hurley97

#1

So me and Dustin (Batman722) decided to postpone the wedding another year and buy another 6th gen project instead...
That and the 99 Solara I've been using as a winter car is going to my sister in a few weeks so we needed to have one available to each of us as a 'winter beater'.
We have my green 97 ST turbo, Dustin's blue 95 GT ST205 swapped, his silver 95 ST

And let me introduce the new addition to our Celica family,
1994 Celica GT, 5spd, black interior, sunroof, Florida car without New England rust.
Very bad rod knock and a very bad radiator meant we had to have it towed home where it stayed until it was again towed to Manny, Jenn and Randi's garage.





We decided to swap in a Redtop 3S-GE Beams
We cleaned it up, timing belt, waterpump, tensioner, prepped to go in











^inside the intake manifold, taken through the throttle body







And as of tonight, it is in the car and running,











And Manny fabricated the whole exhaust, from the b-pipe all the way back. I do not have good pics of it, someone else will have to insert them.
We should be able to take some better pics tomorrow in the daylight. So far, very fun

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jul 1, 2010 - 4:49 PM

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97lestyousay

#2

Nice work as always, some amazing sh!t happening in that garage.

Looks like fun

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Rusty

#3

quickest swap ever!

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Batman722

#4

and more pics

Day 1
starting out in the garage





pull the beat down 5s and put it where it belongs



remove ABS, install non abs lines/master





paint engine bay black



better pic



day 2
get the beams in the bay


I spy a tan line

lightweight FW then OEM Beams disk, st185 pp, and s54 tob and a wicked cool SS braided clutch line





day 3

button things up and have Manny make an incredible exhaust.











and the exhaust - just unbelievable - I'm speechless every time I look at it.



end of day 3, drive home

once we cranked it over a few times to get some fuel in it, it started just fine. It idles a bit high right now (about 1100) so me and Stef will diagnose it tomorrow.

and driving impressions...it's quick and pulls great all the way to redline

more pics tomorrow in the daylight.

This post has been edited by Batman722: Oct 12, 2009 - 12:34 AM

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hurley97

#5

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QUOTE (Rusty @ Oct 12, 2009 - 1:26 AM)

>quickest swap ever!

haha...

Actually,
Motor arrived Aug 28th
After that we figured it was probably time to get serious about finding a car
Bought the car Sept 10th
Waited for parts from the UK... did some thing to the car in the meantime
Started the swap Fri afternoon Oct 9th
Drove it home Sun Oct 11th

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njccmd2002

#6

wow amazing, what kind of red is that, the one on the valve cover and intake, is that engine enamel or what?

Send me a custom exhaust like that, i need one, lol....

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JoKeRkId613

#7

it's powdercoated red from the factory...

808celica

#8

good stuff

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presure2

#9

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QUOTE (JoKeRkId613 @ Oct 12, 2009 - 1:54 AM)

>it's powdercoated red from the factory...

actually, i repainted the valve cover cover, and top of the intake manifold for them.

more pics of the header back exhaust i made for them.
Full 304 stainless, 2.5" from the header back, over axle.

first the inside of the 2 into 1 section of the factory header, after i cut off the small pipe and fit the 2.5"



adding the flex pipe



bpipe finished



center section



over axle and muffler



a few installed pics











what you see from the back

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turnip

#10

Awesome Thread. Exhaust looks great. Wish I had got the bpipe with mine.

Im curious how you cleaned the inside of the intake manifold so clean. Did you just take it off and let brake clean sit in there for a while? Do tell!! Thanks.

malpaso

#11

I always liked topics like this . Amazing work...

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njccmd2002

#12

im so amazed to that exhaust setup, just wow,

Yeah, i already knew it was painted cause dustin told me.

I want mine in.

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richee3

#13

Wow, that was some crazy progress... Manny, you do good exhaust fabrication! I might have to drive up there and pay you to do mine when I get ready to swap! Lol. Is the body going to stay like that since it's a winter beater or will you guys clean it up?

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Fate

#14

awesome.

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hurley97

#15

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QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 12, 2009 - 2:41 AM)

>wow amazing, what kind of red is that, the one on the valve cover and intake, is that engine enamel or what?

Send me a custom exhaust like that, i need one, lol....

Manny sprayed it the Toyota 3L2 red, I believe he used automotive paint from work.


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QUOTE (turnip @ Oct 12, 2009 - 7:01 AM)

>Awesome Thread. Exhaust looks great. Wish I had got the bpipe with mine.

Im curious how you cleaned the inside of the intake manifold so clean. Did you just take it off and let brake clean sit in there for a while? Do tell!! Thanks.

It came like that.


