See a 94 celica gt on CL for 1000$

>see a 94 celica gt on CL for 1000$
>he says it doesn't start and hasn't started it for 6 months
>think it's just going to be a bad starter or something

>get there and try to push start it
>makes a horrible cranking engine sound
>sounds like a bad pushrods or maybe the crankshaft
>tell the kid that the engine is fucked and will probably need a new one

>"uhhh ok then, I'll let you have it for.... 850"
>explain to him that a normal person who just needs a car will have to spend 4k~ to have a new engine installed. And that the only reason I would buy it is because I can do it myself.
>eventually able to talk him down to 450


What do you guys think? 450 for basically a celica gt she'll. I don't even know in what condition the transmission is.

I'm going to put in a 3sgte in.

Should I try to bash him down a bit more?

All-trac it son!

2JZ Mustard race.

if yer gonna git gud.

git gud.

>FF

Would only be worth it for any reason if it was an All-Trac,

you can find an AW11 or a TE70 or some shit for a grand or two to swap into if you already have the 3sgte

how do you get a parts car for the swap

>sounds like bad pushrods
>sounds like bad
>sounds like
>sounds
>DOHC

I just need something cheap that I can DD and to beat the civics and integras on the touge with.

I don't want to snap oversteer to my death so I don't want an MR2. TE70 looks too autistic.

I could eventually try an AWD conversion. Since it's a 94, it will be smog free in 2 years aswell.

You can buy an entire gt-four drive train on ebay

I think he meant piston rods.

I could tell the kid that he could part it out for at least a grand. Don't try to nip him so much. Suppress your Jewish heritage.

Now way you can part it out for a grand. Even if you could, you'd have to take it all apart yourself and wait for some to buy it on ebay.

You know what must be done

HNNG
that is sexy bro

>tfw no gtfour in US

>Celica AllTrac

that's not a GT4

>3s-gte
>not using the 5s-fe bottom end and putting the 4a-ge top end for hybrid 5s-ge high winding torque motor

Wut.... just... shut up

>not rerouting the ground wire to run through the blinker fluid to activate almonds while car warms to operating temp

>wants to swap engine
>doesn't even know where to buy parts
>car isn't even worth the effort

I hope this is a troll

I thought I was the only one who caught this

>putting 80 hours of work into a 30 year old engine architecture
>to install into rusty front wheel drive shitbox

go for it fampai. once you fix it up you'll have a real nice DD

>94 celica gt on CL for 1000$
>I'll let you have it for.... 850
>eventually able to talk him down to 450
Why didn't you buy it on the spot.

>I don't want to snap oversteer to my death
if youre actually naive enough to fall for Veeky Forums memes and youre that afraid of a 30 year old shit box, the idea that you can competently put an engine in that celica shell is laughable.

you do know snap oversteer is literally a meme right? It happens because of driver error.

Yeah that sounds reasonable.

>ever faithful damage control
It happens because of shitty weight distribution paired with shitty tercel suspension.

>te70 looks too autistic
>so im gonna drive rusty soulless 90s shitbox

>TE70 looks too autistic.
youre right id much rather have the soulless 90s soapbar plastic amorphous blob that is useless as anything other than a parts car without 4wd over a car with actual design philosophy and deep rooted history

>he fell for the Veeky Forums meme

TRANSVERSE 2J SON!

>94 celica
>pushrods
>I can do it myself

You can't do shit.

I think anything on cl that's under 1,200 Should probably be in the junkyard

Case 1
> "just stoped running"
>"haven't looked at it"
>'no other problems"
>Drove two hours to look at a truck
> "ye it sprays oil out the side of the motor. The 4x4 makes a screaming noise and I'm keeping the wheels"
>"I had 3 mechanics look at it no one knows whats wrong''

Case 2
>"Good running driving car"
>"Was daily driver untill last week got a new car"
>Drive 30 min
>"I took all the pulleys of for my mustang"

>beating Civics and Integras
>in that underpowered pigfat meme machine

My wrists snapped just looking at that picture

Integra weighs about the same, and the 3sgte will take care of the power.

TE70 is literally a shit box. It Box shaped. Same goes for most Hondas.

Look at these curves m8. The celica is a really underrated car.

Don't forget that the celica won the WRC for 3 years in a row. It comes from a racing background aswell. It may not be the AWD version, but the chassis is a solid platform and it will be used as a DD and to beat Hondas.

You can even get the MEMEā„¢ body kit