It would be a tight fit for your uncle, were he a big man. It was like a Top Fuel dragster! I’ve had worse. The color-matched, yellow-faced tachometer is particularly charming. "I don’t mind it though," says Huth. This project was completed in Canada, where they have long winters and heated garages. They had to move the firewall back 2 1/2 inches, redesign the suspension, redesign the rear end, redesign the shifter that links to the Nissan six-speed manual from a 370Z and maybe a few other things. Let's check it out. Assuming you can fit, once in the driver’s seat you’ll be facing a stock style, leather-wrapped dash with modernized gauges by Dakota Digital. Just like the origin story, horsepower output from the 5.7-liter Gen III V8 varies by your source. Can you ever really have too much horsepower? Engagement then came way up at the top of pedal travel and was fairly sudden, though, as I said, not impossible. Last US-Market Car to Have a 3-Speed Automatic? "We were in the middle of everything drilling out the lock while all these show cars had to go around us to load in," said Henke. The old Toyota headquarters, coincidentally around the corner from Edelbrock R&D where the Celica was stationed for its tour of PR duty, seemed like a good first stop on a test drive of this little lemon drop. A set of CNC heads, a cam, a cross-ram intake, fuel rails, injectors, throttle bodies, ECU, harness, and a round of 3D engine-bay scanning later, and the Celica was Chevy-powered. It really felt like a drag car. "The process was pretty fun. But they got it done. Complete ultra low mile Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L VVTLi 180/190hp Celica ENGINE SWAP PACKAGE. An LS-Swapped Toyota Celica Is Delicious Sacrilege Wonderful things happen when you throw 500 ponies and 5.7 liters under the hood of a tiny, trim Japanese coupe. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io, Toyota Gets Participation Award So Far at SEMA360, Mitsuoka Buddy Is the Blazer-Styled Hero We Need, The Best Land Rover, FJ and Bronco Restorers, 4-On-the-Floor 1995 Tercel Is Junkyard Treasure, One of the Last 4-On-the-Floor Cars Ever Sold Here. But there's still no substitute for a job undertaken by true professionals, as proven by an immaculate Toyota Celica that's received a full restomod by JH Restorations of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, complete with a 5.7-liter LS V8 swap. One of the best ways that the internet has opened modern car culture up to the masses comes in the form of easily accessible parts and knowledge. When I picked up the car from Edelbrock, the tech told me I’d have to back it out myself, as he couldn’t fit his feet on the pedals unless he took his shoes off. They’d left the same yellow paint on it just the way they found it in Tacoma, added a layer of clear coat over it, then had a guy paint on the Edelbrock livery in all its faded glory. Really, I don’t. These days he mostly rides his bicycle in town and heads out to Malibu or the Angeles Crest Highway for fun mornings in the canyons. Again, thanks to 3D scanning, Henke’s team was able to design a custom suspension that corrected for all the changes in weight and angles. The problem was trying to recalibrate my lifetime of clutch engagement experience to match this setup. Kevin Huth’s 1973 Celica is also a place where Toyota used to be, and now isn’t, at least if you’re the sort who feels the engine is the defining identifier of a car brand. And of course, the interior, so plaid and bright that a Seventies uncle in his proudest sport coat would be camouflaged completely in the seat. Last US-Market Car to Have a 3-Speed Automatic? By Mark Vaughn. Barry said it has $65,000 of Edelbrock and other parts on it. He also isn’t tied to it, because while the patina on the yellow body is real, the weathered stripes and lettering were done with an oil-soluble paint that can be removed with solvent when the time comes that Huth no longer wants to be quite so flashy. NEXT: Swapped! Massachusetts Passes "Right to Repair" Initiative. The engine features a 5.3 L LH6 block bored to 5.7 L, DSS Racing forged pistons, Eagle rods, Edelbrock E-CNC heads, Edelbrock Rollin’ Thunder camshaft, and Edelbrock Cross-Ram LS3 intake manifold. If you’re looking to swap a 2ZZ into your 2000-05 Celica GT then this is the package for you. It wasn’t like trying to fit into a go-kart, for instance. This car really is an international effort. This project was completed in Canada, where they have long winters and heated garages. But then the horsepower! A third version has Barry suggesting the build. Easy, just make it into one of their traditional muscle cars. Huth, the owner, didn’t mention drag-racing it, though. Of course, the whole car is made to his exact specifications, so it will probably be easy for him. He's written in various media since graduating from UC Berkeley in 2010. Here’s a gallery of the 2021 Toyota Corolla Apex. He learned to drive stick shift in a 1948 Chevy pickup with no first gear and currently struggles through LA traffic in a 2001 Audi TT 6-speed. “Yeah, from there it was like, again, we don't really do Japanese or import stuff as a general rule,” said Jesse Henke, son of Harry Henke and brother of Jordan, who also works at JH Restorations. Cramming all of the Gen III V8's accessories into the space required moving the firewall back by 2.5 inches, plus a redesign of the suspension and rear end to house a manual six-speed transmission sourced from a Nissan 370Z. Given that it weighs just 2,600 pounds according to JH, this would make for one crazy drag car, though wheelspin could be a problem. 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