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LOL at the 2 idiots above Seano - I've been asking questions myself lately and learning a lot about suspension especially. Thought I might as well pass on the knowledge!

Cheers Super Dave - I'll stick with the swaybar. From what I understand, if you lower the car, then you get more negative camber on all 4 corners, so for members that want more camber then that's your path. I'll let everyone know after fitment (saturday) how the mod pulls up. I gained 5km/h a corner in my old S14, and that was already a good base. The sportivo has struts and lower control arms fitted to the front. As the vehicle is lowered, the lower control arm is raised closer to the horizontal position, slightly increasing its length which will produce a very small negative camber change compared to fitment of excentric camber bolts which are able to create a large camber change (back to that in a moment) The rear suspension on a sportivo is a torsion beam where the camber is a function of the wheel bearing mounting brackets which remain at the same camber setting irrespective of ride height. Hence, no camber bolts available for the rear suspension. Camber change could be made by bending the beam or fitting wedge plates behind the wheel bearing mounts (race mod only, not street legal) Most manufacturers customise the suspension settings on there cars to give understeer close to the cornering limits so that any ordinary driver will not be caught out by snap oversteer during severe direction changes. Circuit racers add neg camber to the suspension to keep the tyre in full contact with the road during heavy cornering loads and change the settings according to the circuit conditions. So, circuit levels of neg camber are unsuitable for road cars due to tyre wear issues and unintended handling changes. Fitting a stiffer rear sway bar increases the rear roll stiffness. This may enable the vehicle to achieve higher cornering speeds, but not everywhere... all suspension mods are a compromise.

Cars that have had accidents are only listed on REVS since about 2003. If it was before then, it wont say. Take it to a good mechanic or panel beater, they will be able to tell u.

Do you need more reason to do it then?

As long as you don't intend on hitting corners hard, going u-oh and hitting a pole :P I think what Micky_Tee is saying is that getting a new sway bar is good it just requires more skill to get the most out of it. If you read the article a TRD sway bar on a sportivo will increase stiffness by around 50% (as small increases in thickness seem to increase stiffness on a big scale...ok that is a weird sentence). Two Simple rules to go by Stiffer backside = More Oversteer FWD + Oversteer = Spinout and maybe pole death but has the plus side of less understeer Also try experimenting with tyre pressure if you increase rear tyre pressure they have less grip then the front tyres = more oversteer*. It can be a bit of fun *Cred to Ken for telling me this trick Seano's pretty much got what I meant. Basically, don't go all out on mods because you're told that they will help, or they are better for you. Try one mod at the time, and adjust your driving style to suit the changes you have made. Changes in your driving style initially will make you a lot faster than changes to your suspension will. Learn to get the most out of the car before you start changing things. You might find some of the changes you make might make you go backwards. Also, remember I am talking about on the track only. No point in killing yourself being stupid on the streets. However, this may be obvious as most people know my thoughts about adjustable coilovers on street cars being complete overkill anyway.

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When it comes to Sportivo's, there are a few things people should know about rear sway bars. Firstly, Sportivo Rear Sway = 19mm 1ZZ Rear Sway = 21mm TRD Rear Sway (and others I think) = 23mm Why is the sportivo rear sway smaller? My best guess (and SuperDave, the suspension guru agrees) is to combat lift off oversteer - ie pushing hard in a FWD car, get halfway through a corner and realise you are going a bit too quick, normal drivers just back off the throttle immediately, and the change in weight causes the rear of the car to swing around like an elastic band uncontrollably and into the nearest tree/pole - my proof of this is on the damaged cars auction sites - most statutory write off corolla sportivos have a nice pole imprint just behind the drivers door... and a dirty drivers seat :P Therefore the smaller rear sway bar can lessen the chances of the rear swinging back at you when you dont expect it. Best technique to use if you think you are too quick into a corner is left foot braking, but incredibly hard for most drivers to learn how to do this well. A cheap easy mod is to upgrade to a 1ZZ rear sway bar as you could get one from a wrecker for relatively cheap. Those with coilovers, I would suggest that this mod is probably overkill. Our rally car which has proper Murray Coote coilovers and a 1ZZ rear swat bar is so tight it can lift the inside front wheel on certain corners on dirt. Not good. Hope this adds to the above article :) and I hope you dont mind the hijack Seano

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where are you located? I have never seen one of those before, but my guess is that it has a 4A-GE in it, and if so you will find a wealth of knowledge on 4A-GE's in most Australian Toyota Web Forums.

OntheRun in Sydney would do a good job as well. Injectors are very much needed because when you up the power they run out of juice. If you arent happy with the ones that come with the kit, try supra ones

me fckin love the 595 RS.. top choice brudda

How do you know this? I have evidence to suggest the opposite. Need to remember there are 3 different types Ordinary Caltex Caltex Woolworths (previously Caltex in previous life) Woolworths Caltex (previously woolworths) Never catch me at a woolworths caltex if my life depended on it

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There's also the fact that the kits dont actually fit. But carmate dont see that as a problem, because, well, you are supposed to cut parts out of the safety beams of the car for a bodykit to fit. Carmate = FAIL Newgel FTW

Yup, pretty sure Mr North has done the swap

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How many km's have you done? The clutch throwout/thrust bearing is the source of the noise when the clutch pedal is depressed. If the car has high k's, just replace the entire clutch with an Excedy HD unit.

Its possible, and I have seen it done, and it does help, but as SuperDave said, not on the street.

Except in a WRX. Its all dependant on the diff set-up, and where the higher % of the drive is coming from. In the Evo IX's, you can adjust the diff setting from High (tarmac), to medium (gravel), and to low (snow :P). All it really does is push more drive to the rear wheels. That being said, I would imagine if you pushed an old GT-4 hard enough it would still understeer into a tree. AFAIK, the st-185 has a longer and wider wheelbase than the st-184.

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From memory, a 91 MR2 is an SW20 MR2. And also from memory, some SW20's came out with a 3s-ge, and others came out with a 3s-gte. Therefore I would think the conversion would be relatively easy as the only difference between the beams and the non-beams is the cylinder head. I would think that standard 3s-ge powered SW20 box should be able to handle the power. What car are you sourcing the engine from? Why not use that box. Unsure if either box comes standard with an LSD, but that would be worthwhile too.

More torque in the 05 Models? I dont think so. Points to consider - 03/04 models needed the ECU and the Airbox replaced. 05 Models had the recall done before they were released - 03 models have larger exhaust manifolds than the 04 and 05 models. The headers were changed (by my knowledge) after the May delivery. - 05 models have different brake pads, therefore the rotor issues on the 03/04 dont exist on the 05. - 03/04 models look more aggressive, 05 models look classier! - Colourwise, blue and black looks better on 03/04, red and white look better on 05 :P - 05 has more creature comforts inside.

Really sorry to hear about your loss Dong Soo Common misconception, but no. 3 types of insurance 1. 3rd Party - Protection people when you strike them with your vehicle. This is compulsory, covered under the NSW Green slip, and under registration in the ACT. Not sure of other states 2. 3rd Party Property - insurance when you strike property (ie other cars, houses, light poles etc) This covers others loss, but not your own. 3. Full Comprehensive - Covers everything!