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post Jun 25, 2003 - 5:28 PM
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I drive a '95 st model;
The thing I wanted to know is;
What speed does your Celica ST get in 1st gear @ 6300rpms

Why do I ask; mine does 60km/h = 37.5mph

Thats way to much for this engine. My previous car was a Toyota Camry from 1988 with an 2.0i engine. This thing got 50km/h or 31.25mph it 6300rpms, but it accelerated was MUCH faster.
I wanna find out if I dont have a different gearbox on this engine then the stock one.
(call me paranoid; but a weaker engine with a higher gearing is something I cant believe).
 
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post Jun 26, 2003 - 12:03 PM
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I checked and it had a 3sfe engine.

With 6300rpms I rev just till the redline/rev limiter and why: in 1st,2nd and 3rd the engine will accellerate well till 6300rpms (I mean, it doesnt seem to run over its limit -> cat. is out and this made high revs better) and shifting sooner would cause less acceleration.

The engine is definately a 7afe. But it just sucks in first gear.
OK, Camry had more HP (133), but it was geared to accelerate faster in first.
Thats what I dont understand.
Celi is supposed to be a sports car and they overgear it that much in first that the engine cannot really make it go.

I'm asking this because I wanna pop in a 3S-GE; I read down here that the at200 is supposed to have drum brakes, mine has disk brakes.

i was wondering is perhaps the previous owner had a 3S-GE in it and for some reason they swapped it back and left the tranny in.
Oh well, probably not then.

But I still dont understand that you hit 37.5MPH at 5700rpms.
That would mean the car is geared even heavier then mine in first.

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