Celica GT4

[Pingman]

GT4 Baz said:

Agreed, it is a real shame that Toyota have lost their way in recent times when it comes to high performance cars. Back in the mid 90's you had a choice of Supra, MR2 and GT4, all of which are great fun cars to drive and plenty quick.

As a track/weekend warrior car I think its tough to beat. Good chassis, stiff shell, strong brakes, reasonable (for a jap car!) interior, strong engines and robust enough to take the abuse of driving on track. Plus, when it rains (which in the UK is a fairly regular occurance ), you have great security, traction and fun.

I can't see us replacing it for a long time, the Mrs loves driving it too and has given me the thumbs up to do a forged rebuild with a 5SFE crank shaft which should give me 2150cc and the ability to up the boost. Good times.

Necro thread: Did the 5S rebuild ever happen?

[BricktopST205]

GT4 Baz said:

Thanks for the comments on the FMIC core, it actually helped me make more than 20bhp over the Charge Cooler running the same boost levels. Once I had fitted the FMIC I made no changes at all to the boost controller yet acheived exactly the same boost level at the inlet manifold at the same RPM's as before so it seems to flow well enough thanks

Also, the CC is very good for road use but really out of its depth on track. Despite lots of lagging and heat management the intake temps would increase after the first session and never recover for the rest of the day. Whereas the FMIC allows constant intake temps albeit with ugly pipe work compared to the stock CC.

Problem is people compare a brand new IC with a very used CC system. My chargecooler is lagged and with a brand new CC rad upfront and fresh Toyota red coolant. I also have a header tank/swirlpot setup on the block and have zero issues with temps. Have fantastic response and with the TT S148 am getting full boost as low as 2.5k.