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hurley97

#61

And on another update note,

I installed the hood struts last weekend the day after the TRD strut bar pictured.
Need to get a good updated shot of the engine bay.

Brought the car to work today to fix a few things with the car.
Both lower ball joints were blown out and really noisy, put new ones in
Both front tie rod ends had some play, installed new ones today
Driver side axle was clicking, put another one in
Right rear adjustment arm bushings were blown, installed another arm
and alignment

all those things made a big difference and make me feel so much better about the car now. I feel like we are making some progress now.

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06

BonzaiCelica

#62

hell yea drool over the engine bay pics!!

I love the fact how you guys repainted the intake manifold and valve cover. Oo and white powder coated rims. white on red reminds me of the 5th gen, sort of like rally style. so which one is faster the beams or your green celica?!

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hurley97

#63

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06

lagos

#64

Love it!

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SwissFerdi

#65

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.

How hard was it to sand the wheels? Any machine tools used?

'97 ST\ Eibach \ KYB \ Kenwood \ Alpine \ Cusco \ OEM+[sold 10/18]'93 MX-5LE

hurley97

#66

Yeah I just used a little hand held electric sander at the end, that just made it a little easier but wasn't really necessary.
Mostly a file, aluminum putty, and a lot of sand paper.

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06

SwissFerdi

#67

Haven't heard of putty ever being used, but I guess you need to if the rash is really deep. Mine might be just as bad as yours on a wheel or two.

'97 ST\ Eibach \ KYB \ Kenwood \ Alpine \ Cusco \ OEM+[sold 10/18]'93 MX-5LE

hurley97

#68

Yeah I found it a long time ago at the Japanese marketplace in Jersey and bought it cause I thought I could use it one day.

I used them on my wheels that are on the green car before we painted them. I had a lot left so I used it on these. Its very nice stuff, it gets very hard yet says very sandable and easy to work with.

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06

SwissFerdi

#69

Did you use it on all of them or just the worst one? The worst one looks like something just chewed on it when the tire was off.

'97 ST\ Eibach \ KYB \ Kenwood \ Alpine \ Cusco \ OEM+[sold 10/18]'93 MX-5LE

Rusty

#70

wow din't know the trd strutbrace fits with the BEAMS engines, or was that just the 3sgte?

how are you painting the rims might I ask? powdercoating?

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Batman722

#71

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QUOTE (Rusty @ Jan 12, 2010 - 12:34 AM)

>wow din't know the trd strutbrace fits with the BEAMS engines, or was that just the 3sgte?

how are you painting the rims might I ask? powdercoating?

it fits the with the Beams just perfectly

and looks good too.

yes, we are having the wheels powdercoated white. We dropped off 2 last night to get done, I can't wait to see how they come out.

my st205 swapandour Beams swap

celicaboston1983

#72

nice work how much the whole project run?

hurley97

#73

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QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Jan 11, 2010 - 10:53 PM)

>Did you use it on all of them or just the worst one? The worst one looks like something just chewed on it when the tire was off.

Those close up pictures in the last post on the previous page are all of that one really bad wheel. I used the putty on two of them, a little on another one and mostly on that bad one.

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QUOTE (celicaboston1983 @ Jan 12, 2010 - 10:51 AM)

>nice work how much the whole project run?

Well we aren't done yet, the car still needs bodywork and paint. The motor swap itself was not bad at all, its all the other little details that start adding up quick.
I think my green car, as a whole, has cost me around $12-15k in upgrades over the years. I'm not sure about Dustin's blue car but I'm sure its pretty close to that and I'm sure when this car is all said and done it won't be too far under the other two.

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jan 14, 2010 - 8:44 PM

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samir0189

#74

that aluminum putty looks fun...

◊◊◊My F/S Thread!◊◊◊QUOTE(14:19:21) Daniel: That was a JDM hole in the side of the box too. There was so much JDM trapped inside that box that they couldn't contain it, so they had to put a JDM hole in the box to let the JDM out.QUOTEFerdi says (11:29)No, it looks like a hooker put her acid vag on your hood. Acid vag = bigger problem than a few dings.

BonzaiCelica

#75

hmm how come you guys just didnt swap it into the green celica?

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97celiman

#76

can you maybe write down the steps you guys took to fix the wheels, as far as sanding and filing go? I've been wanting to repair my gt-s wheels for awhile now.

SwissFerdi

#77

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QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Jan 15, 2010 - 2:55 AM)

>hmm how come you guys just didnt swap it into the green celica?

$10,000+ invested into the turbo setup, as far as I know. It'd be dumb to sell that.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jan 16, 2010 - 2:59 PM

'97 ST\ Eibach \ KYB \ Kenwood \ Alpine \ Cusco \ OEM+[sold 10/18]'93 MX-5LE

hurley97

#78

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QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Jan 15, 2010 - 2:55 AM)

>hmm how come you guys just didnt swap it into the green celica?

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QUOTE (hurley97 @ Oct 12, 2009 - 12:13 AM)

>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'...

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06

hurley97

#79

Manny welded in a new resonator today. The beams was way too loud, we actually got pulled over a few days ago because of it.
So I bought a Vibrant Performance Ultra Quiet Resonator. It's much better now, I'm happy with the results.

