Celica Forums General Discussion General REV LIMITER

kind of new with my 2000 celica GTS, but have just realized that my rev limiter only says up to 8, while other 2000 GTS's go up to 9 and say 9. starting to think that my car is a GT because they all only go up to 8. Feels and is fast like a GTS, and when looked up on carfax, it said GTS. Im confused. There is not one 2000 GTS that I have found that only revs to 8 like mine. Someone please help me out. probably a dumb question, but tired for searching for an answer. Am I missing something here

post a pic of your engine bay...


are the gauges aftermarket or stock?

pics of the engine bay would really help. or go to say the Intake install guide and see if your engine bay looks the same

The gauges are the stock ones. I get fule cut off at 8. I doubt I can pst a pic. it never lets me.

i bet you can... the internet doesnt favor anyone.


is your Intake manifold silver or black?

this shows a gts engine bay.

https://celicahobby.com/ubbthreads/thread.f_57240_0_collapsed_2__1.html

why cant we post images now??? or is there some 007 trick I dont know?

works fine for me?

are you looking at just where redline begins? or the whole tacometer.

in an '00 gts the redline begins about about 8k rpms (7.8) but the tacometer shows up to 9k rpms.

Look at your engine bay and if you still have the engine cover it will either say VVT-i or VVTL-i, if you have VVTL-i then its a GTS and if you have VVT-i you have a GT...also if you speedometer goes up to 160 then its GTS and if it goes to 140 then its GT, and im betting you have a GTS because if you entered your vin # to carfax that SHOULD be right...

Doesnt say up to 9.

This is my engine bay. pretty sure its a GTS.

I know its not suppose to redline at nine, but just why doesnt it have a 9 to show, like everyone elses does. will like other 2000 celica GTS's do.

wow man...thats definately a gt gauge cluster and a gts engine...possible it was an engine swap? doesnt the gts have 4 wheel brakes? i guess you could check that.

Hmmm. that's a GTS engine, and those are GT gauges...

Any ideas as to how this happened?

p.s. Look into some aftermarket GTS gauges I guess...

weird...

I think someone put in a gt gauge to show lower mileage. Since you ran the carfax does the mileage match up?

Did you buy the car from a dealer?

That's a very good point

makes a lot of sense

hahah... i so called that in the first post...


you should start investigating bro... that also means that you could be speeding or driving hella slow when you think your going the speed limit...

if the previous owner did this for showing lower miles, then damn. why would you want that? the cop is checking ur speed from outside, or else if someone did this to the driver on purpose so they drive faster?
it might be engine swap, but it wouldnt say gts on it. to find out more, check the brakes. where did you get this car from man? if its manual how many gears does it have or else if its stick does it have the sportshifter?
where did you get the car from? thats very important question

^^ that would be my guess

I'd take it back to where you bought it and make them fix it

Holy crap... that's horrible.

If that car was a GTS to start, I'm pretty sure they broke the law by replacing the gauges (since the odometer prolly was reset). If it was a GT to start, you just bought a car with an engine swap.

Go back to whoever sold it to you and raise hell until you find out why there is a GT gauge cluster in your "GTS".

well do you ahve rear discs if so its a gts and wrong gauges i would claim fraud and get a new one.

if it has rear drums then you have one with a swap but the gauges won'tw ork and yoru speedo is prolly off. do you have lift at 6k?

also is it a 6 spd/

the asshole owner before it has GT gauges inside...

just get aftermarket GTS gauges or something...
cause you have GTS.

im curious to see what he responds on
gts has 6 forward gears

rear disc brakes

and you should be able to dig that thing way past the 6800 rpm redline

hurry and reply man so we can help solve this problem

Ok, sorry guys for being away for so long. Had to do a lot today. It has 6 gears manual, and for the speed on the car. when Im on the highway on my gauge I am doing 65 but really doing 60 from what radars say. the car came with stock rims but low profile tires. I baught the car used from a Toyota dealership. but just now realized that it had a different gauge. Also if I took it back wouldnt it be to late since now they would prbably think I did it.

ok
you have the GT gauge cluster...
you need to get GTS from dealer!

what a stupid ass dealer.

Wow...thats messed up.

take it back and raise hell and threaten to report it to someone higher that they gave you a faulty car! and you will report odometer fraud if they dont do something about it, also its def a gts cause the gts speedo is scrunched up more in terms of spacing than the gt thats why it reads 65 instead of 60

Take the car back and threaten to report them for mileage fraud, and I promise you they'll give you a new gauge cluster.

If I were you though, I'd find an autofax(?) report on the car. I bet it has WAY more miles than they told you. If that is the case, screw threatening them, find a lawyer.

u didnt notice it b4??

dude you will need to buy a expensive as hell gauge pack form toyota now

the aftermarket gauge daces still won't be right since you are missing certain things and it snot calibrated for yoru car.

take it back rasei soem hell and get a lawyer

Cant really do much since in two days Im leaving to Bahrain( In the NAVY ). I would have to prove it and a whole lot of bullshit and people to talk to just to get a damn new gauge cluster. probably wont show my original miles anyways. I just went to my carfax information on the car and it said there were no inconsistent odometer readings. Also showed me all the readings and didnt look off. I can get lift at 6. Thanks everyone for your help. , Now im not so confused on my car. Also one more quick question, is it the 2000 model GTS's that are the faster ones than the ones after it. because the 2000 have a longer redline, or something like that. fill me in. saw it somewhere cant remember.

That is really messed up...

gosh...your dealer screwed up...

the 2000,2001,2003,and 2004 all rev the same, the 2002 model GTS revs smaller because of the rev limiter, the 2000 celi has smaller shift gates than the other models