Celicas?....slow? Options

[rzanology]

This is something that’s been in the back of my mind every time I take my car our for a spirited drive. I keep remembering people saying "those cars are slow" or "our cars are slow." I'm have a veeery hard time understanding where they are coming from. Back when I had the 7a in my car...I could see that point to a certain extent. But even against other 1.8...the 7a still fairs very well. Now 3 weeks after my 5s swap....I find my car is ridiculously fast. It doesn’t make sense how fast this car is. I've had everything from 2000 maximas...GSRs and even civic with b18 swaps trying to catch up. And this is with a slipping clutch. The car gets to 100 every time with out a problem. When compared to other cars in its class like the eclipse or even the 240....the specs are pretty much even. Not to mention the celica is way lighter than both. My question is....why do people keep saying stock celicas are slow?

If people knew what strong performers these cars were and the type of potential they have...they'd be a lot more popular.

[j0e_p3t]

my st's pretty fast... until it reaches about 3500 rpm.

[trd94]

my st's pretty fast... until it reaches about 3500 rpm.

my st was like that but after turboing it now at 3500rpm the t3 kicks in and pulls like at bat out of hell all the way to 63-6500rpm and in 3rd gear on my auto trann it runs around 123mph then i let it go to overdrive and it wants to keep going but i chicken out still not as fast as my 240sx after i turboed it but that is a differant story