new celica owner looking for advice, new celica owner looking for advice Options

[RoverGuy]

hey, whats up everyone. i recently purchased a 94 celica st, its red, auto but its in really good shape. $1900 not bad...huh. runs perfect. whole lifetime of service records and all anyway, i have a few questions about it in general......here goes.

1. can you turbo an st 1.8? if so how much $$$$?
2. can you fit 19" rims on an st hatchback?
3. who sells a dual exhast system for the st?
4. (refer to ? 3.) and body kit to fit it?
5. is the upgrade to 4 disc brakes from a GT(swap the rear ones ya know)difficult?


thanks if anyone can help.

[5sfeTurbo]

Well, first of all I have a GT. And If you were to slap on a turbo kit to one of the two engines>5sfe-7afe. I would have to choose 7afe, mainly because its all about compression. True, you could throw on some low-compression pistons but were talkin stock. I dont know were you all get the idea of a "weak" engine and if you have an explanation that would be cool cause I dont see how the amount of HP has to do with the strength of an engine.
Plus were do we see a Swap as more cost effective..lol.. C'mon people get real. Im gonna drop more on a swap than a bolt on T-kit for a few more HP which, for one emmisions is gonna have a field-day with the visual, if you need a replacement part- you get it from Japan, to have a mechanic "try" to fix a problem which no matter how good the install is your probablly gonna have a problem. ECU for another, alot of you guys feel as though the swap is a resonable upgrade to your stock motor. Why?? When a Turbo kit running at a resonable 7-10 psi intercooled will do close to that of a swap. I dont see how alot of you constantly reside to the "swap". Knowing that almost none of you will do it. I just cant understand how its more cost effective...for HP .... hmmmm...maybee but as far as problematic..lol...not seein it fellas.
Truth be told on my GT I'd rather spend 3'900 bucks on a custome kit: Burien Toyota 5SFE kit, Apex-i SAFCII, Turbo Timer, Apex-i Super AVC-R, re-built Tourque Converter plus a MKIII Intercooler w/ pipping. And I would still hang with all you 3sgte swaps chillin at 180+whp. Not to mention Camshafts or rebuilding internals but were not talking about that here. Rather than the average 5'000 for the motor and install and wirring. The 3sgte is cool and all but for Americans its not ment to be, with out real money(non-cost effective) or the desire to do the desirable.
Props to those who have done it but being reasonably cautious as to a JDM motor into a USDM shell and wirring, you are going to have problems somewhere down the road as do all cars and the repair or parts needed will be more pricier and harder to find.
Thats just my point of view.