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[Jason@SportsCar]

Some great shots from Miller:

[Jason@SportsCar]

I don't think I ever followed up from the accident... We found no broken parts, however, we do think we found the culprit. While sweeping the new suspension (running it throughout its range without a spring in place, so we can check travel limits) we found that is was possible for the front swaybar to come in contact with the inner steering rack boot on the passengers side. This required extreme compression with some steering input.

From this we can only extrapolate that in the process of curb hopping at Buttonwillow we found this limit. Seems like it was a fluke, we went over that same curb 50 times that day with no issues, and I doubt we will ever experience this again. Even at Miller I was all over the curbs and had no problem.

[thebarber]

sweet pics...

[Jason@SportsCar]

Installment number one of the Yaris project is off to the printers, SportsCar readers should have it on hand in about three weeks.

[soloecho2]

Is there a way to get a copy of the magazine without being a SCCA member??

[cali yaris]

maybe there is an online version.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by soloecho2

Is there a way to get a copy of the magazine without being a SCCA member??

Not currently, it use to be available at some of the bigger book chains, but that was some time ago.

At some point, after the print copy has circulated to all the members, I am sure we will see a PDF of the feature online.

[Mouse]

I'm almost sure that Barnes & Noble has them.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Got the Yaris on the scales today and did the corner weights. Current weight with three bars of fuel (just over a 1/4 tank) is 1860lbs.

Also built a small air dam.

[rob323]

How did you find the balance from side to side?
My Echo has nearly perfect weight distribution on the fronts, but the rears are 30 kg different. And the heavier side is the side with the muffler (but no fuel tank).

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by rob323

How did you find the balance from side to side?
My Echo has nearly perfect weight distribution on the fronts, but the rears are 30 kg different. And the heavier side is the side with the muffler (but no fuel tank).

When we first rolled it on the scales it was 100lbs light on the right rear, with near perfect front weights. I guess our 2.74lb Coast Fabrication muffler took too much weight off of that corner.

We have been able to improve the weights a bit, but we are trying to be really careful about overloading the left front - Road America is nearly all right hand turns, and we don't want to burn off the left front tire at the Runoffs.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Hot off the presses... Just got a finished copy of the October issue with the Yaris intro. SCCA members should have the issue in 7-10 days.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Just got the call from Toyota... New VVT cam gear installed, and we are fully operational. Back to the dyno for more power.

[rob323]

Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar

Just got the call from Toyota... New VVT cam gear

New as in improved (adjustable?) or new as in standard replacement? In tother words, why the change?

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by rob323

New as in improved (adjustable?) or new as in standard replacement? In tother words, why the change?

Standard replacement. The old one was frozen.

[soloecho2]

I didn't think it got that cold in California. Ha Ha Ha
Any links to the artical yet ????

[echosqwat]

Man! I dont know how I missed this thread! This is so cool! I have been wanting to see an HP Yaris since 2001. My SCCA AX co-driver, Evan, had mentioned he knew some guys building a HP Yaris in So Cal. He said it was going up on two wheels so I knew it had to be fairly fast and have some stick. Now I have seen it. Very cool work!!!

Love the bias plys on the car! Do you have pictures of your suspension mods or are those "top secret"? My bigest complaint about my old echo was suspension arms twisting and not holding tires flat to the ground. What have you done to combat inherent weakness of the ecnobox suspension arms, mounts, bushings , etc?

Did I miss dyno specs on this motor? What kind of numbers is it pulling? Do you have a LSD in this thing? That was my other compliant is way too much inside wheel spin in tight stuff. I combatted that with huge rear bar but it needed an LSD in my opinion.

Too bad about not being able to get it in GP classing in Solo. Yeah it would get smoked in EP. I run against the EP national Champ in my FP Boxster and he consitently gets me by a second. Dont think that little Yaris would have a chance against that RX3. But GP would be perfect!

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by echosqwat

Man! I dont know how I missed this thread! This is so cool! I have been wanting to see an HP Yaris since 2001. My SCCA AX co-driver, Evan, had mentioned he knew some guys building a HP Yaris in So Cal. He said it was going up on two wheels so I knew it had to be fairly fast and have some stick. Now I have seen it. Very cool work!!!

Love the bias plys on the car! Do you have pictures of your suspension mods or are those "top secret"? My bigest complaint about my old echo was suspension arms twisting and not holding tires flat to the ground. What have you done to combat inherent weakness of the ecnobox suspension arms, mounts, bushings , etc?

Did I miss dyno specs on this motor? What kind of numbers is it pulling? Do you have a LSD in this thing? That was my other compliant is way too much inside wheel spin in tight stuff. I combatted that with huge rear bar but it needed an LSD in my opinion.

Too bad about not being able to get it in GP classing in Solo. Yeah it would get smoked in EP. I run against the EP national Champ in my FP Boxster and he consitently gets me by a second. Dont think that little Yaris would have a chance against that RX3. But GP would be perfect!

I know Evan... Have not seen him much this year because I have not done many PCA (or any) autocrosses.

I had a chance to talk to a few SEB/PAC guys this week about the Yaris, and compare some data. Hopefully they will consider moving it to GP. Any Yaris owners that are SCCA members should submit a letter to the SEB for the move to GP, just so they know people would consider running in GP. We are down 60-70hp from the real EP cars, and weigh a good bit more, the Yaris would get crushed in EP.

What a week, just wrapped up the Solo natls. I am sitting at the airport in Omaha Neb, after getting up at 3:00am Pac time to catch our flight in Lincoln, which was dropped due to weather.

I think I should have done more than three autocrosses this year before heading to Natls, I was a little rusty, no clean runs the first day, but was the quickest RX-8 in CS the second day. Oh well, always next year. My wife won her fifth Championship in CSL.

As soon as I get home I have to pick up the Yaris and meet the Toyota transporter for the trip to Road America and the Runoffs... I think Sept is going to kill me.

A lot of the info you are looking for is in the issue of SportsCar you should have any day now. The rest will be in a later issue - after the Runoffs.