k_san

haha iv rebuilt my own 3SGTE out of a 185 from scratch and transplanted it into a different 185, actually its the very same engine that mick says hes done a swap with! And the awsome thing is - i live with mick and hes definately a technical genius with celicas haha... being a mech fitter by trade means that i have all the tools needed and i get cheap parts on my account at repco - so between us - if it can be done, we will be able to do it ! =D

gday yeah, for the last 5 years or so no one has been able to import a ST185 GT4 in Australia from Japan for road use, but you could import them as a track car - this needed special paperwork to be filled out and the import had to be specially approved before the import could happen, which, as mick said accounts for the dodgyness...because if your car came over and ur driving it around as a 184, ull also reg and insure it as a 184 meaning massive savings on $$$...smart if you can pull it off! but with parting out, i now own my second 185 - my first i took the engine out of and completely stripped cleaned and rebuilt it from scratch, it was a AUDM GT4...i wanted the slim body so i went and bought a JDM GT4 (my car now) and parted out my AUDM GT4...completely stripped it, doors, panels, under body, all i left on it was the ABS system and AC piping...and yes you can sell the parts off for a nice price! better than nothing, and be the safest option legally as well. any questions mate just ask...mickwheelz n myself work on celicas all the time together so we know these things inside out, upside down, back to front - everything! K_SAN

that would be me :)

Hi...my names kev sanders, hence - k_san.. im a mechanical fitter by trade im a toyota fan, i own a ST185 GT4, iv taken the engine out, completely stripped, cleaned and rebuilt it from scratch and now am very close to having it back running again, should be great! any ideas to make this a stand out project in the future - let it rip! look forward to chattin n cruisin in the GT4 K_SAN