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Andy RA23
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icon14.gif  ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Fri, 12 August 2005 07:24 Go to next message
hey my name is andy and im 18 from brisbane, this is my first car and has been fully rebuilt. My dad and i have rebuilt the celica over the last 14 months or so and has been challanging and fun. the car used to be the 18RC auto but we swapped it over to a 5 speed manual. The 18RC was given a little attention by adding a mild camshaft thanks to camshaft engineering, and genie extractors with a fully cleaned cylinder head with new valve seats to run it on unleaded.
The shell is now painted in ford citric acid and sits 2 inches lower on some king springs aswell. THe interior has been done with new seats and headlining and repainted dash. and fitted with a panasonic head unit, 6 inch speakers and 6X9's on a new custom back parcel shelf. future plans are to just get it running on the road and settled down and then fit a 1ggte in the future.
anybody with celicas and who would like to add me on msn feel free punkfan_87@hotmail.com

hope you enjoy the pictures i will put more up as i go.

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icon14.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Fri, 12 August 2005 08:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
great job Cool
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Sun, 14 August 2005 05:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
nice one dude... thats a nice colour...
looks the goods - wish my old man would do sometihnglike that with me
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Sun, 14 August 2005 11:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Good effort mate. Cool first car Wink
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Andy RA23
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icon10.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 15 August 2005 06:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hey guys here are some more pics of the car in no particular order, just to show some of the work thats gone into this car i have hundreds of pics if you want to see anything else just ask. ill keep putting some up ocasionly as new stuff gets done or i find old pics that i think are worthy of showing.
cheeers andy

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Andy RA23
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icon10.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 15 August 2005 07:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message

sorry doubble submitted pics but i think i fixed it.



[Updated on: Mon, 15 August 2005 07:44]

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h3ff44
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 15 August 2005 08:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
looks good mate... nice exhaust *blue* hehe
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 15 August 2005 09:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
as a ra23 owner i give it 2 thumbs up! nice work. im planing a project for mine some time soon. respray and all just need the $$$ first
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Andy RA23
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icon7.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 16 August 2005 02:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
in your regards to the blue exhaust yeah i know its abit silly but for some reason the genie extractors came blue. but alot of the colour has baked off now so its more a dull blue. here are some more pics of the car. we got a new rear vision mirror and got the back parcel shelf done and you can see how much better the car looks with the new headlining it really makes it look great, the blue engine bay is one of my friends ra28. it has the 1ggte twin turbo i want to fit into the ra23 later on.


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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 16 August 2005 11:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hey bocka thanks for your comment,
well when ya ra23 is up and running we will have to go for a cruise seein ya from the brisbane area.
cheers send us some photos sometime of your celica
cheers
andy
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Andy RA23
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icon7.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 29 August 2005 05:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
here are some more pics of me and my mate johno playing around with the celica in the lawn, all the interior is finished now, and all that remains is some areas of touch up paint and tyres and exhaust.. this week the sports exhaust goes on and the new tyres go on. so ill put some more pics up when that happens then its just got to go through road worthy and rego.

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PHOBIA
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 29 August 2005 06:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Good effort mate, you will appreciate that thing so much more having put all that time into it. Well done. Wink
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 29 August 2005 09:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
very nice

do u live near, or go anywhere near capalaba daily
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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 29 August 2005 11:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
na man this celica isnt on the road yet ay mate, although my gf does live over in capalabah so yeah you will be seeing me over that way very soon Smile but i think your thinking of another ra23 mate, ive seen it in capalabah myself. its the same colour as mine with big chromies hey?? im pretty sure i know the one your talking about.
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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Thu, 01 September 2005 08:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hey, here are some more pics of the celica seeing as we have hundreds i thought i could put some more up, we now go the tyres done and here are some other pics of it just doin test laps round our street and a pic of my old man who made this whole car happen, thanks for all the feedback on the car, its much appreciated,
andy

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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Fri, 02 September 2005 03:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Top job man you must be stoked!!

At 18 all I was doing was dreaming about doing up my 76 Rolling Eyes But never starting anything.Good to see you have hooked in and the end result is as smikk as it is. The paint job looks the goos aswell.

Good stuff!!
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Fri, 02 September 2005 06:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
how much of a coincedence is that...

my mate bought an RA23 shell he's putting a 1JZ into at the moment and it was painted that exact same colour. he's painting his blue though so there's no need to worry Wink

it'll go hard with the 1G in there!
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Andy RA23
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icon10.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 24 October 2005 04:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ok its been awhile since ive posted anything and alot has happend. we went to performance pipes over at acacia ridge to get our sports exhaust done, it is a 2 inch all the way through with a resinator and sports muffler with a 2 inch dump pipe. from there we took the car over to major services for a wheel alignment and road worthy which it passed Smile WOOHHOOO ... and now my old man wasnt really happy with the carby so that is being fixed as we speak. It was bein a bitch running far to rich and had a flat spot just above 1000 rpm so now its in getting a full rebuild. the car is very soon to be registed and on the road so look out for it... ill post some more pictures up soon. keep up the feedback on the car its much appriciated

andy
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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 25 October 2005 02:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
omg rego tommorow if all goes to plan,
fitted the carby last nite and got rid of the flat spot runs far sweeter now.. and not nearly as rich,
tommorow night should be out and about Smile

andy
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Andy RA23
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icon10.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Mon, 31 October 2005 03:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ok its now done Smile rego and everything and ive used so much fuel in the last few days but i think that can be expected seeing its my new toy.. now i am just gonna enjoy it and in future fit the 1ggte with dad into it. but as for now its getting plenty of looks and comments out on the street and im just gonna enjoy.
cheers for all the feedback
andy

