Splinters 2ZZ NA Build

[splinter]

Hello all,

Some might know me from The uk's Celica-club. but here is what i have been working on over the past few years.

The latest line of work is taking me down the NA tuning route. Myself and Se7en Motorsports and a few other tuning comanies have all put in to create quite an achievment. the build is still in progress with much more to come but here is what she has right now:







Current full spec run down: -
Car: Toyota Celica 190

Vehicle Security: Clifford Avant Guard 5.5 Cat 1 system with total closure and remote start system.

ENGINE:
Toyota 2ZZ-GE (With Factory 6 Speed Manual Gearbox As standard)
ECU: Apexi Power FC with Commander
Lotus Elise 2zz 440cc Injectors
Custom Designed Cams
Ferrea Valves
Ferrea Dual Valve Springs
Ferrea Valve Lock Set
ARP Head Stud Kit
Port and Polish Head
Port Match Inlet manifold and Exhaust Manifold to Head
Throated Valve Ports
Skimmed Head
CC balanced head
Oil ways and head lining machined to aid oil returns
CWX Oil gear and Housing
Morosso Baffled Sump
ACT HDSS Clutch
Poly-Urethane Engine Mounts
Red Alloy Oil Catch Can
AEM Wideband sensor with Centre Console Mounted Gauge
K&N Intake Filter In Cold Box With Twin Air Feed Ducts From Front Bumper
Nissan 90mm Q45 Throttle Body
DD-Performance Long Runner Intake Manifold Chrome Plated
Lightweight Flywheel with ARP Flywheel Bolts
PPE Racing Exhaust Header Ceramic Coated For 1600°F
PPE Racing Exhaust 2.5” Mid pipe with High Flow Cat and Ceramic Coated For 1600°F
Blue Flame Exhaust back box
Toyota Racing Developments (TRD) Short Throw Gear Shifter
Brass Gear Linkage Upgrade
Chrome Plated Injen Billet Aluminium Spark Plug Cover
Custom Painted Engine Plastics
Chrome Plated Rocker cover with Se7en Motorsport Lazer Etched Logo
Chrome plated Air Feed Pipe to Throttle Body
Alloy Radiator with Kenlowe Slim-line Spal Fans
Red Sparco Silicone Radiator Hoses
Jap Parts 13 Row Alloy Oil Cooler and Filter Relocation Kit

WHEELS AND CHASSIS:
Rota Grid Drift 18”wheels, 8.5J x 5x100 PCD x ET44
Yokohoma ADVAN Neova AD08 tyres. 245/40 rears, 225/40 fronts
Wheels on Freaky Parts Spacers 15mm Fronts, 20mm Rears
Front brakes Brembo 324mm BBK with fast road pads
Rear Brakes EBC Turbo Grooved and Dimpled Brakes with Red Stuff Pads
HEL Red Braided Brake Lines All Round
FCM Motorsports full chassis Polyurethane Bush kit
TEIN Sports Spec Driving Master Type HA Coilover Suspension
Toyota Racing Developments (TRD) Rear Strut Brace
RT-Performance C-One replica Front Strut Brace
Whiteline 24mm Heavy Duty Front Anti Roll Bar
Ultra Racing 22mm Heavy Duty Rear Anti Roll Bar

BODYWORK AND ARTWORK:
Facelift version Front Bumper
RT-Performance C-One Front Splitter
Veilside Vented Front Wings
RT-Performance Triple Vented Carbon Fibre Bonnet
Bomex Side skirts
RT-Performance Carbon Fibre Tailgate
Custom Upper level Brake light Cover
RT-Performance GT Wing with Carbon Fibre Wing Blade and End Plates
Toyota Racing Developments (TRD) Rear Valance
Genuine Toyota JDM Rear Light Clusters
Headlights with 6000K HID’s
Respray With Custom Twin Stripe Design by Ray and the Team at RT-Performance
Custom side artwork and JDM Graphics by Mook from Skewer Graphics
Custom Carbon Fibre Number Plates By Mook from Skewer Graphics

