Celica Forums General Discussion General TRD Sports M

Has anyone heard of this model that was only offered in Japan? Any pics would be appreciated. It was suppose to have a bit more HP, sorta of a Type-R version of the GTS.

it doesnt really have all tha tmuch hp difference but it oes come stock with an lsd which is a nice feature lol.

waste of money if you ask me

It is limited edition and my friend has one for sale now.

Cool Something diff i learned today again

Cool, anybody know what they did to get that extra 20HP out of it?

different air filter, air/fuel ratio tuning, less restrictive exhaust

actually it only has 10 exra hp stock japan gts's have 190 casue of the higher oactane gas and better ecu tuning

so yea with a better exhaust and more tuning 10hp is nothing

^^and less anal emmissions laws. they use less restrictive catalytic converters on the cars, thus more power. most all JDM cars have more power than their USDM counterparts. emmissions laws are also why we don't have this edition of the car, nor the 190 horse GTS. But one thing we do get is a speed limit higher than 62.

Precisely. They haven't differant emission laws over there, so our versions are more restricted and we lose out a bit, but also yes they do use a higher grade of fuel octane and such.

You could get the same numbers or better if you took off your entire exhaust system. But I didn't know it came with LSD.

the sport m is supposedly lighter..doing away with such things like sound deadening material...

You friend car must be in oversea.

Sure and you should know there is no TRD Sports M Celica in North America market

I think you and your friend are in HK.