What MAKES a GT4? Options

[shid]

In the forum 3si.org (which my housemate moderates on) a very stupid and silly thread has broken out.

The 3000GT VR4 is almost the exact same as the JDM only Mitsu GTO- in USDM release Mitsu changed the name to avoid upsetting pontiac (as well as badging changes; different front turn likes and changing LHD and RHD)

However, people in the US who have done the conversion have started calling their cars GTOs- although their title says 3000GT VR4. Same engine, same tranny (some models of the GTO have different gear ratios- some)

The poster of this thread stated that he hated people who called their cars GTO; and that it will never be a GTO.

What do you guys think?

Thread here

So, what makes a GT4? I realize in our cars, we have the problem of AWD-

but if someone completed a full swap- AWD and everything (including badging)

Would it be a GT4? Or just a GT (or even ST hehe) in GT4's clothing?

I'm inclined to believe that it would be a GT4.. just not a very stable one

[NEVERSTOP]

I think a
GT-R badge would be the most fitting for a 6gc GT with all the components of a GT4 minus the AWD

Basically the R would stand for Ralley - which is what the GTFOUR is best known for but thats just me.. would like to see someone hook up with a company that could produce a GT2 badge that lookd identical to the normal celica badges

Edit: BTW Toyota did make a GT-R badge for I belive the JDM 5th gen... I got two of em and there pretty cool looking but might be wrong about which celi they came off

This post has been edited by NEVERSTOP: Nov 19, 2004 - 2:59 AM