Action package celica drivers suck nuts...

[Honda Boy]

Well, I was driving to school (during lunch), and I saw this silver new celica with the action rice package... its some lil asian guy(no offense intended) who could barely see over the steering wheel(im only 5'7, so i know hes damn short!) He looks at me, and revs at the light. Light turns green, I spun even tho i only revved to 1,800 rpm and feathered the clutch hard, his door was at my front bumper until i shifted into second, spun like crazy(like 2 secs, damn 175's cant handle the 128 lb ft of torque lol, yea..) Then i started to gain on him, up to about 75 his front bumper was at my rear bumper... Then i put on my hazards and slowed down cuz i was slightly pulling... He then flicks me off, and spins his tires around the corner. So?? He was upset his "fast" looking action package weighed him down and just made him LOOK fast? sheesh c'mon people, lighten up!

[89ssgti]

good kill,oem rice is still rice

[NSX-R-SSJ20K]

funny - maybe stress release and racing would be the right forum

good tho

[buh_buh]

Is the "Action Package" the Celica GT-S? Cuz if it is, you must either have some major mods on your car, or else the Celica driver was really shitty. A stock Celica GT-S should beat a stock Prelude VTEC (4th or 5th gen) given equal driver skill.

[S2Corolla]

You're obviously not running on a stock motor. Celica GT's run 15.8 at the 1/4 and GTS's run low 15's, high 14's.... Depending on the year.
A good driver behind the seat of an Integra GSR could easily take a GTS because the GTS takes serious driving skills to run good times. It's not the hp that makes the GTS fast, it's the close ratio'd six speed gearbox. Plus, the 2002 Celica GTS' come with a premature 7700 rpm limiter, meaning it doesn't reach it's peak horsepower. And when you have a six speed tranny, and you don't reach peak hp, you have six REALLY low performing gears. It's easy to drop from 14.9 to 15.5 in a GTS if you don't shift right.
Plus he might've had a GTS automatic, if he does, then it's possible for you to pull on him in a stock dx motor with a 5 speed because you NEVER see good horsepower with a GTS paired with an automatic tranny.
And to the person who said a GTS can take a Prelude 5th gen... With equal drivers it depends on the Prelude. The Type SH is slower because of the heavy, power pulling torque transfer system. A regular Prelude DOHC Vtec 5th gen will tie up with a 2000 model GTS (1/4=14.8) but a Prelude of the same gen will take a 2001-2002 GTS because of the rpm limiter. Plus... a moron could drive a 5 speed Prelude and still pull consequetive 15.4's on the track. Put that same moron in a GTS and he'll pull high 15's, maybe low 16's on the track.
Nissan tried to copy Toyota's concept of the GTS with their Sentra SER Spec V. It performs really crappy at the track because of HOW short the gears are, you don't get to use maximum horsepower of the engine with the six speed. I have a feeling if you had a Spec V with the 5 speed transmission from the regular SER, you'd pull high 14's stock.

[S2Corolla]

Originally posted by Honda Boy
his door was at my front bumper until i shifted into second, spun like crazy(like 2 secs, damn 175's cant handle the 128 lb ft of torque lol, yea..) Then i started to gain on him, up to about 75 his front bumper was at my rear bumper... Then i put on my hazards and slowed down cuz i was slightly pulling...

Okay? First off, the only Honda motor with 128 lbs. of torque is a GSR motor. And if you have a GSR motor in a dx hatch or 2 door coupe, then it's a no brainer that you got him. Plus, on stock tires, only a GSR motor will pull a second gear chirp that aggressive.

Good kill tho...

The whole hp to weight theory doesn't apply to Celica GTS' because they live off of their six speed tranny. If they had a five speed they'd get smoked so hard....

[kidrocket]

dude i used to get third gear chirps on my stock tires

[Polygon]

I can easily chirp the tires through three maybe four gears, but then again. . . . . . .

Nice kill, I hate Toyota Celicas, they are ugly.

[esp]

i am pretty sure i remember honda boy saying he had a swap back when he was HYBRID boy. And the action package that everyone thinks is the celica GTS is just a bigger spoiler, new groung effects, and different rims. that is what he ment by weighing him down. and no one gives a rats ass about what the celica GTS can do!!!

this thread needs someone to come in and get the facts straight.

Unfortunately I'm not the one to do it but I'm pretty sure you can get the action package put on ANY trim celica as an option. So it could have been a GT or GT-S.

[Honda Boy]

I have a b18b1 LS engine, and all i have installed is my cold air intake and my exhaust, i dont have a spare tire, no backseat, and some interior parts stripped. MOST ls civic coupes run mid-lkow 15's stock, ls hatches do high 14's low 15's, and gsr hatches/coupes run at least low 14's. And the rreason why i spin like mad in second gear is because my tires are skiny as fuck, give me some 195 x 15's and ill barely chirp.

it was a 6 speed gt-s rice package one with the 200lb body rice kit ...

[carrrnuttt]

For perspective, the first article that Car and Driver ran on the Celica GT-S with actual track testing, they were only able to squeeze a 16 flat in the quarter.

[whprelude]

i've heard that the celica's are not all that and pretty much are all show..does anyone know the hp on them?

[kidrocket]

supposed to have 180

[97teg]

the gt has 140 hp and the gts has 180 hp. I heard the action package usually only comes in the gt models and you have to special order a gts with the action package. i dont know if its true or not.