Celica GT4 ST205

[Mr E]

soad said:

Marf said:

Put the coins back in! The Japs put them in there for luck

Yeah? I didn't know that

I didn't know that either. I returned mine to Japan.

[Ved]

LandingSpot said:

Will get an RR day before the winter sets in I think. Why did you sell??

Edited by LandingSpot on Tuesday 13th July 21:34

I started a new job where I'd be doing 20k a year so used it for a few months before finding it a good home and bought a new Hawkeye STI. Both great cars but the GT4 is still my no1

[paulw123]

Dr Imran T said:

Hugely underrated cars these, most people go for the Subaru or Evo etc and the Celica tends to get overlooked.

For good reason, Iv owned both and my Evo 6 Was a better car in every possible way.

[TotalControl]

paulw123 said:

Dr Imran T said:

Hugely underrated cars these, most people go for the Subaru or Evo etc and the Celica tends to get overlooked.

For good reason, Iv owned both and my Evo 6 Was a better car in every possible way.

Either way, it was still an underdog. That's why I love them.

[lazyg]

always loved this car

[LandingSpot]

Picture of the gauges now wired in.

Pressure is apparently 10bar!! Hmmm, think I either have a faulty sender, wired incorrectly or a bad earth.



Very hapy with them, considering they're not the £200 per gauge Defi ones that get rave reviews.

[205jsy]

Seriously considering one of these as my next car. What sort of mpg do you get out of it?

[LandingSpot]

205jsy said:

Seriously considering one of these as my next car. What sort of mpg do you get out of it?

I get about 28 consistently, with good country road driving plus "making progress". Luckily I don't have to do much town driving!

I think on track it would go down to about 8-9!

[Mr E]

LandingSpot said:

I think on track it would go down to about 8-9!

I think I saw 6-7 on track and rarely more than low twenties in normal use. Mine did overfuel like a bh though.

[300bhp/ton]

TXWRX said:

I do like these, very nice!

hope the turbo's legal

Edited by TXWRX on Sunday 16th May 23:23

Why would a turbo be illegal?

[gareth.e]

300bhp/ton said:

TXWRX said:

I do like these, very nice!

hope the turbo's legal

Edited by TXWRX on Sunday 16th May 23:23

Why would a turbo be illegal?

aka undeclared non standard uprated turbo...

[Marf]

gareth.e said:

300bhp/ton said:

TXWRX said:

I do like these, very nice!

hope the turbo's legal

Edited by TXWRX on Sunday 16th May 23:23

Why would a turbo be illegal?

aka undeclared non standard uprated turbo...

Are you referring to Toyota's foray into circumventing the Group A rules back in the day?

[Mr E]

gareth.e said:

aka undeclared non standard uprated turbo...

Still not illegal.

[300bhp/ton]

gareth.e said:

300bhp/ton said:

TXWRX said:

I do like these, very nice!

hope the turbo's legal

Edited by TXWRX on Sunday 16th May 23:23

Why would a turbo be illegal?

aka undeclared non standard uprated turbo...

Declared to who? And why would that make it illegal?

[Marf]

I think he's referring to this

http://homepage.virgin.net/shalco.com/tte_ban.htm

Either that or there's a private joke going on here.

[LandingSpot]

Don't worry. The turbo is the standard unit.

[LandingSpot]

A couple of extra pics now that I've stopped working on it every weekend!!

I had planned on fitting a new set of wheels but the buggers dont clear the brake calipers. It's the only time I've cursed having big brakes!!

Edited by LandingSpot on Sunday 24th April 23:51

[soad]

Sure looks sweet in those recent pics! :-)

[gareth.e]

Woof woof!

Looks spot on