someone gave me an e-mail saying:

"I'm hoping you can steer me in the right direction. I saw the pictures of your Celica on the internet and figured...here's a guy who knows something about his car.

Here's my issue.

I purchased a Black ' 96 25th Anniversary Edition for my son. It's bone stock, in like new condition, and only has 32,000 miles on it. It drives like a dream, but can't get out of it's own way. Once it's going at least 35 mph it has plenty of "get up and go" but off-the-line it's a dog! I'm not looking to make this into a speed demon but it really needs some help to make merging on to the freeway a bit safer.

In your travels, have you come across any good solutions short of boring out the engine or adding a supercharger/turbo ?

Thanks for reading my e-mail and any advise you can supply. "


what should i e-mail him back ??

intake and exhust is always a good start.. if he has an auto a performance torque converter..a lighter underdriver pully... remove the AC..

Removing the A/C isnt that easy, and I dont think dropping that weight is going to make a difference. I'd tell him to add the intake perhaps a cold air and then an hi-flo exhaust keeping in mind it'll be louder. Then maybe an AFC which can change ECU values which is the biggest difference in having JDM and USDM cars, the ECU in JDM cars is more aggressive.

dude, email him back and tell him to come and visit 6gc!

intake, exhaust, UD pulleys, header, TB, Polish the heads, aftermarket street clutch, good rubber and light wheels (more times than not this is overlooked).

or you could just tell him to hook up a 50 dry shot, and whenever he merges on the highway he will have HP in a bottle. >>

Heh... this sounds like one of those "I have a friend with a problem" scenarios... not dissin at you or nothin goku.

Anyways, it actually sounds like he's has bad compression in at least one cylinder. Usually when a car can't accelerate well off idle and is constantly boggin down, is because of either mistiming, bad spark, or bad compression. Tell him to go get a tune-up, and or, a diagnostic.

Honestly speaking, if it drives like a dream, it should accelerate just as well. I mean, "can't merge onto a freeway" is anything but "drives like a dream"...

Shootin Nitrous is like shootin heroine, u'll get hooked but it'll put an end to ur good times.

3sgte? New car?