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

[Guest_Jason_*]

Well lets put it this way. When I sold my 6GC, I was going to either buy a 1998 Eclipse GSX, a WRX or a Celica GTS. I drove them all, took awhile to decide and went with the GTS. I personally felt more comfortable with a GTS. The interior is ALOT better than any others, the seats, the vents, the console, the steering wheel, the stainless steel racing pedals, it just made the GTS feel more like a sports car. I have a buddy with a GT, and when I drove his GT, it just made me laugh at how much more powerful a GTS is. The handeling between a 6G and 7G are almost identical, I use to be able to put people to shame in the handeling of my old 6G, but I don't feel much difference, maybe a little more lean, but not much at all. The most exciting thing about the GTS is VVTLI. When your driving, you feel lift, you feel the pull and it puts you in your seat. I love my 7G, thats why i've been going straight for performance mods, just because she has the room to rip the road apart with little modification.

I've always disliked the 7G Celica while I had my 6G just because they were the new kids on the block, but when I got my hands on one for a weekend, it literally changed my world. Got back in a 6G and was disappointed, and missed VVTLI. Got in a GT and laughed and said "this is a new Celica? hah.". I had to buy the GTS, it was like crack, I needed it.

This post has been edited by Jason: May 16, 2004 - 9:04 PM