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The Adventures of Dr Tweak...

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    Dr Tweak Mad Scientist

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    The Adventures of Dr Tweak...

    So I've been working with this guy down in NH who's had his Celica at a shop for more than a year getting a 3SGTE swap done. The guy just wouldn't finish it. So I went down and picked it up. There was a question about how we were going to load his lowered car with molded front bumper onto my dolly, but as you can see, we figured something out. :D

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    You guys should have seen this place, it was downright scary. The "shop" that he was working out of was a garage bay so small that with one car in there you could *just* walk around the sides and front of it (not even the back of the car), and a milkcrate full of hand and air tools on the floor.

    He stuck the engine into the car with two mounts, didn't cover the intake, turbo, or oil filter flange, the lug nuts weren't tightened down, it just went on and on. Now I'm worried about what I'm going to find when I get to work on it... LOL

    But the good news is, it's safe and sound at my shop now. Getting it off the dolly was even easier than loading it, and loading it went EXTREMELY well. I couldn't believe we pulled it off so easy!

    -Doc
    Dr Tweak, Dec 24, 2005
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    asn13oy Stepping Stones

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    Excellent, well done. It looks as though you would have scraped the rear on the trip to your shop...did you?
    asn13oy, Dec 24, 2005
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    Cool. That guy needs some power to back up that bodykit.
    Ninety Four, Dec 24, 2005
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    thats alota ice on the road..
    AE102, Dec 24, 2005
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    Thankfully he had coilovers on the rear, so there was no bouncing over bumps. We didn't scrape :)

    -Doc
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    James Bullshit Police

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    that's a sharp looking car, will be very beast with a 3S-GTE in it.

    also props for working on that car doc, i sure as hell wouldn't want to be the second person to work on a fucked up install.

    hope everything goes smoothly and such.
    James, Dec 25, 2005
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    JLee TD05 3SGTE

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    If the lug nuts were loose, you might want to check the head studs too..and the oil in the tranny. ;)

    I'm going to make it up there sometime soon, I hope..working now, but I'll find time somewhere.
    JLee, Dec 28, 2005
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    I'm going to need a pilot for this Mk1 in the next month or so, so that I can tune it. :)
    Dr Tweak, Dec 31, 2005
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    wtf, he molded the front bumper on? I had to take my front bumper off more than 10 times this yr.
    JspeXAE102, Dec 31, 2005
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    Yeap, he did. :D
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    dont u need to install a intercooler for the 3sgte? unless hes going topmount.. but he have a huge opening on the front of that kit..
    JspeXAE102, Dec 31, 2005
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    Dr Tweak Mad Scientist

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    He's going top-mount, he has a carbon-fiber alltrac hood with the scoop.

    -Doc
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    Woah, you got some wierd priorities when you mold in a body kit and do a badass job like that but don't bother putting nice rims on it :)
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    Nice rims + road salt = :(
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    Dr Tweak Mad Scientist

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    He does have a set of nice rims, actually :)
    Dr Tweak, Dec 31, 2005
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