hello im new here and in the next few weeks im going to be buying a Tercel, atm im looking at a 93, i dont think its the DX model and i have a couple questions, does the basic 2D sedan come with a 5 speed or only a 4 speed? i want to make this a little race car so should i swap out the engine or can i get some pretty good power out of the 1.5?, i dont want to do 200 or anything i just want some get up and go thanks for all your help!

I have a 1.5 in my '91 DX & it was pretty useless with a 5 spd in it, but when I put the 4 spd in it, I noticed an amazing difference in its acceleration. It has a little more balls on the highway because it revs a bit higher. Also the 4spd transmission came out of a 91-93 2 door tercel.

i would stick with the celica tercels do not have any power even the ones with the turbos there good on gas though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/460.gif)

tercels are lighter than celicas, you can get an engine swap if you find the right one and get mad power out of tercel. i think the 88+ Mr2 has same engine mount as newer tercels...its 1.8 24valve supercharged compared to 16v 1.5L