Hello Im New, Advice Options

[thenewguy]

Hello my name is Kevin McCord i am 17 yrs old and im a knew owner of a 96 celica gt-s. it is my first car (i got lucky) and ive grown up around car...chevy's mostly camaros and chevelles...but seeing as this is MY car i wanna make the best of it and hopefully keep it considering i wanna play around with somthing other then a BB-chevy. actually this isnt my first car my first car was a 86 camaro berlinetta( 2.8) but had to sell cause of cash problems and gas prices. back to the celica im actually excited about it. i live in a town full of Civic-CRX's and Si's. and a few gsr's live on my block. and to be honest there all POS's cause everyone buys them and throws exhausts, and the bench sized spoilers...anyways any advice would help ill get more info on the car soon its sitting at my fathers in topeka i have seen it its white and the oonly thing that can go wrong is the 12yr old clutch...and i have some smarts about the car already when i heard i got it i went and did some research and all that jazz. ive asked questions but i cant rely on my sources cause everytime i ask there all like" why didnt u just get a civic" but meh ive been a toyota fan for the longest time my dream car is a 93 supra but ive got the celica as my first car which i think is a great start into the tuning...anyways ty for ur time and hope to hear from some ppl soon

[thenewguy]

well my plan for now is to work from the inside out start from wat i got and build on cause i dont got the cash for a 3sgte motor which i do have questions about cause mine supports the 2.2 forgot the technical name and i will have pics of it sometime this month and i understand that america didnt have the gt-s but it did come with a "sport package" but from wat ive seen the car did come from canada, not sure more info on that one later but it is a gt-s i plan on keeping the car white and making a white and black car with the camaro ss black racing stripes from front to back... with gt-4 body not gonna to the AWD conversion till i get the cash got the tools just not the parts lol first thing i think ima do is replace that old clutch cause its 12yrs old and its sensitive and kinda hard to show the civics whos boss if i cant run it on the strip with and iffy clutch lol...other then that its pretty basic stuff i do have big plans for the car but right now advice on working with the 2.2 would help...from wat i read on the 2.2 is toyota's econo engine and the 3sgte is the performance but ive got ppl saying keep the 2.2 and just upgrade that and im confused any help with that would work. i can go far with this car cause i have plenty of time on my hands and i have plenty of room and tools (father in topeka owned mechanic shop) so any outside ideas for something original would help i dont wanna run with the crowd but i still wanna show ppl its a 6gc