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I have a 4age 20v and in the end it really comes down to how much money you want to spend and how much hp you want to get...

the 4agze 16v is a turbo friendly motor and most people remove the supercharger and replace it with a turbo. The motors are CHEAP and the aftermarket support is pretty large.

the 4age 20v is a high compression motor so its not turbo friendly. to get some serious power out of it you need to get some forged pistons and rods. the blacktop is the better then the silvertop. It has larger ports on the head, lighter rods and came with an options 6 speed transmission. There is quite a bit aftermarket for the 20v motors but it seems like you'd have to get most of it from japan as they are not too popular motors in north america. There sell aftermarket cams but you'd lose the VVT ability... but thats ok since VVT is designed more for fuel efficiency then performance.

I'd recommend the 20v blacktop if you can afford to spend the money because ultimately it looks sick in the engine bay but its really more for bragging rights since the 4agze can push as much power as the 20v and can be done on a budget.

but i don't know why people would want to swap a 4ag motor into a celica when you guys have WAY better options... i've been seriously contemplating putting in a 1UZ-FE into my celica in spring. Because it all comes down to displacement in the end....

Well i don't want AWD.... I want RWD.... Maybe a supra 2jzgte into the celica. My original plan was to make my echo RWD with a 2jz motor but the wheel base was far to small to use the 2jz+6spd tranny. So the next best thing was to use a celica chasis. If i can mount the awd diff from the GT4 to my celica (with minor modifications required) then it saves me alot of time and money. The rest of the time i can focus on mounting the 2jz in the engine bay. And the celica has a much larger hood and engine bay then my echo so i can fit a much larger motor

Peoples comments and suggestions would be great to help steer me into the right direction. My echo will be my priority this winter in getting it to 350-400+whp. But come spring when i can drive my echo i'll pull the celica off the road and start working on it.

Here are some photos..




the body is super clean and no rust... suprising for a canadian car.

it is currently running only 8psi making 240whp...

and no its FWD

Some echos in japan came awd but it was a crappy 4wd full time system.

I've been contemplating making a RWD celica using the rear differential and subframe from the GT4 or doing a v6 swap and keeping it FWD with luxury/stereo/sound dampening so its nice a plush with a tiny drop... choices are hard to make sometimes. AWD would be amazing too but would cost far too much

BTW do you know a Lindsay Payne? he has a few cars and one is a suzuki swift GTi AWD? he lives in christchurch as well. known him for a long time.

The cage came off the factory floor like that. It was one of 30 built to compete in the echo cup. and then it was so heavly modified that it couldn't compete anymore (but who wants to race against other echos anyways???). I did have a chance to do some solo racing this summer.

It is a race car not a street car.

4age 20v blacktop with 6 speed transmission and LSD and turbo'd



They are DAI wheels. "official wheel of the echo cup"

Just over the river from you in ottawa

Hi,

I just wanted to introduce myself. I just picked up a 1994 Toyota Celica GTS. I purchased it about 1 hour ago! and i am already enjoying it. I'll have to post some photos of it tomorrow.

Here are some photos of my other toyota project for you guys







Quick question... i did a search but couldn't find any specifics...

Does the awd 6g celica rear differential/subframe bolt to the FWD chasis?

Thanks

Turboecho