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06

Rusty

#80

what dp you think it was about? before and after?

any update on the white 7gc rims?

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Smaay

#81

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QUOTE (presure2 @ Nov 29, 2009 - 6:52 AM)

>last night, i finally got to drive dustin and steffs beams powered celica for the first time.

i figured i'd try and do i quick write up of my impressions of it, to try and give the guys (and gals!) that dont know what to expect, or are trying to decide if the beams is for them an idea what it feels like.

first off, the car is VERY behaved around town, in low throttle, low load situations. it feels pretty much like a 5s if you keep the revs low, under 4k. it drives just like stock, and since they used a stock clutch, the driveability of it is just like a stock car. fantastic.
once you start to get higher up in RPM range, the motor REALLY comes to life, and where the 3sge shines, IMO. it just loves revs. the longer you stay in gear, the faster it gets, right up to the 7250 redline.
once you hear that motor sing @ 7k RPM, you just wanna keep downshifting.
with a 5s, you tend to want to shift a little early, to stay in the meat of the powerband. the 7a, even more so. the 3sge is the exact opposite, it just begs to be reved up to redline.
when you mash the throttle down, the intake note comes up, and that motor just sounds amazing as it rips up the RPM band, screaming its way to redline.
i found myself downshifting into 3rd on the highway, and doing redline pulls just to hear the motor sing.
the car feels strong, and pulls well.
if your looking for brute power, or neck snapping torque, then you want a 3sgTe, because thats not what this motor does.
power delievery is VERY linear, but still to me seemed to have a nice jump in power from ~5000rpm to redline.
IMO this motor would be absolutly awesome for autocross. the higher redline of the 3sge makes the short gearing of the tranny alot more useable, and the LSD works fantasticly.
i love the way it allows power delievery from mid corner to exit, where the car normally wants to just push out the LSD really helps pull the car out of the corner straight.

overall, if you like a high reving, performance based n/a motor, that can act like a 5s, and be great around town and daily driving, you'll love the beams 3sge.

this is exactly what driving a 7th gen is like. its a wonderful thing having VVT tuning the cams to provide power through the RPM range. I just love looking at 7th gen dynos and seeing the HP curve continue to rise all the way to redline. now that more and more toyota engines are coming with dual VVT the tuning can only get better. i wonder if attaching a camcon on the beams will make more power. we have shown time and time again that with VVT tuning you can gain more power. take mine for example, i gained over 100 HP just tuning VVT

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BonzaiCelica

#82

i already asked if adding a camcom will give allow for better tuning. but according to the guys over at the beams forums, its not worth it, and is just better to go with a stand alone.

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windowlicker

#83

i was wondering where you got your hood struts, what brand are they, and how much? thanks

Rusty

#84

You can check the exterior sticky thread, has info on where to get them etc

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whatthe

#85

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QUOTE (hurley97 @ Dec 28, 2009 - 9:39 AM)

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Pwoah, bronze looks heaps mad!

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CelicaST_CALI

#86

SO sick!!!Cant wait for the results of 7afte vs 3sge beams

BANNED. for life, you moron.

hurley97

#87

Experimenting with the Beams... I think I need a little more time to decide if I like it or not
It looks fine right now, my concern is that when the car is finally painted and the body looks good will the plate holder make it look unfinished? Of course it will be painted professionally and properly but I'm just afraid the difference in color might make it look like we just threw it on afterward and haven't painted it yet. I know the cf plate holder would look more finished but the way I feel about cf is that it should be functional (meaning the part should actually weigh less) and be painted.

Also installed a 7th gen non-power antenna today, just need to get a mast for it now.
Dustin read through some how-to's where people said something about using the 6th gen base and having to notch something and shim something else to make it all fit nice, I just used the 7th gen antenna base and ornament (black thing on the outside of the car) and it took about 10 mins and all fit perfectly fine. The bracket inside just needs to be loosened and turned the opposite way, but I'm not too worried about that, I'll get to it eventually.

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06

SwissFerdi

#88

I like it, but CF would look better. I've thought about rattlecanning my license bezel black since it looks good on silver cars, but yours pretty much came out the way I had it in my head...a bit unfinished, like your OEM part was broken and you took this from a black 6GC.

Go for CF.

'97 ST\ Eibach \ KYB \ Kenwood \ Alpine \ Cusco \ OEM+[sold 10/18]'93 MX-5LE

hurley97

#89

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QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Feb 1, 2010 - 5:20 PM)

>a bit unfinished, like your OEM part was broken and you took this from a black 6GC.

yeah, but I think you get that feeling because the rest of the car is a POS, cause thats what gives me that same feeling. If it was a good looking car with a good looking paint job would you still get the same feeling?

Now, the color we are going to paint the car is going to be a bit darker and metallic. So a darker, nicer red with the black plate holder and we are thinking we want to do a black roof also.

This post has been edited by hurley97: Feb 1, 2010 - 6:50 PM

7A-FTE:It's not about the money.Our Beams Swap.I <3 Dustin---07/16/06

Culpable04

#90

you just need more black accents to make it look like it belongs there, being the ONLY black part in the car is what makes it look out of place.

great work so far Steph !

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