Celica Gts really worth it?

Is the celica really worth it to spend all ur time and money modding it when it's already really slow. Can u convince me that this car will be worth it and it can be fast?

I have a GTS I've installed AEM intake DC header HKS axle back exhaust and Apex-i SAFC II B&M short throw shifter and soon UR pulley set. I raced a Cobra mustang like a month ago I took him in first and second gear(up to about 60mph) then he blew me away while I was shifting to third but we stopped and he said I had him worried that he wouldn't catch up and asked me what all I had done that for me was satisfaction!A GTS is pretty good up to about 100mph then it aint got nothin but at the strip 0-100 is all that matters. Also raced Mazda RX-8 and he couln't pull on me also monte carlo SS today just could'nt catch up with me(new body style) I've outran a civic auto with intake exhaust adjustable cam gears fuel pressure rail header back exhaust SAFC I fuel regulator and nitrous 75 shot all I had was a intake on my car and I smoked him really really badly outran some 240sx's Plus the women look evertime I ride by- you can beat the crap out of it and it still last 200k miles I think it's a respectable all motor car compression 11.5 to one! :screwy:

Amen To That The 7 Gen Will Grab Its Ankles And Beg For More!!!!!okkkk

What other car in it's class are you looking for?

RSX? yea it has more power, but the GT-S is about 340lbs less, and the 2ZZ-GE response well to mods. The RSX really does look like a beefed up civic, you like civics? And it's sorta turned into a chick car now.

SRT-4? Yea tons of power for the little guy, but it's almost 3k lbs! That sucker weighs 470 lbs more than a GT-S. Yea the SRT-4 is the fastest among the straights, but it's also turboed. And going straight isn't the only thing to do on the road, the SRT-4 has a 62/38 weight ratio, you like understeer? And plus, having a load of tq on a FWD car isn't the best thing.

So tell me, is it worth it?

the rsx actually has more aftermarket parts including various turboes actually...

and from what i come across the 7th gen celica is considered a chick car not that it matters..

i guess it's just so cal then.

yeah up here in nor cal celicas are deifnatly guys cars and rsx are chick cars

heh, maybe it's just cali in general then :p

well where im from the base model celica gt and rsx are both considered chick cars... the gt-s and rsx-s are kinda inbetween a guys car and girls car but he rsx-s is just less of a girls car if that makes sense

acuras and hondas and all of that shit is for pussies get a 300zx lol somethin with some TORQUE YEH BABY. lol just kidding the rsx is nice celica is nice.. i agree with ghetto tho.. type s is more guy regular is girl.. seen lots of guys driving type s not many girls cept in gt and the like.. once again if your a man buy sometin with some TORQUE, ie camero ss lol or 300zx like me.. if you are broke buy a pinto.. save up and get a.... well i already said that twice.

good to hear that a celica can take all of those, i have ran 14.4 on my stock 00 gts, its all good!

sorry to dissapoint but theres no way u hit a 14.4 in a stock celica gts...best ive ever seen one run stock was a 15.4

the gts is a good car. i threw the 95' gts 5sfe 2.2L motor in my 94' paseo. it hauls ass!! i've smoke a 93' rx-7 twin turbo in second gear. but when you talk about hondas and acuras, they're both the same company. acuras are just luxary hondas. they only divided them into two different rands to make more money. so i think they both suck. i eat hondas and acuras for breakfast.

uve beaten a 93 tt rx7? heh doubt it... even if you have a good weight power ratio, you only have 140 hp... rx7 tt's come with 255hp... he was either messing arround, or wasnt racing....

by the way, since honda sucks how many nsx's have u eatin with ur 5sfe? just curious

well im not sure if he was or not but it was still a race. and i've never raced a nsx with my paseo but i've seen plenty of supras beat them at the track in fontana.

whats been done with ur paseo....cuz theres no way u beat an rx7 staright up

5sfe, headers, 2.5 piping,cai,upgraded ecu,upgraded cams and pulleys. port and polished. stage 3 clutch kit, fater spark plug wires. and i think thats it. im gonna have it dynoed next week.

oh post up dyno slpis...i could mabe see u pull on him in 2nd cuz ur fwd with less weight and rx7 needs alot of time for that turbo to spool... but theres no way off the line and all that u would take him

yeah it wasnt off the line. but i met him again this weekend and we ran again. this time he won. he ran 11.7 and i ran 13.3

that sounds more like it.. but i still find it hard to believe u would beat him even at a roll, unless u were going faster at the start

well i dont think he really tried the first time from what he said. so i dunno. but he's cool. he said that he thought i was joking the first time we raced. but he couldnt believe that my car ran a 13.

id beleive he beat him on a rolll, rx7 has a bad tendancey to have massive turbo lag when there at low rmps going and then you step on it..... that plus hes RWD (losta power loss) and hes heavyer id believe he took em....post up your TIME slips

um may i remind you of the rx7's red line? im not sure when the turbo kicks in, but you have to rev reasonable high like the s2000 when you are just driving normally... i would think that at the roll, the rx7 would already be at a higher rpm and give it an even greater advantage over the paseo then if they were to start from a stand still

given it does have a high redline, it depends on how much of a roll they were doin, 5mph is a big diffeerence over 20 mph cuz turbo wont be spooled on the rx7 yet

sorry to dissapoint but theres no way u hit a 14.4 in a stock celica gts...best ive ever seen one run stock was a 15.4
first of all what year of celica gts did you use, mine is 00, which we all know are faster than the 02+, ive seen 15.2 for 02+, a good driver can get into the high 14s or even in the mid 14s like i did, have you ever seen track times, or have been reading magazine times, beause they use different ways to drag their cars.

hahahaha how do you assume a 02 is slower than an 00....SAME weight and motor....as well as gear ratios.....i dont see how you could hit a 14 in one when cars like mitsubishi eclipse gs-t and gs-t hit high 14's and low 15's and there pushin 210 HP....yes the celica is lighter but thats 30 Hp difference

im not hatn on the celica, i just know it cant get under a 15 stock

hahahaha how do you assume a 02 is slower than an 00....SAME weight and motor....as well as gear ratios.....i dont see how you could hit a 14 in one when cars like mitsubishi eclipse gs-t and gs-t hit high 14's and low 15's and there pushin 210 HP....yes the celica is lighter but thats 30 Hp difference
:banghead: the 00-01 had problems with the trans. so toyota decided to fix the ecu, making the 02+ slower than the previous ones. If you want to see times ill show you.

how does problems with the tranney, then making the ecu better (and fixing the trany i presume) make it slower?

toyota said there were misshifts with the 00-01 so they had to fix things, along with the ecu, consisting in a glich. If you read car magazines they have covered this. Let me get the times and hopefully the time slip, and ill get back.

i know where there is a 2001 gts 6 speed with 20,000 miles for sale

what you said tho makes no sense if PROBLEMS WERE FIXED

the 00-01 had problems with the trans. so toyota decided to fix the ecu, making the 02+ slower than the previous ones. If you want to see times ill show you.