Celica progress

celica5071

08-13-2006, 02:18 PM

well I said I would start posting project status on here, and here it is, over the last few months have been nothing but tearing down of my car. I mainly use to drive this car in michigan, and those of you who know what michigan winters are like know that, well basically this car is under some major need of restoration all around. Most people would say why not just get another car. Yeah this car is going to take a lot of work, but I believe in the end the results will be pretty awesome.
I am currently rebuilding a 1992 toyota celica 5sfe. Now do to the cost of building up the 5sfe versus the cost of the 3sgte, I can't build it up quite like I want it, seeing how you can get forged internals complete with rods and pistons for $750, and for that same kit for the 5sfe your looking at about $1700, so we won't be going with Forged internals. here are a list of my add ons that will be apart of this project some of them may vary. you might also ask why I have a wastegate on this turbo when this turbo is already internally gated, well I bought the turbo not really thinking, and bought the external Gate seperate, so i will either search for a internal wastegate or just tac weld the internal gate shut and run an external off my exaust manifold. Haven't really Decided yet. I came to the conclusion of this setup based on the most performance I can get for the right amount of money. I have attempted to list a bunch of pics below on the progress not sure if they will turn out or not. But heres hopin I will post more as the car progresses.

~Venom 550CC performance Injectors
~Walbro Fuel Pump
~CT26 twin entry Turbo running at 8 psi
~XS Performance chrome exaust manifold
~XS Performance Chrome Down Pipe
~Apexi AVCR Turbo Boost controller
~Apexi Safc II Fuel controller
~SSQV blow off Valve
~Greddy Front Mount Intercooler 2.5" inlet 2.5" outlet
~polished aluminum intercooler piping
~2mm steel head gasket
~F1 Stage III clutch kit
~standard Port and polish Head job

blakscorpion21

08-13-2006, 08:12 PM

sweet, canr wait to see some numbers. the best way to post pics is photobucket.com

celica5071

08-13-2006, 09:54 PM

Tonight was a good night I got the entire bay painted Ironic enough I painted it Ford Blue, lol I hate Ford. No offense to you ford Lovers. yeah i will most definatly have some numbers for you guys, i'm not 100% positive on any numbers yet, I'm not going to promise 300 or 400 horse power, I've simply put together what I feel from my research is a good and reliable set up for this engine, but once I get it tuned I will most definately have it dynoed, and I will definately post my results. i will also post pics as I go along, I hope to have the engine up and running in around 2 months.

P.S. blakscorpion21 thanks for the posting pics info i'll try to get those up asap

celica5071

08-14-2006, 01:50 AM

pat052003

08-14-2006, 08:52 AM

:thumbsup: :ylsuper: Looking pretty damn good man.

blakscorpion21

08-14-2006, 03:13 PM

very nice.

celica5071

08-20-2006, 04:11 AM

Well sorry I haven't posted any new pics, to be honest the stuff I have been doing isn't really all that interesting I am still waiting for all my bearings to show up. But to give you all an update, since I repainted the bay absolutely everything came out, and parts that were re-used had to be degreased, stripped and repainted. I redid all the lines on the power steering Rack as well as re-installed the breaklines, with everything repainted it looks great. I have finally come to the final decision one exactly what this whole set up will entale, all of my previous engine mods are going to stand true as well as the port and polish Head job, thats going to take me some time I really hope all the time on that head is worth the extra power I'm going to get we'll see what the numbers show. what I am adding is getting rid of the old body kit that fit like crap and going with the vader 2 body kit, and with my electronics back ground I will build the megasquirt stand alone management system, or I might just attempt to tap into the stock ECU, a 7inch touch LCD for accessing the ECU through the computer and last but not least complete carbon fiber interior. Just so you all know I don't make a ton of money I do alright but for those of you running the numbers in your head its gonna cost some money. But my dream is to one day do nothing but toyota performance, and so after this project is all done and I get Dyno results, I will have to sell the car. But of course not before I get a chance to have just a little bit of fun with it. Also it will take me a little more then 7 months to complete this project. So if your interested in the progress of the car, I'm just going to keep posting on this thread. Anyways its 3 A.M. and I've got to call it a night hopefully the bottom end of the motor will be finished by friday I will definatly have some pics of that once its finished for your guys.

blakscorpion21

08-21-2006, 02:19 AM

and going with the vader 2 body kit,

nooooooooo!

celica5071

08-21-2006, 07:48 PM

lol you think I should stick with the other body kit style??

