3SGE BEAMS Swapped RA23 Toyota Celica!

[@theskidfactory]

Al came back with a pack of smokes but he forgot the milk and had to pop back to the shops…

[@skozlozlaurie712]

🥺

[@1Peterstewart]

Brought the milk but forgot the pack of smokes

[@Aralmaran]

😂​@@1Peterstewart

[@dafalzonAUS]

Cats in the Cradle😢

[@starfox_wr-45e93]

He looks happier, so if a month or two cigarette break is what dad needs.. I'm not mad. A least he still visits, unlike my other dad 😐

[@SecwetGwiwer]

Your special guest seems knowledgeable, he should be a regular.

[@tommytt2233]

The old guys at the wreckers who knew how everything mixed and matched together, thats how we feel about you Al ❤

[@garrettfruzynski]

Absolutely! I loved when they'd go into Al's parts hoard and emerge with some bits (mostly from old Subarus) to unblock a project 🔧

[@aSinisterKiid]

Glad to see you again Al, we've missed you. Hope you are doing well.

[@eppyz]

No offense to Woody, but I miss Al. He is so good at what he does, hope you never really "Quits" making videos. Sharing his knowledge?? Man he is such a great source of information, skill and knowledge you just don't see anymore. Miss you Al!!!

[@feenyx6394]

Very much this. Even if it's only occasionally, I hope we get continue getting these educational videos every now and then! That's not to say Woody couldn't teach us, but we're used to Al being the lore master :P

[@warriormonx]

Agreed. Woody is epic but Al was the ‘it’ factor; quiet charisma, desert dry humour, supremely knowledgeable, effortless communicator and just an epic bloke

[@chrisparish9145]

Nice to see and hear Al again.

[@petermeillat2200]

Ahhh that voice of Al, all i need is a warm bed and a bottle of milk. with a hint of woody.

[@quinngerlinger7347]

Quality comment

[@paulgoodall_]

😂

[@1959triumph]

Woody is doing a brilliant job in his own but its lovely to hear your dulcet tones again Alan xx

[@themoonhurtsdaddy]

Wait but Woody didn't build it so why is it on the channel..

[@ewatfred]

Welcome back Al! Sometimes you need a break from the influencer grind so take them whenever you want for however long, we'll be here mate. You and Woody are good eggs and we appreciate both your voices so tag team or tandem we'll enjoy it!

[@572hemi2]

Please don't go away too far from the Skid Factory, Al; your points of view and explanations teach us all so much!

[@bg365]

It ain’t Skid Factory without Al! Great episode. 👍

[@ThatHoodlum19]

Al with the shortest retirement in Automotive KZbin history, haha. Good to see you again! The 3S family of motors in general are pretty under rated these days with all the 1 and 2j Swaps but they're seriously cool engines. Be sweet to see this thing with a snail in the future. Cheers.

[@jesuschrist7169]

Here comes all the fangirls 😂😂😂

[@MrMrsedz]

An O'l Skool Ex Wrecker guy guy here too, And yes mixing and matching car bits was well practiced back in the day .. Had an RA23 Twin Cam with side draught Solexes as a yard " Drive Car " for a while .... Well done on keeping the memories and the Beastie Alive ..... 👍👍

[@ClearlyDeranged]

and if (like me) no one knew how to work on solexes, sidedraft webers off a wrecked alpha bolted on and worked without rejetting

[@VaughanMunro-js4nr]

Great Video. I remember when you could buy a New Celica in the showroom. Nice to see a Surviving Car. Thanks, Al.

[@jeff3175]

The Al-fonso tune up was a sound to behold. Another great Skid Factory project👍

[@jeff3175]

Maybe Al-fonso's tuning services would make a good shirt?

[@LaGantoise]

Nice build. Who else here is watching 'Sara'n'tuned' putting a 3UZ in her Celica?

[@seanduffield2971]

Miss you man. Keep on sticking on

[@mattn6368]

Awesome car, I'm a big Celica fanboy with a few GT-Fours in the shed. One of these, either with a BEAMS or 4AGE is very high on my list of cars to build in the next 5 years.

[@negativeindustrial]

This exact car with this exact swap is on my top 10 list of cars I want to build before I die. My mom owned a 1977 GT-LB when I was very young. One day. So happy to see Al back. Would love to shake your hand one day, sir.

[@JMGDRIFT]

The Beams 3sge is so good, I've been running mine for 10 years basically untouched

[@briantidbury3988]

Thanks Al, great to see you again! Love this car, reminds me of when i was younger riding around in these cars back in the day, Awesome to see they are still keeping them alive.

[@johnchurchill5071]

Great to see Al back 🎉😊

[@13harward]

Ahhhh Al! Its great to see and hear you again, we've missed you loads, but it's good to know you've been tinkering and building cool stuff. Like running into a long lost friend, getting to listen to you again. 🙌 Keep your head up, keep your heart strong. ❤

[@ja8020]

C'mon Scotty, Haltech should throw an ECU and such at Al for the setup. That will make a great content, just sayin........;)

[@allandriver2066]

Awesome car.....I had one until some lowlife stole it back in the 80's and stealing the Simmons rims before burning it in a creek. If I could find a reasonable body I'd be working on it right now......

