Finally back. My "hakosuka"

[Dorian5150]

Are the mr2 struts a direct fit? I have an RA29 and I'm looking for suspension parts to upgrade and get it a bit lower.

[slamburglar]

Put an rb25 in it just to piss off all the purists

Sucks about the engine though

To piss off purists I was gonna do 13b rotary lol

[slamburglar]

Are the mr2 struts a direct fit? I have an RA29 and I'm looking for suspension parts to upgrade and get it a bit lower.

Yes they are a direct fit.

But to get low with them and do the sleeve coilover ki you will need to measure down it's approximately 40mm ....remove gland nut (remove threaded part of tube but keep it) cut and weld on threaded section. Then weld in new spring perch. And all set.

P.s I was told you can go crazy low by useing mk1 vw rabbit inserts

[Dorian5150]

Yes they are a direct fit.

But to get low with them and do the sleeve coilover ki you will need to measure down it's approximately 40mm ....remove gland nut (remove threaded part of tube but keep it) cut and weld on threaded section. Then weld in new spring perch. And all set.

P.s I was told you can go crazy low by useing mk1 vw rabbit inserts

Thanks for the info. Will definitely look in to the rabbit inserts.

[slamburglar]

Thanks for the info. Will definitely look in to the rabbit inserts.

No problem sir. I wish I took video of my buddy doing the build. I may have him re do mine with the rabbit inserts. And if we do ill record it so people can have a video to reference to see exactly how to do it.

[slamburglar]

Kind of an update!

So cruising down the freeway on my way home from a fantastic meet called The old school reunion. I was in the car pool lane and I heard a loud roar. I looked over my shoulder as it sounded like a open header motor cycle or something coming up behind me. At that moment I felt a slight rumble at my foot. And BOOM!! engine went.

Fastforward a week to. I finally got the engine removed from the car. We stripped it down to nothing and were able to remove the bad piston and what was left of the rod lol. When we removed the head we were able to see that the piston head made contact with a valve. And bent it. I showed it to a Toyota builder. He said the head looks salvageable and will be fine.

For now im going to be doing the 20/22r Hybrid motor. Pry stock bottom end and some slight building of the head with a valve job and some porting.

Heres some pics of the damage. lolz

LOL THE DAT BLOCK DOE






This boy was TOAST. Nothing left of the rod. All that was left in the oilpan was smallllll fragments of metal shavings.

[DeltaAlpha9]

That's a nice window you installed in the block haha.

[slamburglar]

That's a nice window you installed in the block haha.

Haha thanks. I called a really good contractor named Rod. Turns out hed got a call from his wife that she was back on Crank and he just had a meltdown and threw a huge fit and broke the windows. lol

[slamburglar]

Very mild update. Picked up another celica gt 77 Liftback. Mainly for the motor parted out the rest of the car less than a week and the entire car is gone (well besides the shell) Just waiting for the clean title to come in the mail and wammo gone.

Cant wait to get the new to me engine in the car and get it back on the road.

Installed a knock off bride seat pretty sketchy like oh well. and a real old school sparco harness.

[BlondieDread!]

Well finally got the car out to its first meet! Griots garage in Tacoma, Wa they do drive in meets EVERY friday til the end of summer . Diff theme every friday but still everyone is welcome . Heres some pics a buddy of mine snapped .

purdy

[rice4life]

Hell yeah! The new engine will be badass for sure!

Have you thought about upping the compression be shaving the head a bit? That way you will get more HP, more torque, and better gas mileage
You just have to watch out for knock though

[slamburglar]

Hell yeah! The new engine will be badass for sure!

Have you thought about upping the compression be shaving the head a bit? That way you will get more HP, more torque, and better gas mileage
You just have to watch out for knock though

So I bought another celica. As a donor It had been sitting for about 3-4 years. Had a said good 20r motor in it all stock. Got the motor running compression is good. Got it turned over by hand. Did tune up. And now shes in my car. Just got to get the linkage set up and ill be back on the road.

Have done a few little mods here and there to make it purty errr lol

-Bride (knockoff) low max
-removed all back seats and painted raw metal all gloss black
-real sparco 4pt harness
-Dual sidedraft carbs MIKUNI 44mms
-Lots of block off and deletes on the engine such as off waterpump and egr crap
-painted trunk all gloss black as well with POR15 rust eating agent.
-Painted engine bay all black as well
-DDM hid kit
-tsurikawa boso rings
-FC oil cooler for that awesome much jdm much cool much doge much boso look
-14"s wheels I think some old American racing outlaws or some shit. Putting on 155/55/14s to get lower
and a couple other things I cant really remember

[slamburglar]

Couple pics of the side draft set up. Just need to do linkage and im set

[slamburglar]

Been a long time..forgot to post she was gone back in october...but good news shes back on craigslist haha...gotta love being a 2nd owner and now the cars a CL whore

[SnazzyQ]

Been a long time..forgot to post she was gone back in october...but good news shes back on craigslist haha...gotta love being a 2nd owner and now the cars a CL whore

Haha I love seeing previously owned cars on craigslist lol. My brothers Civic Hatchback has been on and off craigslist like 4-5 times in the past year or so. And each and every poster had different details about the car.