Tigawoods' 95' GT Hatch: Long Time No See

[Tigawoods]

i am going to get my old engine back to see what went wrong, supposedly my no.1 piston snapped er something
come 2 days, this...

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/DSC01498.jpg

will be in this black hole...

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/DSC01497.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/DSC01496.jpg

54k miled 2.2 5SFE for 1700... :roll:

[MuddyREX]

You have a lift? Can I come over?

[Tigawoods]

oh no this is at a shop, we are good friends with them and have used them for the past 15 years so i dont have to pay garage time or anything. i might be able to hook you up though

[Philly-Night-SR]

geez is god himself dropping the motor in? why the hell is the lift so high?!? j/k good luck with the swap man

[Tigawoods]

havent updated on here in a while, well the original engine we had orders had a crack in the block, so we ordered a brand new rebuilt block for $4k. looks very clean just needs to be broken in pics up on tuesday or wednesday. this month i have had soooooo much bad luck w/ cars, this engine swap has taken way too long, i think getting it on tuesday, which is the first of the month is actually a good thing, starting fresh

[ozthunder]

Well at least its gettin somewhere, ya know? I'm lookin forward to seeing it out this summer!

[Tigawoods]

same man, come summer, im trying to invest a good amount of money and time into the car

[ozthunder]

Yea..my summers gonna be spent under the hood on the off days..I can't wait. Especially to have money to put into it!

[Tigawoods]

yeah, being a h.s. senior sucks, prom, limos, senior week, and other stuff, im broke, im actually craking into my savings account topay for that stuff

[ozthunder]

lol, don't eat. Being in college is the same boss. I refuse to eat anything outside of what I had in my house...

Needless to say...saltines + tobasco= great freakin meal!

[Tigawoods]

i'll take note of that, maybe do some restaurant hopping, grabbing some free saltines

[Tigawoods]

getting my car is delayed till' tommorow at 4 due to test runs and the dyno

[Tigawoods]

well i got my baby back here are some quick snapshots
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/DSC01595.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/DSC01593.jpg

here is the old block

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/DSC01592.jpg

[CHAOS]

so fresh, so clean

[Tigawoods]

i read an ariticle in a recent issue of sport compact car and was inspired
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/projectc...ura_rsx_s_turbo
i was looking into a summer project to keep me busy. i want to look into the pros and cons of this and what i am going to get myself into. the basic idea is to cut the shape out and bend it down. the only cons i can think of are cracking of the paint when cutting, bending issues, and clearance between the bottom of the inlet and the engine (or above the intake where it will be) i would assume a carbon fiber hood would be easier to do this on due to its pliability, but if i were to get a plain cf hood i would just go with the gt-four hood if i were to spend money. i just wnat to try it on my oem

here is an example on a miata
http://www.revlimiter.net/mods/duct.html

[lagos]

you want to cut a vent into the stock hood?

a. it will give you 0 increase in performance
b. unless you know someone that does body work for a living, its going to end up looking like ass.

[Tigawoods]

you want to cut a vent into the stock hood?

a. it will give you 0 increase in performance
b. unless you know someone that does body work for a living, its going to end up looking like ass.

haha yeah i know just wanted more air flow to the intake. the project on the rsx was easier b/c it was a cf hood so they didnt have to worry about chipped paint and such

[lagos]

just get a short ram intake or a cold air one.

or buy my old intercooler and start putting together a 5sfTe :)

[Tigawoods]

i actually just ordered a sri today from a guy on 6gc.

[Tigawoods]

thought i would update this...i will put some pics up of my recent additions and mods, alot has happened recently, pictures will be posted this afternoon

Greddy Sp1
XS Auto Headers
RCR 3 Point Strut Bar
(there is probably something i forgot)

[Tigawoods]

i got a couple things before i left for college and some of you guys didnt see them so here they are, i just bought another strut bar today actually so look forward to that

this is a 3-point strutbar made by a fellow celica owner
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/CIMG0079.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/CIMG0073.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/CIMG0081.jpg
xs auto headers. WAY TO MUCH STRESS WORK AND WAITING for these
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/CIMG0078.jpg
it didnt fit exactly so we had to cut weld and do other ish but it was worth it

[Tigawoods]

well not sue why this rebuilt 5s is being gay, but i have another rod knock i will figure out more tommorow morning...too pist to talk about it now

[lagos]

what the hell do you keep doing to your 5sfe's?!?!

