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Pericles · April 25, 2006

Heard a lot a bad things about the T-Sport. Maybe this is better?

http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/corolla_compressor.asp

Looks nice. 1.8L Supercharged. Guess it'll compete with the Type-R market segment?

Blazin · April 25, 2006

Yea man its fast enough to compete with the Type-R, but I've read some reviews on it and apparantly the handling isn't very good. I guess the chasis can't handle the extra power.

Pericles · April 25, 2006

Blazin said:

Yea man its fast enough to compete with the Type-R, but I've read some reviews on it and apparantly the handling isn't very good. I guess the chasis can't handle the extra power.

hmmmm, wasn't that the same thing they said of the T-Sport?

Anyway, I meant competing for sales in the market segment. Guess comparing a 2.0l i-VTEC NA car vs a 1.8l i-VVTI Supercharged car isn't really on?

GihanFX · April 25, 2006

Blazin said:

Yea man its fast enough to compete with the Type-R, but I've read some reviews on it and apparantly the handling isn't very good. I guess the chasis can't handle the extra power.

Hmmm.... saw a car like this on topgear, that tuchd 200MPH

Pericles · April 25, 2006

GihanFX said:

Hmmm.... saw a car like this on topgear, that tuchd 200MPH

Can't be. Must be kmph. 200mph is 320kmph

Blazin · April 25, 2006

Pericles said:

Can't be. Must be kmph. 200mph is 320kmph

Yea man its top speed is something like 140mph.

There's only 250 units coming to the UK, so its not going to be widely available if it does kick off. I don't know if there is a JDM version.

I found the road test its at:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/road-tests/dr...compressor.html

This is what they said about the handling:

"On paper, the Compressor comes with "sports suspension and uprated springs for extra handling performance": on the road, however, it's hard to notice it doing anything.

The gods of understeer and torque steer make themselves known

This not-exactly-sporty suspension set-up means that the Compressor suffers from a lot of body roll, which causes the car to pitch and roll when you head into a corner. Any speed you may have carried into the corner is soon lost to the gods of understeer and torque steer, leaving you with a wriggling steering wheel and squealing tyres."

So all you need to do is put some stiff suspension in it, and you should be flying around the corners. :unsure:

Pericles · April 25, 2006

Blazin said:

This is what they said about the handling:

"On paper, the Compressor comes with "sports suspension and uprated springs for extra handling performance": on the road, however, it's hard to notice it doing anything.

The gods of understeer and torque steer make themselves known

This not-exactly-sporty suspension set-up means that the Compressor suffers from a lot of body roll, which causes the car to pitch and roll when you head into a corner. Any speed you may have carried into the corner is soon lost to the gods of understeer and torque steer, leaving you with a wriggling steering wheel and squealing tyres."

So all you need to do is put some stiff suspension in it, and you should be flying around the corners.

hmmm, so round a track a 1.6l VZR should be able to take it? :unsure:

Blazin · April 25, 2006

Pericles said:

hmmm, so round a track a 1.6l VZR should be able to take it?

Yea man, the VZR sounds pretty quick, so i'm sure it'll keep up with the Compressor. But the compressor will be quicker out of the corners because of the extra torque from the supercharger.

Elvis_Pil · April 26, 2006

Blazin said:

Yea man, the VZR sounds pretty quick, so i'm sure it'll keep up with the Compressor. But the compressor will be quicker out of the corners because of the extra torque from the supercharger.

Only 215hp?? k20a's, B18c5's & maybe even B16B's (Oh N1's as well) will have this thing for lunch...Even the RunX turned out to be a failed attempt even though the engine rating seemed impressive on paper

GihanFX · April 26, 2006

Pericles said:

Can't be. Must be kmph. 200mph is 320kmph

no machan is 200mph... n not a stock car (Fensports Corolla 2L turbocharge 4WD 700BHP )... modified one.. anyway topgear team wanted to reach 200mph using a Lotus.. but in the end they couldnt do it... bt the corella did 180 MPh n after that the gear box destroyed.. anyway the corolla official speed record is 204MPH :unsure:

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