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.

[Kadett]

3S-GE = Not really slow, but from a stop it takes a while to speed up, once your above the 4800 rpm range its just plain fun.
3S-GTE = Drove it in a GT4, feeled nice but also you could feel the car struggling with the extra 250-300 kg of weight it carries along.
Now a 3rd gen 3S-GTE in FWD GT = VERY FUN indeed pulling away from Impreza's, 200SX, stock MKIII Supra and the GT4 like there nothing

But the gte engines make so much torque at lower range then there NA counterparts that you can't really compare them to eachother.

This post has been edited by Kadett: Jun 18, 2006 - 3:34 AM