If you had 4 grand....., If you had 4 grand what would you buy Options

[fastgt]

invest/save it for a new faster car.

[GriffGirl]

Take your 4-5 grand, put it towards college, get a good education and a kick ass job, and then buy whatever car you want.

[fastgt]

^ +1

[lubu]

Take your 4-5 grand, put it towards college, get a good education and a kick ass job, and then buy whatever car you want.

So far this is the best advise..

[cel97ica]

95celicast i love the diagram of the VTAK that was funny, but i know what all of you are saying ill just save it buy a new car in spring or summer and work on that, and just lightly mod my celi for now

[netrata]

I would change out the silvertop to a blacktop 4age and do a port and polish to the head. Then replace the factory cams with Toda intake/exhaust cams. Replace the pistons, valve train, and run open ITB's on the 20v blacktop. Followed by sending another 20v ecu to techtom (TOM's RACING) and have them chip the ecu and fine tune it to the upgrades I have done to the engine. Yeah, that's what I would do. Increase the HP and make the car more fun to drive by hearing the ITB's in higher RPM's. The problem is though is a dyno to see the new engine HP output.

This post has been edited by netrata: Nov 19, 2007 - 4:45 PM

[95CelicaST]

I would change out the silvertop to a blacktop 4age and do a port and polish to the head. Then replace the factory cams with Toda intake/exhaust cams. Replace the pistons, valve train, and run open ITB's on the 20v blacktop. Followed by sending another 20v ecu to techtom (TOM's RACING) and have them chip the ecu and fine tune it to the upgrades I have done to the engine. Yeah, that's what I would do. Increase the HP and make the car more fun to drive by hearing the ITB's in higher RPM's. The problem is though is a dyno to see the new engine HP output.

Silvertop has more torque anyways. Blacktop is only rated 110tq and only 10hp more than a Silvertop.

I would put in some Toda cams. Whatever size that will retain the VVT, then some cam gears, Toda valve springs & retainers, maybe some headwork.

In the end, it wouldn't end up being much. Might hit 160whp...

[Rayme]

16 with 4000$ to blow? Without knowing your family Background its hard to say what to do with it.

Let me just say something, student loans SUCKS and will follow you FOR YEARS AND YEARS !!!!

Keep your car stock and drive properly, don't become another statistic...and young people wonder why they pay high insurance rates.

This post has been edited by Rayme: Nov 19, 2007 - 5:12 PM

[cel97ica]

nah not to blow, i just want my car to look nice and just to be a nice car, so i think im going to spend some on fixing the body but leaving it stock, maybe find some headers because i cant find them anywhere, and try to get a hold of a Greddy SP2 cat-back if anyone knows or has one lying around let me know

[NapTown94]

a) you are 16 you can't handle a 3sgte celica
b) you have MINIMAL driving experience you DO NOT need a faster car
c) several people have told you HANDLING is a great start.
d) if you can handle BETTER you can go FASTER

you start with the driver then you move to the car...
learn how to drive, get a good solid suspension setup, good brake setup

then when you are older more experienced and more mature...upgrade the power..

Well put. Some wise advice for your bro. Stick to it and stop wanting more power. I can just imagine, remember that one kid who jumped into his dads shelby 500 and crashed it LOL. way to much power.

Yeah man, we're not even doing this to rag you. I want power too, but I don't want a 3S-GTE. be original. I think you can build a pretty solid 7A-FE N/A motor and get some decent numbers out of it if you put enough cash and effort into it. I'm 17, so don't think the older guys r ganging up on you. I love throwing my Celica around a corner more than anything. And no offense, but you can't honestly think you were gonna have a fast car when you bought a 1.8 liter 4-cylinder Celica, did you? get some driving under ur belt, then mod from there. You don't really need a racecar when you live in the city. Most speed limits around here are between 45 and 60. Why waste your money on a ton of performance mods when you don't get to use them all the time?

[cel97ica]

yeah i know what you mean, honestly i should of just saved my money and bought a faster car, but i saw the celica in a newspaper and i was like thats sick and wanted it it looked so nice, and i new it wasnt that fast but idk i guess your right, and its handling is good i can whip myself around turns eventhough i almost killed myself once which ill never try doing again

[Sinyk]

I say spend the $4k however you want.

As for the other recent responses, quiet! It's called natural selection for a reason

[playr158]

i can whip myself around turns eventhough i almost killed myself once which ill never try doing again

this is why you should not be/are not ready for a swap and should be looking at driver improvement courses/track time and suspension.

[cel97ica]

no you dont understand what the situation is..

was...***

[Celicam8]

for 4k id buy a new car ^^

[bccentaur3]

^ you must not like the celica? No matter what happens from now on, I will never get rid of my celica. After graduating college and earning a nice paying job, I'd still keep the celica. After all the blood sweat and tears put into her, I couldn't.

[Celicam8]

i meant that as id buy a new celica... new 6th

This post has been edited by Celicam8: Nov 20, 2007 - 10:50 PM

[bccentaur3]

But why? Why not buy the one he did and use the extra money to upgrade suspension, motor, and exterior? Because if I had lets say 7,000 I would rather pick a 94 celica over a 99 celica regardless of miles, because I already know what I wanted out of the car. Theres a reason why I chose my celica. I saw the gt-four front end and the 3sgte and that started my quest to find a celica hatchback. Now I have her and own't let her go.

[Celicam8]

if he has a st he can buy a gt... and not have to do swap... and so forth, sometimes cheaper in long run

[Rayme]

But why? Why not buy the one he did and use the extra money to upgrade suspension, motor, and exterior? Because if I had lets say 7,000 I would rather pick a 94 celica over a 99 celica regardless of miles, because I already know what I wanted out of the car. Theres a reason why I chose my celica. I saw the gt-four front end and the 3sgte and that started my quest to find a celica hatchback. Now I have her and own't let her go.

One good reason, modding a car is the best way to waste money you'll never see again.
And people like to upgrade sometimes.

My GF just bought a Yaris and damn, do I love that new car feeling, everything is tight and shiny and un-rusted. My celica feels lose and it would cost more than its worth to change all the bushings, I tried changing a worn arm in the rear but everything is binded together. Sometime it's wiser to sell a car and save that repair money on a good downpayment and getting something that is just as enjoyable and not new (a new car's cost is robbery IMO, wait until its 2 years old and saves litteraly thousands).

This post has been edited by Rayme: Nov 21, 2007 - 2:03 PM