new guy from Scotland

[JonT]

Hey Mr Yin,

it depends on what you want to do with the car, as different activities need different things.

I think most people here would say that what makes the car special is the way it goes round corners, if you want to be fast in a straight line then this isn't really the best car, of course it can be done but there are other cars better.

There are 2 ways of coming around the corner,

1. as fast as possible (grip driving)
or
2. as sideways as possible (drift)

now for 1, you don't really need lots of power, as well balanced lightweight car can corner as fast or faster than something with a big heavy powerul engine. This is what i enjoy with the car even if its through the countryside, just not needing to slow for corners and keeping your overall speed up, or going all out on the track.

for drift, yes lots of power can help, the ae86 is considered one of the harder cars to drift becuase of its lack of power, but if you master drift in it then you will be able to transfer those skills to anything else, but not necesserily the other way round.

My personal view is that the car does not suit forced induction, a free revving NA suits it better. The car does not need 200 bhp either, i'm tempted to tune mine to free some rpm, but power wise it has enough, the joy is useing that power to the fullest rather than knowing that there is as much as you could want under your foot. Is there a challenge in driving fast with a 400bhp engine, well not really.

If i really needed the power i would put in a 'z' as that's still Toyota through and through, and i can enjoy some reliability with lots of torque and no lag, a turbo will always be custom and is as unlikely to be as reliable. If its a weekend car then maybe but for everyday, it would have to be supercharged in that case.

If you find yourself a bit further north at some point i'd be happy to demonstrate,

right lecture over, that's me done now, oh and of course HELLO