked the heat on, and it sucked up another good half gallon of water/coolant and that fixed the problem...the system just has to be burped..i still dont think it's 100% full yet but i'll keep my eye on it and add what i have to... so this is the list as of now:

paint fender
mount front mount
cut off old exhaust
fill trans with oil

and get a new exhaust - eventually

but its running good, temperture is where it should be, and it sounds like a damn healthy motor...so i am defentially happy with it...now its just a matter of getting everything else in order so i can hit the raod