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Thats cool mate, and like i said good luck with it. Thats the problem with the internet - its so hard to judge a persons tone on it, and so easy to mis-interpret shit. Ive been in your shoes plenty of times before, and know how frustrating it is to find little annoying niggles that need to be sorted before you can actually start doing what you want. And please for the love of all things sacred don't mention that lowering job again. I'm 22 and i think i lost about 6 discs in my back going over the speedhumps in my street :locked: No idea bout the bosskit, will have to ask him next time i see him. Steering wheel was on the car after he bought it off adam, can't remember it being cracked then as it passed a roadworthy soon after [you would think they would notice something like that]. Off the top of my head, and adam will have to correct me plenty of times I'm sure, his Celica was an RA23, 1GGTE with a single GT2871R [or 76, can't f@$king remember], AU discs, VN rear end etc. Conversion-wise into an RA2X Celica you need the right version of 1GGTE - theres three apparently all with different sumps. Again adam will correct me but to go into a Celica i think it needed the sump with the bulge in the middle. Engine mount wise, as simple as cutting the mounts off the standard x-member and welding them 10mm lower, everything else apparently lines up [again, i can't confirm 100% - ive built plenty of Geminis but no early `yotas]. I don't think the standard CT12-twin turbo setup clears the steering box. Sorry about the thread-jack with the pics, hotmail didnt like me today. I'm sure Adam can clarify any of the particulars. Worth noting the car was 100% Engineer approved. Nick-

I don't normally make a habit of joining random forums to reply in particular threads, however seeing as i knew both previous owners and was the person that actually advertised it on Toymods i feel i should clarify a few of the issues mentioned. When i advertised the car i made sure i made a point of any issues I myself knew about. Pretty damn sure i mentioned the steering box was f@$ked along with the spring/suspension setup in the car. It was driven every single day by my little cousin to work and back, roughly a 40km round trip. How he did that I'm not sure as i nearly ripped my arm off because of the damn steering box driving it to my house but hey, he managed fine. The sprayjob was the work of a mate who hardly has a rep as a top spraypainter, however its worth remembering that a show quality job was NEVER the intention with this car. It was bought purely to be used as a daily driver. Yes it did score a quick sprayjob along the way but like i said, it was just to make the car look neat. Hence when your paying for materials and a slab for labour, don't expect the bay or the doorjambs to be done. That said, if i knew about the spacers my cousin was using i wouldve slapped him as its downright dangerous [ive snapped wheel studs because of spacers in my old car, not fun spinning out @ 80kmh on a mountain road with three wheels....]. Seeing as no one has pointed this out to you yet dude, I figure it may be worth a mention from someone thats not much older then you and built about 5 different cars from ground up, along with having owned another 10. The car is in its 30's, along the way its obviously going to go through people without much mechanical knowledge that attempt to tinker with it. If its not that, its the used-by dates on mechanical components catching up with the car. In laymens terms, things are going to go wrong with the car and need replacing. The only way to do it is to start completely from scratch. Adam, now might be a good time to upload some photos of the 1G-GTE powered RA-Celica you built. I'm sure in particular that woud clarify any doubts about the strength and integrity of the seat rails [as if the VT Commo slamming into the quarter panel at 60kmh didnt prove enough...]. Good luck with the car mate. Nick-