Hi evrybody!
Below please let me introduce my ST165 project, which i am preparing to local rally race events.
I buy this car few years ago, and it was already rally car with rollcage and other equipment.


I plane to start rallying on this and after studing "how to drive on gravo", change to EVO or Subaru.



Frendly speaking, in that time i does not know nothing about celica and 3S-GTE and other sides of this amazing car-family with greate rallying history.




After few race and trainings engine is broken, and it was time to make choise - i start learning about next car.



When one of my friend buy rally EVO 6, which was prepared in Japan, and i see real differece betwin body-shell EVO and Celica i was realy impressed quality of old celica body.
My choise - rebuild celica, give to her another racing life.
"racing is life, no matter what happend before or after - just waiting"



Lets begin:
Real situation before rebuild:
Standart body-shell with low quality rollcage.
Standart engine and transmission (st185)
Standart ECU
standart rear diff (free)
hand made front dumpers
standart rear dumpers + additional dumpers "plaza sport"

Looks like an interesting project!

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1996 ST205 UK

After start rebuilding:


Body work Key points:
Make better engine cooling, place bigger radiator and intercooler.
Make stronger front part of body to increase the resistance to fracture.
place additional welding points to make body stronger.



make new front part, sorry but beauty is not our stronger side


fitting new radiators.

Additional welding points

Cleaning all body panels connect places

Hi Folks
next step in my project is - repainting
Photo and comments below,




Celica ready for trophy raid

delighted to read that this ST165 is being prepared to do battle again

where are you based ? Kaz Ala ?

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Specs:

3s-gte 3gen

Head: 264 in/ex HKS cams + hand-made cam pulley + rebuilded and perfectly matched valves+seats, cosmetic port work.

Block: coswort pistons + eagle rods + standart crankshaft (just additional balanced) + engine block support plate

Transmission: ATS 2 plate carbon (w/o damper) clutch, standart gear box + torsen rear diff.

Fuel pump - aeromative stealth 340l/h










Just recieved - steering rod end need to make parts to use it, but any way - more stronger then standart




hmmm, in plans:
By engine: injectors 800-1000cc + ECU + ignition modul. Hope 400HP.

By suspension: Proflex dampers + rose bearing suspension upgrade and my general direction - make suspension more lighter and easy to adjust and repair.

Brake lines and fuel line put inside cabine.

Race fuel tank

Install rear diff cooler

Almaty city, Kazakhstan.
regarding body reinforcement: All suspension connecting places was reinforced by additional plates (pls. see photo below)

Hi,

post war mad max style, love it



i also will use a ATS cluth so what type you go and how is the cluth to drive?

greetz

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KEEP COOL UNDER PRESSURE

street legal?.....perhaps in tschibuti

drivetrain repainting
+ 10% max speed
+ 20% acceleration
+ 15% driver skills

Schematicly all process showes on this three pictures (more then 150 photo, i'm to lazy to put all here)

rusty pice of ....


clean it


paint it

We use carbon 2 disc's, w/o any dampers type (if you need exact model - i can't remind and need to go to garage, also please see photos). Hard but very strong for distruction, and lighter then original.

Hope after short time my baby should look like -



greetz

That would be awesome.

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ST185 CS #1845

So you are going to use 87 mm pistons in that configuration? Brave man!

Good luck building that beast, looks awesome in action!

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René - Carlos Sainz 2433•5000
Turbocelica.nl | ST185 CS restoration and full rebuild

If it ain't broken.. it soon will be

I guessed you were from Kaz as i recognized the landscape and registration plates from Prochorus familiaris pictures: http://www.gt4dc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic. ... ally#20257



What a small world!

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ST165 turbo 4WD
ST185 GT-FOUR RC Carlos Sainz Limited Edition 825•5000
ST185 turbo 4WD Carlos Sainz Limited Edition 2541•5000