99-mod Celica ST chassis vs GT/GT4 chassis Options

[Illyont]

Hello!

Overseas in cold Norway we have a bunch of stupid laws. One of them is:

You can never add more than 15% horsepower above stock for your model car. If you do, no more street legal.

Anyway, I was talking to them today and I got them to agree on this:

If I could get a written statement from Toyota that the chassis on a regular ST (AT200) would be able to hold x amounts of whp. They could register the car as a street vehicle. So I drove to Toyota and asked them. They didn't know....

If anyone should know, it have to be someone on this board. I know it's a pretty long shot, but I have to ask. If the chassie turn out to be totally different then OK, but if they are the same, or atleast if the ST chassie can withstand lets say. 300 whp from a tuned up 3S-GTE then wow, great.

I will probably get like 20 replies saying:

I have a 94-99 Celica ST with 3S-GTE swap and my car is doing just fine. That just doesn't cut it. I need to get the statement from Toyota, but before attacking them I need some cold hard facts first.

[97sccelica]

dude,

i live in CALIFORNIA

to have my car street legal, i cant change ANY THING. no new parts unless the old on breaks.

if you want your car to be street legal, dont touch it, its as simple as that.

if you truely wanted more power, you wouldnt give a rat's ass about the local laws like me. every single mod on my car is technically illegal. namely the removal of the 3 catalytic converters.

there is no chance in hell that your government will know how much power you added to your car.

This post has been edited by 97sccelica: Apr 13, 2005 - 12:43 PM