96 celica, what to do for power ? Options

[goku]

someone gave me an e-mail saying:

"I'm hoping you can steer me in the right direction. I saw the pictures of your Celica on the internet and figured...here's a guy who knows something about his car.

Here's my issue.

I purchased a Black ' 96 25th Anniversary Edition for my son. It's bone stock, in like new condition, and only has 32,000 miles on it. It drives like a dream, but can't get out of it's own way. Once it's going at least 35 mph it has plenty of "get up and go" but off-the-line it's a dog! I'm not looking to make this into a speed demon but it really needs some help to make merging on to the freeway a bit safer.

In your travels, have you come across any good solutions short of boring out the engine or adding a supercharger/turbo ?

Thanks for reading my e-mail and any advise you can supply. "


what should i e-mail him back ??

[Supersprynt]

Removing the A/C isnt that easy, and I dont think dropping that weight is going to make a difference. I'd tell him to add the intake perhaps a cold air and then an hi-flo exhaust keeping in mind it'll be louder. Then maybe an AFC which can change ECU values which is the biggest difference in having JDM and USDM cars, the ECU in JDM cars is more aggressive.