Egh...I was just defending the Celica not being a slow car rather than being faster than a SS. You guys got hella fast cars, I'm not going to argue that. It will take a properly modded NA GTS to beat a stock s/c SS, and a greddy charged one to keep up with a stage II SS. But if I had a Honda hatch and I had as much money as you guys need for I/H/E, tune, and stage II then the Honda might end up becoming faster than your SS per dollar invested into the vehicle (turbo or built nitrous motor). So as I said, hp per dollar doesn't matter at the track when you're losing. The Celica may have a worse hp per dollar ratio than your SS models, but you have a worse hp per dollar ratio than Hondas.

 

who the **** said anything about handa

 

I think they look pretty cool.

Nobody ever wants to race me though...

 

ok, who the hell cares about "dollar for dollar". that's ******* retarded.

 

My point as well.

 

I would never race a TC but I think they are pretty nice little economy cars. Look good imo, cheap, reliable, lots of aftermarket, good audio options, a surprising amount of interior room. I was looking at buying one before the wrx. Sometimes I wish I did so I wouldnt be dropping money into a car....

Toyota/Scion will never be the fastest thing on the road....with the esp to the Supra. But they are taking over the domestic market and for good reason with the quality of cars they are.....

As far as racing a TC or celica. Well they always rev but I never waste my time. The fastest Celica I've ever seen was that one that just ran a 12.8 and thats not much competition. I do like the styling though...

 

wow, that just blows my mind b/c I see about 50+ TC's a day......and im not joking in the least. I live near the DC Metro area, between several major cities, so I see all kinds of cars commuting every day, many of which are TC's. They seem to driven primarily by girls under the age of 20 of whom their loaded parents bought it for, or cocky young guys who think its some sort of race car.

CycnicTX: how you have 303awhp!?! lol I'm not saying you don't, but my roomates STI w/ a full Agency Power turboback + the Injen CAI and an open ECU tune laid down a hair less than 300awhp. And thats an STI w/ MORE done to it, lol. Weird....

 

Ok Guys!!!

we drive cobalts!!!

The TC's are nice looking cars

How can we bash them? They may be slow.. but so are 2.2 cobalts

Now if this was a ferrari forum and people talked about TC's always wanting to race, it may be a different story.. but this is a "cobalt" forum

Anyone who thinks thier cobalt is the epitome of the automotive world has a very narrow mind. I love mine.. but seriously..

 

My gf is gettin a tc... I like it ok... cant really say anything else

 

yeah.. they are nice little cars.

 

The tC camry engine (2AZ) and the Celica GTS engine (2zz) are starting to get up there aftermarket wise. It's taking time. Plus your AWD platform is wayyy better for the drag strip. We all know properly boosted tC's can do some thrashing, and there's also a 350 hp NA tC out there. As far as Celicas go, we're getting close to 200 whp NA, and there will be a couple 500-600 whp 2zz builds this year. But when it comes to the average M/T tC or GTS...we're not as fast. But the tC's deff are decent looking cars to look at, especially when dropped.

 

i read today that the 08 xB has the same 2.4 in it. that's kinda hot.

 

Sorru to bring up this thread again, but here's a new Celica record, 11.58 seconds. The car has around 550 whp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjeBbqJMOs

And most of the block is stock for the purpose of pushing the little sucker and seeing its limits. The details can be found here:

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=247957

MWR turbo system with GT30R turbo
Mahle pistons, stock block, no sleeves
MWR valves
MWR springs
MWR bearings
Power FC
RC 750cc injectors
MWR return style fuel system with AEM regulator
Apexi AVC-R
TRD helical LSD
MWR exclusive custom dual diaphragm clutch, 4-puck sprung hub disc (available soon)

Stock block, crank, intake manifold, head gasket, transmission (LSD added), axles.

 

raced a tC the other day, the guy said he had i/h/e def. quicker than the stock tc but i still beat it. i do have to agree that they look nice, id just never buy one.

 

he must have had something nasty, a stock Tc should be murdered by an SS/SC

 

i havent had the pleasure or runnin a tc or have one pull up beside me and rev. but around the same time i gotten my balt the neighbor across the street just gotten a tc. one day i was washing tha balt to go cruising he pulled in to his drive way revved his engine, he backed into his drive way so his front end was facing me. he popped his hood and was all revving hard i was just laughing its a stock silver tc. but onced i started up tha balt he quickly turned his car off and closed his hood.

gosh tha guy thinks his car is tha ****. i wish he would do that on tha back road by our houses so i can put him in his place

 

i dont see too many of them around. However full loaded they are pretty sweet looking cars IMO. I am trying to get my GF to get one when her lease is up on her grand cherokee.

 

that's quite a step down.