Ex Ford Guy

[scots_guy]

Hi everybody well this is my first toyota being with ford for 16 years,It's an old one 1989 gt4 but its a cracker well what im looking for is, first whats the best engine tune for it and im looking for a set of alloys for it plus i want to put back on the door graphics but dont know where to get them and last but not least i dont much about this type of car so a manual would be good and if anybody can drop some tips my way that would be great thanks

[TheNissanMan]

first of all welcome to the club, am sure you'll find a ton of help although am surprised noone has popped in to say hi yet :)

Tuning the car should be a prob as the engine shares the engine with the MR2....

Loads of places for alloys tuning parts and stickers and depending on what you want to do to her you may be interstied in joining gold as there are companies that doo absolutely everything mentioned at good discounts so the £25 annual spend would be recouped pretty dam quickly...

What are you looking to do to start, maybe we can point you in the right direction :)

[ricomr2]

Welcome to the club mate

glad to see you've seen the error of your ways!! :D

[wedryjoel]

:D Hi mate. Welcome to the club, I'm also an old Ford owner and used to swear by them... I leant the errors of my ways , the Celica is fast sleak and stylish... Ford are slow boring and cheap... Definately join the gold I did and you save loads.. GT4 nice motor, I've got a 94 GT and I love mine...

[Bass junky]

Welcome

My dad used to have a Ford until I crashed it cos it was crap and made him

buy the rolla GTI-16 and we never looked back!

Later

[DelinquentMinx]

Same way here... I have a crappy ford, and two toyotas, the toyotas so far have outrun the ford and my neighbors chevy... i guess ford is losing some hardcore fans and racers due to TRD... :group-cuddles:

[Calisto]

Hi and welcome to TOC. :group-cuddles:

Ash.

[Dark Avatar]

Welcome Scots_guy I am also fairly new here. I know somethings about Toyo's but not as much as most here. As to answer your question about the manual. My grandfather is gettting his site up soon for his shop, he will sell most manuals. Once he tells me the URL I will post it here and you can order one. Or just go to your local parts dealer and they will bea ble to order them also, but not as cheap. Talk to you more later.

[pedro7680]

where in scotland are you mate?

[scots_guy]

Hi Dark Avatar that would be good if you could give me your grandfathers web url,

hi Pedro i live on an island on the west coast of scotland about 30 miles out of glasgow and Asha thanks for the group cuddles

[Fizz]

nice choice..

im sure the 'F'ix 'O'r 'R'epair 'D'aily wont be missed one bit now that your in a very very nice choice of a GT4...

Is it the ST165? or the more curvy ST185 with air intake in the bonnet?

anyway.. loads of peeps who knwo what they are chatin about here.. and we all love pictures! lol

[scots_guy]

Hi Fizz it's the st165 can you fit bonnet vents to this model?

[Fizz]

Hi Fizz it's the st165 can you fit bonnet vents to this model?

i cant see there being a reason as to why you cant.... would make it look original as well ... not that they are all that common in the first place mate!...

[GT-Four NZ]

the bonnet vents are a smart move despite many guys goin for the "all show no go" look of stick ons. one of the earlier gt fours main problems was the under bonnet temp. many cook the paint as a result of some "adventurous" driving. toyota moved towards fixing this with each new model. vents on the 185 and improved aerodynamics on the 205. you must have one of the last of the 165's as an 89 over in New Zealand (which usually means Japan too as thats bout 99% of our cars) is a 185.

[Roadrunner]

Welcome to the club mate.

[GT4 Boy]

welcome to the club mate, i have a 1988 gt4. so i would love to chat to you about your mods on your gt4. :D

[**BETSY**]

Hi All, firts post here :-)

i have owned my ST 165 for four years now.. it has changed a little since owning it though!

a RED ST 165 ** Uk car now producing 292 BHP with very little mods!

it also has a bonnet vent, not pretty, but VERY functional!

i live in the south east of england..

shout if i can help, i do all my own work on the car and there isn't a system on the car that hasnt been mended, modified or tinkered with

[jimma]

Hi All, firts post here :-)

i have owned my ST 165 for four years now.. it has changed a little since owning it though!

a RED ST 165 ** Uk car now producing 292 BHP with very little mods!

it also has a bonnet vent, not pretty, but VERY functional!

i live in the south east of england..

shout if i can help, i do all my own work on the car and there isn't a system on the car that hasnt been mended, modified or tinkered with

Hi Steve, Welcome to TOC, whereabouts are you, I'm in Havant but I work in Lancing. I reckon us Suvverners need to get a mini meet going on Portsdown hill.

[Dark Avatar]

I havent forgot about you, I havent been able to get the server going for his site yet, but will shortly. He hasnt Decided on a URL yet lol Hes picky. ttyl

[**BETSY**]

hi, i work most of the south east, incl lancing.

there are several gt-four meets over cosham way as well as guildford,32 gt-fours a few weeks back.

there was also scooby, mr2 and has been known to be a skyline as well :-)

you coiming to BOLNEY in a few weeks?

i can hook you up with a convoy from your area if so?

[scots_guy]

Hi all,just back from hols car went great well more than great totally blew away my old 2.8 on performance and handling scary stuff anyway the down side is that i blew the exhaust mid to back box copped it(well i had to try it out lol) anybody got any ideas where i can get a good replacement at a good price?cheers. gt-4 boy i would like to chat about our cars somtime

[**BETSY**]

hi, do you have the st 165 or st 185?

company in oz make the best zorsts for the st 165.. cost a bit but it will go even better, i gurantee this!