rear end of the car is dropped out of the car.
only thing left is to pull the struts (4 bolts) and the 2 inner liners.
after that we blow the rear cross member apart and start doing the refurbishment.
I missed it. What problems with the 906?Originally Posted by hufnagel
PT Cruiser has 2 relay fans. high speed and low speed. one gets used predominantly by the cooling system. other gets used predominantly by the A/C when it turns on.
906 used to have controls for both. now, it only shows the low speed fan.
3 updates since that happened, and it's still missing.
got 2 service requests in to Autel about it, including a phone call to their tech support. still not solved.
MI6 special agent CRAB no less!
Today I'm pulling apart the rest of the turbo setup on my uncle's ST185 Celica All-Trac Turbo (Yes, a factory AWD Turbo 5MT Celica... Toyota used to be cool!) so I can send the turbo off for a rebuild & upgrade. Then lots of fluid changes, some shakedown work to ensure it runs & drives well, then likely helping him sell the car.
I'd love to keep it for myself but I have too many cars already.
There was a time when I would have loved to own one, but they've reached a weird quasi-collectible status and I would no longer feel comfortable flogging one on forest service roads. But seeing one always remind me of playing Sega Rally.
That is an st205, but they were all great rally cars - especially when equipped with Toyota's brilliant cheating turbo:
Toyota engineered a way to allow air in to the turbo intake that completely bypassed the seals around the restrictor. when the car was moving and the turbo was engaged, the restrictor plate would be moved back a couple of inches completely nullifying the effect of the restrictor plate. Some of the best judges and techs had gone over the car to make sure cheating like this were not taking place. In fact, the engineering was so good that when the turbo was disassembled post-race for inspection, judges couldn’t find any evidence that extra air had passed through the turbo. Toyota had manufactured special springs and clips that would move the restrictor plate back from the air intake, but when the turbo was disengaged the springs would pop it back in to position making it appear that everything was as per the FIA rules.
Max Mosley, the president of the FIA at the time said this: “Inside it was beautifully made. The springs inside the hose had been polished and machined so not to impede the air which passed through. To force the springs open without the special tool would require substantial force. It is the most sophisticated and ingenious device either I or the FIA’s technical experts have seen for a long-time. It was so well made that there was no gap apparent to suggest there was any means of opening it.”
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While that turbo never made it into the production cars, I'd still love to own an ST205. The 3S-GTE evolved a TON between the ST185 and ST205 body styles as I'm sure you well know, the gearbox too. About 15 years ago I told my uncle to buy an ST205 engine and transmission set while they were $2k shipped, as it'd make for an easy swap and upgrade. He regrets not doing that now!There was a time when I would have loved to own one, but they've reached a weird quasi-collectible status and I would no longer feel comfortable flogging one on forest service roads. But seeing one always remind me of playing Sega Rally.
That is an st205, but they were all great rally cars - especially when equipped with Toyota's brilliant cheating turbo:
But yeah, if by some miracle I hang onto this one, it's getting a set of rally-ish spec coilovers and some knobby tires
I'm not a toyota fan normally, but those all-tracs, I wouldn't kick 'em out of the stable.
see, i'm not JUST a MOPAR nut.
Pretty interesting results here
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...ning-lap-2023/
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