Red Celica ST205 GT4
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Ah yes the bonnet, I did have an absolute fit at first, it was the day before I was meant to be taking the car to a car event and plonking it on a GT4 stand for the first time as well.
There is a children's playground at the end of our road, it could have been a small child under that instead and it quickly dawned on me those tiles could have killed someone - it quickly brings things into perspective!
There is a children's playground at the end of our road, it could have been a small child under that instead and it quickly dawned on me those tiles could have killed someone - it quickly brings things into perspective!
It is pretty rapid for sure, 4WD and relatively light weight compared to modern equivalents it really is a bit of an unsung hero. Plenty of old Subarus, Evos etc going for a fair bit more and I would suspect more expensive to insure etc.
As long as you pick up a rust free one, with all the suspension work done (the superstruts) you generally are getting a hell of a lot of car for the money. Addition of an EBC and some raising of the boost to around 1.1bar should see in 300bhp on on this car.
As long as you pick up a rust free one, with all the suspension work done (the superstruts) you generally are getting a hell of a lot of car for the money. Addition of an EBC and some raising of the boost to around 1.1bar should see in 300bhp on on this car.
Edited by coldel on Thursday 26th November 14:18
Few updates, working hard on getting the interior a bit more modern. Invested in a dash cam (which ironically sits in the window behind the rear view mirror), a JVC double din media player as well as a full set of LEDs to change the colour scheme over to full ice blue (the red just wasn't bright enough) in both the speedo/revs etc and the air-con unit.
I am just surprised at how more people aren't picking up on these. Permanent 4WD (unlike Skylines), excellent engine, parts are so easily available, build quality is excellent mine is still super tight and pointy in the corners, you can forge and boost these to 360bhp+ for a few grand with the cost of a really good base car is around £4k-£5k so overall probably less than a bog standard Impreza or Evo - 360bhp doesn't sound like much compared to 600bhp+ GTRs or Evo's but at least you get to use all of it most of the time.
I appreciate the looks can be somewhat marmite though haha.
I appreciate the looks can be somewhat marmite though haha.
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coldel said:
Nice 'faffs' WJB!
Will be keeping this one, I am sure they will appreciate at some point haha
Ha, not heard them called a "faff" for a long time Will be keeping this one, I am sure they will appreciate at some point haha
I think they are appreciating, albeit slowly, my silver faff cost me just under £2k about 6/7 years ago, It will surely cost double that to get into a good one nowadays.Quick check with dvla shows that both of my old ones are still on the road over 20 years later, they're well built and pretty easy to maintain, they aren't fussy like some performance cars.
Give it 10/15 years when all new Toyota's will be running on water & farts and the ST205 will be worth £20k
Been a while so some more updates:
Installed new gear linkage bushes to tighten up the throw
Wipers getting rusty so got a full rub down, prime, spray and lacquer for winter
Some speaker upgrades, pioneer front and alpine rears - really restricted on speaker selection due to odd sizes but these sound great
Got to work for a full day with the DA polisher and menzerna polishes (highly recommended)
Got some neo chrome nuts for the wheels, really do suit it actually. Recently added some neo chrome dust caps as well after losing the ones in the picture at a garage after putting air in!
Some chrome rings in the dash, just gives a slightly more modern feel - and goes with what I had planned further down...
Took her in to Wheels in Motion for some tracking, a fair bit of toe in to sort but all done now and running true
Was umming and urring about this, but glad I had it done as it makes the line flow nicely over the car disguising the sunroof, 3M gloss black vinyl wrap - and yes I do wax the windows!
Some more engine bay work, painted the turbo, heatshield etc and added some aluminium blackchrome vinyl wrapped engine covers
Spoke to a company on ebay who engrave custom gear knobs and designed and got this done, as well as ordered a Sparco handbrake cover to modernise the interior a bit. Also bought a home flocking kit for the centre part of the dash
So thats where I am, have a few jobs to do before Christmas, certainly will be putting down a decent layer of wax protection. She is looking very nice now - a few more changes planned, will swap out the tank guard at the back from alu one, also replace front bumper. But she is looking rather pretty now!
Installed new gear linkage bushes to tighten up the throw
Wipers getting rusty so got a full rub down, prime, spray and lacquer for winter
Some speaker upgrades, pioneer front and alpine rears - really restricted on speaker selection due to odd sizes but these sound great
Got to work for a full day with the DA polisher and menzerna polishes (highly recommended)
Got some neo chrome nuts for the wheels, really do suit it actually. Recently added some neo chrome dust caps as well after losing the ones in the picture at a garage after putting air in!
Some chrome rings in the dash, just gives a slightly more modern feel - and goes with what I had planned further down...
Took her in to Wheels in Motion for some tracking, a fair bit of toe in to sort but all done now and running true
Was umming and urring about this, but glad I had it done as it makes the line flow nicely over the car disguising the sunroof, 3M gloss black vinyl wrap - and yes I do wax the windows!
Some more engine bay work, painted the turbo, heatshield etc and added some aluminium blackchrome vinyl wrapped engine covers
Spoke to a company on ebay who engrave custom gear knobs and designed and got this done, as well as ordered a Sparco handbrake cover to modernise the interior a bit. Also bought a home flocking kit for the centre part of the dash
So thats where I am, have a few jobs to do before Christmas, certainly will be putting down a decent layer of wax protection. She is looking very nice now - a few more changes planned, will swap out the tank guard at the back from alu one, also replace front bumper. But she is looking rather pretty now!
Lovely looking car, I really regret selling mine 6 years ago now 
As mentioned a bit earlier, get a Whiteline rear ARB, I'm sure they're all 185 ones but will fit perfectly. Whilst you're shopping keep a very kean eye out for a Blitz Access ECU. They will add 30bhp alone and you will keep use of the knock sensor so will be fairly safe. The SW20 MR2 ones will fit but won't run the charge cooler pump but you can sort that to run full time easily.
Mine had stock turbo (don't change that, they're a great turbo), A Blitz ECU, a front mount intercooler, 2.75 exhaust and ran 1bar. It made 342bhp at about 1.05bar with the cat still on.
I'm going to be now to cry into my pillow.
As mentioned a bit earlier, get a Whiteline rear ARB, I'm sure they're all 185 ones but will fit perfectly. Whilst you're shopping keep a very kean eye out for a Blitz Access ECU. They will add 30bhp alone and you will keep use of the knock sensor so will be fairly safe. The SW20 MR2 ones will fit but won't run the charge cooler pump but you can sort that to run full time easily.
Mine had stock turbo (don't change that, they're a great turbo), A Blitz ECU, a front mount intercooler, 2.75 exhaust and ran 1bar. It made 342bhp at about 1.05bar with the cat still on.
I'm going to be now to cry into my pillow.
Thanks Crossy, seen a few of the Access ECUs kicking around, cheapest going for £500 up to over a grand. Anything making its way across from Japan is just flying up in price at the moment (thanks Brexiters! lol).
I am a little hesitant putting more bhp through it though, its never been more than standard, worried about blowing anything up!
Whiteline ARB is on the cards too, most places are out of stock and have to go on a waiting list, but have heard its a great mod.
I am a little hesitant putting more bhp through it though, its never been more than standard, worried about blowing anything up!
Whiteline ARB is on the cards too, most places are out of stock and have to go on a waiting list, but have heard its a great mod.
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