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

[UndecidedPC9397]

you are reinventing the wheel, get the ebay header and call it a day

^^ This ^^

You're not going to see any significant gains in the 5S without going turbo... even if you wanted to keep it NA - there'll be more work and cost involved than just swapping out a 3SGTE.

Dreams are good, but a lot of the time they're just that... dreams.

But the fact this is my only means of transport, I cant afford to have my car of the road again. I dont doubt that those could be a better option, but I just have no way of doing it, and I'd like to see what this engine can do, ive heard of people getting these to 180HP. Im trying to break away from what the norm has become which is engine swaps because I just dont have more than this car to drive around. If I did I would find a way to get it done. someone pm'd me talking about how they are only of the only people in minnesota that has done this swap and they would guide me thru it, I have none of the equipment to do this, I have the time, and if I sold this car I would have the money, but I would lose the money on the head gasket repair. im at a loss in that and the other cars ive looked into just havent hooked me like the 6th gen celica did.