04-30-2013, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Guff
I nearly bought a 1JZ '77 Celica (that was in pretty shitty condition) as a project car. It was a single turbo with a slew of eBay performance parts. It would have been a fun daily, and I believe it had a W55/W58 in it... IgureIi could work on resoro g the chassis while I had it and then when the engine eventually died on me, I would start over with an Aristo 2JZGTE and find a R154 trans for it. Get it into a reliable BPU+ state and make 350whp reliably and just have it be my awesome weekend classic cruiser...
Those plans are far away though...
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That would be sick!
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Originally Posted by NorseLegend
Honestly, I didn't know what a W55 was, so I googled it, and apparently that car had an American thermonuclear warhead as a transmission instead of one from an 80s Celica. 
And that's EXACTLY what I'm looking to draw out of the Celica, BRZ, and BMW 2002 I want. 300-350whp on these three would make them all monsters of a new breed. Sadly, I'm with you there.... I too have a few years to wait before I can even get somewhat started on one of them... |
Haha!
The FR-S/BRZ would be perfect with 385 hp and 290 ft-lbs of torque!
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