96 Celica st Options

[sambo-12]

I've probably had my 96 Celica for almost two years, but haven't been able to work on it. This is my first time on a forum.


For the first 6 months i kept my car stock then this happened





hand to find a new axle, I liked my rims for the time being so I decided to buy another one (sears brand) because it broke in the accident and painted them black



and someone thought it would be funny to take my toyota emblem?



decided to get some HID's and a roof rack





Decided to instal my 12" subs


about 3 months ago i finally decided to put some money into my car and bought some new FRS rims



After that I went to get my fenders rolled


Took my car down to a shop to get my megan racing springs and stagg struts installed


Top pic is before and bottom is after, not much different, just 2"


I was loving how my car looked and drove, and have 35 percent tint and took off my spoiler





three days ago, with 170xxx miles my engine blew





yesterday I picked up an engine with only 5 miles on it, hopefully i have a chance to put it in this week



This post has been edited by sambo-12: Jul 7, 2013 - 10:33 AM

[kurt95gt]

Your basic options are
If you want to use your stock trans ).1 4agze. Good motor ,older only puts you just over a stock gt I think
If you swap to a s54/e153 trans ). 1 3sge beams. Good dd motor, preferred by many, non turbo, but no real mods out there to make more power over stock beams power.
).2 3rd gen 3sgte, big power motor , said to be good as a dd, tons of upgrade parts out there, stock turbo, no real downside out side of some extra mantanance due to turbo being needed.
).3 v6 swap (1mz). Easy to find, good dd (has been for me anyways while I was driving it everyday) good power for non turbo motor.
Takes well to intake an exhaust mods, porting heads, porting intake. Not many aftermarket parts available. But some stock parts can be used for extra power, downsides its not been done alot, not as plug an play as the others, depending on your luck you might be stuck with a check engine light due to trans codes.