[Updated on: Sun, 29 May 2005 22:50]

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Hope you Guys like

shocking...absolutley shocking

[Updated on: Tue, 08 February 2005 22:28]

Thanks for all the great comments

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And yeah, wheres the 1UZ

The 1u will still be in the engine bay but the adaption to the sump has caused some issues ,...We have is sorted but the bottom line is that the crank centerline will have to come up 30-40mm ,..which in turn either means a power bulge in bonnet (not keen on this) or a custom inlet (think i will do this)
Also the whole motor will prob be mounted back another 60-70mm
These are preliminary measurement with a dummied up bare motor, by moving it back futher this will get the front axle's in the correct position

Hmmm also the rear mount Turbo will have to be put back in the engine bay for Engineering purposes and other reasons

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So how much you charging to do this conversion on other Celicas?

Joel
I dare not think how much you could charge to do this
The time we have spent on it, trying to nut stuff out and it still looks like shit sitting in the garage

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Jamie, you're an artist! Beautiful work as always.

Dave
As long as it all works and goes around Crn's as you can see from the Cage, Suspension and Brake's it is going to be more track orientated

Fire any questions / advice away as i am open to ideas , ohh or critisism

Thanks
J

[Updated on: Wed, 09 February 2005 05:39]

[Updated on: Wed, 09 February 2005 23:45]

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is that 4 wheel steer aswell???

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are any chassis reinforcements required???

fade-e yep the rear end does have the 4wheel steer but i will be running it locked
Yep the chassis has had some reiforcments and new box rails made to cross join the outer rails with the inners + pick up the rear end mounting points otherwise i am banking on the cage as well to do the stiffening trick

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Edit 1 : BTW, what is the drivetrain from - Skyline of 4WD UZ Toyota ??

bbaacchhyy yep all the driveline will be the Skyline including the box and transfer case sump rear end etc ,..motor still will be 1u
Hmm i thought that was you that came around with justen that day just wasn't 100% sure ,.ok all is clear who you are now

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How much shorter are the control arms than the GTR items?

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Are you caging the front as well and linking it into the front shock towers?

Hey! josh how you going ,..they are 30mm shorter mate any shorter and the axles bottom out and stops suspension travel
I have checked the camber change and it all seems to be reasonable still (nothing to sever anyway)
Yep the cage will go through to the front towers ,..basically a full cage, probably a bit of overkill but all the cross bracing i have used is light gage tubing to keep as much weight out as possible

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One question though, How do you go about engineering/registering a car with this level of modification, will it be done as an individually constructed vehicle or just a modified celica?

Gold28 ,..hmmm at first i come to the realisation that it would only be a track car and basically started the new conversion on this bassis,...then i got speaking to an engineer re the mods and we both tossed around a few ideas until he was happy to sign it off, So far everything is going to plan and he has been keeping a close eye on the project and on a few points even gone back to Vic-Roads for me to double check if it would be eligible ,...fingure's crossed so far so good
Also my Mate Big Den Keeps me on the straight and narrow as to what may and maynot be eligible ,..Actaully i call him quality controll as he keeps me on the straight and narrow to any dodgy work i may try and perform when in those slack moments


Thanks for the great comments once again ,.actually it has given me some motivation again to pull my finger out this weekend and get some more done

[Updated on: Fri, 11 February 2005 02:23]

"J" you have some real passion for this work! as only a committed guy could take it this far.

Keep going you are an Inspiration for us all!

[Updated on: Fri, 11 February 2005 02:52]

Hmmm well i have had a slack attack on the car for the last week or 2 and finally got back out in the shed last night for a couple of hr's atleast ,... I hate it when i get these slack attacks

Michael

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Any reason you didn't go for the 1UZ AWD, or was it that you wanted manual box and that was GTR only ?

Hmmm no real reason, the manual was what i wanted to run,..I think it started from just getting the IRS rear end then deciding to run all GTR gear ,..so the front cross member suits the sump layout and the steering nearly lines up perfect to where the 22 column comes out the firewall,...mind you this has been the only win so far

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Finally came out of the closet eh Jamie

shhhhhhh justen Don't tell to many

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That effort is pretty well untoppable, i will gracefully down tools and live out my existence in a state of pure envy

Hmmm nope still think yours is the meanest feat,...hey still haven't been for a spin in it, when you comming to pick up this engine on my floor

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just out of interest i found this on APS's site..

Hey! Allan nice find ,....hmmm i only did 4 runs on the night before it became to wet,...My mate Big Den sweared to me that it ran a 11.5 at 126Mph but i only managed to grab 2 time slips for the night and the quickest on those was 12.5 at 121mph ,.....so atleast it looks like it did get into the 11 secs on street tyres and with motor in a really sad state

[Updated on: Mon, 21 February 2005 21:35]