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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Wed, 02 November 2005 09:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hi there Andy,
Great job, looks SWEET...hey can u tell me what kind of seats u put in your beast...

cheers leso
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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Wed, 02 November 2005 23:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mate to tell you the truth i wish i knew myself if anyone can tell me that would be great.. got them off a mate who has a ra28 and couldnt get them to fit in his but we managed Smile
yeah no idea what there out of..
cheers
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Thu, 03 November 2005 00:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
are they crown seats?
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Andy RA23
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icon10.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Thu, 03 November 2005 00:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mate i got no idea. but there semi racey ay.. semi wrap around bucket. im guessin somthin more like an older supra but to tell you the truth i really dont know.
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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 08 November 2005 23:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
holy crap had a few issues come up of late but nothin that we didnt fix.. firstly the seal from the filler pipe to the tank well when we put that seal back in it wasnt fully sealing it so fuel leaked out and vented into the cabin and it stunk so bad... so we fixed that.. but dad put some silicon around all the seals but slowly over time the petrol attacked it and it turned top this sticky slimy gpp[ that blocked up all my fuel lines.. THANK GOD FOR FUEL FILTERS!!! anyway had a great afternoon cleaning all that crap out but now she is back to normal... well yeah havnt looked yet but today my cel is in fast fours today in small haulers cand wait to get it...
cheers
andy
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Thu, 10 November 2005 09:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hey man, great work, looks awesome, love the paint job. will be a beast when ya the 1g in there. keep up the good work and keep us posted.
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Sat, 12 November 2005 13:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I agree, looks mad arse!!
your wheels look a little similar to mine.. do you know the brand??
Tell me, how much extra umff did you get from all the tinkering to the old rc, i have a 28 with a stock reconed rc, extractors and a few idle probs but i was wondering if it may be worth doing what youve done.. ie was the cost worth the benefit..

or even sell me all the stuff if you ever go for the 1g option.. Very Happy

anyway just a friendly hello
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Sun, 13 November 2005 01:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Yeah man youve done a great job on that ride...how long did it take to do and how much did u spend on it.
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Andy RA23
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icon10.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 15 November 2005 04:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
in response to your questions.. yeah thw work done to the 18RC does give it a fair bit more pep than a stock 18RC.. but yeah it depends what you wanna do if you think its worth doing. I personally wouldnt do anymore to mine im gonna go to the 1ggte. And yeah to the other question the car has roughly taken 17 months to finish or so and including rego and insurance was approx $6000... ITS IN FAST FOURS ATM Smile in the small haulers section and i WON over a GTR hahahahaha...
cheers Andy
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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Sun, 20 November 2005 09:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hey.... well it may seem stupid but yeah within the next six months we will most likely have the 1ggte supra half cut ready to try and fit Smile hehe. we now have new bucket seats on order so when we get them im willing to let the other ones go for $50 if anyone wants em.. also when we get the 1ggte i will be looking to sell my engine package now which would include
18RC with genie extractors made for the 18rc, mild camshaft,2 inch sports exhaust all the way from the extractor and another spare 18RC block for about $500-600 which i think is pretty fair seeing its all ready to go in a ra23... if anyone is intersted just say so on here and yeh just so i get an idea of how much interst i can get in it

cheers andy...
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Sun, 20 November 2005 10:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
yeah i saw your ride in there.. looks god in the mag. nice work.
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Sun, 20 November 2005 11:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
hey andy, i have an ra23 too, its running an 18rgeu, but i want to put a 2jz in there, ive seen it done before and ive finally got the finances to do it, have u heard of this before, any tips or tricks or thigns to watch out for
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 22 November 2005 01:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
i know that the 2jz is quite conciderablly longer than a 1ggte or other similar engine.. so you will most likely have a few inssues fitting it in there especially against the fire wall.. i think you need approx 2 inches cut out of the fire wall for the 2J... also because it is 3L your gonna need to get a fair bit of engineering aproval seeing the ra23 was made for a 2L.. thats the greatest thing about the 1ggte. its still six cylinder twin turbo but only 2L..
well if your still gonna go with the 2J good luck is all i can say it would be a great ride if you get it all done.. keep us posted on ya progress..
cheers andy
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 22 November 2005 03:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Hey Andy,

Car looks awesome, congrats on a job well done! Both you and your dad should rightly feel very proud of your efforts.

If you get the chance, make yourself known on the forums at www.ozcelica.com - would be great to have a nice 1st gen like this one join the ranks there, and it would be awesome to have you come to one of our QLD cruises one day!

By the sounds of it your car is well and truly on the road by now, enjoy every minute of driving it!

Matt
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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 22 November 2005 05:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
haha yeah sounds good mate.. i might be up for joining you on a cruise.. u got any other RA23's in ya group??
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Tue, 22 November 2005 06:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Well there is a dedicated 1st gen section on the boards, I'm sure there would be an RA23 owner in there or two. On our most recent cruise (Nov 5, check the QLD section) we had a TA22 join us which was cool, normally the oldest Celicas to come to these meets are 4th gens (like mine!).

ATM there is supposed to be a cruise happening this coming weekend, final details haven't been posted up yet though. Might be too short notice but would be awesome if you could come along, it's planned to be a drive through the Gold Coast hinterland.

Cheers,
Matt
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Andy RA23
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icon14.gif  Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Wed, 30 November 2005 22:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
here is a pic of my celica in this months issue of fast fours :):)Smile

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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Thu, 01 December 2005 06:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Great looking car Shocked
The Yellow looks great on your car also.
You need a GT grill for it by chance?
Let me know.

Cheers, Johnny
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Andy RA23
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Re: ANDYS RA23 BUILD UP Thu, 01 December 2005 07:32 Go to previous message
yeah id love one, but it would have to be for an ok price.. im not made of money hahaha
cheers andy
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