[Tigawoods]

man i dont know, i have not beat on it since i got the rebuild, 5s's just arent for me

[lagos]

5s is one of the most reliable motors ever built. unless your getting bad rebuilds, they should last at least 150-200k.
how often do you change the oil, and how often do you check the level?

[Tigawoods]

im checking it all the time, i checked it before i went out and it was full and clean

[Tigawoods]

thought id update a lil
here is what she looks like now, taken about a month ago
the backseats are out, so now i have a couch in my dorm room haha
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/HDRish.jpg

i just got these in the mail yesterday, they still need a home :(
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_1441.jpg

[turbo4g63]

nice pick up.....the next time you make a vid or have a little photoshoot lmk.

[Tigawoods]

will do, i might hit u up sometime between march 6-14th just for a heads up

this is my next big project coming in a few months
http://ksportusa.com/grfx/products/coilovers/cd01/2_large.jpg

[turbo4g63]

awesome dude....i've been dying to have video taken of my car. I have never heard my car from the outside b/c i never let anyone drive my car

[Tigawoods]

haha i had the same problem, that is the first video taken, i cant hear the engine tho :(

[justinlansdale]

to go along with what lagos said, 5SFTE FTW!
if you were really thinking about going turbo, i have a CT26 sitting in my garage right now i could give ya ;-)

after i blew up the 3sgte in my old MR2, i bought an entire rear 5SFE clip (complete motor, trans, axles/hubs, ecu, etc...) for $200 bucks off dave jenny from paautoracing. $1,700 sounds kinda steep for a 5SFE but then again, i don't know what the differences between the celica 5s's and the MR2 5s's if there is any.

[Tigawoods]

i was just looking into the expenses of building a 5SFTE, i wouldnt be able to do it for another couple years (depending on the cost) suspension-this summer. next summer-camera equipment.

[justinlansdale]

i was just looking into the expenses of building a 5SFTE, i wouldnt be able to do it for another couple years (depending on the cost) suspension-this summer. next summer-camera equipment.

i hear you, i don't know if you're already on it or not but check out mr2oc.com. they have TONS of information on everything you would ever need to know about the 5SFE/5SFTE.

ps... love the tinted gauges.

[lagos]

That reminds me... I have a set of glow gauge overlays for the stock cluster laying around. Ill give you a good deal on them if you want.

[Tigawoods]

what color and how bout an estimate on that.

[lagos]

they light up blue or green. normal glow gauges, not reverse. you can have them for like 10bucks.

[Kevin]

Where did you get this car? I think I was going to buy this car back like the early winter of '04. Wondering if it's the same car.

[Tigawoods]

they light up blue or green. normal glow gauges, not reverse. you can have them for like 10bucks.

sold, i am coming home this weekend, if you want to meet up sometime on saturday.


i got this car from my uncle in maryland june 2006 i think it was. shoulda picked up the one you saw, good cars.

[Kevin]

How many miles are on your body now? And was that dent in the front right fender/bumper area? like right near the side marker?

[Tigawoods]

i think about 150k and 8k on the engine. the dent was on the drivers side i beleive

[Tigawoods]

i have a decent amount of stuff arriving over the next two weeks
HID's the one ballast is shot so it is being replaced here is a day shot of the functioning one (it is sooo F**king cold here)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_1796.jpg

and i never posted my rear in a while
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_1794.jpg
thats it for now...

[Tigawoods]

bump...i will update with pictures as soon as i get all my new things in. it will be before next weekend. ive been busy....

