A little bit of background to my story and what I call an almost miracle

WOW, I can't believe how much of a coincidence its been for me. The same day I crashed my car which was on Dec. 13 2010 was the same day that Erahman posted up his 99 Celica GT with beams swap for sale. I couldn't believe that the opportunity presented itself so quickly. What are the chances of that. I mainly believe that its just the fact that I've been wanting to get a beams swap since September of 2008. I actually bought a 2008 Suzuki GSX-R 750 in July 2008. I was all ecstatic when I bought as anybody else would be, but when I found out about the beams swap thanks to Maikl I actually regretted buying the motorcycle. It then wasn't until may 2010 when I crashed my bike in the canyons that I knew the beams engine would be mine very soon. My parents have Triple AAA plus which allows you to tow any vehicle free of charge as long as it is not more than 100 miles. So I drove down to San Diego and the tow truck took my new Celica to my house

I have to say that my dream car wouldn't of been possible if it wasn't for the fact that my grandma let me borrow $4,500. Those $4,500 that I used to buy the celica went a long ways. Erahman took real good care of the car and only put about 3,500 miles on the swap since June 2010. He has replaced a lot of maintenance parts. The one thing that was an upgrade was that fact that my celica now has ABS, power windows, power door locks and rear disk brakes!!

feels damn good to be unique. Over here in So cal there are 4 million civics and 2 million Integras. >>and probably only 4 or 5 beams swap in all of California. >>













>>Walbro 255LPH fuel pump purchased from Tweak Tuning and WRC Style Rain Deflector given to me for about $8 thanks to batman! if anybody has a trd one in near perfect condition I'll trade you for my wrc one!!!>>


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Aug 6, 2022 - 3:12 AM

Nice, sell me that gauge pod.

why is the strut out?

i think thats an improvement... all those goodies..

And to the vulture, this is not a fs thread...

why a new fuel pump ? the Beams fuel pump is the same on that's in our US Celicas.

nice car!!!!!! hope to see it soon

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facepalm. hmm I didn't know that. well the car already has 125,000 miles so I just thought a new one would be better than an old and used one.

ahh....so you bought that beam...congrats...must feel good. let me know if you got a "guy" to smog.

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the strut is out because I like my tanabe setup with blisten inserts. I'm swapping over my whole 94 Celica ST Suspension setup to the 99 gt.

oh and some other things I found today

Honda S2000 Antenna haha yes I know a honda part on my celica


Some JDM Goodness its so beautiful

Good stuff. Nice Celica

KIRKASOURS Motor Mounts

Another celi with the BEAMS advantage and that too sooooo clean.Way to go

That BEAMS really looks beautiful in white car... hmmm.

Sell me the steering wheel.

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haha no way they came stock on all celica from 98-99 I believe.


update : the front suspension is on and all four tires are on the ground. now onto swapping out the rear suspension

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Yup, one of the joys of having the later 90's models: 3-spoke leather wheels.

This is going to be one of the best "fixer'up" projects on the site.

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hey thanks! your keeping me motivated to fix it up even faster. Im going to work on it tonight. Im just gettin started...

Let me know by PM if you are missing anything crucial for the engine. Preferably easy to get (a Junkyard here has one).

haha darn look at this. The law of attraction at work. Coincidence I think not. look at the time frame I put up for getting the swap and that's how long I've been wanting this engine. 2 years and 4 months later it became mine.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...mode=linearplus

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Feb 25, 2011 - 11:26 PM

But..you didnt swap?You bought a car that had already been shop swaped.

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haha of course I should off known you come on here with that smart a$$ reply. hey you little #@$*%^ ill see you at the meet alright.

Haha Ill be driving my legally registered celica.(in which i dont smog) what will you be driving? bwahahhahaha

This post has been edited by SupraKid: Feb 25, 2011 - 11:48 PM

I've read somewhere else that you have a Tanabe DF210 spring set... I'm also waiting for mine to arrive. Could you please upload some photos when you finish installing them?
Thank you very much and congratulations for that Beams engine!

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ya man no problem Ill take a pic, so far I've noticed that with the heavier 3sge engine vs my old 7afe set up the wheel gap is a little less, before it was 4 fingers with 7afe and now its 3.5 fingers with 3sge engine.


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 12, 2011 - 4:24 PM

haha yes update with no pics I finally got the car on the road today. Man it feels so damn good!!

Was dealing with some brake issues but got them sorted out 30 min ago. The car pulls nice so far, but I've only revved it to 4,000 rpm. Haven't felt the sweet spot off vvt-i from 4-7rpm. The brakes are a massive upgrade so far from my ST Setup. My Short Ram intake sounds so sick!!! basically like my buddy's ap2 s2000 but not as high revving.

The Down pipe Exhaust size is 2.25" then goes to 2" from the de-cat back and then to 1.75 inches from the exhaust muffler and out. Its so restrictive and the exhaust sounds like crap. I'll post some pics by tuesday or wednesday. Spending 12 hours today with the celica was a real pita, and that's how I spent my 21st bday haha.

Well plenty of work ahead of me

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 14, 2011 - 12:55 AM

glad you like the intake...

also you need a better exhaust to love the beams..

ill take some videos of mine... someday

oh and 9000 rpm is so sick. dont ask dont tell

ya i need to put my 2.25" magnaflow exhaust system with the fitted high flow magnaflow catalytic converter on asap from my old car. So any cops that might creep up behind me smell the fumes of the engine, I'm catalytic converter free right now .

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 14, 2011 - 2:28 AM

>>>>update!
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>>>>TRD Rain Deflector $16 hehe>>>>





>>>>12" Megan Racing Slim Fans>>>>


Timken Front Wheel Bearings with Seals $120


This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Apr 4, 2011 - 12:45 AM

Dude! Take that thing up to 7000 RPM

That 1.75 exhaust might be a problem though.

ah yes the 2 inch to 1.75 exhaust piping on the stock gt is restrictive. Although at the moment I have no catalytic converter. Not good as cops can smell my exhaust fumes. I'll get that fixed next weekend.

heres the video of my custom made intake hehe



This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Mar 20, 2011 - 7:56 PM

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you can rev it to 9000?....
and that sounds sick man, just watched the vid!