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Toyota Nut: a few of my old cars....


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I'm 'a bit' Toyota mad so I thought i'd show a few of my old cars including one special Scooby (sorry!).



So here's where it all began with a lovely white starlet sr! (kind of ironic as i'm trying to come full circle now).



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Then followed the mr2 GTI-16. Lovely to drive but just a bit of a dodgy colour I guess and back then 'stancing' didn't really exist ha ha.



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Next up was the love affair outlasting 4 girlfriends and eating an Afganistan tour pay packet . After having a ride in a mates FQ320 I decided turbo power had to be the way. There were far too many Scoobies and Evos knocking around and being a Toyota fan there was only one option... All I can say is that this is still the most brutal best handling car I've ever ever driven with over 400whp on tap what more can I say I just loved it.



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While the Celica was getting treated to my bank balance I stumbled across this Corolla TTE for a steal so used it as my daily driver and had the GT4 as a weekend car. It was a bit ropey when I found it but I managed to clean it up nicely and found the original TTE badge along with vent decals. Also handled very well but the ride on the TTE springs was awful.



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Now it's time for the Scooby and know what you're thinking but i was after something a little different. I heard of a version called a GB270 in wagon form and only 100 were ever made so i found one near me and went to view it. It'd only done 19k and was absolutly spottless. And as i looked at the plaque i couldn't believe my eyes as it was number 1 so snapped it up.



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I'm currently driving an Auris SR180 with a tunit box on running around the 200 mark with 360lbsft so it's fairly naughty but very comfy. Doesn't handle that great but it is a heavy car. Struggling to upload pics of this one at the mo so will do soon. It's currently sat on some BTCC edition team dynamic pro races with optional Toyota motorsport front lip. It will be up for sale soon as i'm on the hunt for a glanza and sr aswell as a five door for the usual reasons. Part of the deal of me selling the Auris is me being able to have a Starlet so that's why im on here :) Any spec lists or more pics and i'm happy to help!



Thanks for looking


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Thanks guys, the GT4 was and always will be the one that got away. I sold it from my home in Lincolnshire while based in York. Then moved camps to north Yorkshire and it's sat broken on the lads drive 4 miles up the road!! absolute torture! he hasn't been able to get it back on the road for two years because he became injured at work but tells me it'll be back soon! I want it back but just can't convince my other half or the owner to sell!


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So here's the Auris. Might not be everyone's cup of tea but I've got to say that it is lovely on long trips which most of mine are. Just not quite quick enough for me but has embarrassed a few cars it maybe shouldn't have while pulling 38mpg on the highest tune setting.



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Thought i'd put the spec list up for the Celica....

Performance

1994 gt4 no- 4066

.De-restricted
.Converted to mph
.Motec m4 pro ECU
.Block acid bathed and chemically cleaned
.Hks head gasket
.Head reworked, ported and polished etc
.Cp pistons
.New standard rods
.New standard crank
.ACL race bearings
.ARP studs all round
.Clutchmasters fx400 clutch
.Lightweight fidanza flywheel
.Garrett gt3071r with smaller exhaust housing for reduced lag
.Blitz ss dump valve
.Tuning developments FMIC pipe kit
.Evo 8 FMIC core
.Tuning developments custom downpipe
,Gas flowed standard manifold
.38mm tial external wastegate
.Sard lo temp stat
.Sard 800cc injectors
.Resonator box removed
.Full air con system removed
.Fensport light weight crank pully
.Fensport light weight power steering pully
.Tuning Developments custom 3" front pipe
.3" Blitz Nur Spec R exhaust
.Lagged and modified JSP straight intake with blitz sus filter
.Odyessy red top 30 racing battery relocated where the rear seats were
.C-one cooling panel
.Trd oil cap
.Trd front grooved brake discs
.Ebc yellow stuff pads all round
.New rear discs
.HEL rear braided brake hoses
.New standard front brake hoses
.Replica c-one aluminium under tray

Suspension

.Tein springs all round- lowerd 37mm
.Cusco front strut brace
.C-one uprated diff mount
.New pas suspension link
.Whiteline rear adjustable anti role bar

Exterior

.Projector lights with hid bulbs
.SS3 front spats
.Trd rear spats
.Wiffbitz side skirts
.Carbon fibre wrc bonnet spoiler
.Carbon fibre raiser blocks with gt4 embossed
.Smoked side and front indicators
.18x8 compomotive mo6's refurbed in black and colour matched red
.Rear and rear- side windows tinted
.Late spec rear lights
.Wrc bonnet rain deflector

Interior

.Genuine Ltd edition trd carbon effect dash
.Jdm optional conlight auto sensor
.Jdm optional flare and holder
.Omp superturismo steering wheel
.Trd gear knob
.Rear seats and carpets removed
.Spare wheel removed
.Defi bf tacho/rev guage 9000rpm with shift light
.White lockwood dials
.Carbon dial surround
.Cobra daytona seats
.Corba subframes
.Omp 3 point harnesses
.Momo hand brake
.FET turbo timer
.Alpine head unit
.Alpine rear speakers
.Alpine 6x9 speakers
.Kenwood amp
.Sparco carbon fibre pedals
.Carbon gas bonnet shocks
.Odyessy battery relocated to where the rear seats where in varley cage with custom wiring and kill switch
.Fire ex
.Rear of the car sound proofed and carpeted

More info

.Engine built by TR +D
.Turbo, fuelling and cooling set up fitted by Tuning Developments
.All mapping by Adrian at Fensport

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Ha ha I can't he won't sell it back to me and I just can't convince my lass as she is saving really hard for the house so abit unfair if I spunk a load of cash all over the celica. And I know I would, it'd be nut and bolt rebuilt from the ground up if I got my hands back on it, too dangerous as I've already spent 20k in my head on what I'd do ha ha.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Rob: Yeh was about two years ago, proper regret selling it :( love you glanza mate espec for the obvious colour scheme!

Yaristurbo: hmm doesn't ring a bell mate, does he know the car?

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The motec system was amazing, that's probably why I rate stand alone ecu's so much. Absolutely loved that car and it's sat on a drive 3 miles away from where I'm based :( thanks for all nice nice comments everyone, I'm thinking the celica is everyone's fave aswell as mine

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