2000-2005 Celica GT-S, differences?? Options

[Rusty]

The topic started out to be a very informative thread, and could have been a good future reference point for those looking into buying a 1999/2000+ Celica.

But instead started into a honda vs toyota thread, so with the topic cleaned lets try this again...

[NYp8tBaller07]

Thank you Rust, Any way I think 00-02 they had lift issues and redline was higher. 03-05 they fixed the lift issue and gave it a face lift including new lights and bumpers. I don't think they changed anything as far as suspension, keep in mind I don't own a 7th gen gts but I do want one =p.

[Bitter]

00-02 Lift bolts were prone to shearing off, replace them with the new design and problem is solved. Check them every so often to make sure they're not wearing and replace as needed. It was a bolt design issue, not an engine issue. Using the TSB method you can usually extract broken lift bolts in about 2-3 hours if you've not done it before. One of mine was broken, symptom was that lift sometimes felt weak since only one cam may have been getting into the big lobes. Typically for whatever reason the intake rocker shaft lift bolt usually breaks. Mine was like that, fixed it, all good. Little sweat on my forehead first time I started it then hit lift.

[NYp8tBaller07]

are there any mpg differences between 00-02 and 03-05 gts? I heard with careful driving some guys have gotten mid 30mpg

[block]

These car's mpg are AMAZING. 40+mpg for highway and 28+ city (similiar with GT and GT-S models). I read somewhere the automatic GT's were getting close to 50mpg. MPG was one of the strong points of the 7th gen Celica.

[Smaay]

i have never seen that high mileage, my GT makes 36MPG on teh highway about about 30 in town. my GTS gets slightly less than that just because i cant keep my foot out of it. Its not uncommon to get over 400 miles in a tank of gas.

[block]

i drove my gts like a granny most of the time but ill redline once in a while because it's quite a fun car. but yeah i've always gotten high 30s in my gts. before i bought my car, i never knew they had such good mpg until i looked it up and i was amazingly surprised.