Ultimat Celica

[Kebab gud]

Jeg oppdaget til mitt store sjokk at det ikke var noen Ultimat Celica tråder her!

vel .. la oss starte en ! :P

 

Rod Millen`s: Ultimat Celica

 

 

Motoren er en TRD fikset 3S-GTE på hele 500HK

Bilen er ombygget med 4WD systemet til Celica GT4 (T20)

[Stephan]

hmmm... veldig veldig usikker paa om jeg likte utseende paa den.. men performancen er sikker grei:D

[GT_rider]

Kan ikke si bilen var noen direkte skjønnhet nei.. Men motor kunne jeg lett hatt:D Er de med 4 runde lykter som jeg synest er finest. Ikke den siste nye, og i hvertfall ikke den på bildet.

[Magnum_pi]

http://www.rodmillen.com/UCelica.htm

 

Ultimate Toyota Celica

 

 

When Toyota launched its all-new Celica, fans of the nearly 30-year-old marque may have thought the auto manufacturer had engineered the ultimate sporty subcompact. They would have thought wrong.

 

Toyota, along with Rod Millen Motorsports and Toyota Racing Development (TRD) engineered the Ultimate Celica, a 500-horsepower, all-wheel drive powerhouse. The Ultimate Celica made its debut at the 2000 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show in the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Ultimate Celica is the extreme in driving excitement. It features a race-bred suspension, custom exhaust system, Recaro sport seats with four-point belts, an integrated roll cage, a racing fuel cell, performance tires and wheels, and Champ Car-inspired styling. The Ultimate Celica concept was developed by the same trio of enthusiasts who conceived the Lexus Street Rod and the Toyota Retro Cruiser - - Toyota executives Jim Press, senior executive vice president, Yale Gieszl, vice chairman, and Bryan Bergsteinsson, group vice president and general manager of the company’s Lexus division. “We knew from the beginning that we wanted to build a 500-horsepower Celica,” said Bergsteinsson. “Of course, with that much power we knew it would be built as an all-wheel drive car. At that point we sat down with Rod Millen and began detailed discussions and development of the ultimate Celica.”

 

 

 

To reach the 500 horsepower goal, TRD began work on tuning a four-cylinder production powerplant previously used in the Celica All-Trac (1988-1993). It is a derivative of the power-laden engine used in Toyota’s championship-winning IMSA GTP race cars of the early ‘90s, and Rod Millen’s record-setting Pikes Peak Hill Climb runners. The bore and stroke were increased, a turbocharger installed and Rod Millen Motorsports custom-built a set of headers made out of inconel and a stainless steel exhaust. As a result, the Ultimate Celica produces 500 horsepower at 8,000 rpm and creates 340 lbs.-ft. of torque at 5,500.

 

 

 

In order to handle the increase in power and torque, the Celica’s production, front-wheel drive powertrain had to be converted into an all-wheel drive system. Modifications also were made to the Bilstein struts and springs to balance and support the vehicle’s additional weight, and the All-Trac’s racing-inspired over-sized brakes were installed for more efficient braking power.

 

 

To help stiffen the vehicle’s chassis, Rod Millen Motorsports built a custom roll cage. The front tubes of the cage were welded to existing body work and hidden behind the interior panels, while the remainder of the roll cage is only visible behind the front seats. The interior of the Ultimate Celica is identical to the production model, except for the additional feature of front, custom Recaro sport seats equipped with four-point racing harnesses.

 

 

 

The Ultimate Celica’s distinctive look was created at Calty, Toyota’s U.S. design center in Newport Beach, Calif. The Calty-styled front fascia, rear body panels and wing were built by the Aria Group in Irvine, Calif. The new body pieces widen the vehicle by 3.8-inches in the front and 3.2 in the rear. Further sharpening the Ultimate Celica’s appearance are 245/35 Michelin Pilot performance tires wrapped around 19-inch BBS magnesium racing wheels with knockoffs, and the vehicle’s unique color was developed and applied in a special, three-stage process at the Calty studios.

 

http://www.rodmillen.com/UCelica.htm

 

 

 

Fant forresten en annen fin en:

 

:D

[xibriz]

Bakenden var jo bare helt rå :D :D

men ville byttet ut fronten

[lermax]

Originally posted by xibriz

Bakenden var jo bare helt rå :D :D

men ville byttet ut fronten

 

Fronten er jo rå den:)

Ville du montert en RA28 front i stede? Kunne jo modernisert den litt. Kunne blitt rått det også:D

[FireFox]

Bilen er jo helt konge da :D selv om jeg liker den med runde lykter best... særlig GT4, det er bare helt perverst ;)

[450hk]

Ser ut som bilen har nese jo;p

[momo]

Fronten er jo prikk lik den på enzo ferrari.... :rolleyes:

 

 

 

 

 

[Magnum_pi]

Men hvem kom egentlig først da? Min Google-forskning fant bare dette.

 

Torsdag 25. april 2002

 

Ferrari har valgt å vise sin nye superbil på kunstutstilling i Tokyo. Den skikkelige lanseringen kommer på Paris-utstillingen i september.

 

Link

 

 

 

Originally posted by Tommy_erwin

 

The Ultimate Celica made its debut at the 2000 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show in the Los Angeles Convention Center.

 

Link

 

[xibriz]

Originally posted by lermax

 

Fronten er jo rå den:)

Ville du montert en RA28 front i stede? Kunne jo modernisert den litt. Kunne blitt rått det også:D

 

hehehe, man kan jo ikke si neitakk til en RA28 front :D

 

Men kunne godt tenkt meg en front uten den nesen :p