The Celica is a unique car in Toyota's history. It’s a driver’s car with a sporty edge. Even its name means “from the heavens,” and That Racing Channel just uploaded a video of an insanely tuned Toyota Celica 3SGTE racing two Nissan GTRs.
Patrick, who owns a 1,000-HPAWD Celica All-Trac, has a long list of mods, including an entire engine and transmission fabrication done all by himself. This 1,000-HP beast comes with a 3SGTE de-stroked to 2.1-liters and revs to 10,000 RPMs.
This potent powerplant is paired to a dogbox manual transmission. It has a 72 mm turbo with a tune from AEM infinity. It’s fitted with eight injectors and runs on E85. It also comes with a full titanium exhaust with a boost actuated hood dump.
The All-Trac Celica goes for a pass and records impressive numbers. It does 2.85 seconds from 0 to 60 mph (97 kph) and 9.67-seconds at 152 mph on the quarter-mile.
In the first race, the All-Trac Celica takes on a red 1,000-WHP Nissan GT-R. The Celica gets a perfect launch off the line, destroying the GT-R down the track.
The next race is with another 1,000-WHP GT-R. The Nissan GT-R gets a perfect launch this time, but the relentless All-Trac Celica comes in hard and outruns it.
That Racing Channel also checks out an 850-HP Subaru Forester. Darnell, the owner, says it started as a 2008 automatic XT Forester. He bought it off as a salvage car going to the crusher. After many hours of restoration, the XT comes with a six-speed dogbox manual transmission and a 6875 Precision turbo with a V-band inlet-outlet. It makes 900 HP.
Darnell is looking to bump up the power a bit and win the title of the first Forester in the eights at the quarter mile.
Humphrey is a car enthusiast whose love and passion for automobiles extended into collecting, writing, driving, and working on cars. He got his passion for cars from his Dad, who spent thousands of hours working on his old junky 1970 E20 Toyota Corolla. Years later, he would end up doing the same with a series of lemons he’s owned throughout his adult life. Full profile
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