6GC'er at Harrisburg Show., Who was it that raced me? Options

[Guest_Jason_*]

So my friend and I are rolling down and we come up to a red light and end up waiting. A red Celica rolls up from behind us to right next to us and rolls down his window and asks if its a GT or GTS, so I told him its a GT. He laughs and asks me to race him, so I said sure. I asked him whats done, since I previously had one and he revved his engine and the BOV screamed, so i'm guessing it was Turbo, so I gave him thumbs up and said "Nice.", and he replied its a GT. Then being a smart-ass he said "Ready to get your ass handed to you?", I just kind of laughed and put my sunroof back. I'm guessing he either bought a Turbo Kit for a GT, or had a 3S swap, I was leaning towards the 3SGTE Swap.

So light goes green and we both took off. If anyone knows a GTS, we have no low-end torque from 2000 - 6000RPM. Well, all you hear is my Intake Scream and this Turbo Celica takes off on me by about a 1/2 - 1 car length and his BOV goes and his buddy is video taping and laughing at us. Next thing, lift engages (I lied, its a modified GTS) and he lost his 1/2 Car length and his buddies face drops. Going through 2nd Gear Lift I have nothing but constant pull. Nothing like a little Natural Aspiration over Turbo. As I chirpped into 3rd gear, his buddy was still taping and he actually had my speed matched and may have had a little pull but he was sitting around my rear bumper, but revving out 4th gear he just dropped back into my rear-view mirror and 5th I just breaked and backed off.

Was a good race, looked like he had a small intercooler on the front, nothing to grande', an Erebuni Kit and an OEM CF Hood. Car looked clean, I gave him thumbs up until he flew past us giving me the finger, then I lost respect... But nonetheless, i'd like to know who it was for ****s-n-giggles, i'd like to see that video too.

This post has been edited by Jason: May 15, 2004 - 3:58 PM

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Overall how would you compare the feel of the 7th gen Celica? (i.e. the speed, the drivability and response, feel, layout, etc?)
I sat in a new GTS 6-spd and i cant help but think about how awesome it would be to drive one. Feels very much like my GT but with some modern refinement and more sleek. Also i love the way the wheel, shifter, and pedals feel...very precise. Let me know what you think in comparison to a 6th gen.