she finally made it out the the autox yesterday, and it was quite the experience. for those that havent see the pictures, ive been building a 2.3 turbo powered first gen for almost a year now.



overall i was happy with it. minus i overheated it once after i was done racing, i think it didnt let it idle down enough, and the pcv system isnt getting a proper vac. so it spews oil everywhere.

the car had PLENTY of power for the course even though i was only on 7psi of boost. i was debating putting my boost controller on and upping it to 15-18, but im glad i didnt since i would of had more traction issues. my friend let me run his azeins, which helped out alot, but the surface we run on is usually crap, so it still slid around alot. i will say the car doesnt handle anywhere near as good as my other first gen. the 2.3 car has stock se suspension on it, with no sway bar in the rear, and it was still kicking out all over the place. i plan to get springs, shocks, and sway bars eventually. the motor did put some weight up front, which makes it was to understeer alot. so it made it a hand full out there.

i was happy with it, i was able to beat most of my friends which usually doesnt happen. i ran a 49.4xx, and with my friends, out of 12-15 people i only lost to a sr20 powered 240, and a e30 with lots of suspension work and race tires.



mmmm.... look at the body roll...

 

From the picture, it looks like it's rolling alot more than a typical 1st gen.

 

 

yea, the motor has some more weight to it.

once the motor is running good, im putting everything to suspension to get it handleing good

 

anyone?

 

Which 2.3 is that?

 

its out of a merkur xr4ti. same thing that came in the mustang svo and ford turbocoupe (4 cylinder thunderbird)

 

cool....i like that front mount

 

Nice work! Keep us posted on the progress.

 

That. Is. AWESOME.

Any more autox shots? That 7 looks great.

 

boing boing boing

 

so far thats the only other autox picture i can find. if you want, theres a crap load of pictures from the build at

www.angelfire.com/va3/rx23

thanks for the comments

 

all i can say is pistons

 

finally,someone that DIDN'T go V8. That is a pretty damn cool swap,looks really good! Good luck with everything.

I'm swapping a carbed 12A into my '87 Celica.

 

half way through the swap, i wanted to sell everything and go v8 just because it would be easier, and more parts would be there (ie: motor mounts... ect) buit now that its done, im glad i didnt. i only know of 2 other cars like this, and one of them is for sale as a chassis only. no motor/tranny last i saw which was a long time ago.


i saw your post about the celica, sounds like a cool swap as well. good luck