Celica STX, Different performance wise? Options

[Justin]

I have a friend who was just givin an stx coupe. He says that it does come with a different stroke and cams. I didn't belive him, so , he took me for a ride. He only has an intake and that thing pulls way harder than my st. For even more testing, I raced him. To my surprise he won by a 3/4 to 1 carlength. I have full exhaust with no cat and a resonator. He also said it has different gearing, but I did'nt pay attention to where he shifted in my ride along. He also said it comes with stiffer suspension and that it came from the factory with an unclearcoated front bumper. Also his is like 190 something of like 250. So, uh, I'm really confused.

[97sccelica]

ever consider the fact that the mustang was not racing?

v8 cars can be loud, even when they are not trying to go anywhere. what year mustang was it? any mustang that isnt a NA 4cylinder mustang is faster than a celica ST/STX

any 7afe powered 6gc will need ~200hp to pull on a mustang GT, how do i know? because i had one, turbo ST at 8psi, it was faster than 1999+ GT's which, stock for stock, are faster than all the other 90's mustangs. from a stop, it was pretty even until around 70mph, but from 20mph, i was always atleast 2 cars ahead. thats with stock mustangs, anything beyond exhaust on a 99+ GT they make huge gains.

are you saying that cams and timing make almost as much of a difference as 8psi of boost?

even if the STX came with special performance mods such as advanced timing and different cams, a 7afe with out nitrous or boost or serious internal mods, is slow and under the 130 crank hp mark

it wouldnt even be as powerful as a plain 6gc GT

i also doubt that the same guy owned a 6th gen GT4, let alone selling it and buying an ST