Ryan Tuerck is no stranger to extreme engine swaps. He once stuffed a Ferrari V8 into a Toyota GT86, after all. The pro drifter’s latest build keeps it all in the Toyota family, imbuing a 1994 Celica with the powertrain from today’s GR Corolla and rally-ready suspension. The project has been in the works for some time, but just made its competition debut at the FAT Ice Race.
Known as the GT411, the Celica’s build is documented in multiple videos on Tuerck’s YouTube channel. The goal was, in Tuerck’s words, to build a “psycho rally car” in the spirit of the Celica GT-Four of the 1990s. Tuerck has a JDM GT-Four road car, but wanted to keep it an everyday street car. So the GT411 was instead based on a USDM Celica GT that was stripped down to its rusty shell.
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Author: Stephen Edelstein
