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Hi there, I'm new to the board but I've had my celica for a long while. Since I was 17, actually.
It was my first car and I paid $450 for it. I've owned quite a few cars over the years, but this is the only one I've hung on to.
I've been slowly modifying it as things break. List of mods include:
Holley 350cfm 2bbl Carb
Holley Dominator Intake Manifold
Throttle cable conversion (Spectre + 4runner + Home Depot parts)
MSD Ignition
Carter P60504 electric fuel pump
Tokico Blues (HZ3014, HE2572)
More to come soon. That stock exhaust needs to go bai-bai.

Please excuse the mess in the engine bay. I just installed the carb and still need to remove the vacuum pump.

nice

Looking good. Where are you located?

Just north of Seattle, Washington.

nice car man. i love seeing pics of the stock motors with minimal modifications.
it humbles me enough to remember that i came a long way as well

I have a complete 22rte/r150 ready to go in once the 20r kicks the bucket.

Although I'm debating leaving this thing an NA and making a 20r/22r hybrid.

The celica's been on the back burner behind other projects, but I'm ready to get serious about 'er now.

Gamb wrote:I have a complete 22rte/r150 ready to go in once the 20r kicks the bucket.

Although I'm debating leaving this thing an NA and making a 20r/22r hybrid.

The celica's been on the back burner behind other projects, but I'm ready to get serious about 'er now.

go 22rte! we'll be blood brothers!

Miles.BIDD wrote:

Gamb wrote:I have a complete 22rte/r150 ready to go in once the 20r kicks the bucket.

Although I'm debating leaving this thing an NA and making a 20r/22r hybrid.

The celica's been on the back burner behind other projects, but I'm ready to get serious about 'er now.

go 22rte! we'll be blood brothers!

That was my original plan once the tired ol' work horse of the stock aisan carburetor decided to kick the bucket.
So I bought a turbo truck for a few hundred bucks, and pulled the engine expecting to do a headgasket swap and saw this :



But on the plus side, the CT20 is in good shape!

nice, but gotta warn you,
on my RA22(75 celica coupe) the stock turbo manifold and turbo dont fit.

When I measured it looked like it was going to be a VERY tight fit. OH well, scrap that idea. I guess it's going in my truck.

Gamb wrote:When I measured it looked like it was going to be a VERY tight fit. OH well, scrap that idea. I guess it's going in my truck.

you can easily get it to fit with an aftermarket top mount turbo manifold. thats what i did. i also had to remove the brake booster and switch to an ae86 brake master cylinder to adapt a brake booster delete. gave me an extra 2.5inches to work with. just an idea for you

welcome aboard , whats wrong with the head from the 22RTE ?

is it the black part in the pic from h20 + no grounded head ?

74 18RG wrote:welcome aboard , whats wrong with the head from the 22RTE ?

is it the black part in the pic from h20 + no grounded head ?

That's possilbe. Or a casting defect.

IT's difficult to tell from the picture but it's about half an inch deep.

Hi there
is the edge smooth or rugget?
water and coolent is a problem sometimes it
eat thru the head the older and higher miles on
the engin, ive seen this before on other engins
and it the same. it can be fixt but i think that would cost you
much $$ just my injoy your stay love the car and weels.

Cj