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thechuckster Forums Junkie Location: Brisbane Registered: February 2003	Re: V8 RA celica Tue, 18 February 2003 14:15 sure the V8 would 'sound' nice... but is the chassis rails, subframe and strut towers up to holding all that weight? or stiff enough to stop the front-end twisting when you load it up with the massive amount of torque a 302's going to produce under power? and then there's drivability - all that extra weight's going to stuff up any steering, suspension geometry and braking behavior that toyota expected of the car? By the time you've stengthened the chassis and subframe, redesigned and built new suspension, got brakes, found a gearbox, tailshaft, diff, fuel tank, wiring, blah blah... why not just buy a supra? or soarer? or a rotary eng? butif you dot it, can i insure you (to benefit me) so when you die (young and probably at great speed) i can pay for EFI on my turbo RA40? Doing a legal turbo in Qld cost me arm + many legs, i imagine that a blue-plated V8 up here would cost you dearly in payola, graft and corruption? i don't think a straight DoT inspector would even contemplate issuing you with a cert. suggestion? locate a 6-cyl BMW from a race-prepped M3 or newer, they sound sexy, grunty, and at speed are terrfying, plus would probably fit in the engine bay if you did some panel work. And you'ld be past most capacity and weight issues. ? my 2, thechuckster [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 17 February 2003 02:37
	Re: V8 RA celica	rob_RA40	Mon, 17 February 2003 03:55
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Mon, 17 February 2003 07:31
	Re: V8 RA celica	munki	Mon, 17 February 2003 07:43
	Re: V8 RA celica	mrshin	Mon, 17 February 2003 09:20
	Re: V8 RA celica	mrshin	Mon, 17 February 2003 09:21
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 17 February 2003 23:34
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 01:51
	Re: V8 RA celica	thunderbird1	Tue, 18 February 2003 02:55
	Re: V8 RA celica	Nark	Tue, 18 February 2003 03:57
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Tue, 18 February 2003 04:30
	Re: V8 RA celica	biased99	Tue, 18 February 2003 04:50
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Tue, 18 February 2003 05:35
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 06:26
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 07:52
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:29
	Re: V8 RA celica	munki	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:38
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:44
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:48
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Tue, 18 February 2003 10:57
	Re: V8 RA celica	celicamad85	Tue, 18 February 2003 11:31
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 11:46
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Wed, 19 February 2003 07:25
	Re: V8 RA celica	celicamad85	Wed, 19 February 2003 07:56
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Wed, 19 February 2003 09:54
	Re: V8 RA celica	Classique71	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:01
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:10
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:28
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:49
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Wed, 19 February 2003 10:53
	Re: V8 RA celica	Norbie	Tue, 18 February 2003 11:54
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 12:11
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 18 February 2003 12:15
	Re: V8 RA celica	7mgte83	Tue, 18 February 2003 12:10
	Re: V8 RA celica	Norbie	Tue, 18 February 2003 12:29
	Re: V8 RA celica	thechuckster	Tue, 18 February 2003 14:15
	Re: V8 RA celica	thunderbird1	Tue, 18 February 2003 16:46
	Re: V8 RA celica	Hack	Wed, 19 February 2003 02:36
	Re: V8 RA celica	1UZ FTE	Wed, 19 February 2003 03:17
	Re: V8 RA celica	Grega	Wed, 19 February 2003 11:43
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Wed, 19 February 2003 12:32
	Re: V8 RA celica	Hack	Mon, 24 February 2003 02:24
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 24 February 2003 03:43
	Re: V8 RA celica	rob_RA40	Mon, 24 February 2003 05:07
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Mon, 24 February 2003 07:45
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 24 February 2003 10:28
	Re: V8 RA celica	Bugman	Mon, 24 February 2003 11:19
	Re: V8 RA celica	mrshin	Mon, 24 February 2003 21:02
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Mon, 24 February 2003 22:34
	Re: V8 RA celica	rob_RA40	Tue, 25 February 2003 02:05
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Tue, 25 February 2003 04:46
	Re: V8 RA celica	rob_RA40	Tue, 25 February 2003 07:04
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 25 February 2003 11:48
	Re: V8 RA celica	celicamad85	Thu, 27 February 2003 11:23
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Thu, 27 February 2003 11:25
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Thu, 27 February 2003 22:20
	Re: V8 RA celica	ROBBO_ma61	Fri, 28 February 2003 07:23
	Re: V8 RA celica	biased99	Fri, 28 February 2003 23:31
	Re: V8 RA celica	TurboCelica	Sun, 02 March 2003 23:53

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