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Sorry, can't give you any help with a price.
Just wanted to welcome you to the old buggers club. Enjoy your retirement
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You can easily check the clearance
Piece of kids playdoh or something like it placed in the hole, fit the sensor, remove sensor and playdoh and measure thickness. No guessing then
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Maybe it's my eyesight but I can't ever remember seeing a shim under the sensor and I've had a few out over the years
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1 hour ago, slybunda said:
Make new ones use stainless steel or
I'd only use mild steel tbh. Galv plate welded to mild steel can accelerate corrosion if welded to mild steel. Ships have zinc plates on their hulls which are used as sacrificial anodes. They corrode away before the mild steel.
Stainless can be a pita to work and I'd need a roll of dissimilar welding wire to weld it on.
Trying to keep it easy , hence asking for sills
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2 hours ago, KeithL said:
Interested in this too - I haven’t seen anyone selling them yet. Assuming that as more start rotting the market will pick up lol.
Could be lucky and find a scrap car with decent sills that could be cut off.
I'd rather spend the time and make new ones if that's the case tbh.
We will see
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Does anyone know who sells full replacement sills for a 2002 gen 7 celica ?
Looks like I've got some welding to do and I'd rather replace the full sill than have to make one up
Thanks
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A day out with my boy
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Give Stephen Gillies at gt4-play a call for parts . Genuine toyota bit usually much cheaper
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On 31/05/2021 at 18:27, ESTHAR_CITY said:
Maybe you can be full time on my Celica
now that would be funny all these years and you build it
Haha.
It's just the odd day at track helpinig out, or getting in the way, not sure which. Fantastic day and got to see Mick again . 3 years since I saw him last.
Where do the years go ?
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2 hours ago, ESTHAR_CITY said:
Mick, you, Lee. Part of the Se7en team now are you mate
Just helping out for the day
I do like this retirement lark
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Right , no car pic this time but a pic from croft race circuit today.
Who can name these 3 ?
2 of them are probably easy to recognise but the 3rd might not be as easy but to give you a clue he was one of the guys who started the rotrex revolution giving the rest of us a head start by sharing his work.
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And it throws lenty of frames too.
Nice work again Dave ,Will and Lee
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Very nice Dave.
Well out of my budget
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Coilies are fitted.
Undertray arrived today from a group buy.
I've bought a new ally rad and trd thermostat but awaiting delivery.
This is purely to replace the ageing standard rad before it fails.
After finding the ac doesn't work we have decided to remove the compressor and condenser to save a bit of weight so I need to find a new,shorter aux belt.
There was an issue with higher revs, changed out the maf and she really does sound sweet now.
My lad is looking for some better wheels with a decent offset so we don't have to use spacers ,if anyone knows of any give me a shout please.
Also looking for a jdm ecu from a manual car as my lads not happy seeing an eml constantly.
Will post up some pics when I've given it a wash
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So , I got fed up having to share seat time with my lad .
I decided to look for another yellow gen7 for him in keeping with team colours.
A 1999 ss11 came up for sale not too far away at a reasonable price. Body has no rot but isn't the tidiest in the paint department.
Problem was that the guy had bought it to do an mr2 2zz swap so this meant it was minus the engine,gearbox,ecu and a few other bits.
I later found out that it was originally fitted with the trd lsd from the factory and that the guy had only given a grand for it The jammy sod.
Anyway long story short
I fitted my old 2zz ,stage 2 cams,cwx oil pump,morosso sump , competition clutch lightweight flywheel and my mate Dave Traviss gave me a lightly used ACT clutch,legend.
I fitted this along with a second hand box and an import ecu from an auto. Runs great but throws an eml due to ecu being from auto but not too fussed about that tbh.
My lad has bought a set of bc coilies and I've ordered an ally under tray.
Should make a cracking track car being the superstrut and having a fairly free revving engine with the cams and flywheel.
Still not quite finished as there has been no rush but she's getting there.
Hopefully will be out on track this year
Fingers crossed he isn't quicker than me
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Is edwardio still around ? If not what happened to his car ?
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Was just thinking that over the years there have been a lot of charged celicas on ccuk.
I know many have been stripped or blown up but are there any just sat around rotting away ?
I know Michael baileys is sat waiting for some love
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I did a private 4hr booking at Blyton Park a couple of years back so I could test the new sequential gearbox and extra power on the Celica. Idea was I wouldnt get in the way of anyone.
Couldn't have been more wrong. The Brabham team were there testing along with another le man's car and a couple of formula 3 cars.
Had a chat with David Brabham. I didnt know who he was at the time. Came over as a really nice guy.
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top pic is mine and serratias rotrex celicas together for the last time before Serratias was stripped for parts.
Bottom pic is my lads ss11 alongside mine.
My old engine is now sitting in her. Stage 2 cams, cwx oil pump,morosso sump. Bc coilies sat waiting to be fitted and just ordered an ally undertray for it.
Its going to make a nice road legal track toy.
Will be great to get out on track with my lad, him having his own car means more seat time for me as I won't have to share yaay
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3 hours ago, Dtracer said:
These would outlast the cars they are bolted to haha
I can vouch for the quality . They are a thing of beauty, just a shame you don't get to see them once fitted
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8 hours ago, Dtracer said:
I guess you could call this a Black Friday deal; fortunate timing is all. I have had an order for a couple of manifolds for an NA build and supply to a couple of NA race cars. This being the case I took the decision to build the first ever BATCH of manifolds to help bring down the cost which I can pass on. As always there is nothing in this for me other than to provide a quality product to our community. Price is still on the high end but as always I wont compromise so it really is the best product it can be.
Price is 955.20GBP inc VAT
As with all aftermarket manifolds other modifications to your system will have to be made. You will require a 2.5" mid-pipe to mate to the Manifold outlet diameter. The manifold will come with a v-band connector, the second half of the v-band will need welding to your existing mid-pipe to make the connection.
Any questions or enquiries welcome.
That is a bargain price when you compare it with the PPE manifold which is mild steel and prone to cracking
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7 minutes ago, Dtracer said:
Ah you are right, the suspense is torture. Tuesday 20th for the final work.
SORRY
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