Ok - we've thought about doing this for quite some time now. Old coupe parts car, hitting the dirt track... with an EVENTUAL beams in the engine bay.

Just some love...











Terribly rusted bumper and bumper mounts





Redneck Car Lift








While in the air we dropped the exhaust and the gas tank and examined the under body. It looks surprisingly GOOD! The shock towers are solid, not rusted. The shocks seem to work, and the rear subframe is for the most part in tact. A removal, sand blast, lube up, and a good painting will make it really smooth for full racecar adjustment.



Back to the interior...







And finally...



Dash Out




And Finally again.... doors and fenders off as well, as well as all glass, no gas tank, no dash, only pedals

was it a rear end collision?

I want a forklift now...=P

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No - Just a really rusty beater that barely ran that I picked up for about 400$ about a year and a half ago.
I used the airbag parts and windshield out of it after I hit a deer, sold a bunch of parts off of it to make back some of my money on it, and it's sat there ever since.
The rusty rear bumper mounts broke off when we tugged on the rear towing hook to pull it out of its parking spot.

It spent many a winter in Cleveland

Motor in the red car had a blown soft plug from sitting all winter with nothing but water in the motor and cracked radiator. At 200k, it was time to come out anyway...... Ok rewind a little bit, and we find that I have plans for a BEAMS in this car to DOMINATE the track.... but as to not go in there and win or come close in my first week, I'm electing to slide in under the radar with 5s power for a few weeks... and then BEAMS THE H*LL OUT OF THEM! LOL

So this 5s power.... where is it coming from. Why the spot where all of my other parts have come from 6gc and my friends Richee3 and Celicasaurus...

We begin with a CLEAN 162xxx k mile 5s with a TORCHED automatic tranny.

2 hours worth of work....


Redneck engine hoist





Evidence of TORCHEDNESS




The separation...




The inside of the tranny bell housing



The motor sits right now with the torque converter off, the flex plate off, and awaiting the MT flywheel and other assorted bolts before being mounted to a spare subframe and being installed via the bottom like I do all my motor pulls and swaps... Only way to do it if you can leave the car still and don't need it "rolling" IMHO

All for today... maybe more tomorrow - maybe some RHD building... just depends on what I want to do

This post has been edited by ricochet1490: Jul 17, 2012 - 12:03 AM

What? Torched? I don't k ow what you're talking about... That tranny was never the victim of any neutral bombing! Looking great, Trace! I'm curious to know how the 5S feels pulling a Celica with no weight. Quick question, are you going to be welding the diff in your trans or leaving it open?

Trans will be welded or LSD'd ... if it looks like we can get some good $ out of the lsd tranny, it'll be welded. And as long as it's under 5s power, it'll def be welded.

And there's more!!!!

something looks different about this car..

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haha what does that mean?

All I can say at this point is ...... You have to gutted celica NOW PUT ONE BACK TOGETHER!!

-1 for you. Came into thread expecting to find racecar.

if you are going through all this. WHY a BEAMS? that engine is flat out not impressive to me. a V6 will cost you just the same. put a 3MZ in there and call it a day!

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Already asked the same thing
The class he's gonna run in is a 4cyl class

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Can't even give a guy a chance to build a roll cage?! Lol

And lets be cle.ar here, any circle track race in
volving cars l like this will always be 4cyl only cars.

Remember turnip? Lol

I think Turnip prefers a welded diff over his factory S54 with limited slip. Seems like I remember him saying the difference in the final drive (a difference of only .02) was the difference between him topping out and getting passed on the straights or being able to keep pulling and accelerating. However, the BEAMS ECU is limited to 180 km/hr, which I can do in 4th gear so he must have a speed cut defender. It's worth asking him about.

i think this build is awesome. I went out on some dirt roads the other day with the celica, and yea its fun sliding around

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haha i was kidding, i havent seen a complete gutted celica shell before lol

oh didnt know. i missed that part.

Screw that.... build a rally car instead. You can actually turn towards the right sometimes!

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That really only applies to his track. My tracks are going to be different lengths and everything, no way to really tell until you drive it. Welded differentials though put heavy wear on the axles if there are too many tight turns.

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haha - glad you like it. With any luck we'll see some Celica racing dominance here soon

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You should probably just come to my garage then..... as I currently have two lol
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haha it's all good. So did kurt - The cage is going to take the longest cause we're custom fabbing ours up, not using some "premade" kit cage.

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LOL - I tried convincing my other "car mechanic" a while back we ought to build a rally car. And he agrees, it would be fun as all heck, but your only "enemy" is the clock, and I think he prefers passing
On a side note, given that we're only about 3 hours apart, next time you have a rally in PA or WV let me know, we might be interested in giving a watch

This post has been edited by ricochet1490: Jul 19, 2012 - 12:26 AM

Forget the 5s....
This is a racecar god d*mn it....

2-3 days out

From the other day.
Forgot to post






After some sand blasting....
kinda rusty in the rocker panels, but the frame and suspension towers are all solid. Some welding is needed on the subframe also found via sand blasting... but very fixable.

Also purchasing maf adapter....

that car is definitely rusted!!

that's why she's not on the road...... LOL

CLEVELAND ROCKS!!!

July rust holes Batman

Just throw some sideskirts on there you'll never know its there lol

Can't leave the car outside for an hour without those damn hoodlums stripping it down.

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There will be no side skirts lol - it'l get some some sheet metal welded on on the way down the side... *maybe lol* and then painted.... maybe red... maybe black.

I'm thinking black since the engine is gonna have a little bit of color to it if you get my drift

Pop rivet some aluminum sheet over it an save the weight lol jk
Black an red should look good together