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Old 04-09-2009, 09:05 PM   #19
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Here's your answer: http://www.modified.com/news/0708_sc...ing/index.html

Cliffnotes, they were able to make a Yaris have over a G on the skid pad. Good enough for ya?
WOW! Porsche killer?
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Old 04-10-2009, 12:16 AM   #20
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Thanks for the link, yaris-me! After reading that part of the article (Page 2:From Zero to Hero: The 1g Challenge) I couldn't stop laughing :D
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Old 04-10-2009, 12:19 AM   #21
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we have four cars

the MR2

The TC

The 350Z

and the yaris

the yaris is a super fun daily driver for what it is, it can easily make the hot hatch category

The MR2 is a blast to drive, but to be honest i wouldn't want it as a daily driver

the TC is ok, and i just dont like the Z

MX5 would be fun, i know a few people who have them and love them

but each car has its ups and downs, its just which one you like the best
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Old 04-10-2009, 12:25 AM   #22
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we have four cars

the MR2


What year MR2 ?
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Old 04-10-2009, 10:16 AM   #23
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i have a 92 sw20
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Old 04-10-2009, 04:48 PM   #24
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No way...I've owned 2 NA's plus an NC. They are the easiest and most forgiving cars you can drive.

Other engine swaps I just remembered: F20A(S2000 motor) and SR20DET
hahaha, well, it was just that one time, and I did hit a filled pot-hole in the middle of my turn. hahaha.
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Old 05-28-2010, 04:35 PM   #25
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I loved the way the MR2 felt at autocross. Nothing you can ever do to the yaris will make it as fast around a track as a well preped spyder. The yaris can handle great (for what it is) with a few inexpensive mods, but what I think you need to do is ask yourself a few questions:

1.) is it worth it - tearing down your brand new car and tracking it,
2.) what are you goals - autocross once a month/week, track days, drag strip - what do you want to do with the car
3.) realistic expectations, yes the yaris lots of weight up high and up front, has crappy rear suspension and less than impressive front suspension vs the spyder low center of gravity, balanced closer to 50/50 with independent all the way around but it is +30 on the yaris

My only complaint with the spyder was that I was never comfortable in it, ever. The seating position is so track driven that you never feel relaxed. However the midengine, torque, light weight car was the best thing when we had our autocross events, it kept up with s2000's, street prepared miatas and cars with twice the hp while having blown shocks... then again its all relevant, I was keeping up with mazdaspeed3's, wrx's and civic si's in my yaris.

If you want to keep the yaris and try to make it a little faster around the corners, there is a handling primer written by Tamago which is pretty complete - best bang for the dollar, get some TRD springs, shocks, rear antisway bar and decent tires and you can have some fun at local events and shake things up in a 108hp fwd :)

good luck in whichever you decide
hi there i am from hong kong and just bought a mr-s with hardtop.compare to echo.mr-s turning corners faster than echo ,even I install 1.5 way LSD in echo.I have mod a lot in my echo and i will not sell it.driving a mr-s you will very high.
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Old 05-28-2010, 05:44 PM   #26
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BUMP FOR AN OLD ASS THREAD....
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Old 05-28-2010, 11:09 PM   #27
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i own both! the mr2 spyder is stock, and that's a little less scary than a stock yaris, but quick lane changes can be...'fun' lol. yeah the spyder is faster than the yaris, but me being a fatass i dont really notice it at all. another thing is i kinda dont like the gearing in my spyder very much. 80mph being around 4000rpm and all...i know...acceleration/sports thing. I prefer my yaris for DD lol. the 30hp difference i truthfully dont really feel. it feels like there's a less hp difference.
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Old 05-29-2010, 02:47 AM   #28
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Wow this threads old. lol
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Old 05-31-2010, 03:40 AM   #29
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there is a old thread disease gowing around, i swear.

it is kind of fun seeing all these old threads though. we should do it more.
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Old 06-02-2010, 03:29 AM   #30
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According to to that article, a Yaris with only coilovers and sticky tires made 1.05g and beat these cars:

0.96g - Porsche 911 Turbo
0.96 - Noble M12 GTO 3R
1.03g - HASport Acura Integra
1.04g - Works time attack Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
0.92g - Honda Civic Si
0.95g - Nissan Skyline GT-R
0.97g - Nissan 240SX
0.92g - Mazda RX-8

and pretty close to this car
1.08g - Lotus Exige S with Yokohama racing slicks, Ohlins suspension and Chapman's ideals

really amazing...
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Old 06-02-2010, 06:49 AM   #31
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guess which one is more fun to drive ;)
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:59 AM   #32
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the problem is that it jumped from .85 from 1.05 with just the tires. That makes me think the tires are doing too much work alone. Means that maybe you could see that flipping thing happen.
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Old 06-02-2010, 02:05 PM   #33
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the problem is that it jumped from .85 from 1.05 with just the tires. That makes me think the tires are doing too much work alone. Means that maybe you could see that flipping thing happen.
I don't know enough about the subject to debate this, but with coilovers dropping the height down low, and the width of the car, I can't hardly imagine it flipping... seems like cars that roll are low grip cars with overly bounce suspension.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:17 PM   #34
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making the car wider keeps it from flipping.. not lowering it.
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Old 06-02-2010, 10:30 PM   #35
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making the car wider keeps it from flipping.. not lowering it.
lowering the center of gravity doesn't help?
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Old 06-03-2010, 06:50 PM   #36
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lowering the center of gravity doesn't help?
it depends on the spring rate, the swaybar changes, the shocks..

if you lower but you don't stiffen your shock valving you're doing no better than stock.
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