I have heard people mention it but haven't seen one.
I haven't swapped so the opening is directly over my
distributor on my 7A. I could probably make one easy
enough if I knew what it looked like. I thought about using
some 1/16" thick abs and cutting the shape on a cnc and mounting
it under the grate if anyone else needs or wants one I should be
making mine sometime in the next few weeks. If anyone has a
pic of a real one It would be greatly appriciated.

You just missed one on ebay! I took notice of it when i was searching for stuff b/c i had never seen one before...the auction must have ended today or something b/c i cannot find it now. Sorry Randy. :\

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Apr 28, 2007 - 12:10 AM

azian and celiaST both have them, they might post up some pics.

snap, I found it
http://cgi.ebay.com/Toyota-Celica-GT-Four-...VQQcmdZViewItem

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Yup, that was it. Auction ended the 26th.

edit: Btw Bat, how'd you go back in the 2 days of auctions to pull the link?

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Apr 28, 2007 - 12:31 AM

Cool thanks. I think I had better stick with aluminum anodized black
because of the heat, I will probably need to do a different vent setup
also.

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randy, let me know what you come up with for this design.
im interested to see what you can do.

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Will do, I am trying to figure out a few things, If I look into it I
could probably get a louvered plate and cut the shape very similar
to the pic above, I thought about blocking it completely and
making a couple drain holes in the corners but I'm not sure how the
paint on the alluminum hood would react to the extra heat by the
vent being blocked, maybe it wouldn't. I'll try to draw some stuff
up in the next few days for imput.

I drew the shape and hole pattern, this is what it could look like
with no vents at all. I could put this or a trd logo or a regular toyota
emblem or some custom work with the right kind of file. I will look into
some louvered plate like the pic above and would still have room for a
small logo in the middle. I am still tinkering I will post more when I get
a chance. I thought about making something flat like below with big slots
and a seperate plate below that could be removed or opened and shut.
throw me some ideas.

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i defiently wouldnt want somthing solid...i like the venting effect.
especially with the extra turbo heat.
louvered or somthing just a little less "open" would be fine for me.

The same thing I just added some slots.
I didn't have much time to work on it today.
My boss was out of town today also so I couldn't
ask him about the louvered material. I looked a little closer
at my bay with the grate off and everything is tucked up
behind so I just need something to slow down rain drops
while moving not block them completely. I almost think
if I made a shield toward the back of the hole, facing down
toward the engine it would stop water from hitting the valve cover
and distributor. On my car it would deflect onto the exhaust manifold.
I'll try to draw something on that in the next few days

Damn - that's almost exactly what I was planning to do as I was trying to say in the other thread. I'm gonna see if I can find any lovered material around my shop. I did find some rather nice brushed aluminum and i was trying to figure out how I would do the Toyota Devil Horns pic on it. I want my plate to be black and the symbol to be red. I wonder how much this will cut down on the venting tho. Would be nice to have something that was easily removable but would stay in place when needed even when driving at high speeds. Pretty much why all I've done is cut the material.
97lestyousay - If you need material let me know. this stuff is nice and brushed aluminum would look good unpainted. I don't want to bug my CNC guys to cut slots tho. Think you could setup a program? Maybe we could work together on this if you wanted help.

Here is the material I selected. This side is scratched up because it has no protection and it's stocked in large sheets that rub together when moved:

This side tho has a white sticker that doesn't leave any stickyness on it and protects the look of the brushed aluminum. it will look very good after the sticker is removed. This makes it easier to machine the stuff and have it still look good afterwards. This would probably be the side we painted. I think regular high temp engine paint would work out well:

I only have about 6' of this stuff so I can't supply material for everyone but I would be willing to cut enough for 3-4 peices. I'd donate one for 97lestyousay and one for Pressure2 [for all the help you've given me with the 5S-FTE project]. I'm sure I could order more but we would have to pay for it. Also I work in CAD so if you need any help with a detail drawing let me know.
BTW - the stuff is .065 thick so a little over 1/16". Probably 1/16" with the sticker removed [it's pretty thick].
Weird that we were both going for the devil horns look. Hope this helps.

This post has been edited by Negative: May 1, 2007 - 8:52 AM

I haven't really decided what to do on mine yet I just had
hellica emblem file at home I need to bring a dxf file of the trd logo
from the shop, I'm just kind of playing with some Ideas right now.
As far as material we have a bunch of stuff laying around. We build
scanners for aircraft inspection so all our finishes have to be crazy good.
As far as black with red it could be anodized black then paint the logo
red with high heat paint then wiped clean with acetone, the emblem would
be a recessed pocket so the paint would stay in. I would like to find something
like the louvered stuff they use for the real ones, it would be way easier and faster
than slotting a bunch of stuff and it would keep with the OEM look.
Whatever it is I am going to have to be able to do as many as I can in
one day because that is all the machine time I will have. I am also doing
some angel eyes for my high beams the same day out of flouresent acrylic,
so that limits the time on these even more. I'll check on the material today.

This post has been edited by 97lestyousay: May 1, 2007 - 8:38 AM

Well let me know what I can help you with. I was planning on doing mine soon so we may as well work togetherr if we can [and you want].

or buy some of lewfx's famous hellica or trd stickers and slap them on!

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How much? We get them made here for the MR2's in our club and we need to order some more right now. Give me a price with qty breaks too. Weren't you going to get us a price on CELICA and Toyota decals for our calipers too?

EDIT - GO HERE:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?act=ST...220#entry552873
MY CLUB NEEDS NEW STICKERS

This post has been edited by Negative: May 1, 2007 - 11:14 AM

Here is one I tried it isn't going to block as much rain as the factory one.
I can't find the louvered material anywhere and a local shop wanted 70.00
each just to put them in not including me cutting out the shape and holes.
Its more of a rain slower than a cover but at least it won't be blasting
directly on my wires. It also hides my puny 7A.

that looks awesome randy, nice job.

Id like to see what just an etched toyota symbol in there would look like. Do you plan on painting it (the cover and/or the TRD) ?

I tested one with a blackmarker in the TRD and I liked the
contrasting black grate silver plate with black TRD. The
plan was to anodize but the material had so many flaws
it would show thru the anodizing, so I guess I will use
some high heat paint. I thought about a powder coat
as well but not sure what color. Black with a silver TRD
would look good I think but I'm not sure.



Edit: I like this, I think the car color in the letters in my case green
would look good. This should look similar to installed with
the dark engine bay under it.




This post has been edited by 97lestyousay: May 6, 2007 - 11:11 PM

Nice work dude Thats sweet

Thanks guys, I am pretty happy with the way they came out
except the crappy material. I have lots of sanding to do.

Damn - that came out really nice. Makes me wanna get to work on mine.