Amazing stuff:
http://www.mat.fi/project1984toyotacelicaturbo.htm

 

i just don't see why anyone would go through all that with a car that had that much rust. it looked like it was at the bottom of a lake for some time.

 

Holy crap dude. I gotta hand it to them, they really did a nice job, aside from the fact that I bet they spent 10k on the chassis to get it that way.

 

well for starters this was not just any celica this was a race car.

 

yeah i know but a chassis is a chassis so why not just get one that's not rusted to the core. i'd say they were too cheap to get a newer one on one that's not so beat up but when you see the cars in the background you'd figure that's no the case.

 

A.) Probably a customer car and may have sentimental value for the restoration
B.) As deep of a restoration job as it is, I don't think it'd matter what shape the chassis is in. Everything was going to get reworked anyways. To clarify, another chassis with slightly less damage would've gone through the same process as this one. Price difference wouldn't of been enough to care. Hell if you can afford to have this type of stuff done, you've got extra $$$ to burn.
C.) Restoration job, the race car had the original race gear with it still. They just restored all of it. You'd have to source the vintage race gear to make it authentic. This already had it all.

Impressive work to say the least. Handful of shops in the world are good enough to this level of work.

I love how they routed the wastegate. Awesome detail.

 

sentimental value and money to burn is probably why they went through all that. those guys are pros no doubt.

 

words of yuta san. dope sauce.

 

i like how well documented/photographed the restoration was. awesome project though

 

That's so crazy.

Now they've just gotta do that to my car. Haha. Too bad I'm broke.

 

Cmon daniel. You know that your car is rust free and gorgeous.

 

Haha, thanks! I mean, it's rust free; but it'd be nice to get the entire thing re-done to a full-spec race machine!

Granted, it is a daily driver, idealistically, I'd love to pull the engine and rebuild with forged/titanium parts to be able to handle more boost. I'm too careful when it comes to boosting. I'm sure I could go more on a stock block than 7lbs, but I dunno, I've had my problems in the past...

 

stock KA block or Stock sr block? cause on my stock SR i was running 15psi and spiking at 18 on the stock t25 np

im re building the head and using a metal head gasket now since i crashed, now is the best time to rebuild/upgrade with the motor out lol

 

Yeah, stock KA block.

People say that the KA block is awesome cause it's cast iron, but things can still happen, man--can't be too safe.