Stef and I picked up a 1996 Anniversary Edition ST with for cheap with a blown motor, 161,644 miles on the chassis.
The car was owned by a college kid that didn't know what oil was.
They put some $ into the car earlier in the year with new struts, a new exhaust, new fuel filler neck, and had the car painted after a few fender benders.
Overall the car has some dings but it's not bad.

We've had Stef's rebuilt 7a sitting in the garage since we put the 3s into her Celica so this was the perfect opportunity.

The day we got it (the guy towed it to our house)













Step 1 pull the motor that night



15 min later...



and the hole in the block (Stef says WOW !)





the new motor



and in the car



We replaced the clutch, a few interior pieces, put in an alarm, and swapped all the seats, and we got a few parts from Cameron (ted95) and Mike (mkernz22) - Thanks !

Stef repaired the door

before

after


and the finished product. We gave it a shine and some snow tires for the winter.





There were so many things dirty, neglected, and just hacked.
The interior is now perfect and cleaned up.
Runs and drives great. It's hellaslow but 38 mpg is a nice surprise.

What are the future plans?

Went and replaced the 14" alloys, what's wrong with you? That's the first I've seen a set aside from mine.

congrats on the find!!!! Isnt it nice when you can find a bucket and have the knowledge to fix it up

amazing... that quick... but its nice to have spare engines in the basement...

aaah 96 STs.....brings a tear to my eye.......mostly #becauseHellaSLOW

You guys make it look way too easy.

Cars looking good guys! The wheels are a nice touch to the car too

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Refirb the 14" wheels a little and put snows on them, get all season tires for Cameron's old 15" alloys that are on it now. That's it.

lol 15 min later. I hope to get to that level one day

HUGE UPDATE

We installed stock 96+ fogs w/the stalk (a few weeks ago) and swapped the ST front breaks for GT fronts today.

(Only cause the st right front caliper was leaking and all we have for spare parts is gt stuff)

Great update! The bonus of having a mini dealership in your garage lol endless parts

Poly bushing in the front



oooo rear disks ! GT brakes completed.

Nice. Did u use the sleeves for the arms? This is in the next to do list....

The thin sleeves I didn't use. The old ones were all rusted up and destroyed. Some people call them "crash tubes" also.
I was going to replace them the first time I did the front bushings but realized they're useless, haven't used them in any of the cars.

yeah, i ordered them, but hate to drop the frame, as i read in other posts. looking good man...

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You won't have to drop the subframe with no engine in the bay. One bolt hits the BEAMS oil pan which requires the subframe to be lowered.

Or engine lifted a little (pass side front to back bolt).

hmm, thanks ill do it before the engine goes in... lets not rape this thread with hijack, lol

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That's alright, I know a guy.

What are you going to lower this car on? Any other future plans?

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who me, this not my car or my thread, lol

rear strut bar w/covers
Bad pics.





Get your own threads ! lol

Lower eventually, probably trd springs, keep stock wheels w/spacers.

yeah probably TRD springs right?

needs a trd vacuum