Slurdog

Lazy

it's a JDM spec exhaust... there is a barrel muffler that runs parallel to the rear just beyond the torsion beam.

there is no skirt on the sportivo as the exhaust blows directly on to it and melts it (as I found out the hard way) see my garage for one of the many remedys

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Hey Blue_Stivo,

With your rear skirt did you just trim it back and fit a 'down pipe tip' to keep it from melting?

Coz my dealer is trying to say it wont fit at all Which iknow is wrong, as heaps of you guys have it on your stivo's

So is it just a case of cutting around the exhaust tip?

Cheers

Also

Waiwong...

How much did your C-One rear skirt cost you? and was there any cutting to make it fit?

Thanx

i mean will they keep a record that i have intake and exhaust just in case my engine blows up down the track so they wont have to pay for it, coz intake an exhaust voids the engine warranty i heard.

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Hey Bangn

Personally I would leave off your CAI and exaust until after your service. As we all know car dealers are a dodgy mob, and I wouldnt put it past them that they would make a list of what you have done to the car, to kick your **** later.

take it easy

Hey ppl ...

Just want to ask those that have the face-lift Corolla.. are your lights directed upwards? Like when you're driving at night do your light shine brightly into the car in front's mirror back onto the driver's face..?

Hey not giving you ****,

but did you have heaps of stuff in the boot? that'll send your beams sky high. :P

Cool, im getting some.

Straight away after the price drops!!!!! <_<

Hi Mate

Im 23 as well and i didnt have any issues gettign insurance. Im in vic using RACV (NRMA in NSW) and im rating 1 paying like 1100. The stivo last year when i was 22 i was paying 950 and considering my XR6T is modded up and costed me nearly 17G more than the Stivo did back then the insurnace is not too bad.

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Hey Azz

Yeah that insurance is pretty good, if mine had been that low I may of got it (mine was $1800 for the turbo), coz my history aint that good (diu, accident, speeding).

But it doesnt matter coz I still have my old ED falcon that I am planning on dropping the running gear from a wrecked XR6T into, strip out the interior and ditch all things i dont need. imagine a 1400kg falcon with 300rwkw . and im going to do it as a sleeper, its got hail damage, ten thousand stone chips, minor panel damage. cant wait to kill some HSV's/Skylines/WRX's/Spra/porche??. I figure im going to need 10-12k and a ****load of weekends to do it.

Gunna be fun. B)

Take it easy

Hey All

I just spoke to my Toyota dealer about the cease in production of the sportivo, and he made it very clear that they are only stopping production in South Africa (because of cost issues with freight).

They are going to run out the remaining face lifted models and begin production of the new '06 sportivo in Japan. expect it to land here Mid-late next year. :D

As if they were going to drop such an affordable popular car.

Slurdog B)

Yeh i was torn

Had the lovely 6 speed manual

or the 4 speed auto with sequencial

The fact that i drive 2 hours a day in peak hour traffic to get to work swayed me. Also its a fact that the auto box is faster than the manual no matter how good the driver from what i hear.

My mate bought a manual turbo sedan at the same time as i did. Both of ours are through work but he needs to travel a certain amount of kms a year so he doesnt have to pay an extra fringe benefits tax so i drive that 1 week out of 2 months to get his kms up so i get best of both worlds atm.

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Hey Azza,

Love the car!!, I got pre-approved finance for a XR6T ute just prior to getting the Stivo, But I dropped it coz of insurance (Im 23). It was an absolute rocket to drive. I have to wait a few years then i'll get a used one.

In regards to the auto versus manual in the utes, in stock form the manual is about .5 secs quicker over the quarter consistantly. BUT the manual is on the limit in terms of torque capabilites, so as soon as you start to get more power the auto becomes the faster car. I am pretty sure that ute you talked about (400atw)is an auto.

XR6T with Ford edit is a mean bit of kit. Very Jealous

Enjoy man :D

Hey Mintos,

I completely agree with ya on that. The engine makes basically the same power per litre as an M3 (from motor mag) and there are not many engines out there that can rev like ours, bar the exotics. Its a sweet package. I used to be a ford man, owning 3 diff models. but then I dragged off a mates XR6 (non torbo) and I bet that i would beat him around a track too.

