Celica Autocrossing *56K Beware*, Fort Mill, SC 2007 Options

[Jaws4God]

Went to an Autocross today and saw 2 celicas I talked to one guy and he said he was planning to join 6gc

[Culpable04]

was that 4th gen a GTS ?

I love those cars

[Jaws4God]

was that 4th gen a GTS ?

I love those cars

Yeah buddy! AWD & Turboed..

[spolski07]

those are some good action shots

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

That 4gc could be GT-S, but it's not a GT-4. It could have the motor and a front mount, but they came stock with the hood scoop, and I see no scoop. Good job on the autoX. I think the Celica makes a great autoX car.

BTW: What happend to all the stuff you had wieghing the car down, Jaws? It's looking good.

This post has been edited by Bigmeanbulldog55: Feb 11, 2007 - 9:26 PM

[miro1975]

Nice pictures. Did you run out there?
Our region starting next sunday. I got my car finally and "legally" ready for STS class and need to defend my 1st place from last season.
By the way. How did you end up last season?

http://swvrscca.org/06champions.html

This post has been edited by miro1975: Feb 11, 2007 - 10:27 PM

[whitebr40]

Thanks for posting the great pictures! I appreciate all the info you offered me today and I'm now a member of the website. Hope to talk again soon.

[Gary]

That 4gc could be GT-S, but it's not a GT-4. It could have the motor and a front mount, but they came stock with the hood scoop, and I see no scoop. Good job on the autoX. I think the Celica makes a great autoX car.

BTW: What happend to all the stuff you had wieghing the car down, Jaws? It's looking good.

You haven't heard of an ST165 GT4, have you?

[DippedInSauce]

oh cool he signed up! welcome to the site!

[gt_driFFter]

Looks like you had a good time! Did you keep the wing on for added downforce ?

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

That 4gc could be GT-S, but it's not a GT-4. It could have the motor and a front mount, but they came stock with the hood scoop, and I see no scoop. Good job on the autoX. I think the Celica makes a great autoX car.

BTW: What happend to all the stuff you had wieghing the car down, Jaws? It's looking good.

You haven't heard of an ST165 GT4, have you?

I could have sworn that the 4th gen GT4s (st165) had a a2a top mount intercooler. I had to look it up. Toyota was really ahead of it's time back in the 80's.

[Jaws4God]

hahaha... for the record.. I didn't run.. i'll never autocross.. LOL I just don't have that desire.. plus my car isn't setup for it.. but its fun to watch other guys run.. especially celicas They do awesome!!

Thanks for posting the great pictures! I appreciate all the info you offered me today and I'm now a member of the website. Hope to talk again soon.

No Problem Celicas are very photogenic Glad you were able to join up! Let me know if you have any questions.. There is a LOT of knowledge on here!!

[Negative]

That 4gc could be GT-S, but it's not a GT-4. It could have the motor and a front mount, but they came stock with the hood scoop, and I see no scoop. Good job on the autoX. I think the Celica makes a great autoX car.

BTW: What happend to all the stuff you had wieghing the car down, Jaws? It's looking good.

You haven't heard of an ST165 GT4, have you?

I could have sworn that the 4th gen GT4s (st165) had a a2a top mount intercooler. I had to look it up. Toyota was really ahead of it's time back in the 80's.

No - you are all right. They started out without the hood scoop until they started popping motors under warranty due to heat. A friend of mine had one and Toyota gave him a new hood after some years and he wasn't even the original owner. He never had problems with the motor unlike me who popped [3] 3's in two years on my swapped 4th gen GTS. I on the other hand received no hood because my car started out its life as GTS. Mine was flat black, his was red both hatches. Should have seen us at the meets in like '97-'98. Everybody was like WTF are those?
BTW - I used to own him straight line but man on the corners? The Altrac was mean [even ST-165]. Damn I miss those cars.

[Gary]

No - you are all right. They started out without the hood scoop until they started popping motors under warranty due to heat. A friend of mine had one and Toyota gave him a new hood after some years and he wasn't even the original owner. He never had problems with the motor unlike me who popped [3] 3's in two years on my swapped 4th gen GTS. I on the other hand received no hood because my car started out its life as GTS. Mine was flat black, his was red both hatches. Should have seen us at the meets in like '97-'98. Everybody was like WTF are those?
BTW - I used to own him straight line but man on the corners? The Altrac was mean [even ST-165]. Damn I miss those cars.

What do you mean "Toyota gave him a new hood"?
ST165 (or any 4th gen) hood does not have a scoop, ever.
Toyota has never made one with a scoop.
Or are you saying the dealer install an after market scoop on his car?

I find it weird because a scoop will not help much with heat in the engine bay of ST165.
That car need a "vent" like the ST185RC or ST205.


This post has been edited by Gary: Feb 13, 2007 - 2:52 PM

[Negative]

No I mean scoop. It looked just like the ones the ST-185, ST-215, levins etc got. It was not a aftermarket one and the purpose was to put air on the topmount air-to-air IC.

[Dr_Tweak]

No I mean scoop. It looked just like the ones the ST-185, ST-215, levins etc got. It was not a aftermarket one and the purpose was to put air on the topmount air-to-air IC.

The 4th gen Celica doesn't have an air-to-air intercooler. It's water-to-air.

-Doc

[Negative]

His looked like the stock ST-185 one not the CS one. I thought Celicas didn't get them until ST-185 RC. I've seen that on many GT4 sites.

BTW - Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-aK65ikdgE
Not ST-165 though.

[Negative]

Here - to offer evidence - check this out. Read in the 5th gen section it talks about the upgrade from ATA to WTA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Celica
This is not the only place I have seen this.

This post has been edited by Negative: Feb 13, 2007 - 3:44 PM

[Gary]

His looked like the stock ST-185 one not the CS one. I thought Celicas didn't get them until ST-185 RC. I've seen that on many GT4 sites.

BTW - Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-aK65ikdgE
Not ST-165 though.

That is ST165.
Look at the foglights and the body kit @ 2:57 min.

[Negative]

Yeah but check out the conspicous lack of drive axle and rear diff at the very end when the car is upside down. You can also clearly see the exhaust running throught the tranny tunnel just like on our car. The performance sure looks like a GT4 though LOL. I don't remember any 1st gen 3S-GE's being that quick.
Why would they do that to that car?