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There was an oil leak.
Other than that, nothing at all.
This is a great car, comfortable, reliable, and very fast.
I have beaten 1990's Preludes in this thing, Mustangs, an 84 Firebird, and even a Honda CRX!
All of my races are 2 miles long on a straight away. I have won 14/15 races and almost all of those cars were all soup-ed up with DC headers, cat back exhaust etc. And yet I still beat them!
The only thing I have lost against, was a 2000 Corvette (a given).
Dude,
I've got this 1991 Celica and I'm new at all this racing and souping up vehicles. But to hear you say that you've beat the cars you did inspires me to slap on anything that ups the torque and race anything that rolls. In other words, how in the hell do you make the car go faster without the NOS?
C.J.
C.J. Well I soup-ed up this car a little.
For one, I put a MONZA cat-back exhaust system in there, I slapped in a racing down pipe and I got an ICEMAN air intake.
So all in all, that adds up to around 30-40 HP gain right there.
What I did was cut out my catalytic converter with a hack saw (And this is a little ILLEGAL mind you) and took a ram rod, and busted the hell outa the little honey combes inside, after about 15 min. I had a friend weld it back on (TIGHT!) and VOALA! that's 30 HP GAINS RIGHT THERE!
Make sure you have a friend that has a welder or someone you know WELL, to weld it back on, cause this is quite illegal :) And 17 inch rims add a few HP too.
So every little thing adds up.
The Celicas' original HP would be around 130-145. After this, yours should be around 190! That's around what the new Honda S2000 has!
Trick is.. to make your engine breath easily.
If you have over 100,000 miles on your car, and you add NOS in there, you're askin for trouble.
After you soup up you car a little, start making it look better if you wanna. THEN you'll look like a REAL STREET RACER.
Well if you got questions, drop me a line at
jasonwaaa@hotmail.com
Peace man
Jason.
Jason, I was wondering, my friend has a 1986 Celica all track turbo and he was racing a 1993 Camaro six speed stock. And the Camaro beat the all track turbo big time, how come?
Try 240hp for the honda
I am a toyota fanatic and I like everything they put on like exhaust, cams, K&N etc. But every time I see my friends racing with mustangs, camaros and muscle cars they always lose the race. And not by one car or two but by a lot, and I would like few tips to see toyotas going faster.
Really, a 240hp Honda, huh! How about a 490hp z28 6 speed. To tell you the truth man, you don't have a chance. I like Hondas, Eclipeses, but there is no way in hell that a Honda is going to beat a real muscle car.
OK... I show a 90 celica GTS... you've got some stuff mixed up man...
17 inch rims, bigger than the stock 15's... bigger rim means it's harder for the motor to crank that wheel around... bigger rim = slower!!!
The s2000 is 240hp...
You may want to try having some real engine mods done, not just bolt on... all you have done right now is relieve all your backpressure on the motor... this takes away all your torque... you want some back pressure... try having performance cam gears and pulleys made... or put a turbo in... Burian Toyota out of Seattle makes the only turbo kit for the Celica (5sfe engine).
And as for the dude with the muscle car...
How about a Honda CRX that runs 9's in the 1/2 mile... it has an Acura Integra Type-T Japan spec B18 Vtec motor, greddy ball bearing turbo, spearco intercooler, and a wet nitrous injection system...
It will spank any V8 on the road...
Back to the Celica man...
Dyno your Celica, it will have a bit more than stock horsepower, but the torque will be really low...
I'm not doggin on ya man, Celica's rule, but they are never gonna be that fast... they look good... that is enough...
K.
Hey, I just got a Red 92 Celica GT. I was just wondering what ALL I can do to it to make it perform/look a little better. It's a nice car, and only has 86K miles on it.
- Also I was wondering if there were any web sites I could buy some Euro head/tail lights from.
If you can help me out, I'd be greatful. If so mail me @ MORPH@aol.com.
30-40 hp from just intake, exhaust and a downpipe?? Nope, try 10 hp max! 30 hp from a gutted cat? No, 5 hp at the very most. There is nothing worse than people like yourself that make up numbers for horsepower gains from simple mods. The only way that you will gain 30-40 hp from a single mod is to go forced induction. Talk to me when you have a fast car.
I agree with the person above me here. I own a 1990 Celica GT, and have installed a monza exhast and a custom cold air intake with a K&N Cone filter. I also have access to a Dyno. The grand total gain for all this was 8 Hp gain at the wheels. The main restriction in the 5S-FE engine is the head and cams. A cam swap will release an easy 30Hp on this engine, but not an exhaust/Intake.
I own a stock 91 celica gt, I intend on all the usual mods of course, cold air intake, new cat and exhaust.. these things are relatively easy to find.. my dilemma is headers for the 2.2 5SFE engine.. do they even exist?? and where would one recommend I take my car to have the cams changed out? OK OK... one last question.. whats the most horsepower I can squeeze out of my celica under 4 or 5 grand?? suggestions and answers would be greatly appreciated AC.
To the guy with the comment on a turbo in seattle... Wheres this dealer located? And how much is that gonna cost?
Hey boys, I just turned 17 and got my first car a celica sx 2.2 I believe you guys call it a "GT", well any ways I've done the normal body kit mods plus a K&N air filter with a 2inch cat back exhaust, but I can't feel the difference! why? does any one know of any other cheaps mods to increase hp? anyone except for the hacksaw guy!???I'm sick of getting beaten, help!
Lets face it. the Camaro with 450 hp will run reliably all day and night as for the honda thats claiming 9's that's a race car and is designed for the track. You're not comparing apples to apples. take a camaro (or mustang vette etc) with similar mods to that of the honda and the honda will be seeing tail lights all day. I know there are many quick imports out there, but by the time you add on all of your body kits and spoilers and lights and of course you turbos and nos and rebuild the engine change the cams exhaust work bore the cylinders and port and polish everything. you have turned a $13000 into a $11000 car with $25000 in mods. how reliable will the car be as a daily driver?? or how streetable will the car be with 20# of boost that requires massive intercoolers and possibly water injection?? not to mention you will only be able to drive the car for a max of 5 minutes before your power begins to seriously drop from all of the extra heat!! Most domestic pony cars and better can make 600+ HP for around $5000 in engine work, and still be reliable enough to be a daily driver. Cubic inches have an advantage and so does rear wheel drive.
I have brought a 1990 Celica All-trac from Japan earlier this year. This car looks really great I must add, however, it can't seems to beat anything on the drags. To me, all this thing about that car and speed is a waste of time. If I could send it back I will.