parkerst

I'd love to turbo it but i can't get away with that (p plates in NSW). I have successfully applied for minor modification approval/exemption, which means i can perform engine modifications, but not forced induction.

My Mechanical Experience goes about as far as building and welding a supercharger cross turbocharger (ie running the turbine off a pulley from a 0.5x gear connected to the drive shaft, then adding rpm to the turbine through exhaust pressure) for laughs on a 1cyl 50cc gokart, using a shoddy axial turbine engine which siezed up and exploded because I didn't have enough oil pressure on the bearings to handle the rpm i made it produce, and I had no rpm regulator

(it sounded f**king cool though, almost like a ramjet)

I've got the following vehicle, but I still want more performance out of it (WITHOUT forced intake); thus, where to from here?

1. Which upgrades will give me the best performance increase

2. What sort of upgrades should I be looking at?

3. Is there preferred celica/toyota performance mechanics that I can trust? Specifically one that i can have look at the thing and tell me what i Do and don't have (i'm clueless mechanically)

4. Are there any upgrades that i've not listed that i should be considering/looking at.

At the moment, my budget is just under $3,000

Base:

1990 st184 SX Celica ala http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/reap.../CarProfile.jpg

Have's:

Hardened camshaft

Bored to 2.4L, completely rebuilt engine, with all your usual fixes (ie new rings bearings etc)

Flat top pistons; 90mm..i THINK.

Extractors

Hi-Flo Cat

2.5in cannon

Black-Wired Immobilizer

Oil pressure and water temp tacho's

New Selector cables

Exedy Clutchkit

Custom dash lighting etc - nothing interesting

Gates Racing timing belt

Bosal header pipe

Carburetor

1.5In king-spring lower kit

Want's:

I want to put a 15' x 4' filter straight through the bonet (preferably under a scoop) and whack that on top of the intake manifold (if possible), if not, a Weapon R short ram intake..or atleast a bloody cone or pod cai -_-

Exelutch Flywheel

Performance ECU

Carbon fiber hood

Timing upgrades

Crankshaft pulley

High-Voltage ignition system

Full pulley upgrade kit

TVIS

Helix throttle body spacer