keef-b Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 The 2zz engine enjoys being at higher rpm as it's designed to deliver it's power then - i'm not saying that it should be kept there constantly but you're in no way abusing it by using the higher revs often ( very often if you want the smile to stay on your face as long as your oil is up to temperature (2nd bar on temp gauge normally) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr666 Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 buy a gen 6 GT then if you don't like the 7 lol. Less power granted but much more torque when it hits (starts about 3k) makes life much more usual and certainly will put a smile on your face lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy newton Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Stick with it, it has taken seven years for me start liking my gen 7, for the first time i find iam driving it more than my gen6! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee540 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Now its making sense!!! Quiet B roads are now the Celica's new home, if I'm going anywhere... its avoid dual carriageways!! Not because I think the Celica is fast, I find the performance quite tame.. but because I love the go-kart like handling that just makes me smile! I would really love this car if it had more torque and better brakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinter Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Now its making sense!!! Quiet B roads are now the Celica's new home, if I'm going anywhere... its avoid dual carriageways!! Not because I think the Celica is fast, I find the performance quite tame.. but because I love the go-kart like handling that just makes me smile! I would really love this car if it had more torque and better brakes! Haha and so it begins!! Get some Se7en Motorsport stage 2 cams and you will gain much more low down torque before your power cam comes in at 6.2k. Then also speak to him about his GT4 brake upgrade of you don't want to pay out stupid money for a big break conversion. These two mods will be a great boost to any gen 7. As for learning to love the car I came from a V6 3.0ltr. Transplanted MR2 rev 2 to te Celica and just didn't get it for a while nothing from the engine. And I'm an engineer so like to take car of my engines. But give it the beans and it all makes sense, it's what it's designed to do and loves doing it in high revs. My car now gets abused regularly! And rewards massivly!! Epic grin factor!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebee Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 as for the brakes , changing the pads out for redstuffs made the world of difference to mine and is relatively cheap to do comparing it to a bbk which if you arent going to track it would be a waste of cash imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee540 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Think I'll upgrade the brakes probably and tighten up the suspension a little more.. but will just leave the engine alone.. I already removed the CAI and re-fitted standard airbox... Would quite like some 8Jx17 wheels with the right offsets so I can also remove the 25mm spacers all round as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinter Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 you will be hard pushed to find any wheel with 8J that has the right offset to look as goos running 25mm spacers. for example, se7en's track car (now sold i believe) runs 9.5J ET36 i think and they are pretty flush. for 8J you will be looking at ET20-ish to get flush, which i dont think you will find anywhere without going balls out expensive custom. hence m,ost of us run spacers to stance out the wheels. so long as they are hubcentric mountable spacers your fine, will put no mor strain on your bearings than hanving the wheel with the right offset. so all good mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee540 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 so long as they are hubcentric mountable spacers your fine, will put no mor strain on your bearings than hanving the wheel with the right offset. so all good mate. This was what I was worried about.. I couldn't live with my wheels tucked in.. they sit flush now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adex Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 it has taken seven years for me start liking my gen 7 And the perseverance award goes to..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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