Printable View
thank's for this link-lot of good stuff,Quote:
Originally Posted by SSer
I see miss button popper still doing her thing
I am always wary of factory made video comparisons showing their ride in a good light
Wonder how soon b4 there will be a V8 version put together here or imported,just the car for Sport Sedan racing
Interesting use of a pod filter to replace an OTR
and it might just go over $35K with an IS F donk!
I wonder if a ls3 would fit in it...
GT-I9100 2
There is a guy running around in Adelaide with a little Smart car with a Hayabusa 1300cc turbo bike engine something like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by zorro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEdmmWb9DhQ
Interesting note, the GT model is not actually $29,990 (GTS: $35,490) drive away; it's actually $34,190.08 (GTS: $39,855.08). Still cheap for what you get. I thought they tried to stop advertising cars without onroads etc?
For argument sake I wonder if a 1GZ-FE would sit in one. Why have 8 cylinders when you can have 12 :burnout:Quote:
Originally Posted by SSer
GM: Has millions of dollars and highly trained engineers.
Some guy in his backyard: Has a hole saw.
I didn't know anyone here had done it or not, I'd try put one in the little smart convertible thing. Did a MB drive day when they were released here and for what they are were a bit of fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by whitels1ss
There was an old bloke on the gold coast with an R1 powered mighty boy, that was cool to see, sounded like an angry hornet. He also had 2 dodgy looking Nissan urvans (the early 90s things) that were capable of low 11s.
GM: Has millions of dollars and highly trained engineers.
Some guy in his backyard: Has a hole saw.
Lease it and you won't be paying all those on roads. Hence advertising without on roads is still relevant. One of my students just bought a GTS. IIRC he paid $36 and that's not leased.Quote:
Originally Posted by SSer
iPhone 4
I read some tuners are doing the 2JZ, so length might work.Quote:
Originally Posted by zorro
http://cdn.speedhunters.com/wp-conte...stall-GT86.jpg
The 2GR-FSE V6 is another viable option to be honest.
Carsguide article quotes a 76 week/19 months wait for a manual GTS model,even Toyota customer service is unsure of the actual wait time
Lets hope Subaru is ready for the queue at showroom door's when the BRZ is here
A red one was parked next to me today.
I thought the interior looked good, the seats in particular had a bit of seriousness about them.
The outside was a different story, there was nothing I liked about it.
Plus it sits way to high and the wheel size just added to the awkward stance.
That doesn't mean they're not a fun drive.
Once they’re spent a few weeks with the car, I’ll be interested to read the views of the people here that have them on order.
I have seen 4 this week, 2 Black, 1 Silver and 1 Red. They don't look as good in the flesh as they do in photo's imo.
Drove next to one yesterday with a guy around my age driving it, Reminded me of my old bosses ISF at a glance but this guy picked the burnt orangey rustic coloured one and the colour just doesnt suit it if you ask me
saw a black and orange one, and i would have to agree, i just don't understand the hype.I think i prefer the styling of the veloster.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLACK 346
more info in today's paper- BRZ on sale Monday but only available online and don't expect delivery b4 next year with only 251 cars available.Price is in the middle of the 86's price rangeQuote:
Originally Posted by motorin on
Has slightly different spring rate making it a better handling car than the 86 -according to the journo
Mazda mps not as nice looking but goes ok, be better if was rwd as well the mazda. seems to be no cheap sporty cars with looks and go...like the look of the 86 but another no power car.
BRZ has heavier front springs to bias it towards understeer so a potential stepping out of an old WRX would feel right at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by motorin on
Toyota on the other hand have gone with a high rear spring rate and shock valving which allows for plenty of sideways action to scare the kids :lol:
0-100 in 7 flat and high 14s for the quarter, it's not THAT slow! Lack of torque might be the killer if you're not a lots-of-revs driver though.Quote:
Originally Posted by VX2VESS
The 86 runs about WH LS1 performance figures out the box (high 14s)
With a tune and some mild bolt ons it should be closer to VE HSV territory in the high 13s
Its slow, but it aint - that - slow :)
Just need to beat it like a red-headed step child....
New Mazda 6 looks ok too but probably no performance car, not sure it will have an MPS spec. no details yet really what we are getting, hopefully the v6.
Attachment 1392
Attachment 1393
anyway carry on
Nissan is working on a compact sports car to take on the Toyota/Subaru offering
Called the Mini Z it comes with a turbo1.6 litre 148kW and will also come in 4WD,Nissan says the torque band will be better than the Toyota motor offering
Photo's and details are on Motor Trend
Possibly not coming to Oz
in that video they are ripping up the hand brake to get the drift on and sudden sharp cornering. Is that not something to avoid in rwd?Quote:
Originally Posted by [TWIGGA]
I've alwasy believed it to be bad to rip the hand brake and when u do u always hear a clunk......
