Hey guys! new to the forum, but not to the car, Found the after market finally for my Celica GT! Options

[UndecidedPC9397]

so as it says, I found this forum almost by mistake but found a thread with a black Celica that had been turbo'd and im back in the Celica groove. Im not thinking of really boosting the car... yet but I do what better exhaust and intake. im gonna attempt to go with that 90-93 accord CAI kit idea and get custom exhaust.
First thing I wanted to know is whos tuning Celicas in minnesota, cuz I would love to meet you guys. and also with my exhaust, I still need to find a fab shop to do my exhaust but I was think of doing a full custom exhaust (header to muffler) and wanted to know how much that might run and if anyone has done it with there 5S-FE? I have alot more things Id like to figure out (getting JDM tails, suspension, rims, etc.) but I wanna get this figured and get some rough numbers before anything else, because I hate that butt ugly stock exhaust manifold. Thank you

[mandrek]

well fact is (just as it has already been stated) most anything will flowbetter than stock.. though as the where the power gains will come on, and how much, is definatly up in the air... imo the best thing you could do (assuming that you have access to a welder) would be to just get an ebay knock off, (assuming that at least the fit is right)....reinforce all the joints and seams on the out side AND inside. then use a carbide burr, and make sure that all of the merging points on the unit are nice and smooth.. you would be amazed at just how much power you can make by just making sure that the seams (on the inside) and collectors are smooth and open!!! (Booste2.0 started his buisness doing that exact thing, on stock 2zz headers!!! and gave dyno proven numbers!!!) will all of your work pay off in BIG numbers? nope, most likly not. but you will get the most out of what you are paying for? YES!!!! Buy a knock off, raw product, then massage it!!! i would also finnish it off with some nice hight temp ceramic paint (prime first) and heat wrap.. evey little but helps..

and i should not have to say this, but the ECU alone will not be able to comensate and max the performance out of the new parts, for that you will need, at least a good piggback.

it used to be that people would think about getting a piggy back/ stand alone only after you have gotten a few big mods, but IMO with how little the cost now (with respect to how much they Used to cost, like 10 years ago) they should be one of the FIRST mods to do on ANY car.. the amount of "free" power that can be made on a stock setup (as in ECU tuneing only) is quite supriseing! and it will give you the ability to maximise the potential of every performance mod you do from there on out!!!!

just my $0.02..


(oh and btw i have a set of the ebay knock offs for my 5sfe mr2, and definatly can tell.. a bit more torquey. i have not gotten to do the suggested mods to the header since at the time i was trying to "just get the car on the road"... but i will be doing the same thing so my 7a celica, and will post results when done (a few months perhaps)

good luck!!!!