Souped-Up Firefox Celica Appears At "Firefox Rock Festival"

If someone ever made a remake of the film “Revenge of the nerds”, we seriously doubt that they’d find a more appropriate star than this souped-up Toyota Celica in Firefox guise. The geeky Celica premiered at the Mozilla 24 "Firefox Rock Festival" in Tokyo on Sept. 15th and according to the attendees, it will go on to compete in the largest all-Japan custom car show in Nagoya later in September. -Continued: Click “Read More…” below Read more »

1971 Toyota Celica With Honda S2000 Powertrain

We just love first generation Toyota Celicas for their rear-wheel drive layout and their clean, sexy looks. And this 1971 Celica must be one of the best examples we’ve seen lately. Koich, the car’s owner, not only restored this classic Japanese coupe but he took things a bit further by completely upgrading the Celica’s mechanics. Under the near stock exterior, this beautiful “Japanese Sleeper” is equipped with a Honda S2000, F20C inline 4-cylinder engine which produces 243 Hp @ 8,300 rpm and 153 ft·lbf (208 Nm) of torque @ 7,500 rpm. The engine is matted to the S2000’s 6-speed manual gearbox. -Continued: Click "Read More..." below

Other mechanical upgrades include the new suspension with AE86 aftermarket goodies and the high-performance brakes with Wilwood calipers. Inside, Koichiro threw most of the Celica’s stock components installing a 10pt roll cage, Sparco bucket seats and a Honda S2000 digital instrument cluster along with AEM ECU and serial gauges. We don’t know how the Celica drives, but we’re more than tempted to find out.

Thanks for the tip Toni!