My 1984 Toyota Celica
The engine radiator was leaking coolant, prompting a retrofit with a more modern NB MX5/Miata aluminium radiator, which is thicker but compatible in size and inlet location. Custom brackets were fabricated for mounting, existing fans were reused, and adjustments were made to hoses and overflow bottle connections for proper fit.
While the chassis is pulled apart to do the rust repair, I decided to swap out the RA60 front lights and replace them with the pop ups from the white … Continue Reading SA63 Light Conversion
Now that the vacuum distribution block is fitted, I can work towards getting a solid idle. It wont be possible to get the idle perfect while the base map is … Continue Reading Idle and Cold Start.
Now the engine is working I wanted to take a closer look at the rust on the car. After removing the window trims and roof lining I found the rust … Continue Reading Chassis Swap
Before I could try to start the engine, I had to first check if the engine had oil pressure, and the ECU was recieving the required signals to start. I … Continue Reading First Engine Start
Due to the pitting on the exhaust valves, I have taken the valves out of the cylinder head on my spare engine. The second head has some compression issues of … Continue Reading Engine Reassembly
Now that the body electrical system is working I was able to do a compression test. When I did the compression test I found that #1, #3 and #4 figures … Continue Reading Engine update
I have started joining the Celica chassis harness to the 3SGE/Haltech harness I have already put together. The original engine didnt really have a harness, as there wasn’t much in … Continue Reading Chassis Wiring
Now that the engine and transmission are bolted up to the correct position I can start put everything back into the engine bay. Apart from the nose being shorter, the … Continue Reading Engine Installation
The bracket bolted on top of the flywheel is an SQ Engineering flywheel locking tool. The engine is being held steady by the crane, but is still moving back and … Continue Reading J160 Gearbox and shifter installation
Now that I have the altezza engine harness from the half cut, I can start splicing it into the Haltech harness. Some of the harness will be redundant, so I … Continue Reading Haltech and 3SGE wiring
After spending several months looking for either a Y series bellhousing or a J160 for sale in australia and finding neither, I decided to buy a complete SXE10 Altezza half … Continue Reading J160 6 Speed
I had originally planned to use the beams intake, but decided that the benifits of changing to an ITB setup was worth the small cost increase These are the ITBs … Continue Reading 4age 20v ITB’s
The original engine in the Celica was carburetted, so to run EFI the fuel system needs to be replaced. EFI Toyotas of this era typically had a return fuel system, … Continue Reading Fuel System
One of the first problems I found with engine bay clearance is the differences between the sumps. The 2s has two brackets that attach to the transmisson. On the BEAMS … Continue Reading Test Fitting the BEAMS
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Michael's 3SGE Celica Build