I'm getting a celica, at least I think I have made up my mind.

Its a UK 2.0 GT celica 184bhp.

What is the best upgrade for performance.
This doesn't include big expencive things like turbos or supercharge.

I was thinking like superchipped £200.
Weight loss?
what else is there.

I want it to stay a good mpg. (as I dont want to pay more on petrol)

Intake and exhaust would be the best thing to do.

-Neipas09+Nov 20, 2003 - 1:36 PM

-kuya1284+Nov 20, 2003 - 8:41 PM

-Nigel+Nov 20, 2003 - 1:32 PM

-Nigel+Nov 20, 2003 - 1:32 PM

-Neipas09+Nov 20, 2003 - 1:53 PM

-Nigel+Nov 20, 2003 - 1:42 PM

nos is big and expensive....500$?

nos will also whack your insurance premium right up.

also a superchip setup for your Gt will cost you about £300-£400.
A few uk members have them and they don't promote a majorly noticeable increase in the performance - but it will solve a few flatspots..
again a case of not a lot of bhp increase for your money.

If you wanted to remove the stock cat and put in a high flow cat (to stay legal)that would releaae a few bhp.. JapSpeed can sort you out.

LOL, man, I wouldn't tell my insurance company about any mods. I know insurance is different in the UK in that respect but I haven't told the ins. co. about the nitrous on my bike and I don't plan to. Everythings hidden. If I ever put nitrous on a car I'll do it the same way. I'm veeeeeery sneeky >>.

we're lucky that the uk club insurance co are quite mod friendly. basically unless you do major mods such as supercharging they don;t add anything on - ok you pay a little bit more than a regular co.
e.g to insure my GT company x wanted £1000, if i wanted to add an induction kit, exhaust or alloys they would increase the premium each time..ie £100 for the intake OR exhaust - the alloys would require another £500 !
With the club insurer I've done the exhaust, some body mods and 17's and a 40mm drop and they only charged me £1050 for a years insurance.. also when i x'fer my other car to be insured with them they will realise i can only drive 1 car at a time and thus give me a discount on the insurance.. the other car (beater) is another Celi btw.

basically like all insurance co's if they can find a reason not to pay the will, if i was unlucky to have a smash I can get it repaired to how it was - but if i hadn't declared something they would void the insurance.. these days it's not worth the risk.

To BenMMellor

Who is that with.. insurance???

So really speaking if you don't have thousands to spend on a turbo etc
Your looking at an extra 20bhp with small mods...i.e. exhuast
cheers Nigel

-Nigel+Nov 21, 2003 - 5:52 AM

I can't believe the UK GT's have so much horsepower....ahh!! I would be happy with that much horsepower

-PlanetFuzz+Nov 21, 2003 - 9:59 AM

Yeah man

I have a nissan with 98bhp and have always wanted a fast car, looking at Subarus but the only good ones are the 2.0 turbos and there not as fast as the GT. And I cant get insurance for one intill im 25!!
So i thinki'll go for GT. They quated me £850 3rd. But they quoted me £1300 for the GT-4 >> but thats too much. Maybe in the future.