4G63 and air ride, that bastard.

Meh I say go with what works and gets the desired end result, fk purism.

So how close is the lowest part of the car to sitting on the ground when you drop it all the way? I say bag the Corolla next!

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The lowest part of the car is the exhaust, its maybe a couple inches off the ground. However once my Eurou lip comes in that should sit very low as well.

Well I received my Wilwood BBK and man does it look nice. All tough I'm not a huge fan of the caliper color, so I decided to have that changed. I sent the rotors and calipers off to the paint shop. I wanted the calipers color matched to the car, I also have black Wilwood vinyls to install on them! I also had the rotor hats done a nice satin black, so they don't get rusty. Turned out really nice. hoping to install them tonight! My Eurou front lip will finally be here tomorrow, after test fitting that will be off to paint as well. Seat brackets are coming Thursday, but my Recaro seats are still a few weeks out .
Here are some random pictures.

Awesome look.

Thanks Bryanf.

Well I met with DHL yesterday to finally get my Eurou front lip, it has been a long time waiting.. Of course it was damaged, 3 long cracks, and 2 spots on the ends where chunks where missing... Really I could have repaired it seeing it was fiberglass but after spending over $600 on it I just was not in the mood. so i refused the shipment and am now contacting RHDJapan to see what we do from here. I really don't feel like waiting another 3 months to get a replacement that lets face it, will most likely be damaged also.. This sucks, not sure what i am gonna do for a front lip now.

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that sucks. I hate when it goes like that.
same thing happened with my CF hood but I got a big discount on it because of that n it wasn't too bad so i kept it.

not sure if any of them are you style but you could do TRD splitters, TOM's lip, or C-ONE lip.

Well got the big break kit installed! Man, it sure is big hahah. Here are some pictures! Luckily they just clear my wheels, I can hardly fit a credit card between the caliper and wheel
Stock Vs Wilwood:



Who doesn't like it tight



This post has been edited by Csober: Feb 22, 2017 - 8:21 AM

that's some tight clearance.

Well that's cutting it close for comfort.

could you get by with sticking some 5mm spacers on them? or would that cause the wheels to rub?

No, a spacer would cause issues with the fenders.I'm not that concerned, that distance (hopefully) will never change so clearance is clearance

This post has been edited by Csober: Feb 22, 2017 - 7:41 PM

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I was thinking the same thing, a 5mm spacer just so then if for some reason you have play it won't hit but then that might shove the wheels out too much.

did not realize they still make kits for celica

great upgrade. perhaps a custom 3mm spacer would be necessary at this point haha. may your im never kiss the caliper!

Thank you! There is currently 3mm of clearance wheel to caliper. I may try a 3mm spacer just to give it some extra room. We shall see:) finally got the brakes bled and good god, this thing stops violently (if you need it to). Very happy with how it feels, I can't wait to hit some AutoX events this summer! between the suspension and brakes this thing should do extermly well.
So far with my luck of getting parts damaged I'm not getting too excited just yet, but my TRD roof spoiler will be delivered today. So fingers crossed.

At least I didn't get my hopes up ....

Not holding my breath on this but it maybe the end of the road with the celica. Just 3 days ago I had someone off me a lot of money for it, and it's enough to persuade me to let it go. I have been itching to get myself in a BNR32 and if this goes through that will be the direction I will go. I guess time will tell. In the mean time I have the car entered in the Tuner Galleria show in Chicago this Saturday. Anyone else gonna be there?

So decided to not let her go just yet. Really haven't got to complete what all I want to do to the car. Now it is time to focus on performance. As tempted I am to drop this build 7 bolt 4G63 in the car, I just think it will be a bit more then what I'm looking to. I have decided to take the easy route and stick to a 3sgte. I'm not positive just yet on the 205 or 215 engine, I plan on buying the swap, and building the motor over the course of this summer, then come next winter I will do the swap. I would like around 500whp, should be enough to have some fun. Many parts are going to be custom fabricated such as the down pipe, aluminum exhaust, I/C piping, turbo manifold ect.. I think I will be going with the FP Xona Rotor 65*64 turbo. Should be an interesting build. I'm looking forward to it.
As far as drive train I will be converting it to AWD, it is not a option in my book to keep the car FWD. How stout is the st205 Trans & Diff? Obliviously with going with a large frame T3 turbo the Trq numbers should hit soft and kept relatively low so that should help save the drive train regardless. Any input would be great.

What is the deal with people not knowing how to properly package items for shipping...

I hear the fourth gen is the way to go these days, but since you're wanting to do an AWD conversion as well getting a front clip with all the other parts needed for conversion together would probably be the way to go.

fawk!! that's some BAD damage to that roof spoiler...
shame too since they're definitely hard to find nowadays.

