I was also thinking about an mr2 turbo or even an alltrac, but its out of my price range for a decent one.

I know you are complaining you want a faster car,but honestly stock Celicas are some of the BEST HANDLING cars out there. There's tons of stuff you can do to them and custom stuff is even more fun. My bro's 97 now has 176k miles and goin strong. My other bro's 94 has 178k and doin the same....My cousin's 92 has 181k...same.

My gf and I just got new cars...I got a 00 GT-S 6-Speed with 48k miles on it and she got a 01 GT with 60k on it...I bought more Toyotas cuz I know they LAST man...My GT-S is MAD fast but,the handling in all honesty is NOT as good as the 6th gen. And when it comes down to it...Handling could win a race.

there, now there's a picture, now it's actually happening. lol. Only 6 things left to be done:
1. Disconnect power steering pump
2. Remove Drive axles
3. Remove center crossmember
4. Remove the side motor mounts
5. remove the hood
6. remove the engine!

the picture is from before I started working today. I believe I can have the engine out tomorrow in between the time i get off work at 2 PM, and the time i have to go to school at 6 PM. I think I'll probably have it out in under 2 hours actually. but we'll see. this whole process has been pretty easy so far. only one 2 stubborn hoses. one for the heater core, and the other was the fuel return line. updates to come.

keep the updates coming!

well, got the engine out yesterday! it wasn't hard at all, but I can say that putting it back in is NOT going to be fun!!!



And I just had to do this one, lol:




right now, I'm reasearching my options for rebuilding it. I might just rebuild it with forged pistons and rods, a 98+ oil pump, and a metal headgasket. Then I'll put my t3/t4 turbo in with a 5 PSI wastegate, wait til it's broken in, then crank up the boost and see what the 5sfe can do!

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Dr Tweak Style!!!!!

As you rebuild you need to put pictures, so we can see the naked 5SFE

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You pervert!!!

theres my spec stage 2 clutch and fidanza flywheel! lol. Today I seperated the engine and transmission, unplugged the wiring harness, took off the distributor cap and spark plug wires, and took off the alternator. I was trying to remove the valve cover, but one of the giant nuts holding it on rounded off and now I have to clue how to get it off!

I'm too lazy to load pictures right now, but I got my engine all taken apart. I took the head off, and popped one of the pistons out so I could try to figure out why my engine blew. First, there was hella metal flakes on the cylinder walls and in the crankcase. And when I pulled the piston out, there was a ton of small gouges in it, which would've allowed air to flow right past the piston rings... so, there's my problem. I'm not sure where the metal came from, but that's what F'ed up my engine.

here's the pics from yesterday:

engine on engine stand:


intake manifold and wiring harness:


and I just couldn't help but test fit the garrett T3/T4! it looks as though it won't hit anything anymore, so that's good. I can definately say I'll need to relocate my oil cooler. And I really don't see the raditator fan fitting at all with it there. I might be able to clock it a little more, but still...



and here's the engine at basically the bare block with all the pieces scattered around it:

mm yummy

i think the galges and all were from pinging maybe?

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it's more likely that it was from the metal flakes floating around inside my engine. but where they came from, I don't know.

ARGH!!! so, I was finishing up pulling everything off the engine, in fact, the only things still on it were the oil pump and flywheel. I wanted to know if I should remove the oil pump, so I decided to call the place i was getting my engine from and I got a different guy than I did last time. He told me that they had 2 different engines for my car... the first was a 3sfe, which he assured me was just as good as the 5sfe... then he told me about the 5sfe, and said it's "used, with under 50,000 miles. comes with a 6 month warranty, and it's been checked for oil pressure and compression" so I was like, "Oh, so, it's not rebuilt?" no "it's used?" yep "same for the transmission?" yep "you guys don't do rebuilt engines?" nope "ok, thanks, bye."

crap! Here I was thinking I was getting an outstanding deal on a rebuilt engine (I didn't tell him that I worked for america's tire this time, and he still quoted me the same price... so much for a discount...) when it's actually used... and by the sound of it, probably JDM motors. *sigh* I don't really want a used motor for that much money...

Does anybody have anything good or bad to say about rebuild kits found on ebay like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-01-2-2L-...sspagenameZWD1V I'll need oversized pistons for sure. and I'll probably order a toyota OEM gasket kit. I know toyota OEM is the way to go, though I've never had any problems with any aftermarket stock-replacment parts. but the price on all that from toyota is gonna be well over $1000.

I looked for 98+ engines using Car-part.com and couldn't find anything less than $800 I'd rather get the JDM motor for that price... I'm just not sure what to do...

Roflmao!!! That pic with you standing in the engine bay. lol

why dont you just buy a rebuilt engine, they have a couple on ebay. though they are not cheap. I think they have the long blocks...

so, I found a solution to it all. I found a way to legally get a 3sgte in california... well, this teaser should explain it all:



I'll post pics of it tomorrow (it's an ST165, not 185 before anyone asks)

You son of a gun. I knew it. Let us know how it drives.

so no more celi rebuild, or this is going to be a swap!

nope, no swap it's a running, moving, AWD ST165! I'll get some pics today for you guys. It's not that fast, but it will be one day. Just for ****s and giggles, I revved the engine to about 6K and dumped the clutch, just to see how it would feel, and OMG... it doesn't even chirp the tires, it just GOES!!! it kinda bogs right after because it isn't making much power, but then th turbo starts spooling and you start moving again. Last night was just testing it out and whatnot, I'm gonna be careful with it now until it's fixed. It has a check engine light which the guy said was for the intercooler's water pump, so I should look into that before I boost it too much, I just couldn't help it last night

pics:

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=58618

haaahahah check what pic imma post in that thread

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My friend had a legacy gt and now has a legacy spec B. You cant launch an AWD car by dropping the clutch, we found this out the hard way. You need to slip it. If you do it right, there is no bog and the thing just zooms!

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Truth. You CAN dump an AWD clutch, but you'll regret it once you see the bill for a transmission.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: May 20, 2008 - 4:24 PM

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I haven't done it since then. I'm trying to get the car running good and everything before I try pushing it too hard. it has vacuum leaks everywhere that make it not even idle on it's own when the engine is cold so I just went out and bought a bunch of vacuum hose and I'm gonna replace every vacuum hose on the car! fun! I just have to find a vacuum hose routing diagram... cause the sticker on my hood says the car has a 3SFE engine