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Not far away at all and thanks for the support. We had a lot of problems because the meets do have huge turnouts and hopefully the 2006 season will be a little less stressful.


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Thanks for the offer man. I actually will not sell the hatch because when I do get a new car, the hatch is going to be transformed into just a track car.


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It is a PasswordJDM intake which is an exact copy of the J's Racing intake, just a lot cheaper in price but not quality.


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I am sorry that I cannot give you all the info about the motor that was swapped in due to not really knowing that much about it. I was more focused on other things while I was modding the Celica and put my trust into a local shop of mine that was owned by some very close friends to build the motor for me. It started off as a 7A-FE block and head that was fully built with custom internal engine parts manufactured by their machinist. They had never worked on the 6th gen Celica until mine and it was a learning experience. The JDM 3S-GE and 3S-GTE swap was not popular at all back then for the 6th Gen and we had to make due with what resources were available. Dont get me wrong, the new motor was incredibly strong for naturally apsirated but the 3S-GTE just has a lot more room to expand power wise due to it being a turbo motor from the factory.


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They were not real TRD seats but copies. I know that the real TRD seats are manufactured by Recaro and run around $1400 for the pair but I have only seen 2 sets in person and they are gorgeous. Here is what the 2 sets that I have seen look like....



-Ryan

This post has been edited by jspec3SGE: Jan 26, 2006 - 12:07 PM

looks to me like a b18c5 (red valve cover)

do you go to any shops around here (no.VA)? i know lots o pplz with hatches.

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Actually it is a 1996 JDM Type-R (B18C) with intake, header, and exhaust tuned with Hondata putting down 184whp and 129wtq. I actually was racing for Quality Tire in the comp4 class for 2 seasons but stopped because she is also my daily driver and I could not take the chance of breaking parts anymore. My best times so far are....

13.066@102.02mph in the quarter / 8.20@82.16mph in the eighth

I am also very close with John, Jeremy, Matt and Stan at inlinePRO; Norris, Jason and Loan at Ultimate Performance; Martin, Johnathan and the rest of the guys at The Speed Factor; Robbie and Matt at RedSH!FT; James and Jeremy at Promotion Tuning.

Currently I am getting the body work finished and then she is going in to get painted Renaissance Red. Then I am hoping to sell her because the Toyota blood stills runs though my veins.

-Ryan

i thought you said when u get another yota the civic goes to a track car?... now your selling? just curious.

beautiful car tho (celi)

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That was the original plan but after putting a lot of thought into it, I honestly do not want the Civic anymore. I also own a 2004 RSX Type-S that I purchased not too long ago....

The day I brought her home from the dealership:



After I did some work to her:







....and that is going to be my new daily driver once I get the Toyota and sell the Civic.

-Ryan

This post has been edited by jspec3SGE: Feb 10, 2006 - 4:14 PM

good work, you do them right.

Wow, I see deer-car collisions all the time around here and I've never heard of a deer-rear quarter collison that caused the back end to kick out. That ****er must've clocked you hard... that or you freaked out (who wouldn't). I guess you learn something new everyday. Sucks. Did two of them hit it? Why are there two dents back there?

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There is a possibility that more than one deer ran into me but I am not 100%. However, when I swerved to the right, I might have lost traction in the rear with the dirt and gravel on the side of the road after the deer collided with me. I have no luck with deer because a doe came out of the woods and ran smack into the side of my front driver side fender of the Civic. So now that is going in for body work and a fresh paint job.

-Ryan

This post has been edited by jspec3SGE: Feb 14, 2006 - 4:58 PM

Just an update for everyone....

I no longer own the civic but I stayed true to what I said about the toyota blood still running through my veins. I went out and picked up my dream car. Here is a teaser pic until I get more....



-Ryan

damn im jealous. have fun with that! is it a tt?

Thanks man and I have been having tons of fun with it. It is a 98 TT 6 speed with 35,000 original miles.

-Ryan

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is the engine stock? looks very clean. more pics! always wanted to own a supra since i was younger..... maybe when i get out of college

i think we all demand more pics!!! lol

looks good tho!

Awesome cars. I love all of them, especially the Supra. Thats been just about my favorite car ever since I was old enough to know what a Supra was.

>>Ive never really been a big fan of the 6gc coupe's but i would have to say that that is probably the best one i have ever seen. It looked extremely clean for what it was. It just sucks that something that beautiful had to die and Geez you have a gorgeous Supra, you have good taste in imports and the way you make them turn out looking....

~FlamingCelica>>

This post has been edited by FlamingCelica: Jun 14, 2006 - 11:31 PM

to the supra!

~snap

wow, sucks to see a celi so f'ed up. i hope you killed those deer when you hit em! goodluck with the supra. looks great.

Sweet a VA member!!! Have fun with the Supra..

i want more pics of this supra. So far you have owned 3 cars that i wish i could own...Cuz im in love with the celica, Supra, and RSX....Only one i have now is the celica though =(

you are one lucky man. that is my dream car as well. Thats the reason i spend a sht load of money on the celica...lol hoping it would run like a supra one day lol.

Nice car man!!! Please dont hit it!!! PLEEEEEASE!!!

"drive slow homie....drive slow homie..."

Thanks everyone for the compliments. I went out with my friend to get some pics of the Supra for all to enjoy. It is 100% stock and I do not plan to do too much to it right now. BIG thanks to Elson for taking these beautiful pictures for me....





















-Ryan

The angle pictures....





Thanks for looking.
-Ryan

wheres the drool smiley when i need it. that is amazing! looks like it just came off the showroom floor. i bet that cost a pretty penny, if you dont mind, how much does a 98 tt 6sp with 35 k go for these days? and do you have any high-res photos for wallpaper, great pics!

It ran me $38,000 but I feel it is well worth every penny due to the near perfect condition that it is in. I have already been offered more than $40,000 for the car from 3 different people but I am not going to sell it. I bought the car to enjoy and I ensure you I will. I should be able to get any of the original high res pics so which ones are you interested in?

-Ryan

38k, definitely worth it for a dream car. and like you said, thats in great condition. and dont forget the supra has got to be one of the few cars that are actually a financial investment because the damn things appreciate . for that money though, the is350 looks mighty tempting.

What kind of job do you have that makes the money to buy all them freakin' cars!!??? Holy shizzle!

It is sad the path you went down but with the car you ended up with...

One of my friends just bought a white 94' civic hb and I was wondering how much you spent on the b18c swap? We've been planning his build and that was one of the motors that was debated on.

(another friend also got an 06' rsx type-s but that is besides the point)

dang bro thats hot glad you did get one!

now how bout them mega meets, will they ever exist again?!

This post has been edited by playr158: Jun 16, 2006 - 10:24 AM

celicaST - Once I get the high res pics, I will send them to you over a PM.

frosty - I am a International Cooperative Programs Analyst for the U.S. Marine Corps. There is a lot of information that I will pass on about the B18C swap so, have your friend PM me.

playr158 - We are currently working on getting the MEGA MEETs started back up but it is not looking promising. I am not giving up because we have way too many people backing us on what we did.

-Ryan

>>Wow, that has to be one of the cleanest MKIV's Ive ever seen.... Looks to be mint. I wish i could have it

~FlamingCelica>>

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Thanks, the main reason why I bought it is because of how clean it is. I took me a long time to save up the money for this purchase but it is well worth it. Think about it....if you save $300 a month for 12 months, that comes out to $3600. Then keep saving for 10 years and you now have $36,000. It does not take that much a month but you have to be willing to save it and never touch it until you have enough to buy exactly what you want.

-Ryan