The E154f is a pretty stout transmission and should be able to handle 500awhp fairly safely (especially if it's more for highway pulls than dragstrip launches with radials banging gears). Few high hp guys over on alltrac.net use it upwards of 6 and 700awhp. It's the center diff and more often axles that tends to fail on high hp applications though. Overall, no need to be too worried about catastrophic trans failure right off the bat.

The rear diff can take a beating as long as it's in decent shape beforehand and you use quality fluid, as I expect you would.

Awesome! That is good to know!

Well I came across a set of my dream wheels for sale.. Couldn't help myself but to scoop them up. I can hardly retain my excitement lol. I can't wait for them to arrive, Truly I had no idea they made them in 5x100. Should look nice on the Celica! You all will have to wait to see finished pictures:)

It's has been a while. I suppose I will do a small update:

Front seats:


Rear seats:


New lug nuts:


New wheels:











Finally got a nice undamaged front Eurou Lip! Just waiting on paint!


Also got myself a PC680 battery, love these little guys, Ran one in my Evo and all my DSM's light and small!


I will be making a carbon fiber tray and stay to mount the battery in the trunk. Also got a externally kill switch, personally I hate these things, but if you are going to move the battery you need one. Luckily I think that it looks clean where I installed it. (Ignore the missing Toyota emblem, took it off for paint correction)


I bought a 12gal fuel cell also, This I will be mounting in the trunk, I will be cutting out most of the trunk floor and make a tubular support for the fuel cell. Then the area surrounding the cell will all be carbon fiber as apposed to sheet metal, should help shed some weight. This will all be in preparation for awd that will be coming next winter. Hopefully i will be tackling the mounting and plumbing of the cell this coming weekend.


(Sadly they sent me the wrong one.. This one has no sending unit, I should have my replacement by Wednesday)

Lastly I installed my 7th gen short throw shifter, it was great and all but I hate how short the actual shifter itself was. Personally I like tall shifters. So I decided to try something a bit different. I went with a K Tuned unit that extends the shifter, and also relocates it 1" in any direction. Oh my how much I love this setup is unreal. It is simply amazing, moving the shifter closer to the rear of the car is great as well seeing I am tall and typically have the seat all the way back to be in a comfortable driving position. It is also aesthetically pleasing. I will be excited to bring this set up over to the 3sgte/ awd swap.

Wow, that's quite an update! The fuel cell is an interesting touch. Why is an external battery killswitch necessary when relocating the battery? I've honestly never dealt with them, and it seems like that would make it easy for random people to come up to your car and mess with it. But I'm also guessing you don't leave your car out in the open for people to do that!

And when you did the S2000 antenna mod, did you do the chop and glue method, or did you go all out and use a 7th gen antenna base (as in this process)?

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The cell is only necessary because the location of the factory gas tank will be in the way of the drive shaft when going to AWD. The disconnect, it is ruled to be necessary for Ferrin group, and MSU racing auto X, along with any NHRA track in order to pass tech. If the battery is not in the factory location it is needed to have a visible external battery kill switch. Seeing I plan to mount the battery in the rear passenger side of the trunk I figured I would get the switch out of the way now haha. As for the S2000 antenna, it installed with the cut/ glue method.


Just ordered up all my gauges for the car. I plan to make a custom center consul that houses the gauges where the Hvac vents are located. I am really leaning to a Race pack for the gauge cluster itself, but we shall see. I got all Innovate gauges. In my opinion they make the best product on the market, and hands down the fastest responding Wide band available to date. So I figured all matching would go well.

Boost/ shift light

Oil Psi/ Temp

Wide band AFR


Here is what I have planed for the gauge pod ( Not sure who's car this is, Ignore the poor Photoshop skills)

Things just got serious.

I think for the battery kill switch it's needed under certain forms of sanctioned racing, though on some cars like the Miata the battery is located in the trunk from the factory so who knows maybe they have to add one anyway or not.

wow! great work man!

This is probably one of my favorite builds on the site right now.

I'm curious what your plans for the car are, aside from 3S/AWD swap? At first it looked like it was just going to be a sick bagged street car. But after seeing the fuel cell and all, it seems your building something for track as well?

Either way, awesome work. These wheels suit the car much better than the previous set up in my opinion.

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Thank you, as for the build direction I think it is quickly following the foot steeps of all my other builds. I would like a high hp, light weight street car, that can also pull impressive numbers at the drag strip. I don't want to loose a lot of the practicality of the car, but it is easy for me to get a bit carried away with a project. So I guess only time will till.