oh, ok that makes sense then. i was gonna say you went through all the conversion trouble. still awesome!

Well if this car turns out like I want, I'm going to build another one using the lighter GT body I've got. It had manual everything on it, and no hole in the roof to close up, and at least 150 lbs. lighter to start with!!

racer

Here are some examples of what had to be done to get the weight down.
First I removed material from both front and rear bumpers, and since I don't need headlights, I removed all the headlight assembly and the retractor motors.
Then I removed all the door glass and everything but the handles and latch mechanism, and will soon cut out inner door skin for Nascar style door bars for the rollcage.
Also while stripping the inside of the car, I removed all the sound deadening, including the extremely heavy firewall rubber and foam matting.
Now I just need to add back in 75-100 pounds of rollcage tubing and we're well on our way to a full blown Celica racecar!






racerb

yea, thats the plus side of the non gts/ alltrac chassis. no sunroof. i've heard that they are super heavy.

Latest pics of coil-over strut conversion, with thread support perch, bead blasted housing, and final paint coating before re-assembly of the whole strut.






More to come of totally assembled struts!

racerb

^^ooo! im excited to see what is coming with though struts

wow, cool struts. stock? so, if you were to get the agx shocks, do they just insert into there?
well, that spoiler is a beaut! still wanting one. i hope the one at the local junk still has it.

Well they used to be stock, if you look closely you can see the spots where the old spring perches were welded to the housings.
As for inserts, I've got a set of AGXes I could use up front, but I'm going with my Koni inserts all around, I'll use the AGX inserts if I need more adjustability for curtain tracks. I have just the 1 center spoiler piece, but like 3 pairs of the corner pieces, in different colors.

racerb

oh man! lol well, thats cool dude. i thought that the Koni's would be a better bet for suspension work and stuff. what color are the Koni's? what springs are you going with too? it would be interesting to see how everthing turns out! are you gonna be racing with D_Man..? i think that is how you spell his name.....that would be cool. well, win it for us 4 g'ers!

Hey the Koni's are yellow, but will be hidden by the red strut housing, springs will be blue.
I'll be racing with these guys in NASA Pro Racing, http://www.performancetouring.com , check it out!

racerb

Nice work on the struts B

oh man! you look pro dude! maybe you are and i just dont know it.
got any sponsors?

Just put the finishing touches on my coil-over struts, gotta get the new 8" springs to go with them, and the rear camber plates before putting it all back togather. Also started on prep work to replace engine mounts, with the urethane units from Speed-Source, but only after bead-blasting and repainting the mount itself.






racerb

hahaha... those are sweet

wow! what a sweet set up! now, once i learn to weld im doing just that so i can get some coils.

Sexy Struts!