Celica Forums General Discussion General Should i Trade my GTS for a GSX?

wel my celica is gts salvage like al my familes cars and i buy wrecked cars and fix em up , wel i got this good opportunity to get a 97 eclipse gsx with 30k miles on it my gts has about 55k should i make this trade GSX is nice pics at www.wpas.com [wpas.com]

if that's what you want...you do realise awd cars are heavy...

i dono wat i want im askin for your suggestions, i know with very little work i can make gsx a lot faster but then again celicas looks are way sexier

I would say stick with the celica. IMO

what you thinking man i pick the celica anyday

fuck ya get the GSX!!!!

I do know that there are years to stay away from, just can't remember which. I'm a Toyota freak so you can guess my answer. If you decide to get the GSX and don't like it you can always fix up another GTS! You just need to ask yourself what are you going to do with the car, and which fits the bill best?

If I had you resorces I would build a racing mid 90's MR2!

Does the insurance cost more if the car has turbo?

8 year old Mitsubishi??

FOGETTABOUTTIT!!!

Yezzer! And even more if it's red!

no i almost got one but i decided the cleica was better

i see a gsx and celica on the same level, i'd stick with the celica

mitsu sucks youd be surprised they arnt that fast anyway i wouldnt be surprised if a celica gave it run for its money.

hell no.. keep the celi

come on guys lets be realistic...he isnt talkin about restoring the gsx to stock he is talkin about upgrades and a gsx is way better for that...my friend bought a junked gsx for 700 and 4 grand later he has a 12 sec car thats a 5th of what i paid for my stock gts and it cant compare in speed...personally i would keep the celica for its style and everyday driveability and buy the gsx too and make it fast...

700 doller problem...not worth it.

i buy wrecks too... wrecked is the way to go

but at any rate... i would stick with the celica... eclipses are all over the place... and you'll have the chance for one again i'm sure... i see them in the auctions alllll the tiiiime...

The elcipse has way more potential as it is built to be turbocharged and has a lot more aftermarket support. The 2nd Gen(95-99) motors do suffer from crank walk, but if you going to fully build the motor then you don't really have to worry about it.
IF you don't get the car can you see if they are willing to sell just the motor, I'm looking for a cheap motor to through into my dead 95 eclipse.

Get the GSX man and make it a sleeper. Get a different wing and take off the GSX sticker and everyone will think you're driving a GS, untill they hear the turbo spool of course.

mitsu's do suck but the gsx looks like it has some potential. the engine wouldn't last too long though.
gsx is awd turbo you can't go wrong. they are pretty quick with minimal upgrades due to the turbo. a downpipe, bigger exhuast, boost controller, bov, bigger intercooler your in the around the 13s to low 14s. basically your spend about $1000-1500.

but too bad the car has been wrecked, if your pretty good at bodywork or got a hook up, go for it. other than that stick with your celi.

wel thnx for al ur comments i stil cant decide because i would make it a sleeper but i just cant decide, prob gona go to auction wed with my dad and check it out we might just buy it then fix it up then il decide wat to do with it see ya going to paint my tail lights on celi

they wouldn't just sell the motor on a car like that... it's not wrecked bad... you'd have to find a non-repairable one...

its a good upgrade car but it has really been overdone and riced out too many times imo

actually i think it's smart to buy wrecked cars... not a bad thing... as long as you get the right ones... my celica cost me around $10,000 as it sits (mods and all) no way i would've been able to swing that with an unwrecked one...

yep my celi cost me 2k then after fixin it up it stood about maybe 6k not sure but i thikn its a good deal.

That GSX looks just like the one i racked up last year...maybe it's the same one!

if you just want a racecar...buy the scrapped GSX and beef up the internals, slap a 20g on there and kill people. A stock GSX armed with ONLY a boost controller is capable of running 13's...though once you do you'll have to rebuild it. But a beefed up 4g63 with a 20g turbo and other little things and you'll have a 500hp killer.

I didn't have the money to do all that. So stock vs. stock it's a tough call. I love the Celi WAY more in every other aspect except the fact that the gsx was turbo. Everyone loves turbo's...so it's tough to pass up. But all the problems they have...

If you want a daily driven car I would not give up the celi.

stick with the celi, i dont like mitsu's, not relable...

yea they not to realiable somin with tranny but its only got 30k miles so its not bad for 97

hey does any1 know a forum as sweet as everythingcelica except about eclipses i just wana read up on some stuff because i dono nottin about em when it comes to upgrades

if it really is a passion for you then go ahead and do it stock the car sucks but after modifications i guess it can be worthy, my point isnt that it'll be fats or slow, its just goint to take dedication and a lot ALOT of your money...if you dont mind, go for it.

:google:

dsmtuners.com is the best. Get the GSX...thats what im in the process of doing...

^yup that would be my pic.

you'd be lucky to get a hundred thousand miles out of it.I KNOW! i got 106k then the engine blew. the resale value sucks. you'll probably have a lot of problems with it being wrecked. if you want something fast then i'd go with an early 90's mr2 turbo. they're fast and with the td 3000 body kit and some c5 rims it will look like a ferrari. you'd be a lot better with a toyota period! just don't waste your time and money.

clubdsm.com is a good site for info. I used to go on there a lot, they got a lot of archived info on the cars and products and retailers. Its quite thorough and has a lot of knowlegible people running the site cause its been out for so much longer.

what you have to understand too... is that with wrecked cars you buy them for waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay cheaper than used or new vehicles... so i don't know about him.. but i don't care what the resale value is.. haha... and if you can fix a wrecked car... you can just as easily pop a new engine in there when yours blows... the car he's looking at has low mileage so it'll probably be a while before something goes wrong (if it's fixed right) every car i own has been rebuilt... and i've gotten them all for less than half of the retail value... actually... i bought my truck for $12,000 and sold it 3 years later for $11,000... that's not bad in resale terms.. haha
and you'd be lucky to find a car that doesn't have its problems after 100,000 miles... i'm sure there's some out there... but not many

either toyota or mitsubishi... i like them both... i have a 3000GT SL and a Celica GTS so i'm for both of them.. haha... actually i've always wanted an eclipse to mod out.. but i would never trade my celica for one... i'll just one day add an eclipse to my collection

is there any way you could keep the celi and get the eclipse too?

lol i wish i can do that id start a whole collection but gues wat im 17 and realy cant offord to keep bothe cars even thought the eclipse wil sel for like 2 g maybe less i bought my celica for about 2g but if i get the eclipse il prob have it for about half a year because i take my time fixin it and then after i fix it il keep it for few months before its sold so il have time to decide, we do this rebuilding a lot here let me name you some cars me and my dad did that i remember


mitsubishi montero -flood
mazda mpv- side
toyota avalon- front
celica gts*- front
2x accord - front
honda oddysey- front stil own 2003
nissan maxima 97- front

thats as far as i can remember i prob forgot a few

I had my 3000GT and my Dakota when I was 18

but I was out of high school and had a full-time job so that definately helped.. haha..

I want to find a wrecked WRX and fix that up to have instead of my sebring... i reeeeaaaally need something with 4 doors since i have a baby on the way... and all-wheel drive for the winter

Get the GSX
DSMs kick ass