[@TastierBackInThe80s]

Good to see and hear Al!

[@lyntonr6188]

Perfect timing since I got my 1975 TA22 back on the road 2 days ago 🍻 running the old school 2T-G twin cam and glorious twin side draft no power noises 🤣👌🍻

[@garage79r]

MAF sensor...it helps to have some straight before it so there is laminar flow. Had similar issues with a 1nz trying to get it sorted. Sometimes a screen before the sensor helps

[@obfuscator]

Great looking Celica, lovely job, great to see you again, Al!

[@unavailable8681]

Mega cool car! These beams engines sound incredible on ITB's!

[@haydnlochhead1926]

Love the mix of al and wood! But must say I love me some wood ha-ha keen to support you woodrigues. Keep on it mate big ups to you man very hard going out and getting it done.

[@theskidfactory]

Cheers mate! 🙏

[@movementonthetyne2785]

Here for the al ❤

[@dougshaw2944]

Letting the ads run out. F'n Al back at the Factory with that knowledge! Love those old mini muscle Celicas.

[@brushitoff503]

Leaving a comment to say thank you. A million thoughts in my head won't say it well enough. Thank You.

[@MixMasterMark]

WE LOVE YOU AL

[@BigDaddyGdog]

That's pretty damn cool

[@theskidfactory]

Very cool!

[@JTECH7766]

Good to see ya Al! I’ll keep supporting the channel but it’s not the same without ya.

[@jayeales3076]

al great to see you back in a video be nice to see you drop in and work on some cars with woody time to time in the new shop

[@martinultimatevw3779]

Im halfway Al’s podcast. Great stuff. Miss u Al. Love

[@jo300hn]

Im the other half maybe

[@vtwindad1549]

Love you Al 👍 😂 playing with my emotions like my dad did when he left back in 1997 😅

[@gavinb9627]

So who has been spoilt rotten by Haltech's tunability then?

[@Futemire]

Awesome build. I have a 1979 Toyota Corolla that I have plans for popping in either this engine or a 3S-GTE, haven't completely decided yet. If I go with the Beams I will definitely turbo charge it. Also thanks for sharing about the issues with the stock ECU, good to know upfront. The rally cars ran the 503E version of this engine family, but good luck finding one of those. They made upwards of 800hp or 597kw. 😍

[@neilperry2224]

That used to be a cstom in the UK, you could say the rover was our chev v8 , it was a buick 218 cu in (BLMC) purchased the rights. The over V8 was tuned our to 4.8 litres by the car co (TVR), for their rare as rocking horse shirt TVR 450 SEAC (Special Equipment Aramid Composite)with the most outrageous spoiler on a convertible!!!! Saw one for real, and the sound as bitchin' , piss yellow louder than Thor launching a bottom burp. It was being tested by Land Rover engineering for developing the 3.9 ltre into the 4.5 ltre engine.

[@nathanpeachs2704]

I love this car!! The skid factory boys always educating me on stuff 😀

[@DirtyTriniDog]

You have to hear the engine in person, the best sounding 4 cylinder.

[@CryMoar_]

Good to see Aussies understand how to say celica properly unlike the yanks 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Techbitznpcs]

good to see Al is still at it, good to see a diiferent build being a "budget" build and an older celica bodyshape. back in the day when i worked for importers the old 18RG twin cam was the budget performance for these models.

[@imsim6064]

From memory those wheels are also from the L-type MA61 Celica Supra. Great video

[@cameronlloyd7076]

Great to see you back Al!

[@jopoviz]

Nice to see you again Al. Nice car and good story. Fun fact that late 90's there where couple similar Celicas with Rover v8's here in Finland too🫡

[@kurtg7285]

Great to see Al, on ya boys 🍻

[@TheBuildRoom]

Leigh and is dad have great taste, not enough people making content on these builds (excluding my glacial progress). Dave Pratte from Speed Academy would love this one too.

[@RestoHubAU]

Good to see you Al. Thanks for sharing the story on the Celica - cool build!

[@michaelhart5886]

Love these celicas as well as the 1985-88 st162 sx models with the brilliant 3sge engine Fun stuff. Great to see Al as well

[@351nang]

Great to see and hear your wisdom Al, have missed you mate.

[@tyronestock379]

That Toyota Celica it looks amazing Well Done Fixing it up the Engine👏👏👏👏

[@gerrys123]

I love Racecraft videos. Old mate is a genius.

[@lummox1212]

My mate had a TA22 celica back in the 90's early 2000's and it was so much fun to drive. You'd ring the piss outta the little 1600 and it'd love it! The gearbox was so notchy and awesome too.

