Hello all. I have ad my eye on a 92 black celica AT for a couple yrs now. It has all options that I can see. It is black with all power grey leather interior. I dunno if it has the optional LSD rear diff though.The owner didn't want to sell it a couple yrs ago when I 1st inquired, but has now decided that he can't afford to insure 3 cars, and this Celica just sits. It needs a battery and mass air unit to run, but I am sure it needs alot more to be driveable routinely, like tires brakes and more. It ran with no MAF hooked up, with just a hand over the intake to modulate air, but stalled as soon as MAF was re-installed.
It does have some rust bubbles on rear wheelwell lip and some rust underneath, but I haven't laid under it too far to see the rest. It comes with an aftermarket air dam with 2 large Subaru style foglights in it. Orig air dam in included.
It has a Momo steering wheel, and orig is incl as well. Turbo was rebuilt last year.
Now I am not a newbie to turbo 4 cyl cars(as you can see in my sig), or turbocar msg boards for that matter. I am a little surprised afte lurking here for hours tonight, at the amount of $ that needs to be thrown at Celicas to make them go fast however. Even moreso that Talons/DSM's it seems.... I guess being AWD the parasitic losses are higher than I am used to with my last few project cars. I am hoping that I can run a high to low 12, and have a good handling, nice looking autocrossable sports car if I buy this Celica. Maybe a big FMIC, 3" exhaust, and 15-ish psi will be able to accomplish this on 4 drag radials? Maybe not. Any advice on what else to look for before buying this car? Or what it'll take to achieve the power levels I am hoping for?
I guess my goal is to replace my Omni with the Celica...but I want to replace it with a car that is at least as fast as the Omni. It is already obvios that the Celica is a nicer, more attractive, higher quality car than my Omni-no question. But I still refuse to backwards in all out acceleration ability.
BTW-best 1/4 mile time in Omni (on slicks) is thru stock turbo ( small T3 garret .42/.48 AR), and stock Dodge Daytona intercooler (quite small), at 17 psi. Motor is a 2.2, 8 valve, no porting no polishing no cam etc. Just extra boost (17 psi instead of stock 12 psi) and extra fuel (52 lb/hr injectors), 3 BAR map, computer programmed, and 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust . Car weighs 2550 lb with me in it.
How can I acheive this level or better of performance in a 92 AT, while retaining the AC.
It does have some rust bubbles on rear wheelwell lip and some rust underneath, but I haven't laid under it too far to see the rest. It comes with an aftermarket air dam with 2 large Subaru style foglights in it. Orig air dam in included.
It has a Momo steering wheel, and orig is incl as well. Turbo was rebuilt last year.
Now I am not a newbie to turbo 4 cyl cars(as you can see in my sig), or turbocar msg boards for that matter. I am a little surprised afte lurking here for hours tonight, at the amount of $ that needs to be thrown at Celicas to make them go fast however. Even moreso that Talons/DSM's it seems.... I guess being AWD the parasitic losses are higher than I am used to with my last few project cars. I am hoping that I can run a high to low 12, and have a good handling, nice looking autocrossable sports car if I buy this Celica. Maybe a big FMIC, 3" exhaust, and 15-ish psi will be able to accomplish this on 4 drag radials? Maybe not. Any advice on what else to look for before buying this car? Or what it'll take to achieve the power levels I am hoping for?
I guess my goal is to replace my Omni with the Celica...but I want to replace it with a car that is at least as fast as the Omni. It is already obvios that the Celica is a nicer, more attractive, higher quality car than my Omni-no question. But I still refuse to backwards in all out acceleration ability.
BTW-best 1/4 mile time in Omni (on slicks) is thru stock turbo ( small T3 garret .42/.48 AR), and stock Dodge Daytona intercooler (quite small), at 17 psi. Motor is a 2.2, 8 valve, no porting no polishing no cam etc. Just extra boost (17 psi instead of stock 12 psi) and extra fuel (52 lb/hr injectors), 3 BAR map, computer programmed, and 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust . Car weighs 2550 lb with me in it.
How can I acheive this level or better of performance in a 92 AT, while retaining the AC.
