alwayzsidewayz

If you wanna go faster on track, before power, before handling, before brakes, before aero etc Driver ed.. I got loads quicker from going back to school. £140 at Curbough sprint school saw me go a lot lot faster, and enjoy driving far more.. I went from bottom of my class at one TSS event to a top 10 finish at the next race and be over 3 secs quicker on track, despite it being dark instead of light.. If I had the cash and track car still, I would love to spend a day or two with a driver coach out on track.. Its not always about what you have or have not got, its how you can make the most of it and improve from there. just me 2pth

I have up to 1.5k to spend on the right car. Do fingers crossed I can get a good one. Cheers mate.

Sorry to hear bout your arm mate. Yeah miss me sporty Toyotas, so here I am lol

As some may notice, I am after a Gen 5 or 6 Celica 2wd non turbo. Tried to go away from Celicas, but sadly its in the blood, I blame the pints lost on trinity over the years, must have contracted something via blood poisoning!! Anyway. after scrapping trinity in the week, I need a fix. Want a different type of project, so no Gt4s wanted sadly.. This is for an everyday family fun car, so no big wheels, no lowered suspension or big brakes etc.. just a celica as Toyota intended really. I need to spend time working on others cars, as Ady needs a manual, derren a 3sgte swap, Ben a full mech overahaul and even Steve needs a bit of TLC. Plus next year I want to repay Louis / Mixer s help and get his engine rebuilt and him out racing. plus my good mate Doug is due to be a Dad again soon and he has a stack of parts waiting to go on his 185 that I can help him with.. In an ideal word I still want a classic ford, but my budget is just a bit too tight. I WILL NOT be getting a gen 4 for a good while. Not until I have the cash to build what I want and thats a while off.. So in sumary. gen 4 guru staying... but going later gen, so you still get me kickin round the forums.. if you will have me. Still up for shows too... if I am still welcome :-) ??

Just spoke to Doug and he reckons that you should have no prob if u file it down.

I am honestly not sure on filing it down, as you say I cannot see why it would be an issues as its only a drive for the dizzy, so not under huge stress. But I am not an experienced engine builder so would not want to say for sure yes / no. Can I ask a daft question, is it def a 165 head? Reason being if it were a TTE head they use different diameter studs, so you would not be able to bolt it down with out issue. As far as I know there are very few aftermarket cams for the 165 head, ATS being the main ones I know off and they fit the stock dizzy, they could be custom, but in which case it begs the question why make the dizzy drive different. The 162 ones fit the stock dizzy too. I am 99% convinced that there is no difference in cams between JDM and europe, so the dizzys should be the same fit, I have 5 off them and there are identical. otherwise if its def a 165 head, with aftermarket cams, I am intrigued.

I know that my mate Adam tried to get a 185 cage to fit his gen 4 and it would not go, so instead he went custom built route.