SPEED HERO Blog — Automotive Life

Hey there folks. There's thousands of blog posts, articles posted online highlighting the idea that at some point, somewhere, a Star Wars themed 1977 Toyota Celica GT existed. Sadly almost all of these articles are regurgitation of the same few clues over and over. I've been doing some preliminary research into finding this car once, and for all. Let's openly document what we know about this car. Where do we start?

• ?????? -1977 Celica pace cars are built, most likely by Molly Designs of California. (vehicles style is attributed to...

I recently got a question about fuel economy. I am engrossed by this topic. People keep telling me, new cars are more fuel efficient than old cars. I agree, but that's not the issue. How much more efficient are these new engines and cars than older ones? I'm not a scientist, I am not a researcher, heck I'm pretty poor and dumb. However, it's my observation that gasoline itself, can't burn much more efficiently than it currently does. Long ago we dealt with back fires from unburnt fuel, poorly working fueling system, low quality fitment tolerances, sticky bearings, and inconsistent...

Saw this parked outside of a hotel downtown.  I thought it was pretty rad. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="720"] Please note the reversed "Intercooler Turbo" sticker on the lip.[/caption]   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="720"] Awesome rear speakers.[/caption]   [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="720"] Well worn Nardi and the wrong logo on the horn button.[/caption]  

I went to Ebisu a while ago.  I saw cars.  It was fun. Yay cars!       This car was really tearing it up.   Went to take a look after the bumper started to come off.  

We did some sports things on a hunk of crap Corolla. One junk motor for another. Conner the film guy.