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 ??

[boosted_K2]

intake, exhaust, UD pulleys, header, TB, Polish the heads, aftermarket street clutch, good rubber and light wheels (more times than not this is overlooked).

or you could just tell him to hook up a 50 dry shot, and whenever he merges on the highway he will have HP in a bottle.