Known Issues on 2003 Celica

"hillrat" (hillrat) 01/13/2020 at 13:12 • Filed to: None

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Looking at this on CL in DC. What say ye Oppo?

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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > hillrat 01/13/2020 at 13:18

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Good color and right transmission. Price is lower than I would have expected, but then again 200k miles. Probably will need work (I would guess timing belt, water pump, and tires to start) but for less than $2k it seems like fun!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > hillrat 01/13/2020 at 13:29

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I wouldn’t wait to long to get a timing belt done. But other than that it seems like a really nice car 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > hillrat 01/13/2020 at 13:29

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Seems a pretty fair price to me! Likely will need some work done to it....at least see if the timing belt has been done in awhile! Looks like a nice example though! :)

Lawrie’s Mechanical Marvels has one! Awesome Youtube channel if you’ve not seen them! :D

feather-throttle-not-hair > hillrat 01/13/2020 at 13:32

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Could be fun. Gt-s has a much more fun engine, but it also has more headaches associated with the lift bolts etc.

I drove a friend’s GT-S back in the day and thought it was pretty fun. It handled great, i think they only weigh around 2400 lbs and i’d expect the GT and GT-S to be pretty similar in that regard.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > hillrat 01/13/2020 at 13:34

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i think the main problem those had was that they powered the wrong wheels

HammerheadFistpunch > hillrat 01/13/2020 at 13:38

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valve guide seals, and thin oil galleys means if it was well looked after its probably fine, if it had delayed maintenance on cheap conventional oil...

Chinny Raccoon > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 01/13/2020 at 13:49

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Chain driven on these. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 01/13/2020 at 14:27

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No belt

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > hillrat 01/13/2020 at 14:29

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Only word of caution: some earlier 1ZZ-FEs had oil consumption issues. Keep an eye on that. I have the 1ZZ in my wife's car, but I bought an '08 when the bugs had all been worked out on that motor.

That said, that is hella cheap for how it looks. I'd buy it.

66P1800inpieces > hillrat 01/13/2020 at 14:51

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No cheap GTSs to be had?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/13/2020 at 15:16

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Oh good!