New to the site and celicas learning as I go Options

[hs2g]

Hey guys, I'm new to the toyota scene. I have been a honda guy for a couple of years now and thought it was time to find something new.

Well I purchased a 97 celica GT convertable with 75000miles. Is it me or is the car just slow? It feels slower than my honda civic ex. Well i have $1000 to mod it. I looked on jdm motor sites (sevenstarJDMmotors.com) that a 3s-ge motor is only for $550? The 3s-ge motor has vvti correct? so its kind of like the honda vtec motors? I read the feasable motor swaps and this motor just bolts right into my 6th gen celica? So with this motor and labor to install, will it be around $1000 give/take a few hundred.

If not the swap, I was planning on going with basic mods (headers, intake, exhaust) maybe put a dry nitrous kit (50 shot)for weekends (but very rarely I will use it) maybe once or twice a week. My goal is running in the low 15's or better. I'm a pretty good driver.

[macavely]

if you don't turbo or swap and are looking for I-H-E you can use a 92 civic short ram intake on a gt.. fits like it was maked for a celice get.. just you the rubbers from the stocke air box.. as for header there was some one on here that was going to make them but don't know what happned with at.. and you can always go custome.. and for exhust you can get the greddy SP system if you can find it.. they stop making it.. maybe the SP2 system will be out soon... or you can just got stight to the O2 system you should be about to hand a 50 shot on stock internals..