new member from Australia

[sebsta]

hi all my name is sebastian and im from australia
ive been into celicas for a few years now and have grown into a small collection of them....

here is the car that started me on celicas it a 1980 ra40



then we got 2 parts cars and one became my rally car project

started off like this



will look like the TTE safari car



then got my 1st, first gen celica its a 1977 ra23 running the 18rg twin cam and is for rally










and have just recently brought a green ra40 coupe for circuit racing

hope you guys like more to come

[rachuck21]

Welcome Sebastian! Love those action shots! Chuck

[white93mr2]

Glad you are here. It looks like you have some interesting experiences you could share!!

[RCurioso88]

Nice car, mate! Welcome to 1stGenCelica! If you don't mind me asking, what kind of suspension set up do you have in your rally Celica?

[sebsta]

Thanks guys for your responses

The rally car is running standard height springs , but the back are slightly harder than stock , and the front are just out of a ra40 , the shocks are slightly firmer , they work really well on the dirt hope that helps

Might as well tell you the specs of the car.....

1977 ra23
18-rg with 9.7:1 comp , racing cams out of a Bathurst 1000 celica
Twin valve springs
Twin 45 webers
Ported head
Larger oil pickup/ baffled sump

Driveline :
Stock w50 box
Lite ace diff which is a 7.1" with larger axles
4.8:1 center which is welded locked

Brakes:
Stock drums on the back
Hilux 4pot calipers on the front

It makes for a very quick car

[RCurioso88]

Very nice! I'm jealous but as much as i want to race my Celica, they're pretty hard to come by here in Ohio so I kinda wanna keep it stock. Maybe if I was still in the Philippines, i'd definitely do that. Do you have any videos rallying?

[sebsta]

thanks yeah thats the biggest problem, finding parts :/ good thing i have plenty of parts ,i have some videos from a autosross that i can put on you tube.