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Hello fellow Celica fans

I've just acquired a nice metallic blue 1994 GT which needs a bit of cosmetic tlc to bring her back to full glory. What sold me was the fact it was a Jap import with the GT-4 engine (minus the turbo) which sounds glorious at 5500 rpm

Anyway do any of you have any performance figures for this particular model? I've heard 178bhp 0-60 in 7.9secs to 183bhp 0-60 in 7 haven't had the chance to check these things physically but would be interesting to know.

Anyway look forward to spending many hours trawling this forum getting my car up to a nice standard, so hi

pictures!!!!yea u have wat we call a 3sge engine,do u have all wheel drive??

3S-GE engine is about 177 BHP on our petrol, and yeah, 0-60 in 7.9

Not too much more to be got from it really, de-cat, stainless exhaust and induction kit with cold air feed frees up a bit more..

I'm getting mine dyno'd next week so we'll see what you can get out of it.

and welcome aboard mate.

It's only funny because it's true

Welcome sir, welcome! Glad to have you aboard.

Do you plan to keep the gt-4 naturally aspirated, or are you going to put the turbo back on?

I think it's a regular UK GT.

We kinda have the GT-4 engine without the turbo, but you can't just bolt one on

think its just front wheel, cant believe how smooth the engine is compared to an FTO (which was the other option) but pulls better and not as tappety




Thanks for that mate, K&N induction kit is first thing on the list along with lots of t-cut to get this flaking laquer off (no rust just bloody flaky laquer) how much would the de-cat gain do you think? I really like the original exhaust note actually think i'll only change it if it starts blowing. Its fast enough for now anyway, love the way it takes off at 5000 rpm, well sweet


Oh and pics will follow don't worry, want to get the bodywork tidied up a bit first though. Its 100% standard at the mo anyway and its metallic blue. has boot spoiler+5 spokes that are super frosty, in fact they have discovered the frosties secret formula

Yeh its the 3s-ge one there's a label in the engine bay, no plans for a turbo, wife 2 kids+mortgage to support !!

Anyone know how to stop the gearknob spinning round, it doesn,t seem to screw on

This post has been edited by hardcoreproducer: Jul 2, 2008 - 4:12 PM

My Bad.


I guess that's why i was asking. I though the GT-4 Club had another member
And Yessir, Kids and a wife will hold ya down a little, but ya still gotta get out there on that car and do some stuff (Believe me, We're sailing on the same ship here buddy)

*meaning i have a miss&kid too.

EDIT: i have no idea about that knob though; i'm stranded in automatic

This post has been edited by D-Man: Jul 2, 2008 - 4:27 PM

it should just screw on. the inner threading may have been stripped though so you just might need to buy a new knob or shifter but most likely just the knob.

welcome to the site

edit: spelling

This post has been edited by goferris: Jul 3, 2008 - 12:20 AM

Hey mate, Re: the shifter, I had the same thing with mine so I unscrewed it off and just folded up a piece of paper into a little thick square and jammed it down the bottom then screwed the knob back on tight, did the job perfect.

A quick pic off the mobile for the curious among you. totally stock as you can see