3sge beams ra65

[jakelegg]

my ra65 build, to start of with iv owned the car for about 5 years now and over the last year and a bit I have started to give it some love, plan is to use it on the track for fun mainly grip and some drift, so heres the run down so far over the last year and a half

body+wheels+inside
body is currently faded and has a couple white panels, the plan is after the engine is fitted is to get a close door respray, has a tubed rad saport as well due to being in a little fender bender and not being able to fine another rad saport, has USA marker lights fitted instead of vents, fibber glass hatch
currently sitting on 14x8-7 ssr mesh on the front and 14x8-17 on the rear, im planning on going up to 15s in a 15x8 or 15x9 for better tyre choice
has ma61 supra seats and a nardi ( not a fake)
plan is to have fixed back seats harnesses and a cadge but that's latter on down the track

front suspension + brakes
coilovers otomoto sleeve kit welded on to ra65 struts
tien springs 7.5kg (for now....)
tien camber tops
kyb agx shocks (mr2)
no sway bar (at this point may need custom with my engine choice.
t3 adjustable control amrs
t3 tie rods + steering arms
t3 adjustable casters
t3 bump steer spacers 40mm
DBA brake dics
EBC red stuff brake pads
cusco bracing

rear suspension + brake

rear disc conversion ( MA61)
raptor racing camber correction kit welded on
raptor racing sub frame bush's and brackets
raptor racing control arm bush's
spaxs damper adjustable shocks
AJPS 6kg springs
stock sway bar (for now)
DBA brake discs
EBC black stuff brake pads (fun fact can not get rear brake pads for ma61in aus parts listing in aus is incorrect need to seach for lotus as they share the same caliper)

engine + drive line

currently fitting a 5th gen 3sge beams engine and j160 gearbox ( note do not listen to rubbish about a sa63 crossmeber and mounts bolting the engine in... the crossmber and mounts bolt to the engine out side of the car on a engine stand and that's as far as it goes. it will not work with out custom mounts)

engine has 4age blacktop throttle bodys, using glens copy trd adaptor with EFI hard wear stacks.
SQ water gallery
will be using a link ECU with this set up.
will be using HKS extractors.
using the stock tail shaft with a mx73 Cressida diff.
has A/C, power steer delete ( using a electric power steer pump)
heres a bunch of photos of where im up to

[Konakid]

Fuck yeah man this looks sick. Are you using a suzuki ignis column motor electric PS setup? ive heard that popular to use.

Good to see you got the subframe bush retiner plates from raptor, definitely need them.

Is that a whiteline 18mm bar in the pics? ive heard they listed it wrong and doesnt fit, that one looks like its the right shape though, have you test fitted it?

[jakelegg]

power steer im using a astra power steer pump

yeah the standard brackets don't work so I made sure I got them with the bushs

haha funny you say that I brought that one through MRT and it is incorrect, happened to a friend of mine as well with his celica, they still continue to sell them though... they refuse to refund or do anything about it.. anyways enough of my rant haha ill pop some photos up of my progress

[jakelegg]

test fitted my fibreglass hatch.

my friend is a fabricator he helped mounting the engine and made a few brackets for my P/S pump as well, engine sits good after moding the sump webbing and using a SQ engine plate, gearbox sits good will be using a sq shifter relocate so I shouldn't have to cut the shifter hole.

using the standard ra65 tail shaft doesn't need to be modified.

had to cut the webbing on the bonnet to clear the big engine cover on the front of the engine, my stacks are 120mm long with trd copy adaptor and blacktop ITBS.


for filters im going pipercross from SQ, ill cross that bridge when I get the parts.

engine is back out again car goes off to be painted in the next couple of weeks then game on when it gets back

[jakelegg]

so small update, I got my itb filter plate and engine flex plate in the mail today from SQ, pretty happy with them just waiting on my filter to suit my stacks, here are some photos of the fitment of the filter plate

[LittleRedSpirit]

Looking good buddy.

[Celica RA45]

so with the sa63 engine mounts does it move the motor back to much or does it sit to high

[jakelegg]

it doesn't move the engine back enough to clear any sort of rack, can barely fit a broom stick in there. height wise is alright you need to cut the webbing off the bonnet to clear the engine cover

[Celica RA45]

did you cut the angle back off the sump so it will go over the rack will take a pic for you

[jakelegg]

Yeah sump webbing grinding had to be done, using sams engine plate to cover the hole