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QUOTE (richee3 @ Oct 12, 2009 - 12:20 PM)

>Wow, that was some crazy progress... Manny, you do good exhaust fabrication! I might have to drive up there and pay you to do mine when I get ready to swap! Lol. Is the body going to stay like that since it's a winter beater or will you guys clean it up?

Body will stay like that for this winter, probable do some body work and paint job next year.

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SwissFerdi

#16

My god...you people are godly.

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Rusty

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QUOTE (hurley97 @ Oct 12, 2009 - 6:36 PM)

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QUOTE (Rusty @ Oct 12, 2009 - 1:26 AM)

>quickest swap ever!

haha...

Actually,
Motor arrived Aug 28th
After that we figured it was probably time to get serious about finding a car
Bought the car Sept 10th
Waited for parts from the UK... did some thing to the car in the meantime
Started the swap Fri afternoon Oct 9th
Drove it home Sun Oct 11th

oh true, last thread I remembered was, you guys just buying the celica (I dont think I heard about the 3s swap though)

on another note
you've pretty much had all the celica motors: (7afe +T, 5sfe + T ,3sgte, now a 3sge beams)

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FunkySR

#18

awesome.

hurley97

#19

It was idling a little high the first day, as Dustin mentioned, but today it was perfectly fine. The ECU just needs a few days to relearn everything.

Just some nicer pics in the daylight...

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Batman722

#20

haha we never had a 5sfte

after driving for a day the idle is just fine, actually perfect.

today we changed the rear sway bar bushings, installed the rear strut bar, set the radio stations and drove that thing hard It feels like normal until about 3.5-4K rpms then it gets going and keeps going. It pulls right until 7200 and is quick.

next we're going to do suspension (endlinks, ball joints <-toasted, new struts, springs, tie rods) hopefully before winter, then next spring body work, paint, and wheels. The color we picked is gonna be incredible on a 6gen

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FunkySR

#21

that is so cool Stef. did u get my PM?

Rusty

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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Oct 13, 2009 - 1:05 PM)

>haha we never had a 5sfte

ah true, my fault was typing to quick.

love the engine bay though (how everything is black/dark and the bright red cover sticks out)

in your guys opinion, how does this compare to 5s-fe and the 7a-fe? since we never really got those motors over here (though there are a tiny amount of NZ new with the 5s)

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Outsider

#23

Congrats on a job well done.

With the idle, mine also idles at around 1100rpm when I first start it up. As the engine warms up, it drops back to around 800rpm.

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njccmd2002

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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Oct 12, 2009 - 7:05 PM)

>..., set the radio stations and drove that thing hard

that increases HP

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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Oct 12, 2009 - 7:05 PM)

>The color we picked is gonna be incredible on a 6gen

bet is going to be a metallic of some sort...

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96bluevert

#25

Who needs a wedding when you could swap a 3sge into another Celica?

Looks great guys! Can't wait to see what color you decided to paint it.

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BonzaiCelica

#26

wow awesome. speechless Great work

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Hanyo

#27

very impressive stuff.

Why are you still using the stock air box?

trdproven

#28

thats just a cover over the valve cover right as it appears? Can that fit a 5s valve cover?

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Rusty

#29

on another point what are you using for the guage BEAMS or a modified preBEAMS one?

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Batman722

#30

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QUOTE (Rusty @ Oct 12, 2009 - 9:15 PM)

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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Oct 13, 2009 - 1:05 PM)

>haha we never had a 5sfte

your guys opinion, how does this compare to 5s-fe and the 7a-fe? since we never really got those motors over here (though there are a tiny amount of NZ new with the 5s)

it's definatly faster and more responsive, much much faster in above 3-4k rpms

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QUOTE (Hanyo @ Oct 13, 2009 - 5:35 AM)

>very impressive stuff.

Why are you still using the stock air box?

thanks. The intake is kinda touchy with the AFM, too much air and it runs rich, too little air and it runs lean. We just went with a K&N drop in filter which is just fine for us, for now. The other option is to get a CAI or short ram for a 01 v6 camry with the AFM adapter, but it's very important that the pipe diameter is the same as stock or the rich/lean issue comes up.

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QUOTE (trdproven @ Oct 13, 2009 - 11:36 AM)

>thats just a cover over the valve cover right as it appears? Can that fit a 5s valve cover?

yes, it's just a valve cover cover. I haven't tried it on a 5s but I'd have to say I don't think it would fit.

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QUOTE (Rusty @ Oct 13, 2009 - 1:42 PM)

>on another point what are you using for the guage BEAMS or a modified preBEAMS one?

modded non beams tach. We didn't want to go with Beams white face gauges so we are using a Dakota digital tach adapter and the tach works just fine. I do see a little jump with the needle now and again but nothing serious.

njcc, I'll PM you a pic.

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