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I pulled into a garage once and one of the mechanics goes, 'ah, thats a UK one. I've had 4 of these and you can tell whether is UK or not by the brakes' and told me about the calipers.

I never understood what he meant to be honest as I've never even checked it out. I mentioned it anyway. All the other things I have noticed or had confirmed though.

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This mechanic who told you that info is misinformed. ALL ST205s had 4-pot front brakes and twinpot rears.....

, JDM cars are restriced to 112 mph, not 100 mph...

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Well I must admit I can't find much information on the calipers so perhaps thats not true, I may have misheard the guy on that one.

Yeah the speedo thing was an estimation, you know what I mean

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Gen5 ST185 = Prettier, Pop up headlights. Real Rally heritage.

Gen6 ST205= Better built, more powerful, last of the real rally cars.

JDM's are only more powerful when on Jap fuel with higher Octane.

Best Celica, mine!! and your best Celica is yours, his is his, and hers is hers.

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Children...................Naughty step for all of you.

Gen5 ST185 = Prettier, Pop up headlights. Real Rally heritage.

Gen6 ST205= Better built, more powerful, last of the real rally cars.

JDM's are only more powerful when on Jap fuel with higher Octane.

Best Celica, mine!! and your best Celica is yours, his is his, and hers is hers.

But you dont even own a GT4 so why are you even in here :P

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This topic is re-opened after 30 minutes of deleting unwanted posts.Thanks for that :rolleyes:

Some posts had to be deleted to make the thread flow into some sort of sense.So no moaning if yours was deleted,its a bit of a domino effect.

Keep it on topic please!Its not fair on wintersun if it gets closed.No posts mentioning the previous chuff or we'll go round in circles and i want a beer now.

Aaaaaand.....go. :)

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Can't coment on the st185 vs st205 comparison but those in the know have already stated that on paper the 205 is improved.

If I had the money, space and time I'd be reconditioning an ST165 shell and fitting 205 engine and running gear. That would be my ideal Celica.

Still wouldn't swap my Nissan for one though.

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^^ that sounds like my perfect celica right there :drool: in superwhite but with the 05 caldina engine strokered, wood even keep the tip-tronic box too :o

so Wintersun, what about a 165 then. chuck a spanner right in the works :lol:

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Someone's mentioned a 165,hallelujah! the car that started it all off.Mind you,you've got to find one first.A good one.First 4wd rally derived Celica in the UK...first UK car to have a catalytic converter.Although most people now spend their time getting rid of it :lol:

How about one like Steve G's (GT4-play) 'Betsy'..

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we've mentioned a lot about the 185 v 205,how about the 205 taking on Steve's 165?

the 165 might be tuned a little bit.... :)

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a good 165 wood make me re-consider a few things :rolleyes: sweet sweet looking wagons and Steves is just pure :drool::drool::drool: with a spec that makes me moist in the front trouser area :)

swap one for my 185 hmmm definatly :o

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The 165 has a very old fashioned feel to it inside, bit like driving an old mk1 escort again.

On the other hand, they do have a real character to them and are the lightest and best balanced version as a base for a competition car.

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