Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior all show, no go

alrite guys, i have a 2002 Celica GT in silver. i love the car, despite it is an auto. however, right now it is all show, no go. wut do you guys recommend that i do to upgrade its performance? im talkin about brands here, i hear the trd exhaust goes well wit the injen intake, but i want ur guys feedback. thanks.

The trd exhaust will go well with the injen intake. If you do not have a system then go with some pullies (AEM alternator pulley). That will help with the low end a tad. For high end get the header (Hotshot). With the intake and exhaust the header will give good benefits on the high end part.

He just about covered everything I would have.

what he said is about all you can really get, unless you wanted to go all out. You can also do some handling upgrades...sway bars and such.

This is true. Do not exclude suspension from making your ride a performance machine. Suspension plays a major role.

yeah don't concentrate on makin' your car a 1/4 mile car too much...celicas rule on the turns and the corners

True that

get an AEM intake over an Injen. U lose a little down low from injen. AEM is a better choice for autosmatics.

get a turbo to race some rsx,s ...

wait wait get a rocket engine and duct tape it to the top of the car!! Just joking
Seriously though, intake, exhaust, headers are a great start. I'm looking into some stuff to help out our auto's right now. Looks like maybe a new torque converter and some other stuff and we could raise that auto stall speed up to about 3500 RPM. That will give us a much better jump off the line.

if you're all show and no go, an exhaust and intake won't do much. Get a turbo.

I thought the hoshot header was for the GTS only?

Hotshot is for GT only.