bought an rt142 from a surfie bonghead (was covered in billabong, nova, tracks etc. stickers lol) for $400 bucks.

the dude reckoned it had major head probs, but i still drove it home; changed the plugs, oil, oil filter, coolant and put some chemiweld through the radiator and 2 months later she's still goin fine. its an avante, with the 22re and a 5 speed behind it.

 

so far only mods have been:

 

-heavy duty falcon rear springs

-removed sound deadener (couldnt find a chisel so used a flathead screwdriver haha)

-cut half a coil off the front springs (i know i know but its only temporary)

-5mm spacers on rear wheels

-better radiator

-got rid of grandma spec mudflaps and pinstripes

-did an extremely bad bog job on the bonnet

 

next mods are gonna be:

 

-8kg front springs prob a 2 inch drop (gonna have to be a custom job)

-xt130 LCA's (got em sittin in the shed ready to go in

-welded diff (got a spare centre on the cheap and already welded it up)

-urethane castor arm bushes

 

 

i figure with all this shit in it itll be a fairly decent car to learn to drift in.

 

heres a pic of it in its initial stage

 

sexual.

UPDATE

 

bought some front king springs and monroe gas shocks from a vb commodore.....

-the springs fit, and are noticably stiffer. although they are not a perfect fit so i wouldnt recomend it to perfectionists lol.

I'm not sure if theyre lows or superlows.......but they only seem to be 1/2 an inch lower than standard springs.

-the shocks however needed way smaller bolts to attach them to the tower, as well as new caps to hold them to the strut, (they also appeared slightly longer than the corona gas shocks i just bought)

 

put in the xt130 LCA's, needed slight swaybar mods to fit, and seemed to only give slight amount of neg camber (better than before tho)

 

also just got a set of monroe gt gas riders for the front.....not too bad i reckon

 

still trying to find another rear swaybar for a double swaybar and the locker is going in as soon as I'm finished with exams. oh and a better celica drivers seat is going in as well.