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Posted January 16, 2022 Chassis

SA63 Light Conversion

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

Posted October 12, 2021 Engine

Idle and Cold Start.

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.

Posted April 2, 2021 Chassis

Chassis Swap pt.2

Now that the engine is in the car I can work on getting it running. Fuel Tank The RA60 fuel tank won’t work with EFI so I put the 22RE … Continue Reading Chassis Swap pt.2

Posted February 7, 20211 Comment Chassis

Chassis Swap

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

Posted January 18, 2021 Engine

First Engine Start

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

Posted September 26, 2020 Chassis

Engine Reassembly

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

Posted July 6, 20201 Comment Engine

Engine update

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

Posted April 23, 2019 Engine

Haltech and 3SGE wiring

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

Posted March 8, 2019 Fuel System

4age 20v ITB’s

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

Posted October 27, 2018 Fuel System

Fuel System

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

Posted October 23, 2018 Engine

New ECU

I picked up a new ECU, a Haltech Elite 1000 which was recommended to me as it is able to run the dual VVTI system on the BEAMS. Altezza ECU … Continue Reading New ECU