SigmaProjects

08-21-2006, 09:54 PM

I always forget the name for the rally kit, Carl Sans? I don't remember the one that looks like this
http://www.grifone.it/public/images/Grossi1995.JPG

but man, you have one awsome budget there, lol. Great work, looks like it's going to be one mean celica =D

celica5071

08-22-2006, 01:21 AM

Well Tonight went well up untill I went to take the caps off the rods, so that I could connect them to the Crank, and couldn't get the nuts off without the possibilities of stripping them so I have to make a trip back to where i had them reconditioned tomorrow and have them loosten em up for me. However the Crank did go in very smoothly tonight. it spins with hardly any effort, its hard to believe that, that much weight can turn that easily.
I wouldn't say I have a huge budget. I simply have an amazing woman who doesn't understand this obsession but puts up with it and yes all this costs a descent amount thats why its going to take me nearly 9 months, not because I'm slow but because thats how longs its going to take to get all the parts. I am just to determined and too involved with this project with already to much time to just give it up. and I'd like to be able to submit some useful info on here with actual numbers for proof. I'm up for any body design ideas, its a ways away but anyone who has any suggestions on the colors of the car with graphics and all please feel free to submit ideas. Thanks

SigmaProjects

08-22-2006, 05:09 PM

that sounds like fun =D I'm kinda in the same position, only I don't have a wife, just a great gf. Maybe I'll draw something up and see if you like it

blakscorpion21

08-23-2006, 05:55 PM

body mods - cs bumper and hood.
paint - jet black

my .02 cents.

celica5071

08-23-2006, 11:54 PM

well here are pics of tonight, I got the caps off the pistons, and installed them, they went in very smooth.

{Lubing the main bearings before I drop the crank in}
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m121/celica5071/lubingthemainbearings.jpg
{coating the cylinder walls with some clean oil}
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m121/celica5071/Greasingupthecylinders.jpg
{Pistons ever so lightly tapped in}
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m121/celica5071/pistoninstallations.jpg\

pat052003

08-24-2006, 08:30 AM

About how much is all this going to cost you in the end? Just a ball park figure unless you've already tallied everything up.

91 Celica St

08-31-2006, 07:12 PM

should NEVER stick your greasy hands in the pinston walls :)

i give your maifold 1 month before it breaks, the downpipe 3 months if not properly secured, if you can find a way to support it on the stock bracket, it may live

good build, but never go with XS crap, it WILL break in the long run, ive bought 3 things from them to test out and theyve all broken

you will love the AVCR

your injectors are WAYYY too big, get a mr2 2 bar map sensor to try and even things outm, otherwise you will be taking away fuel along the whole graph

DO NOT use and SAFC to control fuel, it is a terrible method, sell it and get an smt-6 or emangae, FULL spark and fuel control. SAFC adds timing as it adds fuel.

nice build, u must have a decent budget :)
but dont buy cheap shit, its exactly that....cheap shit

celica5071

09-25-2006, 06:29 PM

yeah I dont know what I was thinking buying that manifold, I knew there were way to many welds on it to hold up not to mention when I got it it was really light not to heavey duty, so i will probably end up gettin rid of it. I am going to check out the injectors though and the Safc2, no offense to you or anything I'm sure you know what your talking about I just have gotten to much different feedback from so many different people, the guy that set me up with this fuel delivery system has messed around with this same setup, and if it doesn't work out then I'll know to try something different. Also i'm going to run between 8 and 10 pounds of boost, which most people would say is dumb for this motor but i'm going to do it anyways and just bring it up slow, and see how the engine runs at each phase. Yeah I've been searching for that 2 bar map sensor and can't find it anywhere toyota wants like 350 bucks for it, its hard to find it on ebay. anyways I've got a few more pics of the progress I'll post later sorry I've been so lazy. Yeah this has cost a lot of money, but its definatly worth it once you see it start to come together. I've also just accepted that I'm going to probably end up changing things around a bit as far as tuning goes, I don't expect everything to go smooth the first time i start it up. oh and the hanes manual explains to coat the cyclinder walls with clean engine oil, and my hands were as clean as I could possibly get them when i did that.

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