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Re: New to the site with a rescued GT
Posted By: Mike D Posted On: July 22, 2002 at 2:24 pm EDT
Oh damn! What color is it and where did it come from. I have been looking into buying a guys that he has had advertised for $500. I just decidied last night to call him tonight about it. If it is a different car then there will be 2 new GTS owners in central PA, I'm in Carlisle.
Scott B. wrote:
> I've just rescued a '83 toyota
> celica GT from a friend in wo
> rk who was going to junk it. T
> he car is not in that bad of s
> hape, some rust but nothing re
> ally bad, I think the worst is
> around the back hatch window.
> So instead of junking it, he
> GAVE it to me. Yes I got it fo
> r nothing, just had to pick it
> up and get it home. The car h
> adn't been started in 6 years.
> Well I got it home put some f
> resh gas into it with some inj
> ection cleaner and gas treatme
> nt plus a new battery. It star
> ted on the first try. I was im
> pressed. I now need to modify
> it. So as money comes availabl
> e mods will go in. This is goi
> ng to be a 1/4 mile killer, th
> at street legal of course. Wha
> t I want to do first are the b
> rakes and suspension (needs lo
> wering about an inch or so). T
> he rotors are rusted and so ar
> e the calibers probably could
> be sanded or something though.
> But if I'm going to replace t
> hem I want to go right to the
> performance stuff. But I can't
> seem to find a complete brake
> kit for this. Maybe you can h
> elp? Plus I thought I read her
> e or on a link off of here tha
> t you could lower the car by c
> utting the stock springs, is t
> his true or not reccomended. O
> h I have another question for
> you, Steve, how much hp and to
> rgue do you think will come fr
> om your turbo recipe, the reas
> on I ask is that's the route I
> 'm taking turbo w/NOS. Estimat
> ed cost would also be helpful.
> Or any engine kits that would
> do the same. The engine in my
> celica is a 22RE. Sorry I got
> long winded I was on a roll.
> Great site keep up the great w
> ork and I'm sure we'll talk so
> me more. By the way I'm locate
> d in Marietta PA.
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