3S-GE SS-II Questions, Questions after a Celica test drive Options

[ddt_46]

Hello,

I took a JDM 3S-GE powered SS-II for a test drive yesterday and since I don't know much about these cars I have a few questions regarding things I noticed.

The car has plenty of miles on it +- 63000 and is a 1994-1995 model SS-II japanese import. The car is in a good condition all round and the engine and engine bay look clean, no 10 year old dirt and oil or corosion on the engine. The only aftermarket part I noticed was a HKS air filter.

After driving the car for 10 minutes I had a huge smirk on my face .... the car still has balls even with all that mileage. So it goes forward ok. My questions regarding the experience:

There is a slight vibration between 6K rpm to redline. This almost feels like the engine doesn't want to rev through to redline/cutout. What could cause this?

Shifting down from 4th to 3rd is very notchy. What could cause that?

Your advice will be much appreciated as I really want to buy the car, but I would first like to get some answers to the questions that bug me about the car.

Thanks a mil,