Review by: AJI
The J-spec Celica GT-four ST205 comes with a 240bhp engine as
stock. This figure obviously varies depending on which fuel
is used but the export engines and the Japanese home market
engines are very, very similar with few changes. There are a
few varients of the ST205 in terms of 'kit' added as standard.
The WRC version came along with water injection rail & anti-lag
for rally homologation
purposes, but none of this 'kit' was actually connected up and
required a number of other parts to actually get them to work.
The Japanese export version usually came without the high rear
spoiler, where as the home market version nearly always had
it. These cars, as with most turbocharged
engines, can be made to be very powerful with little money and
modifications. BHP figures around the 300 area are easily achievable
via the usual route of incrasing the boost to the stock turbos.
The ST205 GT-fours are inbuilt with an amount of understeer
and this result in a safe car to drive to the limit. The rear
LSD really helps out the handling of these cars compared to
previous versions such as the ST185. A couple of maintenance
issues which have arisen over the years are cracked rotar arms
and worn figure-8 suspension units. All in all, the ST205 is
yet another cracking performance car from Japan.
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Review by: Gibson99
There's some incorrect info on the Celica GT-Four here. The
engine in the Celica GT-Four is a 2.0L (1998cc) single turbo
inline four cylinder,
designated the 3S-GTE. It's all-wheel drive, and does indeed
have a 5-speed manual gearbox. The 240 hp mark seems a bit high
to me. U.S. models were rated at around 180 hp if i recall correctly
- perhaps the model you have listed is either JDM or has been
modified (note the aftermarket wheels on the car in the photo).
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Review by: Gav
Hi Gibson99,
I think you are incorrect, the Celica GT Four discussed here
is the ST205, this produces 240/ 255bhp (WRC model.) The ST185
which I believe you are referring to produces around 180/ 190bhp
mark, the ST165 produced less again.
The ST205 WRC model came with a few extra's bred from the rally
but was not activated on the domestic version, you can have
them activated for around £50 ($100), this would include water
jet spray cooling and some slight changes to the AWD system.
The ST205 normal domestic model produces approx 240bhp and was
limited to a max speed of 115mph.
Hope this helps Gav
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Review by: Anon.
For the ST205 Celica GT-Four:
UK Spec rear badging is different to JDM.
Left side rear badge Toyota Celica
Right side rear badge GT-Four
JDM vehicles have badging reversed with the word Toyota missing.
UK spec Stock Radios came with RDS. RDS not used in Japan.
Air conditioning was manual on UK cars, plus it has an 'eco'
button - unlike left hand drive vehicles for other markets (NA).
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