 2001 Chevy prism has a toyota engine! |
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 Feb 23, 2004 - 2:41 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Feb 11, '04 From KC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
I poped my GF's friends car on her chevy prism 2001 and i was amazed to see VVTI and what looked like a corolla/celica motor~~~~~ WHAT IS UP~
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Feb 23, 2004 - 2:44 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 21, '04 From Oklahoma Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Thats been going on for awhile. My 97 corolla had a prizm counterpart. Don't know how long ago thats been going on.
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Feb 23, 2004 - 2:47 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 9, '03 From St. Louis Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
derrrrr, you ever heard of a toyota cavilier?
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Feb 23, 2004 - 3:12 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
pretty much what it is, both gm, and toyota buy the same engines.... an for the most part, thats why i dont understand why most of yuo rag out gm's well... american cars.
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Feb 23, 2004 - 3:15 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 4, '03 From Twin Cities MN Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
yeah- sold in japan for awhile (toyota calaviers)... nobody bought em, lol... yeah prizm's have been corolla clones since they came out in 1990(?)... ususally they had the body bits of japaese toyota sprinter sedans... my dad company swears by them for delivery cars- theve had at least 15 of em, most get 150,000 miles out of them before they sell em off, and they have never had anything major go wrong with any of em. But yeah same motor as the corolla family (celica gt, matrix, ect..)
This post has been edited by saleeka: Feb 23, 2004 - 3:16 PM -------------------- Car #3: 98 Accord LX- purchased 5/06, totaled 8/06
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Feb 23, 2004 - 5:03 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
& the ae92 prizm gsi was a pretty cool car... the only 4a-ge that was map based was a prizm... go figure
also, the 80's chevy nova's were also corollas..... |
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Feb 23, 2004 - 5:03 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 21, '03 From Pittsburgh, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Heres something crazy, the new lotus has a 7th gen GTS celica motor in it and is gonna sell for 40 grand!
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Feb 23, 2004 - 5:22 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '03 From Chatham, Ont Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Toyota sells engines to GM, thats it, toyota sold the design for the stylish Cavelier to GM, also sold them the vibe design, I dont think GM technology touches Toyota cars, with the acception of the Toyota Cavalier which is made by GM and shipped to Japan. Thats why GMs are still lacking quality, and Toyota are Top quality. My info could be flauded but this is what Ive read over the years. |
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Feb 25, 2004 - 3:03 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 27, '03 From Nor Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
This topic makes me laugh... considering who it's coming from...
The chevy Prism and toyota corolla are exactly the same except for some exterior differences. I think all of the prisms use toyota engines (4age, 4afe, etc...). There are others also... -------------------- "It's ok to be naked girl... I'm an artist!"
1995 AT200 Celica ST: stocked out daily driver... 1984 AE86 Corolla GT-SR5: silvertop 20V 4AGE project car jacked up with goodies... 1991 SW2x MR2 n/a: bare bones hardtop model soon to be... |
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Feb 25, 2004 - 6:11 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 9, '03 From St. Louis Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
agreed, but lets be friendly
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Feb 26, 2004 - 2:36 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
yeah, i think you yuo are right on the dot with that, I like gm, i dont like there low end, only there high end, i hate cavilers, i would any day drive my car then even a new caviler with anything done..... but i love the corvette an impala an such |
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Feb 26, 2004 - 3:30 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
The Corolla IS a Prism, same as a Matrix IS a Vibe, same as a RAV4 is a Chevy Tracker.
General motors no longer is in the business of designing cars, they broke their pencils long ago and lost the sharpener... Look at the new GTO, the Saab 9-2, ANY Saturn is actually an Opell, The Solstice <sp?> is made from Subaru parts, GM can EAT MY ASS -------------------- -Mike
mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
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Feb 26, 2004 - 3:32 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 9, '03 From St. Louis Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
lol, but I do like the new gto, when do those go on sale?
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Feb 26, 2004 - 3:33 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Michigan Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
you mean the monero? that is so far from a GTO its sad.
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Feb 26, 2004 - 4:16 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 17, '03 From Florence, KY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Actually, the Chevy Tracker is a Suzuki, just like the Metros were back in the day. GM doesn't buy Toyota engines, they rebadge toyota cars as their own. It's called Platform sharing. A lot of companies do it. Dodge/Mitsubishi have been and are still doing it (Talon/Eclipse/Laser). Now Daimler/Chrysler is designing the new Chryslers on their Benz's. The Crossfire is a Benz hatchback. Ford/Mazda do the same thing. Those little Mazda trucks are Ford Rangers. They say the new Taurus may be based on the Mazda6 and the new Focus may be the Mazda3. GM still designs their own cars, they just suck. i.e. the last Cavalier. |
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Feb 26, 2004 - 7:21 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 4, '03 From Twin Cities MN Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
the only saturn i know of having ANY relation to an opel is the L-series, and it only uses some suspention and possibly chassis pieces taken from the last generation vectra... the ions were SUPPOSED to be based on the new astra platform, but that was scrapped due to the fact that GM europe said the car wasnt up to european auto consumer standards. the vue is its own platform, and the coming relay is based of the old chevy venture platform. However, i think the solstice is based on gm's new global kappa platform...
