ST, SLOW AS HELL BUT I STILL LOVE IT Options

[rayneezy23]

hey i just bought my celica st but my car is in some need of some more power i was reading some other posts and the best thing to go is engine swapp but i don't have the money for that yet. I need some ideas so my car would atleast be decent in like acceleration and stuff and atleast keep up with other cars. i need to buy and get some performance mods but i don't know what to get my St is completly stock

[Trae]

yeah the st has a problem with power but with a ram air intake and an exhaust you can piss off a few honda boys

[Shocker]

i also have a stock st..and if u shift right a v6 mustang wont get too far ahead of you...lol

[bindertch]

It's easy just get a cold air intake, a bypass valve, header, hi-flow cat and a straight through muffler. That is all that I have and mine does prety good. It gets up to speed pretty quick and on the cool temp days it does even better.

[miro1975]

V 6 mustang is no problem for ST. I won by the car length on 1/8 mile 2X. So if you know how to shift right, you can have a little fun with some cars.

[Griff]

sweet! miro u serious? what kinda mods u have? cause i got this girl that thinks her dadys girl v6 stock pony can beat my car, and only performance mod i really have is intake.
u sayin i can take her with good shifts huh?

[Shocker]

yea you can.just watch out those mustang drivers are crazy..the only reasone my freind davis keeps winning is becuase he knows when a car gets to close to me ill back off....and trys to squeez me onto the edge of the road and i just hant have that..or run reds or stops signs like he does..i wont tolerate idiot racing.


and i dont have any mods..

This post has been edited by Shocker: Jun 25, 2006 - 3:18 PM

[XS4lv1Truch0x]

thisss sucks.

i raced a v6 mustang in my gt and he won. his was stick, mines was auto, but we didnt go 65+

so ur saying that an st can smoke a v6 mustang in the long run?

[Griff]

shocker, how bout off the line, what was that like?
is in vital to winning that u get a great start, can the ST make up for it?

[Shocker]

i got him off the line.....but in the long run i thing the mustang would take me...and his mustang is an automatic and mine is a stick.

[Bitter]

v6 stang puts down atleast 150 at the wheels. you put down 120 at the best to the wheels. an st puts down 100 at best.

[pure_dx]

ok, whether its auto or manual matters! if the v6 stang is auto and you is manual, you might have a chance, and off the line? rwd > fwd

i know what this thread needs, timeslips, i'll go bump my track thread

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Jun 25, 2006 - 8:38 PM

[XS4lv1Truch0x]

opps n/m.

This post has been edited by XS4lv1Truch0x: Jun 25, 2006 - 8:54 PM

[miro1975]

Mustang was Auto, that's why I won. But I was laughing all the way to the finish line. My mods are just intake and muffler. I'v got A/C off the car and I thing my car is lighter than regular ST because I did a swap auto to manual. That way I thing car is little bit lighter for some reason. Weight compensation from factory. But I'm not sure. Do you gus know what is the weight diff. between ST auto and manual?
V6 mustang is really bad choice by the way. And also gas milage is pretty bad. Go Celica....

[jdg371]

v6 stang puts down atleast 150 at the wheels. you put down 120 at the best to the wheels. an st puts down 100 at best.

I think my ST puts like 80 at the wheels..
I tried launching my ST vs my brothers MRS.. 100 vs 130.. he won lol

[DomGT]

We have the same problem. Unfortunately I'm addicted to torque so I'm building a turbo kit with as fast spoolup as I can get. intake/exhaust wouldn't be enough for me, and for now I actually enjoy the quiet and smooth ride of my ST.

[Bitter]

v6 stang puts down atleast 150 at the wheels. you put down 120 at the best to the wheels. an st puts down 100 at best.

I think my ST puts like 80 at the wheels..
I tried launching my ST vs my brothers MRS.. 100 vs 130.. he won lol

my prizm would be lucky to put down 80-90whp untuned through this automatic. however i think i can get a good deal on an aem wideband and a safc2 and tune it myself for another 8-10whp. then i'd like to take it to a dyno for a run and maybe have them take a whack at my tune and make any improvements to it. the added power is just a side effect to me, the fuel mileage and most importantly, the learning i get from this are what i'll value the most.

[jdg371]

v6 stang puts down atleast 150 at the wheels. you put down 120 at the best to the wheels. an st puts down 100 at best.

I think my ST puts like 80 at the wheels..
I tried launching my ST vs my brothers MRS.. 100 vs 130.. he won lol

my prizm would be lucky to put down 80-90whp untuned through this automatic. however i think i can get a good deal on an aem wideband and a safc2 and tune it myself for another 8-10whp. then i'd like to take it to a dyno for a run and maybe have them take a whack at my tune and make any improvements to it. the added power is just a side effect to me, the fuel mileage and most importantly, the learning i get from this are what i'll value the most.

the 80whp was a guess so far.. Are you getting a stock dyno run before installing or tuning the safcII?

[Bitter]

i dont know, it depends on some things. im not sure how far or near i am to a dyno, it may be 50+ miles from me.