INTERIOR:
Full Dash and Interior Plastics replaced to Darker Version from the Facelift Model with Custom Painted Binnacle surround, Heater Vents and Door Handle Inserts
Centre Console Wrapped in Glacier White Carbon Wrap by RT-Performance
Front and Rear Seats are Black Leather and Alcantara with Red Stitching from the Celica Gen 7 GT
Centre Armrest Cover and Gear Gaiter Custom Made by Simon from Hide ‘N’ Seat
Toyota Racing Developments (TRD) Ball style Gear Knob
Luxury black car mats with Celica embroidery

Of that list this is the current work list with Se7en: -

Work list for Se7en
Custom Designed Cams
Ferrea Valves
Ferrea Dual Valve Springs
Ferrea Valve Lock Set
ARP Head Stud Kit
Port and Polish Head
Port Match Inlet Manifold and Exhaust Manifold to Head
Throated Valve Ports
Cut Seat for New Valves
Skimmed Head
CC Balanced Head
Oil Ways and Head Lining Machined to Aid Oil Returns
New VVTI gear
New chain
New slippers
New Chain Tensioner
CWX Oil gear and Housing
Morosso Baffled Sump
ACT HDSS Clutch
New gasket kit
Poly-Urethane Engine Mounts

Se7en Motorsport as package plus fitting – original order.
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Other jobs for the engine build:
K&N Intake Filter In Cold Box With Twin Air Feed Ducts From Front Bumper
ARP Flywheel Bolts
Chrome Plate the DD-Performance Long Runner Intake Manifold
Chrome Plate the Injen Billet Aluminium Spark Plug Cover
Chrome Plate the Rocker cover with Se7en Motorsport Lazer Etched Logo
Chrome plate the Air Feed Pipe to Throttle Body
Chrome Plate the Throttle Body Housing
Alloy Radiator with Kenlowe Slim-line Spal Fans
Jap Parts 13 Row Alloy Oil Cooler and Filter Relocation Kit
Red Alloy Oil Catch Can
Red Silicone Radiator Hoses to fit
Red HEL Braided Brake Lines to fit
Brass Gear Linkage Bushing upgrade.

Cryogenic treatment of all possible metallic things. Using Frozen Solid:

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So. we are currently at the point of waiting for parts to return from frozen solid, and the chrome platers. then its back for a full rebuild.

Later in the year im hoping to be able to compliment all the top end work with a fully forged, 2.0 stroked lightened and baalanced and cryo treated bottom end.

She will be heading off to Greg at Protuner once Se7en are through with her for full tuning. A 9200 limit will be used at this stage, with the premis of going to a 10000rpm limit when she is fully built, all with a reduced lift engagment of around 5500rpm

Im really looking forward to see the results.

Cheers for Looking

Matt.

[meow_mix]

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Some more pics.











At the 2011 JAE Show:



Rears currently not on spacers, will fit the 20mm ones when i ge tto it!! the 30mm ones were too big for uk roads!! haha





Mine and the GF's car:

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TheGF's Car: kind of gets over shaddowed by mine, but deserves credit, it looks awesome with her new kit!!

[ipath1]

Nice build, I love your seats!

[many]

Nice cars.... but no dyno?!

[2KGTS]

Very well done!

[brianv3ntura]

well i'mma be the first to say it instead of kiss ass. looks = ricey . esp the GF's car. the OP's car is not so much rice if you can look past the side decals and ish. nice color combination but looks hard parked.

i do like the engine build tho.

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I didnt mention the dyno as the build is in progress, im not sure what figures to expect but im hoping to impress.

The last dyno run was done with the engine is as she is in the bay picture above. So sstock internals, PPE full ehaust with a Veilside Titaium terdrop exhaust, DD-performance intake with nissan Q45 TB and all run from the Power FC

The tune wasnt very polished as there was a lot of knock on part throttle, and some fueling issues lower down the rev range, and also i had discovered the vac hoses on the intake were installed wrong which was why i had some issues with idle speed control. Anyway she went on the rollers and here is the print out:



Really looking forward to the new tune. she should be punching well above 200 by then.

