Celica GT/GT-Four questions Options

[Random_Stranger]

I have no one else to ask who may or may not know this and I am curious....


Ok here it goes. I have seen a few AWD cars turn into RWD cars, or more power put into the rear than the front. How is this done and is it possible for people to do this to the AWD GT-Four? Secondly, I was curious, and this goes for you all out there who have swapped, with some cars that have a swapped engine, I have been told that the gauges need to be changed over too, if the car is capable of reaching higher rpms. So when you swap from a 5sfe to a 3sgte, do you have to change your gauges? And if not then, what about when you stroke the engine to 2.2L? Because I am not sure on the conversion, but I think the GT-Fours redline a bit past where a GT would normally redline, and yet the Km/H seem either equal or less to a stock US GT Celica on max mph on the gauge. Any knowledge to be shed would be appreciated.

[95CelicaST]

No you don't need to swap gauges. When I had the 20V it would get pegged out on the factory tach, since the blacktop ECU let's you run it out to 8,500.

As far as power split, Toyotas don't have a controllable center differential (DCCD), so there is no uneven power split- however I'm sure you could get it to work with enough money. Now converting from AWD to RWD is simply deleting the front axles so that all power is sent to the rear.