just some quick pics from this weekends work


lifted her up and deleted the side markers



installed Racing Beat Miata rear endlinks as well as energy suspension 16mm rear sway bar bushings (front bushings and st185 front endlinks i installed a few weeks back)




ss-iii front splitters moched up


oem sides




Curren Hiro rear extensionss

going to start getting friendly with a DA on the celi over the next few weeks, getting it prepped up for paint after i replace the hood.


quick, random, possibly dumb question.. but..

is it possible to leak oil from the dizzy? i know theres a little gear in there and im wondering if a seal might have let go. i have a small oil leak that i see coming from behind the motor. the headgasket is dry, the intake mani is tightened up and from when lookinh up at the back of the block from under the car i notice oil in the upper left area of the motor (such as on the hoses and such as well as the top of the head and near the fuel rail. i noticed the the motor is clean from the dizzy up and under the dizzy is damp and gunky and when i whip my finger under the dizzy i get black wet oil residue. dizzy is tight bit wasnt sure if maybe a gasket would be bad.. i know, that was a long quick question lol ill post a pic up next chance i get.

This post has been edited by Ted95: May 30, 2012 - 5:02 PM

Yup, It is possible to have a leak from there. The seal for the distributor is really cheap. Don't have the part number on hand at the moment, but I may actually have an extra in my pile of 3sgte gaskets. Either way just run to Toyota, shouldn't cost more than 15 bucks.

EDIT* I believe this is the part number for the O-Ring....

90099‑14090

Lithia has it for 3.99 before shipping.

Just throw some gasket maker stuff on it and call it a day haha I need to do that with mine as well.
Let me know when you get her all painted and whatnot, gotta do a photoshoot!

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good man, im not 100% sure thats where its coming from but its clean everywhere above it and its oily from the bottom of the dizzy down, either way the ring will be replaced.. and maybe even the VC gasket.

got some things done today on the celi, ordered2 new tires, i went with BFGs KDW2's and im dropping thw wheels off at the shop tomorrow.

made some progress on the ride today, got the holes welded up on the trunk and some spot welds to clean up some rust that was coming through =/

also found the oil leak.. as stupid as it was lol.. its coming from the bottom on the oild catch can, the oil seems to be leaking from the bottom of the hose the connects to the VC.. theres some oil on the VC surrounding the fitting off the cover. i felt and seen alot of oil on the smaller hose that runs to the back of the black and seen it was traced to the top of the VC.

im guessing this is because my hose coming off the catch can isnt connected to my intake. has anyone else have this issue? i heard it was ok to have it just vent out so would leaking be normal even coming from the top of the VC?

Call me tomorrow Cam.

Really cool swap thread! Can't believe I missed this.

so ive had some time to work on the celi recently and getting close to having it back on the roaddd!

been doing some body work to get ready for paintt











just sanded down the rough spots and filled them in, needs to be sanded now thuroughly, going to prime the car then do the jams.

picked up the new mounted rubber today after work





i went with the BFGs KDW2s 205/55/R16s


just a random pick of the bay lol

How's the paint job comin along? Going to look like a brand new car with that clean paint and that clean engine!

Hey Ted95 I have a quick question to you. I am changing my whole suspension bushings on my st205 and an aftermarket whiteline sway bar. Now my question concerns the Racing Beat end links. I noticed that few others to are installing these. We do not have any other aftermarket end links designed specifically for our celicas? I noticed these are for miatas. Do they work okay? did you test them? if yes is it a good mod and change them to these? Do you think should i install them too?and if yes which models specific? Thanks mate and great project keep up the good work

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yes the miata racing beat endlinks work great. there arent any after market ones on the market that i know of but the miata ones fit perfect and are adjustable.

http://www.racingbeat.com/Miata-1990-2005/...rs/54200.1.html

cheap and easy to install.

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the ones that trdproven installed are much bigger than any other on the market.

that's tire size is huge. those rims come stock with 205/50 but yours are 1.1inches larger. Going for top speed racing huh, you can hit at 150mph for sure . still have stock speed cut on?

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 12, 2012 - 5:09 PM

thanks ill need to study the options so i make sure they fit on an st205

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ya they are a little big lol. when i bought the wheels they came with 55s proxies that were brand new. as the summer went by my fronts became rather bald, idk why but the rears are mint. i kept the same size for the bfgs up front to keep and even look from front to rear, plus im only lowered on sportlines so the taller tire kinda hides some of the wheel gap that is still there lol.

havent updated in a while, have had a busy summer but heres some updates..

recently i have had some shifting issues so i replaced my clutch master and slave cylinder and still isnt working. ive eliminated every possible external variable and only thing left to do is to drop the tranny and take a peek inside. so i recently ordered and new Clutch Masters 6puck unsprung clutch as well as new cardone axles.





also relocated my boost controller a while back




picked up a nifty wideband as well, may look familiar to some


some pics of the bay





This post has been edited by Ted95: Oct 7, 2012 - 1:05 PM

dude you should have gone with the e153 and called it a day, best of luck with the issue though

the e153 may come along down the road, just need to track everything down for it and by the end of the day its another 1200$

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Yea but meanwhile ur spending 300 to 400 every now and then it may be.worth to.take the jump plus selling ur.old.tranny would.help and.if.u.look hard enough u.can.get.a e153.lsd for. Ariund 600 or 300.if.u.dont.care.for lsd

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ya i know what you mean. i will probably peice together an e153 setup as time goes by, i know the clutch that im putting in now will hold and do just fine for a while as my Comp clutch didnt. after installing my Comp clutch the first time through i read else where a few months later about the problems people had with them. i should be good with my ClutchMasters. next big step for the celi would be the e153 tranny.. or a different project.. something with a 4 barrelll

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im already on the next project







thats NOT ME on the pic
sorry for the threadjack lol

sweet deal bro thing should be sick

some old pic a came across..








cars currently flat black for the tme being.. will have to try and post some new pics while its down for the winter.

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jan 7, 2013 - 10:20 AM

Should've painted the block and tranny a lighter color so you could spot leaks easily. But very nice build.