Andrew357

If it is the instrument cluster, some 2000grit and a rotary+pad and some plastic polish should do the job.

The knobs as in the needles? I found mine next to impossible to remove.

Even the old camrys like yours andrew drive ok in comparison and you can pick them up for like 4.5k now. Ford and holden lost the plot a while back,

I drove my mates maloo home the other night from the rosehill races..... for 70k worth of car i was dissapointed in every aspect of feel and build and visability........

Cept when i put my foot down :D phwaaaaaar i dont remember the trd feeling anything like that.

I would have compared mine to them but I have LONG forgotten what stock suspension comfort was like.

Now that you point it out, one thing that really got on my nerves with the Senator was the MASSIVELY intrusive A pillar and ridiculously poncy sized mirrors.

Not taking away from those that own TRD's i have been in them, they just arn't in the same league as the holdens or fords for power gains.. but then they don't feel as nice on the road as the Aurions imo.

Pretty much this. Holden/HSV and Ford/FPV have so many performance mods available to them but they simply don't feel as well built as a Toyota/TRD/Lexus.

I've driven my brother's VE Senator (series 1) and I've been in a mates FG FPV F6 (321kW, 829Nm). The build quality is miles away from my mum's 08 Lexus GS460 and is a touch better than my dad's 2012 Yaris YR. Quite embarassing that they only have a slightly better build feel, than a 18k, base model Yaris.

Cara got a flat on the Soarer last weekend, so got a new pair of front tyres yesterday - Kumho KU39 Le Sports, cheaper than the KU36s that were on there previously and will hopefully last a fair bit longer too (downside of heavy car, tight LSD and road-oriented semi-slicks...)

Apparently supposed to compete with the Michelin Pilot Sport III according to the blokes @ Option1Garage. Let us know how they go.

Never really paid much attention as to how the charger setup worked on these, also being that I only have an NA one. Im still stuck in the world of boosted Skyline motors. Completely different beast.

I see. Always helpful to throw ideas into the mix even if you don't know much about said topic.

Wait, so you are telling me there are worse ideas... :o

Yeah. The FMIC idea.

And on top of that, don't ICs introduce some pressure loss, so the benefit of cooling would be negated by less boost.

My current "I'd like to dig up some treasure so I could try this idea, mainly to learn things" musing is installing some lower compression pistons, replacing the charger with one with a bit more boost (Am scratching my head though, came across an old post by DJKOR where he said some other car had the same charger putting out 20psi, wonder if that's related to the screws & lobes), sacrifice some low end torque to get (my two days of trying to get my head wrapped around it all) high end gains. _If_ the ECU is able to learn all this and play nicely.

I'm really glad dreams don't cost anything :P

If you were boosting to 20psi, you would have enough money to buy a ECU to modify the fuel/air/ignition signals. Let the factory do the essentials.

Wonder if anyone has toyed with the idea of a front mount? heaps of room in the bar for sure...

Heaps of room but how in the name of Jesus are you going to plumb it? The supercharger mounts to the intake manifold which bolts onto the engine.

There is no way you could cool the compressed air before it enters the engine using a FMIC.

Focus on your cosmetics for than your performance, cause remember

You're not going to race everyday but ppl will be looking at your car everyday ;)

Next mod should be wheels and suspension ;)

That's terrible advice! What if he is happy with how it looks already, doesn't care what other people think of his car and wants more power from it?

I'd love to see someone performance mod the crap out of a TRD!

As stated last week I will be present

You see, DJKOR is the only one as far as I know; who has dyno and tracked their car with proof (Dyno chart, Dyno video, track photo and timeslip).

Everyone else so far (who isn't taking the *****) has no evidence besides a forum post really is just ***** and wind.

Wouldn't mind seeing TRD KING going down the 1/4. All that power is pointless if you can't put it it down the/ utilise it.

WTB: TRD Supercharger to suit 1mz-fe.

Will pay in cash.

I can have a look when I get back into town Lawrence.

My TRD is at 209.5 kw at the wheels.

Too many mods to name! :-)

We are still waiting for the dyno sheet and video!

If i could redo my mods in order I would do:

- Brakes

- Suspension and handling

- Supercharger + fuel system

- Exhaust

- ECU and tune

Genuine Toyota from Toyota. Otherwise Nulon will be fine.

i will be there next week

Doh.

my dad picked up a 2012 Yaris (scum model) and it only came with 2 keys.

Aurion spoilers on a Gen6 looks bad.

the lines don't work.

yeah gtfo drew :P

Oh man. I was hoping it wouldn't be Corolla specific.

Bring on the booze!

to Corolla owners only!

Why bother linking it?