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LoL, i love my celica!
To: alex18t
Does your engine have a creaking sound (from the outside) to it when you give it a cold start, as your celica gt seems to rev at the same rpm as mine does. I only hear this creaking sound when I'm outside of the car but I don't think that the engine should be making that sound. Once the car has warmed up and I restart it again from running errands, this doesn't happen. Only in the morning when I first start it up or after work when it's been sitting in the parking lot for a while.
http://www.phewl.com/parts/default4.asp?id=65&parts_catagory=Drivetrain
Got a question for people who took their front wheels off. do the brake rotors come off just by moving the calipers off and sliding it off the stud or are they connected to the hub?... prolly a silly question but i dont know, and i was wondering how big a job it would be to do the rotors myself.
He told me that Toyota has been having production problems with the 2001 GTS. Hence they are hard to come by.
Is this true, or is he just talking crazy? Has anyone heard similar rumors?
Thanks.
Brenda
could have been some stupid ground effects light and that's why he didnt care right? or maybe im just reassuring myself.
We used the same procedure for getting the caliper bolts off. Careful not to touch any torch to rubber and/or brakelines.
i mean, jeez. you can easily get the car to stay in the powerband, if you take it to the fuel cutoff at 8300. and that's not dangerous for the car as long as you're on premium gas. the european celicas have the redline START at 8200. and it's the same tranny/engine. i even e-mailed them a video and told them this last time.
it's kind of funny actually. the GT-S auto can't rev to over 7900/8000. and when a video was posted of it dropping to 5000 on the shifts, a whole bunch of 6-speed drivers chimed in and said they get the same thing. after a bit of explaining, they figured out how to drive it the way it was meant to be driven and it pretty much changes the entire way the car accelerates. a constant burst of power from the 2nd cams. i bet that guy would lose to an automatic GT-S in a 0-60 contest.
noisy? sorry, 90% of GT-S owners love the sweet revving sound of the VVTL-i. thrashing? maybe if you don't know how to shift. herky-jerky? if you're using words like that, this car was not made for you. doesn't seem happy revving to redline? uh...wrong. this car was born for 6000+rpms. just the fact the cam switchover is so high should tell you something. it IS designed to be shifted in the powerband, that's how toyota got a 0-60 of 6.5/6.6 out of a totally stock GT-S.
i've been driving my car as a commuter car for 9000 miles so far and my love has only grown for it. I can't believe he thinks the old acura GSR is more fun to drive. He should get out of the GT-S, let someone capable drive it, and proceed to hand him his @$$ in any kind of a speed or handling contest.
finally:
It's almost as though the motor is engaging the variable valve timing begrudgingly, with more vibration and noise as the tach needle spins upward than our old '96 Integra GS-R long-termer delivered
sorry genius, the VVT in the celica is ALWAYS on, from idle to redline. that's why it's got the -i. for intelligence. maybe he means it engages the lift (the L in VVTL-i) begrudgingly? have any of you ever revved to over 6000? does it engage begrudgingly?
The car is a little noisy, we all know that. I have a little problem with the radio: It keeps creeping up 'til I eventually notice I'm blaring myself out when I slow down or stop. But you know what? And THIS is the way Edmund's should be thinking: This car has an awesome, Ferrari-like design that everyone and their brother stares at. In order to create such a cutting edge design, the creature comforts and ergonomics are not going to be perfect. How they could get this car any better, I really don't know.
And you're right. I came from an Integra. I will say this car probably doesn't need the 6-speed, but the novelty is cool. But, drive it aggresively. Man does this engine rev smooth to the top. I always thought Toyota's engines were smoother than Honda's, and this one really is phenomenal. Lastly, the Integra has been the SAME EXTERIOR DESIGN since the 1994 model. I couldn't even get myself to test drive one. It is a great car, but I had one for 5 years or so, and I wanted something that has evolved, and/or is more exciting.
How is your mileage folks? I am nailed at an average of 27mpg, at 1/2 freeway, 1/2 stop-&-go. I have used exclusively 94 octane.
Warming up? I'm in Cleveland. In about 1.5 miles from my house is the freeway. By the time I get there, I am getting heat. Even when it was 20-30 degrees F out! These Toyota's are superior to Honda in the heat range, really! Parents have Camry's, and they have the same advantage of heat. My Acura CL was particularly bad. Maybe it was that it had a lower compression ratio along with it's vtec design.
Redline at 8200? Wow. You know, I did think driving this car at the peak that it seemed to want to keep going, and was ultra smooth.
1st to 2nd: 5100, 2nd to 3rd: 5600, 3rd to 4th: 5950, 4th to 5th: 6100, 5th to 6th: 6100
If the power band is 6000 to 7800, it seems the 3/4. 4/5 and 5/6 shifts are perfect, 2/3 is so-so and the 1/2 is very poor (even using 8200 the drop is to 5800 - although I would want to respect the red line). For road racing this is good, for autocrossing (a 1st and 2nd gear sport) this stinks because of the low torque, beside which a 2 to 1 down shift is near impossible because of the shifter's pattern. On an autocross course, I hope the speeds never get above 40 MPH, the max speed at 7800 RPM with Kumho 712 tires. (The orginal Yokoamas wore out in 12K miles. Wih the same type of useage my CRX-Si got much better tire wear, I would have thought that although the Celica is about 25% heavier, with its much larger foot print I would get similar wear.)
i was thinking of puting a set of 205/55 15 on my GT. are they good? they have a great price but i cant find anybody who has them on their car to get input from. im worried of buying such an obscure (at least to me) name tire.
for the Kumho was very friendly and Kumho is trying to make a name for themselves in both racing and solo with some impressive results in last year's SCCA championships.
i went to tire rack just now and it seems the comments on the Kumhos are pretty good. also i checked the comments on the stock RE92 195/60 15 tires and people mostly agree with me, they're terrible.
anyway, thanks for the comments. I'm gonna go with the Kumhos. I just had to check up on them first because i couldnt beleive the price.
so with these stickier tires and the TRD lowering springs im getting soon the handling in my car will be like night and day. gosh that TRD suspension package looks tasty for 1500. too bad i dont have the extra dough.
BTW, a great dealership: Mike Erdman Toyota on Merritt Isl. Fl. Dan McLeod the salesman to see.
George
And now back to the discussion of the Toyota Celica. Happy Motoring! ;-)
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You might try ELPrototypes in Azusa, CA.
I've read on other fourms that many people misshift, thus messing up the tranny. Although the dealer will fix this once within warranty, is it something to be very concerned about? I've also heard the B&M/TRD shortshifter's can reduce the risk of a misshift. Is this true and to what extent?
Thanks in Advance.
The gates are narrow, so if you muscle the shifter you can lose your feel for where the shifter is and pick the wrong gear. This is a meathead move that deserves the damage it inflicts.
The short shifter is well worth the money.
a good thing to steer clear of is a GTS with a low price and Bold letters that say "15k miles Brand new transmission!" that is not a car you want in your driveway.
that being said. i still think you gotta be a meathead to blow up your engine like that. and it can happen in any manual with a meathead driving.
peace.
Hope that answers your question.
peace.
Once you figure out the invoice price on the car/configuration you're looking at, using Edmunds, or Kelly, whatever... you'll be able to see if that's a good price.
Rule of thumb is, you shouldn't pay more than 2 - 4% over that invoice.