Standard practice for drifting. The clunk is the backlash being taken up.Quote:
Originally Posted by BECAUZ
Thats pretty much how drifitng started, you had to do that in the cult AE86 to get it to slideQuote:
Originally Posted by BECAUZ
That's because commodores use a drum arrangement. When the pads hit the rotor it pulls on. For proper drifting you use a hydraulic setup actuating the calipers.Quote:
Originally Posted by BECAUZ
iPhone 4
Had some idiot 'driving instructor' do that to me at a track day a long time ago. Absolutely blew the handbrake assembly apart and took big chunks out of the inside of my rear rotors with all the debris flying around inside the hub. Caused about $1000 worth of damage from ripping the handbrake up while I was driving! Not something I'd be doing again in a Commodore in a hurry. Use more throttle if you want to get it sideways ;)
With the old AE86 you basically had to wait till it rained to get the things sideways, hence 'Sprinter' became 'Sprinkler'. This one will probably be no different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toddler78
As per getting the thing sideways, you might want to clutch kick it. Bum dragging on the handbrake aint cool :lol:
Try it pre-apex in an LS1 at 80 - 100kmh, clutch in, limiter, bang it off (all in one fast action) while pointing the nose. Its effective! :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin_D
maybe for a stock/cam motor. put some cubes or blower in the front then it just a matter of stomping the pedal. :-) less likely to end up facing the wrong way.
Probably just as likely in my case :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tre-Cool
You would be good to get a high powered LS1 setup for a corner, before the corner, by stomping the gas, but stranger things have happned! :)
Lol thank you for the tip on how to drift... question was more based on the differences in handbrake between that and one of our barage commodores. Nothing better then raw power (V8) & clutch combo in my opinion. Only ever reason i bought one in the first place. Lol my tyres dont last more then 3 months, the rear ones that is. Although i get super good wear out of the fronts :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Martin_D
Commodore handbrakes have always been a prick of a thing. Its because they use a single action cheapie type sprung shoe thats essentially designed to work in reverse to the way its mounted. Some of the nipper cars use drum handbrake as well, but do it in a more conventional fashion so it doesnt sound like the fullfiment of the Mayan prophecy should you decide to reef the brake at greater than walking pace. Hence the 86 can be bum dragged without snapping anything :)
Castle hill performance have an 86 stripped back to it's undies ready for a turbro kit. Should be a goer.
apparently a turbo is coming next year, probably before most people waiting now get their car lol.
Bit like the factory supercharged HSV thats been coming....four about five years now :)
Test drove a manual gt other day. I just and i mean just fit in it. I dont fit in a mx5 turbo. Overall impression was good little car. Fairly flat and didnt understeer and i tried. Fairly neutral but the back does skip out a bit on bumps when pushed. Apart from head room driving position is pretty good. Performance as far as speed goes is lacking. Corners are fun. Brakes are poo. Red seemed to show up lots of marks where people had been touching it. Boot space is enough for few small bags. Rear seat is good for claiming it fits four people and thats about it. Sounds like it has equal length extractors. TRD make a seat but wont be available in Australia. Bride make an ultra low seat. But whether it can be fitted with ADRs or airbag computer not throwing up codes who knows. So counts me out as not possible to put on a stack hat which wouldnt do it justice not flinging it around some corners on a track. Maybe the one i drove with 970kms needed the brakes bleeding. The clutch was starting to slip too. Vision is pretty good. Stereo ac etc no idea as didnt bother.
Convertible is already being talked about,probably 2014,about the same time as the upgraded MX5 - info from Carsguide
Due to the long waiting time for the current hardtop Toyota is trying to maintain interest,a soft top was not originally in their plans
I got the opportunity to drive one last week. One of my friends got a blue one, one of the first in Brisbane I believe.
Its a good car for sure. They look great, really small in person. The interior is well made and very sports like, visibility is a bit lacking particularly rear and side but not that bad it makes it undrivable. But i'm used to sedans so I cant really comment there.
I didn't get a good hill run in the car as I only drove it through the suburbs but I was a bit disappointed with the lack of acceleration. They say these are 14 second cars but it doesn't really feel substantially faster than a normal 2.0L lancer. I found it difficult to keep up with traffic and was having Aurions and Commodore taxi's pull away from me substantially at every opportunity.
Having said that the steering was really direct and the car felt nicely planted. But it really lacked power from what I felt. Driving it felt like a car you would expect to be in the 9-10 second to 100 range, its really odd that they are quoted as mid 6's.
Having said that with more power it would be fantastic, im sure aftermarket supercharger kits will be out fairly soon.
I have a 2 litre MY11 Lancer auto and have to agree it seems slow sometimes in auto shift,just wants to bog down,Quote:
Originally Posted by thomas99
But when I drive it by changing gears manually I am more than happy to take any taxi on,Just waiting to match it with a Toyota 86 auto
I need to go to a speed off the street night at WSID soon so I can get a 1/4 mile time