Vip's Celica All-Trac Project

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September 15th 2007 - I finished up the last bit of rust on the underbody. The underbody rust removal is complete!!

I started putting the interior back in. I cleaned and scrubbed the carpet, then pressure washed it. Cleaned the rear seats and interior panels and installed.

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September 16th 2007 - Installed the rest of the interior. I'm at a stand still right now. Can't really do anything else until I order the bushings for the suspension. I ordered about $100 worth of bolts from Toyota for all the underbody parts (front crossmembers, driveshaft, rear subframe, etc). I also bought a Whiteline rear sway bar. Just need to save up some cash for more parts so I can continue.

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September 17th 2007 - Installed custom rear brake lines. My old brake lines were rusted completely through, and were falling apart. I bought two 25' rolls of 3/16" steel brake tubing, and picked up some brake line connectors from the junk yard. I pulled the original lines off the car and laid them out on the ground. Unrolled the new brake line and bent it according to the old lines. Test fit on the car, and made necessary adjustments. Cut off excess tubing and put the fittings on the ends and flared the ends of the tubing. Installed the brake lines onto the car and put the brake line covers on. It was a huge pain, but brakes are kind of important.

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September 22nd 2007 - The axle seals in the rear differential were leaking, so I took the rear diff apart to inspect. The gears inside looked great, but the bearings not so great. Looks like it ran low on gear oil and the bearings got heated up pretty good. Need to order bearings and seals.

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October 2nd 2007 - I've been cleaning and painting parts over the last week. Just about everything is ready to be put on the car. I'm waiting on my polyurethane bushings to arrive. The only parts left to be treated and painted are the front control arms and the driveshaft. I mounted the Supra TT fuel pump in the sending unit yesterday and finished getting the fuel tank ready.

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October 5th 2007 - I now have a Whiteline rear sway bar and rear sway bar endlinks from twosrus.com to install.

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October 16th 2007 - I'm waiting for a shaft to fix my shop press. I'm also waiting on my polyurethane suspension bushings to come. Waiting on my solid aluminum rear differential mount to come from Austria. When these parts come in, I'll be able to install the front suspension, rear suspension, rear subframe, driveshaft, fuel tank, fuel lines, etc. I'll be ready to install the engine then.

Here are some goodies that I received in the mail yesterday.

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October 23rd 2007 - I received my new rotors from 935motorsports.com!

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October 25th 2007 - Two boxes on my front porch this morning. A Mario Koenig solid aluminum rear differential mount, and an AEM EMS w/ 3.5bar MAP sensor and IAT Sensor!.

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February 25th 2008 - Rear subframe and differential are installed. Complete rear suspension is installed. Gas tank and lines are installed.

Someone donate some non-rusted rear struts!!

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March 1st 2008 - Finished the front suspension and brakes. The Alltrac makes contact with the ground for the first time in 15 months.

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April 29th 2008 - Recent progress with the engine build. Installed new wiseco piston rings. Modified 3s-ge intake manifold and 3sgte throttle body. Installed EB fuel rail and 780cc injectors. Mounted exhaust manifold and turbo, etc.. Almost ready to drop the engine back in.

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May 1st 2008 - Engine is ready to go. Mounted transmission to the engine. If everything goes as planned, the engine should be in the car on saturday.

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May 3rd 2008 - The engine is back in the car 17 months after it came out.. FINALLY!

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May 18th 2008 - Mounted intercooler. Installed custom intercooler piping.