1972 Celica project

outatyme

11-13-2007, 08:12 PM

My friend and I just bought a 1972 Toyota Celica for $250. We are going to turn it into a highway racer. We are going to probably going to do a 4A-GE 20v blacktop engine swap, and other various mods. Suggestions for mods. would be greatly appreciated, but please be reasonable (we are still in high school and have limited money). Pics. will be posted very soon. hope you all will enjoy!

outatyme

11-21-2007, 03:21 PM

Im afraid I have a problem. The car turned over after we (my friend and I) disconnected the fuel line and put gas in the carb(thats not the bad news) we had also changed the oil and drained the radiator and put new coolant in, after we tried starting it, we changed the spark plugs, but then the spark plug thread broke off in the head and some of it went in the cylinder. So we decided to take off the head. When we did, we saw the valves had hitting the pistons and damaging them. Plus cylinder 3 (which had the sparkplug problem) was completely ROASTED and had 1/4 inch of junk covering the piston:crying:. So now I decided to just get a 16 valve 4a-ge and swap that in. If any of you can make custom motor and transmission mounts or have a rwd 4a-ge and 5spd. for sale, I would appreciate some info on that. Im sorry about not posting any pics I will try to put some on tonight. I have pics of when we just got the car, and when we took the head off.

outatyme

11-21-2007, 03:35 PM

ok I finally have pics for you guy! YAY!
But I dont know how to post pics. How do you post pics. on this site?

bbmx952

11-29-2007, 11:18 AM

Goto Port Reply and hit the insert image button, its right above where you type, its a picture of mountains.

outatyme

12-05-2007, 07:26 PM

Goto Port Reply and hit the insert image button, its right above where you type, its a picture of mountains. YesI have seen that but how do you getthem from your computer if it asks for a website address?

bbmx952

12-07-2007, 12:47 AM

http://photobucket.com/

Thats a free site, you can upload ur images there. Then you just have to link them with the address of your photos.

outatyme

12-15-2007, 07:26 PM

celica5071

12-29-2007, 03:32 PM

looks like it will be a cool project. Hope your dedicated. due to the fact that I'm not rich. I'm going on two years on my project, the whole front end is completely rebuilt, but I haven't even gotten to the body yet. But it will be worth it in the end.

outatyme

12-30-2007, 02:44 PM

extremely bad news. my mom says i have to sell it by january 15 or else it goes to the crusher (im 16 she still controls me) so im selling it and i put it back together and hace had 3 calls on it. it kills me to sell this.

celica5071

12-30-2007, 09:38 PM

yeah your best bet is to wait til you have a place to do it, that isn't controlled by other people. Wait til you have the money and the time to do it. I wouldn't suggest starting that project, when your broke and have a girlfriend. Be single, and make good money cause that project will eat your expences. Well Good luck.

cheers

outatyme

02-06-2008, 08:01 PM

Good news! i can keep the car and i painted most of it so the color mainly matches. i ran out of paint. but the roof and trunk and all red parts are now black. but im going to put in an engine so anyone please tell me if you have a running 18rc for $300 or under or a running 18rg for $550 or under. just repost if you do. ill also put in a classified ad.

ipittythefoo

02-09-2008, 04:07 PM

I saw a 3TC somewhere around richmond for 300. I will try and see if I can find it again. There was also a 20r on craigslist w/ tranny for 600

outatyme

03-28-2008, 09:26 PM

new update: hey guys i just painted most of the car except for the hood. it looks decent for just a few cans of rustoleum. but i am going to be putting in a 20r/22r. i will post pics of the engine swap very soon.

ipittythefoo

03-30-2008, 07:11 PM

You should post an update on http://www.ectoyotas.com/forum/ there are a couple other first gens there.

BigSearch

08-17-2009, 12:25 PM

This is an old post, but are the photos still available somewhere? I can't seem to access them.

Sure would like to see what was done with the car along the way.

Thanks.

BigSearch

08-17-2009, 12:47 PM

This is an old post, but are the photos still available somewhere? I can't seem to access them.

Sure would like to see what was done with the car along the way.

Thanks.

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