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As for looking Rice, well the graphics are love it or hate it. i personnally love them, as i designed both mine and the GF's graphics and had a friend cut them for me. My design is a tip of the hat to the Jap race/drift cars, with the hole drivers side in total reverse. The Katakana up the side is my username translated for me by a friend to as close as you could get.

The GF's kit is very nice i think, i wanted it for mine, but now looking else where, a Trial/bomex/veilside/C-one mix next, and some custom work.

Either way, we love the cars and thats all that matters at the end of the day.

One question, what do you mean by the phrase "hard Parked" ????

Cheers

[Stich]

i don't understand one thing. the car has 2zz-ge engine which is supposed to be 190hp and after allthose mods it has 187hp ??

and as for visual changes, i do like your celica (the white one) but the body kit on your GF's car is hideous.
but well, to each their own.
to have a GF that will share passion to the same car? that must be nice

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yeah, i know. you dyno any "190" and you will be lucky to hit 175 on the dyno. stupid aint it!!

And yeah. its great having a missus as mad about the cars as me. The last bitch moaned about the car all the time back when i had my MR2 V6. Either way im not with her anymore so all the better!! haha

I love the webber sports kit, hate the skirts, but she hasnt got them, as we both hate them. I see alot of you US guys go for stock body and slammed to ground. Which i think looks ok, but i prefer a more in your face body kit - as you can tell!! and slamming it in the uk to the extent you guys do just isnt feasable if you intend to actually move your car without the help of a very low low-loader to/from shows. My car is a show car that is built to be driven, and also look good at shows. Function over form so to speak. Some of the stanced motors do look good, but not practicle for me. so mine will be going slightly lower while she is away at Se7en motorsports. but any more and it wont make it on/off my drive at home!! doh!

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Originally Posted by brianv3ntura

well i'mma be the first to say it instead of kiss ass. looks = ricey . esp the GF's car. the OP's car is not so much rice if you can look past the side decals and ish. nice color combination but looks hard parked.

i do like the engine build tho.

I can assure you this car isn't anywhere near Hard Parked!! As much as i appreciate floor scraping drops and "stanced" to the hilt rides, i see them as highly inpracticle, all my engine and chassi mods are aimed at one thing, improving handeling. She has a fully braced and bushed chassi and more power and bigger brakes, all the better for the track, which is where i take her for some real play time. And by no means a slouch either on the nice twisty back roads!!

She is no way a trailored show car!! She rocks up to shows under her own power.

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Getting into my video editing. I have a couple of Go-Pros and try to do some videos of convoys and snippets of shows and meets.

Heres what i have so far:

South coast Portsmouth meet from January:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TRbh...1&feature=plcp

Japanese Auto Extravaganza (JAE) show 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdKW6...4&feature=plcp

Rising Sun Car Show (RSCS) 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gHjB...6&feature=plcp

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FFS, i have tryed every way i know how to embed these videos into the post and not just a link and it doesnt work here. why not???? Celica club you just post the URL and it automatically embeds the video, so much easier!!

Any one help?? Cheers.

[Thomas]

Nice celica! I think it looks good and has the power to back it up (if the engine is ok). It is a look that we don't see often on this site anymore.

Is the 187 you dyno'd engine HP or wheel HP?
I had my stock engine dyno'd with just the Blitz Open air filter, Greddy Ti-C and 95Ron V-power fuel and did 192 engine HP.

I hope to get more out of the car with my TRD exhaust header, decat, ported IM, custom intake and PFC (to be tuned by Steve Sadler from FC tuning).

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The 187 was at the flywheel. rather dissapointing. but from the powerlist on celica club UK. its apparent that UK celicas make arround 175 stock. weird.

