My '77 Celica Liftback... Supra Powered

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:03 am

I'm Chris
I have a 1977 Toyota Celica, I have a few modifications done to it.
It's my summer DD and it gets 30mpg.... oh and it runs 12's on tiny tires

Words mean nothing and pics are everything so...

Videos are even better

First time out to a meet I blew a tire off the rim.... oops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR5ImAHFuaQ

Here is a small run on my way to work one day
about 10-90mph run
Sounds amazing, factory recirc. BOV for stealthyness lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew9bBYecShM

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:04 am

at the drag strip over the summer

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:31 am

Thanks!

I am going for some more weight reduction this year since I have a full interior, also going for a lil better looks!
Should be able to cut about 80lbs by using these fiberglass smiley bumpers! On the way to my house now

Problem is.... I'll need to find a new way to hide the intercooler

I could do something like this...
:roll:

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:48 am

quick edit

ben · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:06 am

Welcome to JNC, that's an awesome project. I love the sleeper status. when i saw the 1st pic thought, "ooooh, cherry survivor" but then you smack us with the 7m :lol:

hongkongphooey · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:14 am

Smilies will improve the looks no end......great build!

What rear end is that?

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:15 am

I hate to ruin a good JNC in its stock form... but it was just too slow :wink:

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:19 am

hongkongphooey wrote:

Smilies will improve the looks no end......great build!

What rear end is that?

from a 1968 440 Dodge Dart
Its a 8.75" with 3.91 gears

Stationwagonguy · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:04 pm

So you FINALLY get on here. :lol:

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:08 pm

I have tried several times, I always had problems signing up

SupraMk2 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:40 am

OMG.. I want.. nice man. I wish I had 7mgte in my supra mk2

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SupraMk2 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:45 am

BTW what is ur 1/4 mile time?

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:11 am

12.9 at 110mph on 195-70-r14 horrible tires :lol:

should run some low 12's with more traction, has the trap speed for it.

heeroyuy01195 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:19 pm

Speedfreak426 wrote:

Problem is.... I'll need to find a new way to hide the intercooler

I could do something like this...
:roll:

That is by far the BEST solution to intercooler hiding I've ever seen! :mrgreen:

Awesome car man, can't wait to see the rest of the weight reduction plans :tu:

milesorolla.BIDD · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:57 pm

nice Chris..
funny thing, after how manys months i've known about your car, i've never seen vids of it..
i would love to see one from outside of the car while you drive it.

sonicsr5 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:09 pm

Sweet ride. Very clean build. I soon hope to have mine that way.

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:16 am

milesorolla.BIDD wrote:

nice Chris..
funny thing, after how manys months i've known about your car, i've never seen vids of it..
i would love to see one from outside of the car while you drive it.

That makes two of us!!! I wish I had some vids from outside the car!
If I get any over the summer it will probably be of me racing people.... :roll:

Lol, I will get some vids over the summer though!

morespeed · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:16 pm

That thing is real nice!! I hope to get to that point with mine in the next year... how poor is the traction with all that power??

Speedfreak426 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:55 am

morespeed wrote:

That thing is real nice!! I hope to get to that point with mine in the next year... how poor is the traction with all that power??

It's not too horrible, at the track it still ran 12's with no burnout on fully inflated street tires.
But if you get too agressive with the clutch or if you powershift any gear it is just all over the place.
Sometimes just rolling onto the throttle from 40 mph in second gear will get me a lot of spin, but sometimes it just grabs and goes too.

if the roads are even a slight bit moist(even slightly) ya better watch out though... i found out the hard way.... on the freeway going about 90 mph I rolled onto the throttle slowly, and once I was at WOT at about 100 it just suddenly let loose and it got scary real quick

vintagetoys · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:37 am

One of the cleanest swaps I have seen - The intercooler looks OEM.

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