Name: Ryan

 

Car: 1975 TE37 SR5 started Pearl White now British Racing Green

 

Motor & Driveline: SDS EFI 3TGTEU w/ 440cc 7MGTE injectors, front facing intake manifold, T3/4 turbo and FMIC, Supra W58 w/ IS300 short shifter, Ford 8.8 with 3.73 gear and LSD, 3 inch mandrel bent exhaust with Magnaflow muffler.

 

Suspension & Brakes: AE86 front struts, shortened to suit an MR2 SW20 5 way adjustable Tokico shocks, coilovers and adjustable T3 camber plates and NRCA. Straightened leafsprings with 8 way adjustable TRD blues. FC3S Rx7 4 pot calipers up front.

 

Wheels & Tyres: Enkei with  195-50 rubbers

 

Interior: Acura/Honda Integra seats, VW Rabbit center console. Re-vinyl was needed for the dash. All plastics were refreshed with vinyl paint.

 

Body: Refreshed entire chassis with new metal and new color. Bumper bars were sent over from NZ. US bumpers are ugly.

 

Other: Replaced entire wiring loom with a brand new universal harness. Steering is upgraded as well with a Starlet manual rack & pinion, and CelicaSupra column with tilt. Air Conditioning is online. All chrome parts are refreshed and polished. That's all for now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ryan

Edited July 7, 20188 yr by chesmari

Love it, Absolutely Love it!

Looks the goods :) mmmmmmm

Wow! Loving all of it. :)

 

Is it all engineered, or is it for cars this old, you can do whatever to it?

 

There's a guy on here from California, with a '73 KE26 Wagon converted to 4AGE and didn't need to go through the engineers because it was a Pre-1975 Model car.

 

All the best.

 

Josh :cool:

Edited April 20, 201115 yr by ewt

Awesome build mate, good work! Had it on the dyno at all?

Thanks all.

 

Cars here doesn't need an engineering inspection. Most states are concerned more on smog enforcement than anything else. The 1975 and older law is only on the smog side and I believe only in the state of California, pre-1969 in Nevada. One law states, in Nevada anyway, that your engine has to be as old or newer than the chassis if you are doing an engine swap.

 

 

The car will be dyn-tuned as soon as we get it running. Mega-squirt is arriving in a few days.

 

 

Ryan

Finally got this going.... finishing up some the small details to get it registered...

 

 

Ended up ditching the Mega-squirt for an SDS-EFI..... Will get it on the Dyno soon....

 

 

Ryan

Edited December 5, 201510 yr by chesmari

Tidied up the engine bay, rebuilt my smoking turbo and finally found a plug in 3 core radiator. Will be roadworthy and registered next week.

 

Ryan

 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/lO-fXRamSAg

 

Ryan

Edited May 11, 20179 yr by chesmari

Nice build

very very nice. 6yrs in the making. must be good to get a long project up and running. 

On 5/11/2017 at 2:24 PM, LittleRedSpirit said:

Nice build

Thank you.

 

 

Ryan

On 5/11/2017 at 11:56 PM, ke70dave said:

very very nice. 6yrs in the making. must be good to get a long project up and running. 

Actually years and it was well worth it.

 

Ryan

Brilliant job Ryan love it!!!!

One question are these things common over there?

Like are they at the wreakers or have they all been crushed,it seems that all the hot rod shows from the us you can find just about any model

muscle car you that takes your fance.

Here in au most have now been crushed ,well the wreakers here see no value in them.

There still hiding in sheds and now and then a good one turns up usually  way over priced and wanting a lot of work.

Nice work rob

On 5/16/2017 at 1:29 AM, corollaart said:

Brilliant job Ryan love it!!!!

One question are these things common over there?

Like are they at the wreakers or have they all been crushed,it seems that all the hot rod shows from the us you can find just about any model

muscle car you that takes your fance.

Here in au most have now been crushed ,well the wreakers here see no value in them.

There still hiding in sheds and now and then a good one turns up usually  way over priced and wanting a lot of work.

Nice work rob

Thank you Rob.

These cars are quite rare nowadays. The fact that here in the US, the TE37 was only offered for 2 years, 1975 and 1976. Plus it was an econobox, no performance parts for it, no G motors at all. Much easier to get a muscle car, much easier to buy parts for them to because you can do it through a catalog.

It's still reasonable if you find it.

Ryan