Hi, new member from WA State USA

[nickwj]

Hi, my name is Nick. I'm currently living in Bellingham, WA, USA.

I love cars.

My main car has been my 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX, which I regularly autocross . I wanted to buy something else to put less miles on my Subaru project, but still wanted something fun. I found that my friend was selling an SR5...

Well, after almost 3 months, two engines, and a bunch of headaches later, my commuter car purchase finally runs and drives!

It's an SR5 and still has the 4AC. I wanted to find something fun to drive to work that was good on gas.




So far, the only things done are maintenance items and items just to get it running:
-Tokico HPS front shocks
-KYB Gas-A-Just rear shocks
-Vacuum/Emissions delete

I'm currently trying to find all the missing interior pieces and am refurbishing / repainting the carpet and plastics back to their original blue color with this nice paint I discovered called SEM Color Coat, Shadow Blue http://www.celicasupra.com/forums/showth...-True-Blue.

I want to paint the car myself, and have a friend who went to school for autobody (He thinks we should paint it Teleso Grigio: http://www.yosax.com/car_pictures/lambor...adster.jpg)
I'm not a fan of the previous owner's black spray painted hood... so in the mean time I might just try to find some cheap paint that matches the rest of the car.

Anyways, just thought I'd properly introduce myself and my new project.

I'll post a build thread and where I'm at so far next.

[zenki]

Welcome!

Looks like a good car to start with.

[banpei]

Welcome!
You might consider watching a couple of videos by 84hachi on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/84hachi
He decided to keep the 4AC in his SR5 and tune it lightly while still retaining a bit of fuel economy.

[nickwj]

I actually decided to keep the 4AC.

I put a Weber 32/36 on, as the stock carb wouldn't get the car to run properly.

I've reported at the highest, 34mpg freeway. (of course, that figure is a little off as my speedometer is off by 5mph)

Thanks for the compliments!