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Feb 27, 2004 - 2:20 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yeah... but it's a lotus.... and they've engineered new parts into it as well..... |
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Feb 27, 2004 - 7:53 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
It was a suzuki but now its a Rav4. -------------------- -Mike
mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
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Feb 27, 2004 - 9:52 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 13, '03 From New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i was actually thinking of giving this guys webpage a shot and getting a strut bar or CAI...
but, then i read this post. and, after this post...i looked in the readers rides section of his website, and saw that a car in there had a turbo timer and something else turbo-related...but, no turbo. 
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Feb 27, 2004 - 11:37 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
in his defense.. i just finished a 3SGTE harness for his car.......
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mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
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Feb 27, 2004 - 12:58 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 27, '03 From Nor Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
He mostly needs to know what he's doing/selling instead of just trying to pass it off as something it's not. Nothing against the guy... and I'm sure his stuff will 'fit' with some modifications... but his advertisement and his knowledge says otherwise... and his lack of evidence too.
Aside from that... if you want performance parts and don't mind a little labor to fit them... go for it. I don't think he's a bad person or anything, or even a cheat... just very very uninformed. -------------------- "It's ok to be naked girl... I'm an artist!"
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Feb 27, 2004 - 3:43 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 1, '02 From Minnesota, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Yeah my friend's 95 Prizm has the 5afe. Pretty crappy.
Btw, the suzuki Sidekick (the Rav4/Tracker) frickin rules! LOL, my friend has an older one with a 5speed and it's about the funnest car to mess around with. You can hit on girls while you're in it and they laugh at you as though it's a pinto, you can try and go off-roading and get stuck like you would taking you mom's grocery getter in the mud, and then drive back and have so much smoke pouring out people were thinking you're cheech and chonging it home. Most versatile/fun piece of junk ever! -------------------- 95 Toyota Celica GT
Dead for now --> Soon to have a 3S-GTE 02 WRX --> This is for speed - Borla Exhaust - TurboXS BOV - Custom CAI 02 Civic EX - MB Quart Reference 5.25" Components - Rockford MTX 8" Subs in the doors - Alpine Type S Rear Fills - 2x Alpine SWR-1042D Subs in a custom fiberglass box - Alpine F345 Amp for the front doors - Alpine M605 on each Type R - Phoenix Gold wiring - Alpine CDA-9855 Head Unit - Alpine Amp link - 2x Rockford Fosgate 1 Farad Caps - The best Viper 791 alarm install ever |
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Feb 28, 2004 - 9:51 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
no US 5a-fe...... 5a-fe is lower than the 4a-fe in power and torque..... it's probably a 4afe.... possibly a 7afe |
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Feb 28, 2004 - 10:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 1, '02 From Minnesota, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Right, as it says in the engine bay 5A-FE...right on the chassis schematic sticker on the underside of the hood.
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Dead for now --> Soon to have a 3S-GTE 02 WRX --> This is for speed - Borla Exhaust - TurboXS BOV - Custom CAI 02 Civic EX - MB Quart Reference 5.25" Components - Rockford MTX 8" Subs in the doors - Alpine Type S Rear Fills - 2x Alpine SWR-1042D Subs in a custom fiberglass box - Alpine F345 Amp for the front doors - Alpine M605 on each Type R - Phoenix Gold wiring - Alpine CDA-9855 Head Unit - Alpine Amp link - 2x Rockford Fosgate 1 Farad Caps - The best Viper 791 alarm install ever |
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Feb 29, 2004 - 2:52 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 4, '03 From Twin Cities MN Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
im pretty sure the RAV4 has never been badge engineered to a Tracker, ever... Trackers are still clearly Suzuki Vitara/Escudo clones.
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Mar 1, 2004 - 4:29 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 6, '03 From Fairbanks AK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
there is a 5a-fe I had one in a 95 tercel I used to own, worked fine in that car 'cause it weighed nothing.
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Mar 1, 2004 - 3:07 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
that was a 5E-fe.... the only tercels to have A series motors were the mid-early 80's tercels... get a picture of the sticker on the hood (if the hood is stock)... i have a hard time believing it has a 5a-fe... especially since i had an ae102 BASE prizm... and it had a 4a-fe.... This post has been edited by toyotaspeed_90: Mar 1, 2004 - 3:08 PM |
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Mar 2, 2004 - 7:33 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
you may be right... but I swore.... -------------------- -Mike
mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
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