AL'S 86 Celica ST162 (s) **UPDATE Back in the drivers seat**

that could be the case in the near future. the drive home was fun by the way brogan haha

oh and i raced a bike was pretty fun... 2 bikes actually.. and they gave me the thumbs up after it hahaha it was through corners

 

wooooo! got my car back!

its been a month since i drover her last and things are looking good

engine was rebuilt with a little list of things done that ill post up when i get the invoice, but in general im happy.... it sucks having to wear it in tho! only have 900 more km's to go till i can service her, get a tune then see what shes made of

 

hahaha good to see your excited..... hint of sarcasm? hahaha i've been driving as much as possible to get past 1000km's !

 

yeah, i had it off the road for a month and i was having withdrawal symptoms haha cant imagine how your feeling!

 

i love australia

 

cheers man! i was pretty happ as well... its yet to go on the dyno after the rebuild but it feels a little faster. mainly smoother but feels a whole lot more responsive and rev happy!

and yes, i've passed the run in stage! gave her a service and then drove it nice for a while longer... shes feeling pretty premium atm

really happy with it!

 

lol it revs pretty fast and hard now! hits 100km/h in second and thats well into redline and it shows no sign of backing off or anything!

but i did race a turbo mitsubishi cordia today and it made me wanna get a turbo lol guess we'll have to have a car for every need lol

 

well, i figured i've already lost it so.... haha nar i never went very fast just in and out of roundabouts and then onto a freeway... nothing special. got my ass handed to me anyway haha

 

we'll, she's abck in the workshop getting some minor stuff fixed. oil pump was leaking from rear and a few little things here and there...

hopefully its out soon! looking forward to drivng it again!

 

well, a small update on the celica. there was some confusion/disbelief (on toymods) with the hp outputs of my engine... it was making 130.1 hp@front treads and thats pretty high for a gen1 3sge. actually it seems really high. i dont have much technical data to prove this is correct but i do have other proof. One of Brogans (xr pilot from forums) mates owns a SSS pulsar and it had a few minor mods done and it was putting out 108 hp@ the front treads on the same dyno my celica was on (which is the same dyno brogans old celica was on and hit 123fwhp)... which is about what its meant to be putting out (usually between 105 and 110 fwhp) and matches other readings for the same car on different dynos.

therefore i have no reason to believe its not a correct reading... i know its high for a gen1 3sge.

here's a list of things done during the rebuild of my engine:


It was put back on the dyno 2nite to see how it was running after the rebuild and tune it up, make sure it was running well and adjust the timing...

on the first run the timing was retarded majorly and it ran about 116 fwhp. so we upped the timing to what its meant to be at and it was hitting about 125ish. then we advanced a little more and this was the result:


note: i know the dates wrong, it was on the rollers only 2nite....

the red line was the previous from my first time on the dyno a few months back and the blue line was 2nites best run... its not much different at all (less than 2hp) but i just thought i'd chuck it up and show everyone....

MAX: 131.8 FWHP

and i am pretty darn stoked