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Since Classic Celica day is on the Sunday I'll probably come down for this and crash somewhere for the night, that way we can suss out the cruises for the annual meet.

Hmmm sounds like a waste of money to me. For under 10k I was able to rebuild my 4AGE (given it's an older motor) with new parts for a turbo conversion, buy a new turbo, intercooler, Microtech ecu, stainless steel piping, exhaust, custom manifold, etc. etc. + labor + tune. And the result is way more power and fun than you would have in a supercharged Sportivo (my opinion).

4AGEs have always had an extremely strong and active aftermarket community.

Pity you can't put that 4A in a Sportivo though :P

Out of curiosity, what engine does it have? 4-stud on an Australian ST162 means it's the ST-spec with the 3SFE rather than the SX-spec 3SGE.

So u reckon a tivo can rip a 86

"Rip" how? Straight line? Corners? Track? Sounds like all you care about is how fast something is, so why not just go buy a Supra/Skyline/WRX/SS and be done with it?

Like Andrew said, what are you ACTUALLY looking for in a new car? Create a list (more than just one line "performance"), prioritise on that list what you really want and what you are willing to give up, add in price range, and THEN start comparing cars.

Otherwise you just look like this

"What advantages does this motor car have over say....a train? Which I could also afford"

Ive got the money but im just mixed up the thing is i want sportivo is because it screams and the ep3 its nearly the fastest n/a and i just want to know if the 86 is better than them

By performance and if the scream by cai i know i sound complicated sorry

"Nearly the fastest N/A" what? EP3's (and Sportivos too) are "quick", but they are not anywhere near fast (ie EP3s only run ~6.5s 0-100 times and 15s 1/4 mile, which is barely faster than a current model Falcon).

None of those cars you buy for performance alone. The Sportivo and EP3 you buy because they are a fun revvy hot-hatch that you can chuck around mountain corners on the weekend and drive the kids to school on the Monday and do the shopping run in, and the 86 is a car much like an MX5 in which it is a beautiful chassis crying out for more power - it is also fun to drive but by no means "fast"

Also 2 ~10-year-old hot hatchbacks to a brand new 2-door coupe...

Boxer engines have two banks of cams on horizontally opposed heads , so lift operation would be an interesting technical challenge. :)

No different to a quad-cam V6 or V8 setup...plenty of Honda V6s have VTEC with no issues.

Besides, the 86/BRZ runs Subaru-style variable valve timing, and Subaru have their own variable lift system called AVLS which they use on the 2.5L N/A engines, and that works just fine.

86/BRZ doesn't have variable valve lift, just timing (Subaru's AVCS system). Where did you read that it had "lift"?

any more suggestions for the cruise? and/or preffered day?

we just found out we have a wedding to attend saturday night.....so thinking mini cruise in the morning and catch up with out of staters. re-group for big cruise sunday w/lunch somewhere for nice pics etc. then dinner somewhere local sunday evening before they all go home?

how does that sound?

Maybe photoshoot tied in to the mini-cruise Saturday?

What does the "Seca" mean...not getting satisfactory answers on the net. I've seen Corollas without the seca badge.

Seca is just Toyota's terminology for a Corolla hatch - it originated from the AE8x/9x series which had both hatchback and liftback models, to differentiate between the two the liftback version was called Seca. After the AE9x series Toyota moved away from seperate hatch/liftback versions (although there was a liftback AE102 Sprinter to compliment the local hatchback) and just called all their 5-door Corollas "Seca" regardless of it they were a liftback style (ala AE112) or hatchback (ZZE122). If there are ones out there without the Seca badge it usually means that the badge has been taken off (either because of accident damage repair, de-badging for style or simply because it sounds a bit silly)

101 Levin steering wheel sold

No MR2 in Aus had the 5SFE though...

Welcome, we need more NSW people north of Sydney

That's how the Sportivo bumper should have looked in the first place - the factory rear bumper is just hideous with those huge ungainly slabs of black plastic (especially on the lighter colours).

The back end is still too slabby in my eyes (and the diffuser is completely useless apart from aesthetics, ala VZ Commodore SS). Quad pipes are a bit of a **** too, two single flattened ovals would look a bit better.

Hence why I said "usually". Last couple of times I've bought a filter from a dealership they've always had the washer in them.

Buy a genuine Toyota filter (as you should be doing anyway :P) and you usually get a free sump plug washer in the box.

Fair enough, they look pretty similar anyway :P (and the boxes are confusing)

Box next to them says RPF1...

Can't go wrong with RPF1s...

Thread cleaned - Braddles if you feel compelled to post up your complaint letter then please do so in your own thread, not hijacking another one. However I do suggest you think long and hard about doing so, given the reaction you got in here.

umm the TRD engine made for the gen4 or i guess any camry TRD engine that can fit into the gen4 .

does OZ even deal TRD vehicles?

TRD have since stopped selling cars in Australia, and have returned to their original sales model of purely providing aftermarket parts.

it is now sold.

Nice work :)

Loving the rims

Bit late to the party...

Club Sport intelligent

Doesn't really mean anything, fairly generic base model name, not just for Camrys.