Old School Celicas?
05-06-2006, 05:38 AM
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Old School Celicas?
Anybody here have experience with OLD Celicas? I just won at a local auction a '77 Celica, but it doesn't run.... pretty sure it's got a cracked cylinder head....
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05-06-2006, 10:15 AM
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Re: Old School Celicas?
i dont have any personal experience w/ them but ive been looking for 77-78 celical or a 72-74 corolla for the longest time. They are good lookin cars.
05-06-2006, 11:20 AM
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Re: Old School Celicas?
If the heads cracked then its garbage. 20R heads are hard to come bye at junkyards on the east coast.
Call junkyards and look for trucks and celicas from 75-79, they would have a 20Rwith spare head.
If you dont care about staying stock then pick up a 22R (carbed version) out of a celica or pickup from 80-83 These have pretty much identical emissions and electronics and have a double row timing chain and about 15hp more.
if you want to go turbo cheap pick up a 22RE from a 82-83 (double row timing chain) or a 22RE from 84-95 and buy the double row timing chain conversion from www.lcengineering.com .
Ive got 2 76 coupes. One with the stock 20R and another with the firewall recessed back 6 inches and an 18RG DOHC motor from Japan (vintage race motor 145hp 8600rpm+ RL).
These cars are super cheap to build and have a lot of soul.
A great forum to check out is www.classic-celica.com
Lots of info and everything from Honda Powered cars, to all out drag spec celics with Lexus V8s and SBCs or Turbo V6s.
Call junkyards and look for trucks and celicas from 75-79, they would have a 20Rwith spare head.
If you dont care about staying stock then pick up a 22R (carbed version) out of a celica or pickup from 80-83 These have pretty much identical emissions and electronics and have a double row timing chain and about 15hp more.
if you want to go turbo cheap pick up a 22RE from a 82-83 (double row timing chain) or a 22RE from 84-95 and buy the double row timing chain conversion from www.lcengineering.com .
Ive got 2 76 coupes. One with the stock 20R and another with the firewall recessed back 6 inches and an 18RG DOHC motor from Japan (vintage race motor 145hp 8600rpm+ RL).
These cars are super cheap to build and have a lot of soul.
A great forum to check out is www.classic-celica.com
Lots of info and everything from Honda Powered cars, to all out drag spec celics with Lexus V8s and SBCs or Turbo V6s.
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Re: Old School Celicas?
Originally Posted by Lt. Dan
Anybody here have experience with OLD Celicas? I just won at a local auction a '77 Celica, but it doesn't run.... pretty sure it's got a cracked cylinder head....
Dan
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