please can anyone help me i have a 1990 toyota tercel dx and i was wondering if anyone could tell me where i could get any performance parts (eg: lowering springs, CAI, catback exhaust, camber kits.) and i was also wondering if there are any more stronger jdm or even usdm engine swaps with 5spd and where i could get them someone please help me!!!!!! thanks everyone.

 

Don't bother with intake/exhuast, any of that.

Save your money and swap in the 4EFTE engine from the JDM Starlet Turbo.

It's a 1.3 turbo motor, about 135 hp from the factory. They can easily be built to support more power.
Swapped Tercels I believe usually run high 12's in the 1/4 mile with around 200 hp.

 

Strange.... When I was in ireland, there was a 290whp starlet there that was barely pulling down 13's at all.. it was 13.7 i believe...

I suppose that swap is the best thing you can do to a tercel...

Personally I'd not even mess with the tercel and save for a better platform to start on.

 

I'm not sure what's up with that. The Tercel/Starlet weigh aroung 2000 pounds. Anything with 290 whp/2000 pounds should be much quicker than a 13.7.

 

yea... but its a tercel... check out APC. im sure you could build a Tercel w/ APC stuffs.

 

thanks everyone i will take all this info into consideration i might just save up for a ae86

 

lmao @ APC

 

Traction is an issue here. Theres just no weight to the package to get power down from the front wheels. Wheelhop is a massive issue with the way the tercel/starlet suspension is designed. Modding the engine is just the start of a massive workover the car needs to compete at any level.


I dunno, something tells me the money can be better spent elsewhere. There are lots of other things you can do with the 6-10 grand you could easilly spend getting a tercel into the 12's.

 

So I Should Just Stick To The Ae86

 

yes... youll have WAY more fun w/ that than a... *shudder* tercel.