[Tigawoods]

here is an update. i dont have everything yet. gauge pods still havent come

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poly urethane motor mounts
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_2740.jpg

this is en route...give it 1 hour

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/apexi_autotimerblackblueled.jpg

[turbo4g63]

why did you buy a turbo timer??? haha Be careful playing with that safc without a wideband

[Tigawoods]

why did you buy a turbo timer??? haha Be careful playing with that safc without a wideband

AUTO timer!! haha i got it for dirt cheap so i jumped on it. it can monitor the a/f but not as well as a wideband. im am just waiting to get my gauge pods and then i can get the wide band. until then its staying ghetto tuned

[Tigawoods]

interior stuff is in and the kirk pu motor mounts are in
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_5115.jpg

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new motor mounts during the install
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_4737.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_5026.jpg

[Kevin]

lol is there anything JDM on your car?

[Tigawoods]

the exhaust and the rear emblem boi! jdm fogs and tails coming soon

[Tigawoods]

JDM Kouki Tails and Fogs are here!

jdm fogs wrapped in yellow lamin-x
yet to be installed
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_5339.jpg

jdm kouki tails arrived and installed
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_5441.jpg

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http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_5457.jpg

oh yeah and lamin-x on the high's
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_5312.jpg

[Vtecepidemic]

The new tails & the foglights look great.... not sure how i feel about the wheels though. the white kinda clashes. shes clean though. Looking forward to seeing this thing dropped.

[turbo4g63]

you gotta do something about those wheels. they look like ****

[CHAOS]

mike... there is no way in hell those lights are legal... they are ****ing blinding.

[hatchRus]

Mike - I like the JDM fog lights, nice addition.
CHAOS - Your avatar of the doggy wig is frickin funny man!!

[Vtecepidemic]

looks better on the dog than on trumps head.

[Tigawoods]

this is probably going to be my last update until the end of summer.....


white wheels on my car compliments the color of the car....that sounds real gay. but i like the white rather than the black

update shots. new rubbers resprayed rims. less vinyl. fogs on but not pictured

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_6906.jpg
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http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_6939.jpg

[ozthunder]

Good sir you need to use a deck of cards!

[Kevin]

Damn! That's mad tread on the jawns :lol:

[240sxDann]

lookin good man! Hopefully I'll have something decent by the end of summer, and keep it. lol

[Tigawoods]

as compared to my last rubbers which where goodyear eagles or something....i'd say that these are alot better. other than the fact when i took this one turn my back end slid out. but it could have been from downshifting braking - weight shift forward then turning

[Tigawoods]

oops i forgot to update

all of this went in about a month and a half ago

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spacers installed
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_0271.jpg

cone damage
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_8999.jpg

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http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/img_4771resized.jpg

so all in all i have gotten

some new sticky rubber
sway bars
larger endlinks
red stuff pads (nice bite)
New Timing belt
15mm spacers
Hyper Voltage system(birthday present)

[Tigawoods]

a couple update pics before a big item is installed. next update should be hopefully posted the end of the week if all goes well in the installation.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_2095.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_2083.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_1490.jpg

[SlideWayzS13]

god, please invest in some suspension or even springs.....The car sits higher than my mini van!! Not joking...

[lagos]

Did you get another sticker or something? :)

[Tigawoods]

no. i tooks them off :) ive been meaning to take the shocker sticker off as well.

[lagos]

So whats the big item thats being installed then?

[Tigawoods]

i will post pics when it is all done and installed :) i am excited. you will be proud of me

[C-bass]

SUSPENSION! PLEASE! it hurts so bad...

[JDMTyler3326]

That is very clean!!! But ya needs to be lowerd

[Tigawoods]

well my big update is being postponed for hopefulley not long.
i am dealing with my oil leak problem now.
i am hoping the shop honors the warranty the engine is under. and that if it does go in. it wont take long to fix

[ToTheIX's]

red stuff pads ??.....seriously ???

[95st-celica]

if its not dropped michale im gonna cut your springs!...cars lookin good as usuall...where did you get most of your suspension stuff from? twosrus i think you said is where you got the sway bars but how about the end links?

