ToyotaFest Registration Now Open....

yup! Registration to the biggest gathering of new and old Toyotas has just opened. Spots are limmited, so don't wait. get in the show!

Toyotaclub.org

Generation Comparison: 1971 Celica VS. 2005 Celica

Most people now-a-days would not even be able to believe that these are both Celicas. With such a generation gap, the only thing that they have in common now is that they are both Toyotas and share the Celica badge. The first generation celica was released to be the "cheaper" alternative to the incredible Toyota 2000gt. The seventh generation celica was released to bring younger buyers out in the United States. I believe the best comparison you can derive from these two long distance ancestors, would be that the 1st gen is RWD while the latter, FWD...

Any Competition here? 1st generation Celica FTW!!!

Random Funny: Subies on Oldschool....

Came across this from cousin Justin just a few mins ago, and just had to post this up. So over at i-club.com, a few subaru guys were having small discussion about oldschool Jap cars..my favorite question,"were they rwd back then?"..haha... its funny to me, and should be to most other oldschool enthusiats...
click here for the whole thread.

Toyota Fest: May 9, 2009...

The 14th annual Toyotafest is coming up, and registration is opening in late February.
More updates to come..

see you there.

ToyotaClub.org

Tutorial: Stretching Tires....

Oldschool fans everywhere will tell you that pulling the rubber over your "slightly" wider rim brings an odd sense of emotions. #1)You don't know if you should be worried about your lip or #2)the actual safety of doing this, but we all come to an agreement that its usually #1....
you have your 14x8.5 work equip 02's, and you wanted to see what some 185/45/14 would look on them... TyreStretch.com now has the answer.(pics included)

B.I.D.D

oh, i also saw this in L.A....

Seems like they love B.I.D.D over there too!

City of Angels....

This past weekend, I went down to L.A to visit the family. Had lots of fun with the family, just as we always do. Luckily we took pictures this time. Here's a quick photo diary of our 2 days over in the City of Angels.

Bored out of ours minds in traffic on our way to get some food:




Quick drive through Beverly Hills, these were the only pictures that came out clear enough to even tell what they were. (sorry Iphone pics)



Cousin Chard took us to eat at the ever Most popular, Tito's Tacos.
Some good shit man..




look at what we saw on the way home...



anyways, yeah, theres a quick glance at this past weekend with the Socal cousins..
By the way, if you were wondering what car we dipped around in...

1975 Toyota Celica build...

This is me and my brother's project...
A 1975 Toyota Celica. (Ra22)
The car had a completely immaculate interior besides the small cracks on the top of the rear seats and small cracks on the dash. besides that, perfect headliner, perfect side panels, perfect seats, carpet, and dash console.

The Car was originally Green, as seen in these photos


It also had the Vinyl top and side moldings which were removed.

We lowered the car with TRD springs in the rear, and rear eibach SW20(mr2) lowering springs in the front with koni adjustables.
This is basically how the car sits now



The Celica originally came equipped with the 20r.
This is the engine we have decided to swap for the 20r.



The engine looked and was like crap, but we got it for steal. everything was pretty bad except the intake manifold, and turbo manifold. so $300 bucks was worth it..
This is what the engine looks like now




Rebuilt block, rebuilt head. New Gaskets and seals from Toyota.
stay posted for more to come....

Differences between East and West....

Haven't posted anything in a while now, but lets look at this.
East and West can mean a lot of things. In this case we can look at the differences between two cultures. Though not all instances may be true, but for some odd reason, some examples are true.
Opinions

Some could say that in some cases, this illustration could be vise versa

Way of Life

The blue side concentrates more on the individual aspect, while red touches on community

Punctuality

From the picture you can see that this talks about filipinos

Waiting Lines

kinda true huh...

Restaurants

we all know this is true.

Tourists

see this at San Francisco all the time

Trends


How they perceive each other

This one is my favorite.

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