1989 Celica GT-Four - Update:April 2008 Rebuild commences

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:18 pm

i thought it was about time for an update that isnt quite an update. there are only three working days now until i return to suffolk and can begin rebuilding the mighty shed

come monday the 31st, i will be rolling up the country and starting to work on the new shell

see you all soon :twisted:

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:15 pm

Great news Andy

Will be nice to see you and the Mighty Shed once again :thumb:

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:09 pm

i have sourced a new shell, a MASSIVE set of front brakes and a few other bits and pieces. heres a pic to entice

335x32 AP 4 pots

TonyB · Post by **TonyB** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:26 pm

Nice one Andy. They should have the stopping power

Can not wait to see it finished :thumb:

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:31 pm

TonyB_GT4 wrote:Nice one Andy. They should have the stopping power

Can not wait to see it finished :thumb:

i havent even started yet! the mighty shed is still composed of a pile of bits in the wooden shed. work should recommence next monday, i aim to have a rolling chassis by the end of the week

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:44 am

it looks like i wont be receiving the new shell until sometime on thursday, so yesterday i took the head off the donor engine and prepped it ready to fit to my existing bottom end and super cheaty sprint ratio gearbox

. today i will be swopping heads over, fitting ARP head studs and group N (TTE) metal headgasket.

heres a teaser pic, the contrast is a bit poo but thats a lightweight AP 4-pot caliper and 335x30mm disc you can almost see hidden behind the sexy TH3 compomotive wheel

it desperately needs a good wash too!

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:57 am

mmmmmm - nice base for the project

Will keep my eyes on this

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:47 am

Nice

Carlos Sainz 1989 replica colours isn't it :?:

Post by **Ben** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:28 am

awesome mate ...

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:51 pm

yep, monte carlo to be exact. its very nice

today i whipped the head off my engine, put the head from the donor car onto it along with a group N 1.4mm steel headgasket and ARP studs. i was pleasantly suprised to see how clean and unmarked the pistons were. theyre totally standard and only have a small amount of detonation marks on them (courtesy of tesco fuel).

the engine as taken out of my sunburst celica at christmas.

it was very dirty!

owen came down and gave me a hand with the spanners

go on, PUT SOME EFFORT INTO IT!! :twisted:

piston 1

number 2...

three...showing the most signs of det. this is traditionally the piston that breaks first on the 3S-GTE engine.

and finally, number 4

tomorrow the plan is to torque down the cams and double check valve clearances. then once that is done its time to refit manifolds and turbo and make up a few blanking plates for unused ports on the new head.