Check this out guys, I think some of you hard core tuners would find this an interesting read. A member of C7 who used to own a Boosted GT-S built his own car from pretty much scratch. The post is a lil long, but well worth the read and has tones of pics. He had to get his own VIN and the car is classified as a home built car, not a Toyota/Honda or whatever.


http://forums.c7performance.com/show...t=11979&page=1

War must have money to burn, but he gets full marks from me for originality cause that car looks sick and is gonna be crazy fast.

 

why couldn't he just register it as a MR2 Spyder. that's exactly what it is

 

He can't because he actually widened and modified the frame of the car to fit his wide body kit as well as the hood to fit the 2ZZ-GE (00-05 Celica GT-S motor) and his turbo and exhaust setup.

The basic sub-frame was from an MR2 Spyder, but the entire car from the modified frame to wiring to suspension to powertrain to interior and exterior panels is all custom.

 

that is one hell of a job. i'd still perfer the older MR2 personally, but that thing will be a track monster!

 

wow thats crazy amount of work and time...

shouldnt the mr2 engine have more power/torgue and potential then a celica engine?
to me that sounds like droppin in a R engine into a NSX

 

^not on the MR-S, it's alot smaller, lighter car than the celica, so they put a more powerful motor into the celica GTS. that motor drops into the MR2 spyder and from what i hear, is quick as fock once you do it.

 

why is the rear all high up in this pic?

 

^^ Cause the cars not complete, im sure when he gets it back from the paint shop he will adjust the suspention.

 

holy S**t

 

its aiite....

 

wow, whens this car gonna be on the market lol.

 

Werd. And his is a built 2ZZ-GE (Celica GT-S motor) with boost! Just the stock Celica GT-S motor has 180HP and 130 lbs/trq. He also changed the tranny to the Celica GT 1ZZ-Fe tranny to get longer gears.

Your right fuzz, this thing is gonna boogie.

 

One day I'll build a car from scratch....yea right


Nice build