My first muscle car build thread (lots of pics)

Its an 85 celica. I got it originally as a beater car then ended up falling in love with it. It is a rear wheel drive and 5 speed. Tons of fun and handles great it just needs more power as its only putting maybe 100 hp at the wheels. Its a bit slow even with some of the stuff i have done to the engine. rite now its about high 16-low 17 quarter mile times.

I am hoping with the turbo to be somewhere around 150-200 hp at the wheels.

For the dart i am thinking of doing a 318 bottom end with 360 heads to get pretty low compression, then add the twin turbos and see how much boost i can throw at it reliably and run 91 octane.

anyway hopefully i get a part time job soon so this can become a reality faster!

Nice! My daily driver 2004 Vibe (Same car as the Matrix) was a dog w/the little 1.8 Toyota 4 banger. Added a TRD Supercharger, Piggyback ECU,CAI, smaller pulley for the supercharger etc. 1/4 mile dropped from 17.8 at 15.9 with some wheel spin. Certainly not a street screamer, but a heck of a lot of fun...and still get 29/30 mpg around town. Your Celica will be a little beast with the turbo set-up
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You plans for the Dart are just sick! :cheers: