seditionchase
New member
Hey, new member here (also new to car tuning in general) and since there's no Geo section in these forums, I figured Toyota would be the best place to start, since the Prizm and Corolla are essentially the same car.
I have a 1995 Geo Prizm 1.6L, it's my first car and right now in pretty poor condition exterior, interior and audio wise. As far as performance goes, it drives great as an economy car, but that's about it. And yeah, 35-42 mpg is nice and all, but I'm hoping that with the abundance of Toyota tuners out there, some performance mods could be done to my Geo as well.
Looking around the internet I've seen a few Geo tuners... the standard engine mods seem to be CAI kits, performance exhaust, and racing plugs and wires. At this point, I'm actually prioritizing adding power last, as I want my car to be fully prepared with braking and suspension tuning before I start kicking up the speed and acceleration potential... but are those mods going to be the best place to start?
Eventually I might add a turbocharger to it, but when I first started researching that I realized I'd need to get something like $8,000 USD worth of other equipment (in addition to the $3000 minimum for the turbo kit itself) just to ensure that my engine wouldn't explode. Not a worthy investment for a Geo Prizm if you ask me.
The exterior and interior mods, I've pretty much got down in my head, I just need to order the parts/equipment/tools and get to work on it. Same for weight reduction measures. But as far as performance goes, I'd like a few pointers. Including suspension, braking, transmission and engine modifications, what are the first 2-5 things you'd recommend getting for each category?
I have a 1995 Geo Prizm 1.6L, it's my first car and right now in pretty poor condition exterior, interior and audio wise. As far as performance goes, it drives great as an economy car, but that's about it. And yeah, 35-42 mpg is nice and all, but I'm hoping that with the abundance of Toyota tuners out there, some performance mods could be done to my Geo as well.
Looking around the internet I've seen a few Geo tuners... the standard engine mods seem to be CAI kits, performance exhaust, and racing plugs and wires. At this point, I'm actually prioritizing adding power last, as I want my car to be fully prepared with braking and suspension tuning before I start kicking up the speed and acceleration potential... but are those mods going to be the best place to start?
Eventually I might add a turbocharger to it, but when I first started researching that I realized I'd need to get something like $8,000 USD worth of other equipment (in addition to the $3000 minimum for the turbo kit itself) just to ensure that my engine wouldn't explode. Not a worthy investment for a Geo Prizm if you ask me.
The exterior and interior mods, I've pretty much got down in my head, I just need to order the parts/equipment/tools and get to work on it. Same for weight reduction measures. But as far as performance goes, I'd like a few pointers. Including suspension, braking, transmission and engine modifications, what are the first 2-5 things you'd recommend getting for each category?