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The Evo will buff out with some cubic dollars, as will the others (Subi, VW, Focus, Subi)... Being first on scene to most of the carnage was interesting, the Evo looked like a crane set it on top of a field of boulders, the Focus was so far down a ravine, we couldn't even see it at night. As...

"Course Closing adventure for Prescott Rally '10" Prescott Rally 2010 This year, I did things a bit differently. Since I'm still recovering from my surgery this past summer, physically and financially, I decided to volunteer. I signed up to do pretty much whatever they wanted/needed. But...

Finished product of the front nose/skirt. I had to move the bumper 1" further out as well, not as easy as it sounds. -Jon

Another update pic of the front nose piece. The metal work is about 98-99% done. This weekend it will get a light coat of body filler and heavy coats of paint... -Jon

Finally, got some good progress done this weekend. It's been a while since I've worked this hard in the garage... I love the way the red mud flaps turned out, very Safari Rally like. And it's about damn time I start making the front end look a bit more respectable. -Jon

I'll be sure to take some pictures and write up a weekend summary... -Jon

Anything is possible I suppose, but it would be a lot of work to do so. The floor pan wouldn't be very accomodating to a shiftable transfer case. Maybe a very small divorced TC from a Suzuki could fit in a bit easier. Also my current front arm mounts would have to change, there is a frame...

I've been prepping the car to be the Course Closing Car at the Prescott Rally, Oct. 1&2. www.prescottrally.com The car got a lot of compliments at the last race, at which time the organizer for Prescott asked if I would be willing to volunteer myself and the car. So, of course I jumped at...

The Celica is a pretty unique car in that it's basic driveline is that of Toyota trucks back in the day. The body/chassis is unibody, but the engine tranny directly swap with the 2wd trucks and the rear axle is a fairly beefy solid axle, upgraded by myself (bigger housing and truss welded...

I won't be racing in the Prescott Rally, but the organizer has asked if I'll run Course Closing/Fast Sweep in the Celica. (Answer: HELL YA!!) Surgery last month took all my FUN money (race funds), so I was planning on just volunteering anyways. In case people are curious, the Celica is NOT my...

This past weekend I towed my expedition Celica out to Lebec Ca., for the Gorman Ridge Rally. This rally is held exclusively inside a state OHV park, Frasier Park. What follows is the write-up I did from my weekend and links to videos (about 20 seconds each) we took from inside the car. Gorman...

I took the car out to Gorman Ca this past weekend to hang out at the rally that was going on. We got the chance to run around with the competitors on thier recce session (pre-run) in the Celica A couple short video clips... YouTube- BadgerHairPin.AVI YouTube- MaxieClimb.AVI YouTube-...

Not much car work done, except getting all the wiring harness redone for the oem radio to go back in. For some reason though, I'm more excited about finishing up building my headsets for the off road intercom. I suppose it was important to me, since I'm going off roading this coming weekend...

Like most projects, it'll likely never be "done". But, I'll be sure to keep up with the updates. This week, I decided with all the weigh I'm putting back in the car and the street legal exhaust, that the engine might need some help. So, I bought a header to free up a few ponies to go along...

The front end, a-arms, strut spacers, and some of the subframe where all modeled in SolidWorks to check for proper angles, arm lengths and figure out the ball park for correcting the bump steer. When I built a 3" drop down subframe, I had to move the tierod location up roughly an equal amount...

It's been a long time since I've done an update. I had to take a month away from the garage for health reasons, but back at it again now. I've been working on getting the inside of the car back to a more comfortable state, finished look. So, I've got the back plastic back in to tidy up the...

That would make finding lift kits hard to come by then. Time for some shade tree engineering then, if you need/want the lift. -Jon

It doesn't have the same suspension as the Ford Ranger of the same year? I wold assume it's torsion bars in front, right..? -Jon

After I get enough of my Celica project (might be a few years), I'll likely get a Kia Sportage from the late 90's. My race mechanic background is in Mazdas, and a good bit of the Kia drivetrains are based on, if not actully Mazda parts. So familiarity is my draw to them. I'm thinking a...

I'm thinking the balance is only off right now due to glazed shoes in back. I'm planning on replacing the rear brakes and cleaning up the drums, maybe this weekend. (hard to get motivation when it's 115 deg outside) If the front is still a bit stronger, I can deal for now. From racing in the...