[@theairstig9164]

I hit one on a motorbike and knocked all the bog and rust out of it. I actually wrote the car off it was more bog than metal

[@markd9020]

Loving the mix of woody doing the next generation and then back in the shed with Al. You definitely have thumbnail these videos AL-Talks 😂

[@arronjones6985]

Miss you AL. I could listen to you talk cars all day.

[@boofheadbuilds7294]

Love seeing some celica love. Al I want you to build my gt86 with 3rz turbo.

[@addappt]

Welcome back Al. I had a GT4 Homologation model. Great engine. Blokes in the states are getting 1000hp out of them.

[@Synthetic-Chicken]

The 3SGTEs in the Caldinas and Celicas are good fun, good all rounder cars.

[@Barry.ONeill]

Nice seeing Al again 💯 You definitely should of took it for a spin for us 😊

[@wa.gtrsoul]

This is so nostalgic for me. I could have sworn I have the same photo album as I had a very similar yellow RA23 Celica in the early 90's to drive to uni, only to save up to buy an import TA63 Celica with the turbo 3TGTE engine.

[@fendel_]

What a cool Celica!! Love Al's work, he's such a great combination of artist and legendary craftsman.

[@Frontman936]

It really does sound like a honda

[@PX125E]

Alan. This made my week. I know you’re not getting the band back together and that’s ok with me. Great to see you.

[@lesjayco7785]

The old “Italian tune up” classic

[@MartyrDK]

Good to see you again Al. Hope we can come along when you & Lee decide its time for Turbo + Haltech upgrade .

[@pauloakes6952]

I did the same swap to my sa22c rx7. The improvement in power, weight, and reliability was totally worth it.

[@SlowdeathO9]

More of Al, The voice of Wisdom and Experience

[@01FozzyS]

Welcome back,Al! Nice RA build. Would love to hear and see it on the road!

[@fredpetit510]

Good to see you again!

[@Nemoolizer]

This guy should definitely be included as part of the show 😉

[@radstar2185]

There should be an apexi pfc for that motor that is plug and play?

[@dylannewby3926]

Dad actually came back with a pack of smokes

[@mej6519]

(yoda voice) "done with youtube, returned he has"

[@Jakanddaxter1999]

Love an old Celica

[@johngibson3837]

Hey up Al nice to hear you again i miss the tec and old school knowledge you give, thanks mate

[@chrisrosie0584]

This new guy goes alright.

[@iggytse]

Back in the day in the Toymods car club the 1G engines were a common swap for the RA23. I did see one guy in Canberra with a 3SGTE.

[@jasontheswede]

Hell yes! Working on my own -76 Such awesome cars!

[@jasontheswede]

P.S. Have those exact same rims on mine too :) Edit: I actually have the wider supra wheels, but they look almost exactly the same!

[@PatsRC]

4:59 if it leaks you know it has oil. Its a Rover thing. 😅

[@LongPeter]

The Rover V8 has/had its place. Many places in fact. That is a pretty weird combo though! The 3.5L goes pretty well if you retro fit the Disco 1 EFI system. They do need a constant stream of parts though. Definitely an engine from a time when you were pretty much expected to work on your car every weekend.

[@bunkaaa8726]

Why would Al leave? :(

[@maxpower1307]

Love seeing Al pop in every now and then! Keep up the good work gents!

[@zundappwatercooler]

Good to see Al back it would be nice to keep that in the show if he wants to

[@Nismo-gy3wz]

Fantastic video, great to see and hear Al. He speaks and explains things extremely well for us to learn from.

[@steven44799]

It’s always more fun when the needle can go off the end of the gauge. The JDM 180km/h limit of all the 90s cars and all of the speedometers stopping at 180 meant you could probably get to the end of the speedo somewhere in 4th and still have the whole of 5th left to go when it had a few mods and the speed limiter removed.

[@danielwitham1791]

Can attest to this with a 1988 series 4 convertible RX7 which I had through the 00s. I heavily built and boosted it to 300rwk. It would be clean off the 180km clock in 4th with 3k revs left before the limiter. I had no idea what speeds 5th gear was capable of until decent GPS with speed displays were cheap enough around the mid 00s.

[@OllamhDrab]

Ah, I love that gen Celica. I always wished I'd had the means to put my GT Liftback in cold storage for later, and that'd be just the kind of swap I'd want to do. :) Good to see you again, Al. :)

[@naimatakku]

Just yesterday I was thinking about the Celica you guys talked and earlier. Nice to see the build review atleast!

[@dinosshed]

Can't believe you didn't throw a starfire in there. A proper toyota badged engine 😂

[@benclark452]

Good to see you Al, hope it's not too long till next time!

[@michaelb5330]

Great episode Go to see Al is doing some great projects still Thanks guys

[@jamiemellor974]

Nice to see the man back we have been missing the old fulla

[@h-j.k.8971]

Worked a Toyota back in the early 70s so this brings back lots of fond memories. Pity the old Rover got so tired, thats also a great engine with plenty of potential. (here in Europe)

[@89_triumph]

Nice to see ya Al.. hope we still get these walk arounds..