Project CELICA: R&D knowledge.

Welcome to the blog, so why not kick it off with a project we have cooking up. This is not our first go in building race cars by ANY means, but what can ya say, practice makes perfect! This will be built to wtac/gta unlimited class rules. This is for us to practice building within the most extreme end of rule book constraints. Everything we do is in the greater good of serving our customers, Everything learned from this build can directly help with future projects.

Now, onto the goods. What we have here is a 7th gen (2000) Toyota Celica. I have always loved the design and heritage of the celica. BUT what I love even more, the SuperGT example of the celica, rwd and 3sgte powered. It was simply a beautiful race car. So thats the basic concept we are going with, wtac spec , super gt inspired, toyota celica.

Being a fabrication shop chassis design is our bread and butter. And the extent of the rules we have to follow, really open up some creativity. Converting the car to rwd is not a crazy concept, and simply throwing a differential in the back is not all that exciting, or even the best use of the rule book but you know what is? How about a trans axle!

Welcome corvette c6 to the party! Instead of designing all new suspension designs and subframes why not utilize parts we KNOW work. At the end of the day, we will be basically building a tube chassis with a celica body, mated to c6 corvette subframes, suspension, trans axle ,differential and a custom torque tube! It all makes sense!

As for the power plant, we are heavily leaning towards the reliability and availability of the k24 honda motor, you really can’t beat this modern 4cyl engine.

This will be a long term development, so tuned!

-Andrew

Technically ,all that must remain is the firewall and floor pan from firewall to rear of drivers seat…