Hello! '75 owner.
Posted: August 13th, 2009, 4:48 pm
Hello fellow Celica owners/fanatics!
This is my first post on the forum. Hopefully not my last!
My name is Dennis and I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
My current fleet of vehicles are:
1975 Celica. FSP autocross car but does see occasional street use.
1993 MR2 Turbo. ex ASP autocross car and former daily driver. hardly gets used anymore.
2007 CBR1000RR. Daily ride (when it isn't pouring rain).
1985 Cressida Wagon. Former winter car, parts hauler, tow vehicle. Replaced by suburban.
1992 Suburban C1500. Tow/Winter vehicle, parts hauler, tows the celica to out of town events.
1988 Cressida. Gifted to me by my mother. Haven't used it in years.
1980 Corolla 2 door sedan. Caged rallyX car. Needs a new 3TC.
1977 Porsche 924. Willed to me by my father. Track car project.
There are a few more cars that don't count (prelude ice racers, festiva autocross car on 20.5x10x13 hoosier slicks) but they don't really count.
Some past vehicles are:
a few MKII supras, a couple of RA40 celicas, a 74 celica (white with black vinyll roof hehe) a few MKI MR2's, some other cressidas, a few corolla GTS's, a few older corollas, etc. I'm obviously a toyota guy.
Anyways, here is a picture of my current 75 Celica:
The Celica had 350lb/inch front springs in that picture. I changed them to 450lb/inch to reduce body roll, but there is still too much roll. But more on that another time.
The car currently has a 20R with mikuni PHH side draught carbs, header, ground control weld-on coilover kit for the front with shortened strut housings with AGX struts (I wish they were koni's), AGX camaro rear shocks, T3 camber plates, T3 NRCA's (which need to be removed) home built strut tower brace, bride racing seat, 13x8 rota RB's with 225/50/13 Hoosier A6's for autocross, 15x8 XXR 002's for street/towing, and a TRD LSD which needs to be installed. Not much else to say about it!
I'll definitely be asking questions in regards to rear springs, sway bars, bushings, interesting engine swaps (I wish the 1UZ came with a manual tranny...$1000 custom bellhousing is out of the budget), etc.
I look forward to spending time on this forum!
This is my first post on the forum. Hopefully not my last!
My name is Dennis and I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
My current fleet of vehicles are:
1975 Celica. FSP autocross car but does see occasional street use.
1993 MR2 Turbo. ex ASP autocross car and former daily driver. hardly gets used anymore.
2007 CBR1000RR. Daily ride (when it isn't pouring rain).
1985 Cressida Wagon. Former winter car, parts hauler, tow vehicle. Replaced by suburban.
1992 Suburban C1500. Tow/Winter vehicle, parts hauler, tows the celica to out of town events.
1988 Cressida. Gifted to me by my mother. Haven't used it in years.
1980 Corolla 2 door sedan. Caged rallyX car. Needs a new 3TC.
1977 Porsche 924. Willed to me by my father. Track car project.
There are a few more cars that don't count (prelude ice racers, festiva autocross car on 20.5x10x13 hoosier slicks) but they don't really count.
Some past vehicles are:
a few MKII supras, a couple of RA40 celicas, a 74 celica (white with black vinyll roof hehe) a few MKI MR2's, some other cressidas, a few corolla GTS's, a few older corollas, etc. I'm obviously a toyota guy.
Anyways, here is a picture of my current 75 Celica:
The Celica had 350lb/inch front springs in that picture. I changed them to 450lb/inch to reduce body roll, but there is still too much roll. But more on that another time.
The car currently has a 20R with mikuni PHH side draught carbs, header, ground control weld-on coilover kit for the front with shortened strut housings with AGX struts (I wish they were koni's), AGX camaro rear shocks, T3 camber plates, T3 NRCA's (which need to be removed) home built strut tower brace, bride racing seat, 13x8 rota RB's with 225/50/13 Hoosier A6's for autocross, 15x8 XXR 002's for street/towing, and a TRD LSD which needs to be installed. Not much else to say about it!
I'll definitely be asking questions in regards to rear springs, sway bars, bushings, interesting engine swaps (I wish the 1UZ came with a manual tranny...$1000 custom bellhousing is out of the budget), etc.
I look forward to spending time on this forum!
that you needed to bump up to reduce body roll. But try those other little things if you haven't and see what that does for you. If you don't have a rear sway bar you could add one, but it will greatly increase oversteer in the car, and without a good LSD will lead to a lot of one wheel peels.