New Zealand GT-Four Webpage

GT-Four Homepage

Welcome to my Toyota Celica GT-Four (and now Alfa I guess) homepage. I bought my 1987 Toyota Celica GT-Four in July 1996 and I was the first New Zealand owner (after it was imported used from Japan). It is one of the early production models (manufactured during 1986 and 1987) which was never exported rom the Japanese market.

The car only had 76000kms on it when I bought it and I added over 95000 kms in the time I owned it. I believe the ST165 is an excellant basis for modification, however since I bought my ST205 I did very little to it. If I was to keep it it would've had a ST205 drivetrain fitted a long time ago. I already had a 1996 SW20 3S-GTE engine (same as ST205) being prepped for it when I bought the ST205.

The 1987 GT-Four has now been replaced with another GT-Four, a New Zealand new 1994 ST205 GT-Four Group A (shown above before the previous owner smashed it up). This was bought damaged and has now been rebuilt to new condition, complete with a mildly worked engine. Suspension modifications have now been completed and I am in the process of fitting an Autronic SM2 standalone ECU. This car was one of just five Group A models imported into New Zealand in 1994. 17" Mille Miglia M11² wheels have now been imported from the US as no decent five spoke wheels were available here. These have now been fitted with Yokohama A539 tyres.

I have now also bought a tatty cheap 1988 Alfa Romeo 75 2.0 Twin Spark as a commuter vehicle and as a racetrack toy. The plan was to keep spending to a minimum, however that's a plan that's not exactly working out! Bilsteins have been imported and fitted along with lowering springs and urethane bushings throughout the rear of the car. 15" alloys and Dunlop FM901 tyres have also been fitted. New balljoints were needed and finally it handles well, it was diabolical before. The exhaust has been replaced, however Pitstop Manukau did a pisspoor job and I need to have it redone. The engine has now had a big end bearing failure so the engine is have a complete rebuild... sigh...

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