As for your TRD header. i was wanting this to start, but was turned away from this in favour of the PPE header after some reasearch. its a much better product with much better runners as its not constrained to the original limits of the stock manifold. ok so it needs your stock midpipe modifiying, or buy the PPE midpipe too, but its worth it.

Im hoping my power from the last run was low due to incorrect manifold fitment and a poor tune. with the current work from Se7en Motorsports, she should be in a very healthy set up for some seriouse NA figures!! cant wait. we are having delays with our machinist with them being so busyy and it being bank holiday weekend. i REAAALLY need it back so i can get it sent off to Frozen solid along with all the running gear and everything else for some Cryo treatment before reassembly. i need it built and tuned by mid May so i can have it fully ready for when i get home from sea!!!

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Also im not a big fan of the current exhaust. the blue flame talked a good talk on their website, but coming from the Veilside titanium teardrop backbox with PPE system, it proved to be shit in my opinion!! waaaaaaaaaay to quiet pre lift!! nice and throaty on lift but way too quiet before.

So i will be getting a silencer put in to the rear PPE midpipe section and refitting the Veilside, as then i get the wail, but hopefully still withing race track DB limits, as thats the reason i removed it in the first place!! haha Tooo loud!!

[InsolentMinx]

Hey Matt!

still not really a fan of the decals, but otherwise melikey all the other bits inc. carbon

shoulda stuck it in the 'reader's rides' section instead of down here though :p

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Originally Posted by InsolentMinx

Hey Matt!

still not really a fan of the decals, but otherwise melikey all the other bits inc. carbon

shoulda stuck it in the 'reader's rides' section instead of down here though :p

Getting used to a new forum!! haha.

I will do a full Readers Rides one when i am back home as i will be able to have real internet speeds and be able to upload properly!

The decals will hopefully be gone next year, but, will be replaced with a racing inspired Jap style paint job. Still undecided, but i have some ideas.

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Got word from Lee at Se7en today. My head is finnished from their machinist. he went to get it yesterday but got held up on the M1 for like 5 hours in traffic so missed them. So wont be till next week till he gets it off to Frozen Solid for cryo treatment.

Cant wait to see pics of that, the machine work is an engineering art form!! haha

[TruthMartini]

Originally Posted by splinter

TheGF's Car: kind of gets over shaddowed by mine, but deserves credit, it looks awesome with her new kit!!

Why hasn't she posted this on CCUK? First time I've seen it Looks nice!

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Because of all the shit i got recently we have been trying to stay off ccuk, although i still try to help guys in need out. Few comments were thrown around and basically i was getting alot of flack, and i cant be arsed arguing and taking shit off people online who i dont even know!!

I shouldn't have to justify the reasons for posting how much things cost, and how much machining costs etc etc and where i get them. Its simply so others know where to get it should they wish to follow.

But i have asked Se7en not to post info about my car in the Se7en thread and i have stopped my build thread for now.

Also i will do a build thread on here as InsolentMinx pointed out in the Readers Rides section when i can get back to land and get real internet for uploading photos.

[GSBoek]

Nice build. Tune needs a lot of work if the 187 is at the flywheel indeed.


Did you get rid of the GF's old Euro GT lip?



If not, I'm interested.

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Yeah thats sold alreeady, the old kit has all been sold.

[GSBoek]

Bummer.

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Got the head finally finnished. it looks awesome!!







So now Lee is in the process of rebuilding the engine.

Lee has cracked on and got the head built and front end of the engine built, nearly ready to go in i rekon!



It gets better and better, really cant wait for this to come together. There are some nice little touches and shiney bits im looking forward to seeing.

[GSBoek]

Looking good. Can't wait for the final results.

[BristolLee]

YAAY!

I finally got around to actually logging in on here and look who's the first person I found! Just typical, you go half way around the internet and I still bump into you :P

Liking the build, I hope Lee's taking more pic's than your posting up on FB and here.

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Haha, welcome aboard the new Celica pages. Pretty much same thread here as over on ccuk. I have two on here one build thread for the whole car in readers rides, and one engine build thread in the Europe section.