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Celica GT-4 question - 6G Celicas Forums
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>makes me proud to be Canadian. Finally something that we can get that Americans can't get...usually its the other way around
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'99 Celica GT - Sold'11 Mazdaspeed3
yes i can have a gt-4 and pay rediculous insurance or swap a 3s-gte/make my own god like powerplant and pay a more reasonable amount of insurance and have the EMS trick the OBD2 readout 
There is a reason why gt-4 is gt-4 and a celica with a swap is a celica with a swap.
A swapped celica is nice but it will never substitute a awd beast that you can take sideways going 50 on a snowy mountain road while drooling profusely. Instead you will be plowing straight through really really fast then slowing down then accelerating all the way up or down the mountain. It is hard to explain but the joy of what an all wheel drive car is can only be summarized by rally videos or by driving one of these babies yourself.
You can make anything go really fast. take smart car and drop a hayabuza engine in it and it will run faster than a sports car. Take err whats another slow car... lets say geo metro and drop a 900 hp engine in it and yes it will go really fast.. after all if you need a visual proceed to nearest quarter mile track on a race weekend and see what people race.
Having been behind the wheel of an evo and my swapped celi.. there is no comparison. All wheel drive technology makes your wildest dreams come true even while driving just a bit slower than a hooked up straight line car.
Given a choice between available gt4 that cost 10 grand vs spending 4 grand on a swap.... I would probably still go with a gt4 but alas here in states we have only 1 option
A swapped celica is nice but it will never substitute a awd beast that you can take sideways going 50 on a snowy mountain road while drooling profusely. Instead you will be plowing straight through really really fast then slowing down then accelerating all the way up or down the mountain. It is hard to explain but the joy of what an all wheel drive car is can only be summarized by rally videos or by driving one of these babies yourself.
You can make anything go really fast. take smart car and drop a hayabuza engine in it and it will run faster than a sports car. Take err whats another slow car... lets say geo metro and drop a 900 hp engine in it and yes it will go really fast.. after all if you need a visual proceed to nearest quarter mile track on a race weekend and see what people race.
Having been behind the wheel of an evo and my swapped celi.. there is no comparison. All wheel drive technology makes your wildest dreams come true even while driving just a bit slower than a hooked up straight line car.
Given a choice between available gt4 that cost 10 grand vs spending 4 grand on a swap.... I would probably still go with a gt4 but alas here in states we have only 1 option
Captain Pessimist
you can do an AWD conversion... which could actualy IMPROVE over a gt-4
st246 caldina awd trans and the st246 rear axel which u can bias. 20-50/50-80
This post has been edited by Mstoochn: Jan 14, 2010 - 5:20 PM
st246 caldina awd trans and the st246 rear axel which u can bias. 20-50/50-80
This post has been edited by Mstoochn: Jan 14, 2010 - 5:20 PM
Yes sir you could do that but you could also do a lot of things.
I am a computer geek so I would not even try to do a do it yourself awd conversion. I dont have the means nor the skills nor the time nor a place. I am fairly certain that most local mechanics would never agree to do the conversion and local performance shops would either send me off or charge me a cajillion dollars.
On this site we have had several people do this... except that one celica was shortly sold and so was the other and one was just completed and probably will get sold before we all die in 2012. On the other hand 2 common variables are always present. Time and money. Money is accountable for but time is not. One must have a spare vehicle and probably for prolonged amount of time.
I hear that you are a gearhead so this type of work should be a walk in the park for you. You have my blessing to do this project and then tell us how you did it.
I am a computer geek so I would not even try to do a do it yourself awd conversion. I dont have the means nor the skills nor the time nor a place. I am fairly certain that most local mechanics would never agree to do the conversion and local performance shops would either send me off or charge me a cajillion dollars.
On this site we have had several people do this... except that one celica was shortly sold and so was the other and one was just completed and probably will get sold before we all die in 2012. On the other hand 2 common variables are always present. Time and money. Money is accountable for but time is not. One must have a spare vehicle and probably for prolonged amount of time.
I hear that you are a gearhead so this type of work should be a walk in the park for you. You have my blessing to do this project and then tell us how you did it.
Captain Pessimist