[Tigawoods]

whats wrong with the reds? they do the job. it was either them or the hawk hps's. which create more dust supposedly

option imports maybe. i dont remember haha its been a mintue.

[Tigawoods]

opened her up and was surprised to see that she was so clean

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_3479.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_3480.jpg

[SlideWayzS13]

Wat were u expecting to find???

[Tigawoods]

dirtyness.like this one. but then i remembered that i only have 15k on it
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c273/devilsden97/PIC_0001.jpg

[Tigawoods]

blah blah blah. ripped out the bottom. took off the oil pan. gasket was f'd up. resealed and cured it. put oil in. let it set for a little while, no leak. rubbed a lil sealer around it for good luck and put it all back together.

more to come...

pic of the gasket. this is how it fell out
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_3791.jpg

[Tigawoods]

happy now b1tches?

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[Soon2bG60]

Well, Im not a big fan of the older style celicas, but yours, if it had some decent rims, i think itd look really nice.

[Kevin]

tint.

[Tigawoods]

auto x and rim pics
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_8617.jpg

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[Teku18]

nice man. looking good

[DPancoast]

looks great still man!

[JDMTyler3326]

I love this car so much!

[95st-celica]

rims are sick bro...like i said befor...its about damn time!!

[Tigawoods]

not getting center caps so dont complain
:P
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_9407.jpg

ive decided since the Philly Scca region does not provide any competition in FSP i am going to run in the Street Touring class.

[Tigawoods]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_0205.jpg

and some random shots within the past month
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_5782.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_5703.jpg

[Got Insulin?]

Wow, that lens is half the size of your car from that angle. haha. Who made the harness bar?

[Tigawoods]

a guy on my celica made it. and i picked it up.
whenever i post a pick with it in the picture he always reminds me who i got it from lol

[856jersey]

Im loving the wheels.

[95st-celica]

pure sex mike

[Tigawoods]

hmm.
long time no update.
so ill do that.
update

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_7681.jpg
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locked rear caliper charred my 1week old ebc pads
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/Photo203.jpg
too much dust
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/Photo202.jpg

new shoes!!
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/Photo230.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4734302947_3923e6ebbf_z.jpg

then
CAMS!
CLICK for VIDEO (http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/?action=view&current=Video016.mp4)
open downpipe

and a nice shot from yesterday.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/Mtusa2004/IMG_3124.jpg
still waiting to dyno it to see the improvement from the cams
rear shock from my coilover went out
so i am waiting for that to come in
and the exhaust has a nasty raspy rattle
other than that all the small problems have been fixed

[ambitiousCK]

Car look good, one question though...bride upholstery and no bride seats?

[Tigawoods]

had to re-upholster the sides.
i had planned on getting the seats right after but
my tire with a hole in it, bad coilover, and cheap cams seemed like the better route lol

[Got Insulin?]

Cams sound great. How's it pull after the install?

[ambitiousCK]

had to re-upholster the sides.
i had planned on getting the seats right after but
my tire with a hole in it, bad coilover, and cheap cams seemed like the better route lol

Oh yea man def maintnace over performance and exterior/interior pieces. Going for the real 1800$/seat brides or the eBay specials?

[Tigawoods]

Cams sound great. How's it pull after the install?
low end torque stock was very nice. and it fell on its face from 3500 up
with the cams it more than makes up for it.
its no boost but it pulls verrry nicely
Oh yea man def maintnace over performance and exterior/interior pieces. Going for the real 1800$/seat brides or the eBay specials?
keepin it real!

[sleeperSL2]

so clean

[ambitiousCK]

Good good which model you gOing with? I'm looking to get Stradias in red by next summer$1780 a piece =\

[Tigawoods]

i really havent decided yet.
i want to have the gradation. and reclined chairs will be a bit heavier.
i hope to get something atleast a bit lighter than stock

[ambitiousCK]

i really havent decided yet.
i want to have the gradation. and reclined chairs will be a bit heavier.
i hope to get something atleast a bit lighter than stock

sounds good