Newbie-- supra powered 77 celica (56K DIE)
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Speedfreak426
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haha, well thank you.
I dont have that attitude thankfully, and I dont think my car can beat everything on the road like many of the ppl you speak of haha. I have the feeling that 95% of you guys would kill my car on the street/track.
I am a pretty honest stand-up guy, well IMHO at least, feel free to form your own :_slide_:
Scooter70
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Exactly.
Nice job on the swap. I'm a big fan of sticking a new powertrain in an old car. (See sig.)
twotwoturbo
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nice post some other pics of the green car man!!
rrss_ronald_rrss
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Nice car.
I am Chris from Brighton and I just figured I would make a little intro for myself.
Some of you guys may hate my car because its an import, but its my pride and joy so you have to deal with my intro. I am a huge Mopar fan and a fan of old skool imports. I am normally a lurker but I tend to put my .02 in once in a while.
Anyways.... on to my Toyota
It is a 1977 Toyota Celica GT that is from Cali. not too much rust to speak of, I picked up a lil over a year ago with the intentions of using it as a DD. Little did I know that this would be by far the slowest car I had ever driven! I daily drove it all last year (not the winter tho) and it was horribly underpowered. I still decided to keep the car becasue of uniqueness and rarity here in MI, most people have no idea what the damn thing is.
When I uncovered the car after winter this year I knew I had to do something about the power issue....
I dont know how I ended where i am at now, but about a week after I got some crazy ideas in my head I had a 1992 Turbo Supra engine, trans, wiring harness, and ecu delivered to my door.
I started the project May 1st 2008 and had her back out on the road in just one day less than 3 months!
I am MORE than happy about the results of my swap, I was expecting low 14sec 1/4's and 20 mpg....
After finishing the swap I ended up with 31mpg and 12.9@110mph on 195/70/r14 street tires! ( 2.2ish 60')
It has:
-7M-GTE engine and R154 5 speed out of a 1992 Toyota supra
- Axle out of a 1968 440 Dodge Dart (8.75") adapted to 4 link suspension.
-Exterior is all stock, just going for the sleeper look, intercooler is hidden, and running stock size tires, and it even still has a trailer hitch!! :rockwoot:
PICS------------
Before pulling in garage for swap
Just started
so easy to work on
40 minutes later....
Supra trans is definently a lot bigger
Shifter hole had to be moved back 3 inches.... so I cut and flip and welded it back in
tunnel was not quite big enough..... BFH!!!!!
test fit, using 84 celica supra engine mounts
Tight fit...
The factory 6.7" diff was not going to cut it...
I cut off the 4 link brackets one by one and moved them over to the mopar axle
perfect fit first time
progress....
interior back in
On the ground!
exhaust
About to pull out for a test run
frankenmuth car show
WCC cars on campus
So what do you guys think of my lil project?
JDP
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DetroitStyle
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Awesome car, nice work
$uperstang
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Welcome, nice sleeper and great work on the car!
BigWheelinBubba
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Sleepers rule! :hail: :kneel:
I'd leave the crappy stock paint, narrow the rear end 4-5".. mini tub it and widen a stock set of wheels to accept a 265 or 275 drag radial. :thumbsup:
I'd leave the crappy stock paint, narrow the rear end 4-5".. mini tub it and widen a stock set of wheels to accept a 265 or 275 drag radial. :thumbsup: