Mee?

How much are the oem type R recaros? Just for 1?

i have actually revved the engine past the cutout to just over the halfway mark between 8 and 9. this was downchanging from 3-2 on a twisty mountain pass. i dunno how many times i did it on that run but after that i made sure i waited and braked a bit more b4 dropping the clutch. i only noticed it the first time when i went in too quick for one corner and i heard the popping sounds made by the limiter when i stabbed the throttle for the downchange. as i dropped the clutch the needle actually rised past the cutout mark.

I'm assuming the rev limiter only works for the throttle.. meaning that it wont allow you to rev past 8200rpm but on the other hand, you can definately rev higher than that if you do a high speed downshift like what you did. And thats highly NOT recommended that you do it.. thats what causes engines to blow :P Bent shafts will be the result of excess revs that the engine can handle (which is set to 8.2k) For the love of your stivo, please dont do it again :D

Fark... this 10k service seems to be bad luck... how many cars have been damaged on this page straight after their 10k service? LOL i think i will just take it straight home and put it in the shed when i get mine done!

Services in general are bad luck and a waste of money. Right after my 5k service I got into a prang with a truck. The very same day!

I swear I'm not going back for the 10k service just to safe guard myself

i'm liking this one better :D

They stated the standards will be fine on anything up to a 35 mm drop, but past that, you will wear them out more quickly.

Cheers for that info! I'll keep that in mind when looking for springs.. :D

there is a trd LSD you can drop in place of our stock diffs.. costs slightly over a grand but its definately a well worth purchase if you're gonna improve the handling and maximise the performance of your car. Lots of power thru front wheels + open diff = power losing wheel spin

oh and the price of our stivo clearly spells 'no lsd'. Even the japanese made celicas dont have an lsd and they're paying a whooping 43k or more.. 43k compare to 29k is quite a hefty difference..

i'm not concerned about harshness.. What I'm concerned is if i fork out that $2-300 and get those springs.. am I severly risking the lifespan of my shoxs? Cuz I dont want to have to have to pay out another couple of grand 6 months down the road because the shox got stuffed. I drive quite aggresively sometimes.. sharp/high speed cornering so all these factors will definately contribute to the quick wearing down of the shox with lowered springs on em..

What do you guys think?

I've heard that using aftermarket springs that lower your car will inevitably kill your stock shox faster - in a time frame of a few months. How true is that? Because for a couple of hundred dollars to lower your car against a couple of thousand seems too good to be true ;)

The r34 is soooo out of place.. It's like in a totally different league

I would not turbo the 2zzge not recommended I have seen an attempt of a turbo on a celica. The car runs like crap. My Corolla with all it's mods produces more power than the Celica.

For a moment I thought he was using our 2zz engine.. didnt know he was using the 1zz :P

ouchyy... 8psi. Isn't that considered high boost already? On stock stivo internals??

To find out the exact power output of an engine.. it needs to be removed and dynoed.. dyno-ing it from the wheels dont get exact figures.. but im sure we arent getting that full 141kW toyota claims.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1464826

Check out that two door euro corolla.. Its got a 8+k redline as well! Its not the runX is it?

A question for quicksilver.. What will happen to those of us who have aftermarket intakes? The installation of the ecu wouldnt affect the process but will they tune the car to the aftermarket intakes? Or is it just a plug and play item which dont need the car to be on a dyno.

Smash a diff? You'd have to run over a kangaroo to do that.. AND at 240km/h :D

I know what you mean.. But sometimes the road conditions/design/traffic just doesnt allow speeds in excess of the speed limit. Just thinking of your safety :)

Lucio, 160

160? What was the speed limit on that road?

Thats exactly why I didnt post the speed in the original message, the speed limit of the road was 160, thats why we backed off there :)

160 huh... LOL, I wished we had roads like that here in wa.. :D

Lucio, 160

160? What was the speed limit on that road?

So is this gonna be an australia wide thing if it happens?

You dont really need to fill her up to the brim do you? I'd like to know myself..

40 kw boost? lol r u sure..... not 40 k/w in regards to the recall. hehehehehehe

Lets just say 30kW to be fair.. LOL :D

Maybe even 25..

Those cars are heavy as.. just like the supras.. Thats probably the advantage you got.

They're more of a luxury sports hype.. sorry to say, just like ours. But at least ours performs AND screams :D

I guess there really isnt much to talk about the stivo huh.. Apart from its common flaws that everyone has experienced, almost everyone at least.. and the recent series of prangs.. <_<

Thats a pretty small number.. really small.. :(

Wow.. they even put a picture of the car from 2f2f racing.. What a load of horsesh!t.