After 8 weeks I am off to pick up my GT4

cymatty · 4 Sep 2009 at 21:47

Oh and thank you to the diesel golf who tried to TLGP me on the way home, way to impress your girlfriend.

Leeum · 4 Sep 2009 at 21:49

Looks mean. :cool:

Noticed an improvement?

Fr0dders · 4 Sep 2009 at 21:52

theres one of those round here, also with an M 621 numberplate so was probably registered at the same time.

Have to keep reminding myself that its not yours as you wont be found driving about in leeds lol.

cymatty · 4 Sep 2009 at 21:52

Leeum said:
Looks mean.

Noticed an improvement?

Sounds a little different and seems to spool a little earlier, I only gave it a few blasts as the rebuilt turbo has covered 40miles.

It is just so nice having easy power especially after spending lots of time as a passenger in a 120bhp car, it just makes you appreciate the power more.

thedazman67 · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:09

looks nice Si red samco :cool:

8 weeks thats nothing i've been without my 200SX since March

Don't think it will be running until 2010

cymatty · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:12

thedazman67 said:
looks nice Si red samco 8 weeks thats nothing i've been without my 200SX since March Don't think it will be running until 2010

It had to be red Samco. :cool:

Yours will be ready sooner than you know it, at least you have the mondy of doom to tide you over. Plus this was a small job in comparison so 8 weeks is agessssss.

L0rdMike · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:13

CT26 is lose. CT20 for the win.

cymatty · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:14

L0rdMike said:
CT26 is lose. CT20 for the win.

CT26 designed for 1.8 bar over CT20 of 1.1bar lose.

L0rdMike · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:15

cymatty said:
CT26 designed for 1.8 bar over CT20 of 1.1bar lose.

My Ct20 made more power than yours.

cymatty · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:17

L0rdMike said:
My Ct20 made more power than yours.

We will see next time when I have LinkG3 1.1 bar power, I will then have pne of the most powerful 3stge engines on here.

Vulcan · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:51

All that work and you finish it off with a Lucozade bottle.

[TW]Fox · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:39

MrLOL said:
theres one of those round here, also with an M 621 numberplate so was probably registered at the same time.

Nope - that plate style is such that the letters are the region identifier, two cars registered at the same time would have consecutive numbers (ie M620 and M621) but the letters wouldnt change.

djinuk · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:58

all due respesct for buying a gt4.. but i persoanlly hate them ..

just find the drive of them very boring.

[TW]Fox · 5 Sep 2009 at 01:06

djinuk said:
all due respesct for buying a gt4.. but i persoanlly hate them ..

just find the drive of them very boring.

What do you drive then?

CB666 · 5 Sep 2009 at 04:42

its martin king's garage!

Scania · 5 Sep 2009 at 04:54

Nice result cymatty, just out of interest, why is the image of your car in your sig reversed?

Gilbretto · 5 Sep 2009 at 06:27

djinuk said:
all due respesct for buying a gt4.. but i persoanlly hate them ..

just find the drive of them very boring.

Ha, as fox said. What on earth do you drive then?

GT4 does 0-60mph in 6.3 secs with a top speed of 152mph, hardly boring!

And the best thing is a good example can be found for under £4k. It's a beast of a car. I would upgrade from my Celica GT if i could afford the insurance.

They are iconic cars and look damn fine too. Ageless. Same goes for the gen5 and gen4's - beauties! And Gen1's, well...stunning - a dream of mine.

Celica, probably the finest mark ever to be made.

Hate · 5 Sep 2009 at 09:13

cymatty said:
The CT26 came with the car so I am not sure which stage it is, its a Turbo Dynamics MD117 iirc. The advantages are that it pulls all the way to the redline and does not lose power at 5krpm which also stops it chucking loads of hot air into the engine causing engine death unlike the CT20 at higher boost..

I only do 5k p.a so longevity of the turbo isnt really an issue, well unless it lasts 1 mile like it did before.

Wrong way around, the CT26 was the older turbo that turned into a hairdryer (on the rev1/2 MR2 and ST165/185) and the CT20B is the one that came on the ST205 from the factory that doesn't run out of puff over 5K. the CT26 spools earlier but runs out of steam but the CT20B spools up later and holds boost better - therefore the CT26 is a better turbo to modify to hold onto boost better, which is probably why Martin put one on your car in the first place

Gilbretto said:
Ha, as fox said. What on earth do you drive then?

GT4 does 0-60mph in 6.3 secs with a top speed of 152mph, hardly boring!

And the best thing is a good example can be found for under £4k. It's a beast of a car. I would upgrade from my Celica GT if i could afford the insurance.

They are iconic cars and look damn fine too. Ageless. Same goes for the gen5 and gen4's - beauties! And Gen1's, well...stunning - a dream of mine.

Celica, probably the finest mark ever to be made.

ST205's 0-60 is about 5.7 stock, and you can get a pretty decent faff for about £2.5k nowadays, the bottom has fallen out of the market which is not good when you're looking to sell :/

ShiWarrior · 5 Sep 2009 at 09:14

Gilbretto said:
Ha, as fox said. What on earth do you drive then?

GT4 does 0-60mph in 6.3 secs with a top speed of 152mph, hardly boring!

And the best thing is a good example can be found for under £4k. It's a beast of a car. I would upgrade from my Celica GT if i could afford the insurance.

They are iconic cars and look damn fine too. Ageless. Same goes for the gen5 and gen4's - beauties! And Gen1's, well...stunning - a dream of mine.

Celica, probably the finest mark ever to be made.

decent one under 4K ?
they seeem to be more than that on Pistonheads (decent ones that is)

ShiWarrior · 5 Sep 2009 at 09:28

Hate said:
ST205's 0-60 is about 5.7 stock, and you can get a pretty decent faff for about £2.5k nowadays, the bottom has fallen out of the market which is not good when you're looking to sell :/

according to parkers and the owners club its just over 6s

Any advantages on an imorted one over a UK one?