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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
September 2003
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 My 1976 Ra23
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Thu, 06 November 2003 06:32
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Hey all,
been meaning to post about my car for a while now 
so here she is:
Current:
1976 RA23
18RG Motor (currently being rebuilt)
5 speed
Extractors
Ported / Polished
Paseo seats
The dream:
3sgte (aiming for 300 or so horses -- though may not be that high in the end - I want to drive it on the street ya know!! 
disc brakes all round
Pearl blue to purple ^ as above.
Custom interior - including dash, console, transmission tunnel, removal of rear seats for custom sound enclosure.
Big sound system
Remote central locking
Should be cool when she's done.
Hope ya'll like it - and like my photoshop fudging 
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Thu, 06 November 2003 06:37
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Dumb ass that I am forgot to post the link for all the other pics I've taken of the car 
ah well here it is for you all:
http://www.uhs.sa.edu.au/home/brogers/celica/
ooh ooh and I forgot to mention that I have a cool air filter on my celica
heh!
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Thu, 06 November 2003 06:47
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nice car dude them steels are just asking for mags. same with your steering wheel dude  jk
hows it run at the moment?
theres my money pit
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Thu, 06 November 2003 06:59
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ATM - doesn't run
Hence the rebuild
Due to the previous Owner doing a dodgy build - the bottom end was starved of oil - in short...
see well knackered conrod, camshaft, the big ends were rooted.
once its all rebuilt should be good for 150 odd horses at the wheels...
before I blew the bottom end out of it - went hard...DAMN hard
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Thu, 06 November 2003 07:37
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ohh spyewin ay my cars fkd at the moment i should get it back next week though, the rod that holds my air cleaner on came loose and got suxed down the manifold in to the compustion chamber so they had to take the head of and get it machined they get it back tommorow and put it back together (with all new gaskets) next week.
cant wait 
let us know how yours goes when you get it back.
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Sat, 08 November 2003 04:30
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Btw - its more than just the steering wheel and wheels that are begging for some work....
I need the following:
mags
steering wheel
short shift kit *I'll probably just chop the stick*
race pedals the whole works
checker plate flooring etc etc etc
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Location:
Westleigh, Sydney
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Sun, 09 November 2003 10:47
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wow all those extra kilowatts, checkerplate is good for 20kw.
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Sun, 09 November 2003 21:45
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| Andy_H wrote on Sun, 09 November 2003 21:17 |
wow all those extra kilowatts, checkerplate is good for 20kw.
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Because power increase was just what I was talking about...
ooh yes and while I'm on the way to ricing up my dear little celica, howabout I put on some headlight tinting, a 44" dump, lower it so its undrivable and then say its the fastest thing on the road...
why not go one step further...I'll put pizza cutters on the front, tub it on the back put huge ass slicks on it, lock the diff, and then use it for hill climbs.
Or perhaps you should just read the first post that I did - when I mentioned that I am planning on putting in a 3sgte that will be good for around 300hp......
Not everything that has checkerplate flooring is rice... 
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Location:
Ballarat, Victoria
Registered:
March 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Sun, 09 November 2003 23:51
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oooohh its very nice.
old school 
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Mon, 10 November 2003 00:32
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i agree not all things are rice
i've got an aftermarket steering wheel is that rice? 
Save your pennies for some nice bucket seats i did and i recomend it
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: My 1976 Ra23
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Fri, 05 December 2003 02:39
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[ UPDATE ]
I got my baby back yesterday - fully rebuilt 18RG - now I just gotta get it EFI so I can punch it at low revs
I think EFI should tide me over till I can save enough cash to do the 3S-GTE transplant properlly.
Whoot!!
Though $2060.00 later for the rebuild - stupid expensive 18RG's (and I got charged at a fairly discounted rate)
somewhat Whoot
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