Well, a friend of mine I went to basic training with called me out of the blue today....He remembered that i've been into celicas for quite some time, and asked me if I was interested in buying a 89 Celica GTS-T. The conversation went like this:

Him - "Hey man, you wanna buy my 89 Celica GTS-T?"
Me - "Um, if if its got what I think its got, then no, its probably to much"
Him - "Nah man, you're a friend, so it'll be decent price"
Me - "Alright, how much?"
Him - "$700!"
Me - "What's wrong with it?!"
Him - "Needs new axle, thats it!"
Me - "HOLY SH*T!!!"

That was the conversation, he sent me pics, its in almost mint condition, got a 3SGTE Engine. Runs fine, just needs a new axle. A friend of mine is going to put a new one on for me for $145 including labor.

so, a good car for $845 with the engine I want....HELLS YEAH!

Anyways, i'm excited. I might keep the car all together if its in as good of condition as he says it is..Or i might just put the engine in my 6g celica...I'll probably keep it together!

So..yeah, how awesome is that?

id still be worried. $700 for any turbo car is questionable to say the least. and if its swapped, even more so. Also he said it was a "gts-t", you sure its not a 5sfe with a turbo kit?

wouldnt mind seeing some photos myself.

gratz on the pick up, hope it doesnt end up being a headache.

I'll get you some pics. a bit later.

Nope, he said the original engine was a 3sge , but his friend sold him the 3SGTE engine.

Nah, the dude has had it since it first came out, he just needs the money. He has a wife, and 3 kids. His wife just had a 4th kid, so money is needed!

Also guess he doesn't know the true worth of those cars, or that engine. lol

AWD conversion?

Thinkin about it maybe, don't quite know yet

Sometimes it may sound like a deal... but unless you really know your cars, it might not really be a deal at all.

I would get it inspected before you buy it...esp the turbo

Oh yeah, I know. The guy i'm getting it from wouldn't BS me, I've known him for months. We've been through a lot of crap together.

My good friend is going up there with me, he knows everything about cars, his family runs a local import/tuner shop around here that specialize in Toyota, Nissan, and Honda.

The guy said it was his daily drive car up until he dicked up the axle , it has just been sitting there for a month or two now. I've seen the car run, he's been down here to Danville before and i've rode, and driven it.

I know the car itself smokes, but thats because the ball bearing, or whatever inside the turbo needs to keep spinning, because the second it stops, it smokes. (so one of my friends say). He had the same engine, and he said they were anonymous for smoking occasionally when the vehicle idles sometimes.

what generation 3S?

165? 185?

Not to sure, its an 89, so i'm guessing 5g

700 dollars... just do it. you could scrap it and sell the engine for more!

$700 for a 18 years old car is pretty normal eh?

but its only 700 hundred

careful a friend of mine got himself a 5gen gt4 for a cheap price, he didnt inspect it or anything like that and thought it was a steal. Now he found out the turbo and the engine itself is f**cked..the poor guy now has to look for a 3sgte to replace the junk under his bonnet...But yea thes seller's ur friend so i guess its not that bad...congratz btw.

This post has been edited by lubu: Oct 6, 2007 - 1:19 AM

Yeah, i'm really debating what to do with the car. It has an ST transmission right now because his GT-S tranny is screwin up, but he is throwin it in with the car for free. I think I might just drive the 89 around until i save up enough money to put the engine from it and all that crap in my car! Then scrap the rest for some money. lol