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

[_mikeE]

that's pretty much what everyone does. I belive the main reason why people decide on boosting the 5sfe despite its torque, is that it'll be an economic turbo motor. But as for aftermarket parts, there aren't much for the 5sfe. Also take note that to boost the 5s motor, you're actually swapping over parts from the 3sgte and fitting it onto the other motor.
But all in all, if you want a track car, i would say drive out the 5s and upgrade to the 3s motor. As the words from Will(bccentaur3) himself, "The difference of the 5SFTE and 3SGTE is like night and day."
Anyway, to get your started to beat some civic's, you should upgrade your clutch and flywheel if u want since our flywheel weighs 18-19lbs, and the aluminum Fidanza ones available weighs like 10 (read up on the pros and cons of an aluminum flywheel), and get a shortshifter. Just those 3 mods alone is one of the best upgrade combo's you can do to any tranny. Then put a cold air intake and custom exhaust, and what we call "ebay headers", although these won't do substantial changes to the perf. of your motor, it's better than nothing. Then upgrade your suspension, and get good wheels with nice tires. From here on out your stock time should be shortened by a good second or two.
The downfall on our cars is the weight. Therefore, upgrading to the gt-four front conversion serves not only changing the look to something uber sexy--but you're also taking 25lbs off the front end. The OEM hood weighs 40lbs, and the gt-four hood is aluminum and only weighs 15.

In conclusion, don't forget to regularly do your oil changes and doing a tune-up right now would be nice. Oh, and don't forget the jdm stickers and 6gc.net stickers. They're +25hp each.