1975 Toyota Celica build....update may 20, 2009

So... The Celica's engine swap is finished! 22rte running, driving is in! heres some pics of me pulling it out of the shop.


Right when we got home, my brother and I took apart the ratty old springs we had on there and replaced them with some sw20 eibach lower springs. we had to cut them a bit, which helped because not only did it drop the car where it should be, but it lowered the spring rate which matched the weight of the car.

1975 Toyota celica build *update 4/7/09...

The motor is in! The 22rte is sitting so prestine in the engine bay! I want to sleep on top of it. I dont know why, but i just wanna lay on top, grab a pillow and just sleep there.


The problem that we've run into now, is that bigger ct26 wont fit in the stock location. which is under the manifold. Sooo, one solution Joey thought of, was to run an aftermarket top mount turbo manifold. Lets see how this goes!!

1975 Toyota celica build *3/25/09...

Heres the update with the celica build. The fully built 22rte will be dropped into the car sometime soon, and with the engine bay cleaned and prepped for a flat black spray, everything looks like it will be sitting very nice.
i'll just let the pics tell the story.





the stock ct20a on the left is blown... but is now being replaced by its fully rebuilt big brother, the ct26..
updates to come