Project 'hALf-TRAC'

[allblackalltrac]

Some of you might be following my progress with my 88' GTS from my Yahoo photo album I got linked in my sig.

I'm well into Phase II of the transformation...
Phase I was getting most of the suspension and brakes done, gas tank, ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings...driveline stuff...
Phase II is the visual transformation, interior/exterior, ice is in, patching small holes, cleaning up small rust spots, lights, pulled motor, clean engine bay....I got the front skirt from the AllTrac on but Im undesicive wether or not if I should put the rest of it on...after all it is Project 'hALf-TRAC' and I was only going to put on half the skirt...
Anyway Im a few days away from starting the last and final phase of the project - Phase III, were I am going to drop in my 3SGTE. Still waiting on the motor mounts to cure before that goes ahead.
Check out my photo album and check it often cause if I keep up this pace I should be updating it almost daily.

Mod List:

Engine
-2G JDM 3SGTE
-CT26 46 trim 10* clip
-KO DP
-STG II head(head and maniflods port matched and polished)
-GE cams
-gutted T-VIS
-Starion FMIC
-straight intake ITG filter
-open exhaust 2.5"
-MBC
-Greddy BCD

Driveline
-JDM 93' MR2T E153 LSD tranny
-Alltrac pressure plate
-4-Runner clutch
-hybrid axle shafts(ST165outer/SW20inner)
-Speed-Source shifter bushings
-Speed-Source SS clutch line
-Dana fully greasable ball joints, tie rods, sway bar end links
-Apex 1.5" drop springs rear ST162 w/KYB GR2 struts
-Apex 1.5" drop springs front ST165 w/KYB AGX struts
-new wheel bearings & strut bearings
-KVR front cross drilled rotors - factory rear
-KVR dustless carbon pads all around
-powder coated TK Gunmetal* calipers w/ fresh Toyota rebuild kits
-SuperPro bushings up front
Misc.
-tinted front grill , corner lights, and side marker lights
-redout tail lights, 3rd brake light deleted
-crystal h4 head light conversion w/GS 400 HID system
-custom 'CELICA' hood extension trim
-hacked shifter w/ powder coated TK Gunmetal* shift knob
-JVC El-Kameleon HU
-JBL GTI series 4" mid's x4
-JBL GTI series 1' tweet's x2 in ST18x tweeter mirror location
-Marathon 12" subs x2
-RF Punch 150 *cheater* amp
-Kicker custom grounding kit
-Kicker custom battery re-location kit
-PIAA fogs
-*RARE* TRD 4G Celica rear wing
-17" Eagle Alloy's w/ Hercules G5000Z tires
-AllTrac(ST165) factory 12 piece wide body kit
-relined gas tank w/ new filler neck, lines, couplers...
-Supra TT fuel pump
-Cruise, AC, charcol canister, egr, TB coolant delete

There's alot more Im sure but thats all I can think of off the top of my head.

[86er]

Cool.

Hey, so are you going to sell me the rotors?

PM me if so.

[White87GT]

Damn man, your really putting some work into that car.

[Coomer]

That sounds like it'll be sweet once it's all done.

[jimlau]

That looks great!

Do you have a picture showing the ultra-rare TRD spoiler?

[White87GT]

jimlau said:

That looks great!

Do you have a picture showing the ultra-rare TRD spoiler?

Yeah, I've never seen one of those before. Post some pics up please.

[allblackalltrac]

Andy

I sent them out to be resurfaced and the mech. told me that they were warped and would have been to thin once turned so I threw them out, sorry.

Tom

Ya I got 2 weeks off and Im putting all my spare time into getting the car up and running, hopefully if all goes well and I get all the parts I need to complete it, Im entering it into a local car show and see what comes of it.

Jim

I linked a few pics of the wing in my yahoo photo album, imagestation sucks and my other host doesnt like me linking here. But check them out, It is orginally supposed to sit in place of the factory spoiler but Im going to mount it on top and fill in the gaps to give it more of that IMSA GTO Celica race car look.

Coomer

I hope so...I would like to put some new shoes on it and get it resprayed but for now its fine. I know it'll be fast - probablly faster than an AllTrac, we'll see.

[allblackalltrac]

*UPDATE* Phase III in full swing!

Guys Im so close I can almost taste the raw fuel out of the tail pipe.
I got the wiring harness I needed to complete the swap. The motor went in with out a hitch. Turns out I dont need a custom motor mount for the rear seeing how the 162 rack is smaller than the 165 rack. Got a bunch of my parts back from the powder coaters. Just need to weld up the exhaust and mount the rest of the kit, install some new plug wires and a few sensors, top up the fluids and turn it over.
Local car show is coming up fast, entered in it with a local club and turns out TCI(Toyota Canada Inc) is sponsoring or entry. Providing us with our very on section of the grounds just for Yota's and even our own models and I dont got to pay a cent. Im so stoked for this event...I cant wait to get the car up and running after all this time.
Check out my link in my sig I added a few more pics.

[rye]

pic doesn't work


wtf now the pic works

lol

[White87GT]

Works for me.

[rye]

btw...where's the event held?? I'll be there ;D

[rye]

oh, and daniel...if I decide to fix up my celica you wanna give me a hand? ;D

[taticelica]

and me?

[allblackalltrac]

'ITS ALIVE!'

Hey guys thought I'd give you all an update...well the car has been up and running for about a month now.
Never made it to that show.
The wiring harness was a bitch to figure out but I am comfident now that I could do it again with my eyes closed if I had to.
I had the exhaust completed, passed emissions with all the mods I have and at 14.5 PSI lol
I am currently using the TM ATA IC until I get the TM WTA IC hence the AllTrac hood. Hopefully I get it installed soon cause I hate dealing with the heatsoak prone TM ATA IC, that and I hate the look of the car with the hood.
Im currently running 17PSI, no ill effects that I can tell, even though I dont have an A/F gauge.
She pulls really hard and I got her up to 230km/h under 30 sec's, I could have kept going but the moulding around my winshield came flying off, so I let off. The tach reads 240 BTW and I stll had a good 400-800 rpm left before the speed govnor would have kicked in.
She's definitly a low 14 sec high 13 sec car. I need to get her dyno tuned before I take her to the track but I guessing Im in the 220-240 WHP range.
I also need better tires...even with LSD I still get made torque steer and wheel spin all the way up to third.
The PS makes the car really light and nimble...to light as a matter of fact She can get real squirrely with all that power to the front wheels and PS. I'm constantly fighting the wheel trying to correct and keep her in a straight line. I think I going to pull the PS pump and go manual steering, should relive some of the parasitic loss as well.
My front struts went out so I gotta put the new AGX's in this weekend and get a 4 wheel alignment.
The tranny resently developed what sounds to be a chattery release bearing. FYI kids dont be cheap and try to save a few bucks by re-using the release bearing when doing the clutch...$50 for a new bearing is better than a weekend spent pulling the motor to change a $50 part you could have put in the first time. So I got to pull the motor to do the release bearing, figure I might as well upgrade the clutch to a SPEC STG2 with the lightened option and lightened flywheel...I got the 4-Runner one in there now and its good and all for the street but when I start to push the car I can feel the clutch starting to slip as she gets hot. Besides I'm not done mod'ing the motor so she still has power to extract out of her still.

[ToyGTR]

Loving the car dude

I really want me one of those USDM speedos.... our ones only go up to 180k and only show km/h and not mp/h. And it just looks so cool!! ;D