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hi all my name is sebastian and im from australia
ive been into celicas for a few years now and have grown into a small collection of them....

here is the car that started me on celicas it a 1980 ra40



then we got 2 parts cars and one became my rally car project

started off like this



will look like the TTE safari car



then got my 1st, first gen celica its a 1977 ra23 running the 18rg twin cam and is for rally










and have just recently brought a green ra40 coupe for circuit racing

hope you guys like more to come

Welcome Sebastian! Love those action shots! Chuck

Glad you are here. It looks like you have some interesting experiences you could share!!

Nice car, mate! Welcome to 1stGenCelica! If you don't mind me asking, what kind of suspension set up do you have in your rally Celica?

Thanks guys for your responses

The rally car is running standard height springs , but the back are slightly harder than stock , and the front are just out of a ra40 , the shocks are slightly firmer , they work really well on the dirt hope that helps

Might as well tell you the specs of the car.....

1977 ra23
18-rg with 9.7:1 comp , racing cams out of a Bathurst 1000 celica
Twin valve springs
Twin 45 webers
Ported head
Larger oil pickup/ baffled sump

Driveline :
Stock w50 box
Lite ace diff which is a 7.1" with larger axles
4.8:1 center which is welded locked

Brakes:
Stock drums on the back
Hilux 4pot calipers on the front

It makes for a very quick car

Very nice! I'm jealous but as much as i want to race my Celica, they're pretty hard to come by here in Ohio so I kinda wanna keep it stock. Maybe if I was still in the Philippines, i'd definitely do that. Do you have any videos rallying?

thanks yeah thats the biggest problem, finding parts :/ good thing i have plenty of parts ,i have some videos from a autosross that i can put on you tube.