Are XR6's enough of a sports car for you guys? :P

How about the most sportivo's used by the same company.-4-

Silver (mine, sales rep)

White (sales rep)

Black (sales rep)

Blue (accounts)

p.s the racing to the pub after work on fridays is always fun!!!. :D :D

The Rsm is simply a rev speed meter. I.e. A speedo and a techco with some extra features on board such as timing for 0-60km, power output etc etc...

basically, its a ricer feature...

hahahaha

*more rice here pls!*

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Thanks Nega !! :D

Power FC is an aftermarket engine management system and is nothing like the other 2 you mentioned.

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Yeah I know the power fc does engine management,

But what does the RSM do?? ;)

Hey guys,

What is a APEXI RSM? and what does it do?

is it like the power FC or like those G-Tech gizmos that monitore your power/accel/Gforces?

Cheers

Slurdog

hi orbit

love the two door!! Are you guys over there right hand drive or left?, i ask coz i want to look into doing a personal import.

Cheers

Hi guys!

Here in the tiny Belgium we also have the awsome 'Sportivo'. It's sold as an T-Sport. Got mine 2nd hand wich wasn't to simple to find :D I Absolutely wanted a 3 door and they are even more rare than the 5 door.

This is my ride:

And this is whats done to it:

- AEZ Xylo Litetec wheels in 18-7.5 inch

- Falken tyres type 415 in 215/40/18

- H&R lowering springs.

- TTE grille

- TTE roofspoiler

- TTE eyebrows

- TTE shortshift

- TTE front strutbar

- Custom stainless exhaust.

- K&N Typhoon admission kit.

In the works:

- Absolutely crazy custom sound install but lightweight and purely Sound Quality oriented.

- Upgrade the brakes.

About myself:

I'm 23 yrs old and a proffesional car audio installer and this is my 2nd Toyota. The first one beeing a Yaris  (echo) T-sport. I'm a complete carnut but engine tuning is new to me, hope you guys can give me pointers on some of the things i'm thinking to do.

Anyways, keep it in lift !!! :D

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Cool superdave

Cheers

~Is there any known way of lowering the lift kick in from 6000rpm to something like 5500rpm?

wat for?

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I have read that if the lift kicked in @ 5500rpm the it would be a much better car. Do you think not?

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y stop at 5500rpm? i'd like lift to start at 2200rpm, with the same kick it has at 6000rpm, and pull the same way all the way to 8200rpm. hrm, then why would i need the L in the vvtL-i?

there is a reason y it starts at 6000rpm. making lift kick in before 6000rpm would create another torque hole, coz it's not within the optimum range of the second cam profile. although 5500rpm is not very unreasonable, the only reason i have known ppl to have adjusted the lift point to 5500rpm is coz the track they were RACING on, 6000rpm made them sit between gears and trading a bit of power for smoothness and saving time for shifts made it beneficial. but it's only at some tracks.

if u want to stay in the powerband between shifts for drag racing, set a higher redline, or use some new ratios.

hope that helps B)

That does help heaps, Thanks.

Setting a higher redline, I guess i would be able to do that with the uni-chip, yeah? ;)

Cheers Z

Very helpful info and the power figures (125-130atw) sound bloody good!!!

but, how many k's should I run it in for? 1000-2000km? I dont want to stuff a fridgid engine early in the game!!

Slurdog

~Is there any known way of lowering the lift kick in from 6000rpm to something like 5500rpm?

wat for?

I have read that if the lift kicked in @ 5500rpm the it would be a much better car. Do you think not?

unichip!!!!!!!!!

This will probably work out the torque curve very well for you.

CAI and CES will also work well for you but will end up costing more....although the sound from the combined two of these is pure BLISS!!!

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Thanks. :D

Do you know anyone who has done such work?

What should I expect if I use CAI, CES and uni-chip, then Dyno it.

Is the tuning process complicated or can it be done easily at the dyno?

Hi people's

I have just bought an '05 sportivo (love it)and am planning my upgrade process. this forum has been very helpful with CAI's, but I need some help with a few things.

~who makes a decent 2.5'-3' full exhaust system? and how much should I expect to pay?

~I have seen dyno sheets for a standard Stivo and there is a massive torque hole in the mid range, are there computer mods to fix this? I would love to get torque up to around 250nm (if thats possible without a blower) <_<

~Is there any known way of lowering the lift kick in from 6000rpm to something like 5500rpm?

Cheers for the help.