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

Tk · Post by Tk » Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:18 am

thats superb , must make life so much easier
im not jelouse really :x
good to see the car getting there :thumb:

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:14 pm

for some time now, i have suspected my turbo oil seals of leaking. this manifests itself with a puff of white smoke on high-rev overrun and oil in the intake.

today, i removed the old turbo and started to fit the new one

starting to remove ancillaries

turbo, downpipe and FMIC pipework removed

here's the new turbo, Garrett T78

ok really , old turbo on left and the new supra turbo on right

i messed up rotating the exhaust housing so i need to seperate the two halves and move it about 5 degrees to align the oil feed/drain correctly

this is the old turbo, check out the heavily cracked wastegate seat

the new turbo, immaculate wastegate. infact the entire turbo is in really good condition

one third of the way through the transplant, i packed up and threw everything into the boot

hopefully tomorrow ill have finished rotating the turbo parts into the correct position and made a new actuator bracket to suit.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:39 pm

Is it just me or is that Turbo huuuuge?

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:13 pm

Jeez, checkout the cracking in the wastegate seat

Looks excellent though !!!

Post by **Stuart** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:50 am

T78s are massive , the car is coming along just fine Andy. Very well done

Ramps are a life saver, Dave and Ian swear by them

Any ideas about the lag from that big old tubbie?

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:38 pm

i was joking about the T78, read the captions again

unfortunately im not using the ramps for this. alex's car is on there with the fuel tank and rear discs off. its been there all week!

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:06 am

i made a new bracket for the tiny video camera yesterday too and recorded this short clip (didnt break the speed limit officer!) which would have been longer if the batteries hadnt died!
http://andrewmcc.com/projectpics/newbracket.wmv

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:27 pm

oh how the mighty have fallen! i took the car to the OC's challenge weekend in august and ended up rolling the mighty shed. she was still running but the chassis was a complete right-off. however, i still managed to drive it back to the paddock (and then from storage to the workshop to dismantle) in true rally style

today i've removed most of the ancillaries (FMIC, bumper, exhaust & downpipe, wheels, rear diff etc), tomorrow will be engine/box out and maybe the suspension if i get time.

once ive removed everything, its time to get out the PLASMA CUTTER!!!!!!!!! and chop the car into tiny bits. this will make removing the cage an absolute breeze as i can just cut the chassis up like it is made from butter

plasma cutter - the tool of champions, and those that dont fart about!

here are a few pics of its final outing...

and then in the afternoon...when it was getting REALLY FAST, disaster struck... :twisted:

the car was still running and drove almost perfectly (ok so the driver rear suspension turret wasn't attached to the chassis anymore, only the cage! but thats a minor detail)

when i return in march the plan is to prep the new shell thoroughly and then put all the good bits from this car into it

new paintscheme hasn't been decided yet, but i am tempted by a green rizla painjob.

what do you think?

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:44 pm

Green - Like it :thumb:

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:53 pm

Keep plugging away Andy :thumb:

I remember when you joined me at Honington for those high speed runs (not that high as it turned out) I look forward to 2008 when we can get back on to some more circuits

Best of luck mate

Bigpower

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

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