We have special offers and lease rates on all of our vehicles, which makes buying a pre-owned vehicle at Regency Toyota a lot more affordable than you'd think. The chassis is fully assembled with no issues or flaws including Technigold motor. However, its legacy would carry on with it’s legendary successor, the Group A Celica GT-Four / All-Trac version. The body is excellent, unpainted other than black window trim and duct work detail painted. I held myself back from getting too into the weeds about the 4T-GTEU, which was making 380 horsepower on full boost, tuned back to 330 horsepower for reliability, per RallyGroupBShrine. So it was tougher than the other fast cars and faster than the other tough cars. But over time, the car evolved significantly. Koni and Eibach ground control Apexi SAFC Veilside body kit 235/35/r19 Leather seats A/C B... Mileage 103,000 km In New Westminster, 92 km . I got instantly waylaid: while in germany I had my ultimate car geek moment, I was walking to get a program for the eifel rallye, which turned out to be in town this past weekend by chance, I turn to the driver and codriver who are out in the service park and I’m like, he’s like “you know there are only five of these things in the world” and I’m like “you bet my man”, and it turns out he was a toyota motorsports engineer all the way through the end of f1. I’ll copy paste this message I gave to Jalopnik’s internal chat room when I got back from Germany. But in amongst the chaos was a kind of compromise car, not specialized enough to win, but too tough to lose. The 2090 cc 4T-GTE powerplant could produce up to 380 BHP when needed, such as in Finland, but was more than often set at around 330 BHP for better reliability. As such the Toyota Celica TCT excelled at rough and tumble events; winning three Rallye Côte d’Ivoire and three Safari Rally events from 1983~1986 in the capable hands of legendary drivers such as Björn Waldegård, Per Eklund, and Juha Kankkunen. It proved a powerful contender and its dominance of the Safari and Ivory Coast Rallies earned it … It dominated so convincingly that the Celica quickly received the nickname “The King of Africa”. Foregoing a bespoke route, the Toyota Team Europe (TTE) engineers hence led the Celica Twin Cam Turbo (TCT) to soon being dominated by the four-wheel drive supercars in the World Rally Championship. The body is excellent, unpainted other than black window trim and duct work detail painted. Koni and Eibach ground control Apexi SAFC Veilside body kit 235/35/r19 Leather seats A/C B... Mileage 103,000 km In New Westminster, 92 km . When the Toyota Celica first debuted, Donut Media explained, it was essentially a rival for the Ford Mustang and Datsun/Nissan 240Z. It is not the prettiest race car, nor is it the quickest, but it’s one of my absolute favorites. F: ventilated rotors 260/285mm diameter 4 aluminium piston calipers. Dan is still double parked but I can’t stop from going over all the little details of the car, and then the driver starts showing me all the different parts that stand out to him, then he starts pulling out binders showing the full restoration, digital photos of him powersliding fully sideways across the road in historic rallies, then grainy film photos of him working on the car back in the day. August 1981 saw the introduction of the third-generation Celica. But the Toyota Celica Twin Cam Turbo (find its homologation form here) is a bit of a footnote to that major history, and it mostly stands out to mega nerds like myself. Traditional automotive engineering that is true and tested did however have its perks when it came to rallying; using a standard production model offers ruggedness and reliability, both of which are key to winning endurance events, and both of which were somewhat lacking with the bespoke Group B supercars. I’ve actually […] The US-made convertible came in 1984. Group B rallying of the 1980s wasn't the only era to create supremely cool cars. 1985 TOYOTA Celica driver rear quater $500 (Delta) hide this posting restore restore this posting. Before he let me go, he gave me his card: I get his business card and I was not ready for his name: Indeed, Mister Dicks was a very nice man, and has a very nice website for his very nice car. 2 door coupe steel bodyshell with polymer front and rear bonnets, doors, bumpers and rear spoiler, McPherson struts with lower L wishbones, coil springs, telescopic gas shock absorbers and anti-roll bars 15 to 30mm diameter, live axle with 2 lower radius arms, 2 upper 45, dual circuit with servo, adjustable ratio split front to rear, electronic, Nippon Denso, 2 spark plugs per cylinder, firing order 1-3-4-2, steel monocoque TA64 chassis and front steel subframe. I am different. In 1982, the Celica was a mainstream production model which had many sub-variants. I like the weird one, I say to myself, scrolling past pictures of its holy-grail 4T-GTEU engine, a two-liter turbo four making close to 400 horsepower with two spark plugs per cylinder. Powered by the 4T-GTEU – the Celica TCT was campaigned successfully by TTE (Toyota Team Europe ) with particular success in the Rallye Côte d’Ivoire and Safari Rally where the Toyota’s RWD simplicity and rugged build suited the challenge. The Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo was the product of one of the most exciting phases of rallying, when the World Rally Championship adopted its Group B regulations between 1983 and 1986. We refurbished an original TTE group B Celica from Cologne - Germany. 1984 Toyota Celica Supra Repair Manual OEM Part Number: 36223A Written for Toyota dealership technicians, this is a factory service manual set, with step-by-step instructions, clear pictures, exploded view illustrations, schematics, and specifications. That car left his garage in 2015 destined for the UK, welcoming the dream rally build. It’s not the most fruitful obsession, but it did pay off once. Selling the following 2000-2005 Toyota Celica parts: Do not message me about other parts, only have what is listed below for sale. 2000 Toyota Celica 3dr LB GTS Manual 2000 Toyota Celica GTS. (learn more). It was based off of the normal rear-drive Toyota Celica of the time, the last of the rear-drive Celicas, still keeping one foot in the sturdy 1970s. The Celica was so proficient in this particular niche that the Toyota engineers didn’t dare produce another evolution of the car in its entire 4-year participation in Group B rallying, less some very minor braking system upgrades as variant options (VO) in 1986.