guess what my 240 had for breakfast

[coloradoracerboi]

This morning on the way to Krispy Kremes here in denver, some very sad brand new celica gts owner is about to trade in his new car for a 240SX....

Here is what happened: We have those stupid stop lights and the beging of the highway here to get on I25 ( denver yes ) and some little punk pulled up next to me in his 00-03 Toyota Celica with his "TRD" racing sticker on his windshield....Started reving on me ( and my car is messed up right now ) and he took of pretty quick and got a little ahead ( saw the temp tag ) and than as soon as I got in 2nd gear POOF he ate my 240SX'S a$$..Wow what a waste of money that car was ha ha~

[Thee 240sx Owner]

You gotta under stand Its a celly.. lol although i will say my 17.1 qtr mile 240 still takes other cars.. How pathetic.. VTec civcs ain't got shlt on poof of smoke my 240 spits.. LoL

[MainEvent212]

celica GT-S arent that slow though...i'm gonna call BS on this one, he probably wasnt really racing...:bsflag

[big jon's 240]

Or may just be a REALLY bad driver.

[MainEvent212]

like if he was drivnig from the passenger seat?

[I30T]

or wasnt aware there's more than one gear.

[coloradoracerboi]

i don't know...he got smoked no bs

[NISMOingen]

Yeah, the 1.8 VVTi-L in those GT-S put out 185HP and 160 or so ft-lbs with a broader torque curve than an SR20. The GT-S will come in just barely under 16 seconds on the qtr.

They make fun play toys for my '98 SE-R. Sometime I win, sometimes I lose... Ahhh the challenge.

[Thee 240sx Owner]

Yeah, the 1.8 VVTi-L in those GT-S put out 185HP and 160 or so ft-lbs with a broader torque curve than an SR20. The GT-S will come in just barely under 16 seconds on the qtr.

They make fun play toys for my '98 SE-R. Sometime I win, sometimes I lose... Ahhh the challenge.

Ya those aren't anything to mess with really.. the other model celly's are fun to beat.. but unless your car runs 16 and under.. Don't be stupid

[InstantRice]

whoa that thing isnt popping out 160 ft-lbs. Its 130. still fairly capable car, fairly capable engine. Engines actually pretty sick in a mr-s.

[GELLIS2586]

I thought they were 180 hp and 140 torque unless they gave em more power and torque for the new year cause I test drove an 01 gts and it was slower than my 240 stock.

[coloradoracerboi]

ya like i said.......

[NISMOingen]

you guys are right, it is about 130ft-lbs @peak. But yes my car is in the 15s (barely). And the GT-S are fun to play with on the road. If I get a good driver he usually beats me, but I always get a display of respect at the end of the run.

They run 15.7-15.9 in the 1/4mile bone stock. The auto is actually faster in the qtr because of gear ratio differences.

[nlzmo400r]

i dont see how u pulled that off considering his 7.46 o-6o is easily faster than your 8.1 and his 1/4 times of 15.48 @ 91.59mph is obivously qiucker than a 16.2o @ 86mph, im not doubting you, but im just going to say he was a terrible driver, either that or u are andretti

[NISMOingen]

you are assuming we were racing in a straight line.

Further I am not refering to a single instance, but several.

I also ran faster lap times at the autocross last weekend than my friend with a brand new engine in his gen 3 RX-7.

BTW I don't do 0-60 in 8.1, 7.52 and my 1/4 is 15.889@96mph

But I still wouldn't hold a candle to Mario Andretti.

[nlzmo400r]

sorry for assuming it was all straight line, good kill then bro

[NISMOingen]

there is a guy in the neighborhood with a GT-S and we take the same way home from work (at least some of it..)

If you've ever been to Ohio you'll understand when I say we take county roads home so we can play.

At the track I bet his ETs would still beat me. And to be honest the 96mph trap was a fluke. It was the only one ever over 92mph.

[NISMOingen]

Oh, the solution to slow trap speeds...the right tire diameter!

[nametakennow]

Crap... I get the feeling my angry little SR20DE won't be able to take Celicas, for now...

[nlzmo400r]

haha, thats right for now, that sthe spirit

[jEzTeR]

Crap... I get the feeling my angry little SR20DE won't be able to take Celicas, for now...

You can still pick on the GT version.I wasted one of those the first week I had my Spec V.I'm not a big fan of the Cellica but the GT-s is an ok performer.TRD does have some parts to make it much better.(I would guess that he had some of or just the rice sticker)I dont like them for the same reason I don' tlike the RSX.The are too small and overpriced for what you get.

[nlzmo400r]

most cars in the same class as the spec V are VERY overpriced IMO, you can't get an acura rsx-s for less than 23k new, because they come loaded from the factory, you can't not get leather or sunroof or any of that crap, and the celica GT-S (manual) starts at 22,49o, hell even the underperforming civic SI stickers at 19k, and i must admit the o4 spec Vs ive seen on lots have gone up a lil in price, they are now nearing 19k, the ones ive seen were 18,4xx and 18,6xxx, but still, for the performance and practicality of a bigger 4dr, can't beat that

[TurboKA37]

You can still pick on the GT version.I wasted one of those the first week I had my Spec V.I'm not a big fan of the Cellica but the GT-s is an ok performer.TRD does have some parts to make it much better.(I would guess that he had some of or just the rice sticker)I dont like them for the same reason I don' tlike the RSX.The are too small and overpriced for what you get.

yea i was poking around on a celica forum awhile back and saw a chart with test results of about 10 different exhausts including greddy hks apex blitz TRD etc. and the TRD exhaust blew everything away

[NISMOingen]

I will say TRD has their **** together here in the states. NISMO could take a few lessons.

[nlzmo400r]

hell i think nismo has great products, but you just can't get em here in the states, well ive seen some nismo floor mats and an oil cap, woohoo

[jEzTeR]

you can now get lots of NISMO performance parts.

[[Zero-S]]

yeah try http://www.nismoparts.com