Cecilia the civic slayer

So i am finnaly finnachaly stable again an can afford to pay off my block!!!...hopefully i can afford head work in the near future so i can start to put the motor togather...until then i have a few smaller interior an exterior mods i would like to make...on a side note my battery finnaly went to shit an i had enough room on my les schwab accoubt to spoil myself a little

 

So i picked up a full HID kit for my headlights an cuz i dot get off work till dark, an dont got a shop i really cant investigate the situation...can anybody help me with a write up er something on switchin out the housings? The wiring is plug n play so i think i can get that all done

 

My HID kit came with housings an all the wirring to hook it up i belive...but i gave some good news!!! I finnaly got my bottom end home an im super happy bout that!! The machine shop did hella good work!! Next step is to get my head rebuilt, gonna get an all new turbo set up, then put it all togather an drop it in this spring!!

 

Well boys today was the day, the old FE finnaly gave out after one finnal hill pull lol...lucky i just picked up an 80' luv 4x4...time to get my head rebuilt, get the turbo an intercooler kit, the gasket rebuild kit an get this little celica A'screamin'...decided while i wait on theside of the road id take some beauty shots lol

 

Wooo!! Got my head sent off to the machine shop an its in the proccese of gettin all new valves, springs, ect an bein conpleatly machined n rebuilt!! Should have it back in a couple weeks!!

I was wonderin tho, scince my blocked been punched out .02 over will i need a special head gasket or can i run a regular one?

 

Well boys this build thread is about to blow up!!...ive been kinda dormant around here since i stupidly blew up the Fe last christmas an been trying to build the gte but a stroke of luck has come to me an im hopng to have a new FE this weekend and maybe a running car by december. this year of not having my car has let me do a TON of planning an if you could see my car in my head (stage 1-cheap, ratty looking, low n slow mobile and stage 2-clean, coiled, bodykitted and FAST) man is she gonna be cool haha...but just wanted to put this out there to keep your eyes peeled because i got BIG plans for my 162 an wont be messing around this time!!

 

Aright alright alriiiight!!! Picked up my FE on Sunday an got her sittin in my house now waiting for pay day so I can replace a few gaskets, do a Lil tune up an drop her in...I'm not looking to do a whole lot on the engine just enough to refresh her a bit an make a good temp motor...i plan on replacing the head/intake/exhauste/valve cover/oil pan/thermostat gaskets, new belts of course, new plugs an wires, oil filter an just pick an choose between my two motors for the best parts ..anything else you guys would recommend I replace?

 

We'll my celica is finally a coastie haha...got her towed over her last weekend an also gutted the interior on monday...I'm headed to orylies today to order all my gaskets n belts for the drop in FE an can hopefully get her put togather an dropped in next weekend if I can find an engine stand an hoist! My optomistic goal is to have her running an driving by the 7th for the NW toy run



Lowreed car problems


Because racecar


Best cheap temp fix for leaky windows? Culkin the inside rim?

 

Do ya just lay a bead on the inside rim of the window?

 

So if all goes well an i can find a cherry picker by this weekend (ill rent one if i gotta) i plan on swapping in a the new FE...is there anything that im gonna havta watchout for that wont be outlined in the good ol chilton manual? or any tips to make the job easier?

 

so i got the blown FE pulled out this last weekend with the help of a few friends an am gonna spend the next few days puttin together the new FE. would be farther but a head bolt was stripped so ive been waiting on a welder that i got today an if all goes well i should be dropping it in this weekend juuuuuuuust in time to drive across the state to my moms for christmas ohn monday ...im kinda in a time crunch now cuz my daily got totaled last week so im currently carless

 

Well boys she's starting to come together!! I was able to get the FE un seized but I had to pull the crank n pistons so what was gonna be a regasket in has turned into a complete overhaul minus the crank, rods, n pistons (I did have them mic'd tho)...an I'm not really complainin haha. Tore the entire block down an spent two days straight scrubbing all the parts clean, honed out the cylinders an got the block painted too!! As of right now I got the crank bolted in with new bearings an waiting on my rings which should be here tommara...I'm wanting to have the engine assembled an In by the end of the weekend!! Just waiting on my pumps an a few other miscellaneous parts

Scrub a dud dud


Don't make me angry

 

Oh yea new axles too!!