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Roman · 05-10-2006, 08:34 PM

Well I live in New Zealand, and the majority of our vehicle fleet are Japanese imports.

(There are a small amount of NZ new MR2s... however 99.9% are japanese)

Redtop engines are still hard to come across here however!
There are only 8 gen 5 NA SW20s in the country, and 3 turbo.
I'm not sure about the number of celicas, but only a handful as well.
So the amount of redtop engines here is still very small.
One good thing however, is there seems to be quite a few Caldina GT's around lately.
They came with the 190hp 'greytop' engine, which is basically a redtop with a repainted intake manifold and rocker cover cover.
They were only 190hp as opposed to 200, as they were all autos. (Auto redtop was 190hp)

I was very lucky to get that other engine, and at that price!
A friend of mine is building a drag car KP starlet, which was going to run in the NA class.
They were looking for a 4 cyl toyota motor, and came across a crashed beams celica in a wreckers.
So they bought the motor for their project.
They were talking of eventually turboing the redtop, but I convinced them otherwise.
I told them that it would be a waste of time, more expensive than buying a 3sgte, for less power.
So I made them a cash offer on the engine, which they accepted.
So they're putting a 3sgte in there now, they're not going to bother keeping it NA to start with.
So I was pretty happy with that!

The weather here is pretty miserable at the moment, but I'm hoping that it will clear up a bit over the weekend, so I can get my engine in.
(I dont have a garage to work in unfortunately! as it is taken up by my brothers project car)

but yeah, it's coming along slowly.

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Roman Beams OCD Support Group Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Auckland, NZ Posts: 946 Thanks: 23 Thanked 56 Times in 36 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	Well I live in New Zealand, and the majority of our vehicle fleet are Japanese imports. (There are a small amount of NZ new MR2s... however 99.9% are japanese) Redtop engines are still hard to come across here however! There are only 8 gen 5 NA SW20s in the country, and 3 turbo. I'm not sure about the number of celicas, but only a handful as well. So the amount of redtop engines here is still very small. One good thing however, is there seems to be quite a few Caldina GT's around lately. They came with the 190hp 'greytop' engine, which is basically a redtop with a repainted intake manifold and rocker cover cover. They were only 190hp as opposed to 200, as they were all autos. (Auto redtop was 190hp) I was very lucky to get that other engine, and at that price! A friend of mine is building a drag car KP starlet, which was going to run in the NA class. They were looking for a 4 cyl toyota motor, and came across a crashed beams celica in a wreckers. So they bought the motor for their project. They were talking of eventually turboing the redtop, but I convinced them otherwise. I told them that it would be a waste of time, more expensive than buying a 3sgte, for less power. So I made them a cash offer on the engine, which they accepted. So they're putting a 3sgte in there now, they're not going to bother keeping it NA to start with. So I was pretty happy with that! The weather here is pretty miserable at the moment, but I'm hoping that it will clear up a bit over the weekend, so I can get my engine in. (I dont have a garage to work in unfortunately! as it is taken up by my brothers project car) but yeah, it's coming along slowly.