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[mojoyaris]

I heard the guys from A&J Racing who competed against the Tein Yaris said Tein put in alot of $$$ in this car. More money than was needed. The Yaris was still slow with the SC. It couldn't keep up with the AJ racing fit. I think the Yaris at that time was running on 615's on 17 inch rims which were probably too heavy for the setup.

The Fits were running 15's and some of them were turbo'd for the time attacks.

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

Originally Posted by mojoyaris

I heard the guys from A&J Racing who competed against the Tein Yaris said Tein put in alot of $$$ in this car. More money than was needed. The Yaris was still slow with the SC. It couldn't keep up with the AJ racing fit. I think the Yaris at that time was running on 615's on 17 inch rims which were probably too heavy for the setup.

The Fits were running 15's and some of them were turbo'd for the time attacks.

HMMMM, i thought i remember the TEIN yaris was N/A when it was featured in SIPHON and its time was only off a bit from the fit's that just so happened to not be able to make it.Also wasn't those fit's k20 powered also? it was so long ago but i don't even think i saw performance numbers for this car........

[cali yaris]

^ no, pulling the relay disables the power steering system completely. I'll take a pic next chance I get.

There was another thread about this and someone did post a pic of which relay it is.

[NonStopTuning]

Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar

So it took a few days of playing musical cars and trailers... Should be fun.

This looks like it'll be a great project car. I'm looking forward to seeing it out on track in 2010.

Good luck with the project Jason! Everyone at NST is rooting for ya!!!

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by NonStopTuning

This looks like it'll be a great project car. I'm looking forward to seeing it out on track in 2010.

Good luck with the project Jason! Everyone at NST is rooting for ya!!!

Thanks Mike. We will try to keep this thread updated as we go... But once we start the build there won’t be many details online - we have to save something for the magazine.

We have some cool new stuff being developed for the car, hopefully the rest of the Yaris racers will benefit from it.

Spent all day on the car, got it on the scales, we need to drop about 260lbs to get down to the HP minimum weight. I took 100lbs out today.

There is some interesting wiring in here.






If there are any Tein fanbois that want these, come and get them. The panels have been cut to clear the door bars, but you could try to pull the suede off and put it on your panels, or just hang them in your garage.

Free if picked up. Located in South Orange County.

[Jason@SportsCar]

So while I am a complete Yaris newb, I am pretty sure that these parts are not OE. Can anyone identify them?

The rear looks like an aftermarket lower valance has been molded on to the OE bumper, there is a label on it that says Premium.

The side skirts say Burnout.

No idea on the rear spoiler and front bumper.

[jekqmb]

Well if u sell the side skirts, i would be more then happy to buy them!

[toad]

you could probably lose another 10lbs just by taking off all the stickers :lol:

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by toad

you could probably lose another 10lbs just by taking off all the stickers :lol:

Done.

[RacerFreakXXX]

that whole body kit is burnout and the spoiler looks stock. if you need to shed some more lbs try switching to rollup windows and remove all the motors for anything power that's not needed.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by RacerFreakXXX

that whole body kit is burnout and the spoiler looks stock. if you need to shed some more lbs try switching to rollup windows and remove all the motors for anything power that's not needed.

That's a thought.... But no windows weighs less. As well as no HVAC, wipers, and the rest of the glass being replaced with Lexan.

[HTM Yaris]

Dude , Those A-pillars ( inside ) are prime for pillaging . Think about it , with the roll cage the pillars are just for show now . Silver dollar size holes . You could also do that with the doors and hatch frame also . Heck you could even take out any/all roof supports now . That is if the rules allow . Can you gut the dash ? Super glue the front side of all dash compartment doors shut . Then shave away the inside ( after removing the dash from the car ) . Just leave enough bracing to connect back to car .

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by HTM Yaris

Dude , Those A-pillars ( inside ) are prime for pillaging . Think about it , with the roll cage the pillars are just for show now . Silver dollar size holes . You could also do that with the doors and hatch frame also . Heck you could even take out any/all roof supports now . That is if the rules allow . Can you gut the dash ? Super glue the front side of all dash compartment doors shut . Then shave away the inside ( after removing the dash from the car ) . Just leave enough bracing to connect back to car .

There is not to much more metal we can remove without having issues with the rules.

The dash is just a shell now, compartment doors are gone, and so are about half the braces. Depending on what we do for an ECU, the cluster may go as well.

Still waiting on the race seat and new wheel.

[HTM Yaris]

Yeah I see the dash now ....time for a new monitor

[cali yaris]

I'm too chicken to strip mine that far..

[kngrsll]

these cars are so fun now bc they weight so little, i couldnt imagine actually doing a serious weight removal!

i had a 240 i raced for years, one night, we took EVERYTHING out that could unbolt other than the drivers seat, dash, and steering wheel. it was amazing, it was on lowering springs so it raised about an inch, and was ungodly fun to drive. we tried to put back as little as possible back in, but it wasnt quite the same

[mojoyaris]

That FIA spec cage is probably overbuilt for the events. Are you able to mod it to make it lighter?

In a previous post, When the Tein Yaris was in Siphon, they took out the SC to make it a more even comparison to the old Spoon Fit. For most of the Time attacks that it was in, it was Supercharged. The cage is a heavy component of the car and some of those cars like th AJ racing Fit had the 1.5 but with turbo but no cage.
Another Fit had the K20 but the suspension setup was sloppy.
I heard that the Tein Yaris handled very well, but sadly didn't have the grunt that the other micro's had.

Love hearing about this car and glad it's going to good usage.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by mojoyaris

That FIA spec cage is probably overbuilt for the events. Are you able to mod it to make it lighter?

In a previous post, When the Tein Yaris was in Siphon, they took out the SC to make it a more even comparison to the old Spoon Fit. For most of the Time attacks that it was in, it was Supercharged. The cage is a heavy component of the car and some of those cars like th AJ racing Fit had the 1.5 but with turbo but no cage.
Another Fit had the K20 but the suspension setup was sloppy.
I heard that the Tein Yaris handled very well, but sadly didn't have the grunt that the other micro's had.

Love hearing about this car and glad it's going to good usage.

This is not an FIA spec cage, it is missing a number of mandated bars.

On one hand it is overbuilt per SCCA specs, with three extra bars that are not required. However, it was made with the minimum size tubing 1.5". Considering the small size of the tubes, I will happily keep the extra bars.

Just last week I installed the optional dash bar in our SSC class Nissan , 1.75" tube, it only weighed 7lbs. So even if I cut away all the extras in the Yaris, I might only save 30lbs, not worth it.