RE: Toyota Corolla Levin AE86: Spotted
Discussion
406dogvan said:
Some moons ago, over on the Evo Forum, someone picked-up a UK Corolla GT (pretty much what this is but without the smell of fags and miso) and proceeded to ruin it rather badly.
He thought it was the Initial D Drift Missile and so he threw away the interior, threw in a load of "because racecar" and took it to a track where it was - erm - not that fast and not that much fun (amusingly, he had a Retro car magazine along to document his disappointment)
You mean Mick I think although there were about 4 on there at one stageHe thought it was the Initial D Drift Missile and so he threw away the interior, threw in a load of "because racecar" and took it to a track where it was - erm - not that fast and not that much fun (amusingly, he had a Retro car magazine along to document his disappointment)
Zinyzang said:
To me that looks like a 85 not a 86
Engine looks fine - you sure you're not just getting confused with the fact that Itsuki accidentally buys an AE85 in Initial-D? - engine was available in both the Trueno and Levin (we only got the latter in the UK as the Corolla GTi).chappardababbar said:
Isn't this comparable to an E30 M3 / Integrale / 190E 2.3 in terms of driving experience / handling / provenance?
Nah, it’s got about half the power of most of them and I don’t believe it was ever conceived as anything more than a ‘fun little runaround’ by Toyota back in the day. IMHO it’s a good car with a GREAT cult following that’s to the Japanese drift scene where they’ll held in the same sort of esteem as we give Mk1 Escorts in the UK. It’s no coincidence that when Toyota wanted to build a small, affordable coupe with a onus on fun handling over ‘on paper’ outright power and grip it was called a GT86.
P-Jay said:
Nah, it’s got about half the power of most of them and I don’t believe it was ever conceived as anything more than a ‘fun little runaround’ by Toyota back in the day.
This is about the best review I've seen about the AE86.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKN0Ummc6M
Edited by e30m3Mark on Thursday 19th April 10:47
e30m3Mark said:
P-Jay said:
Nah, it’s got about half the power of most of them and I don’t believe it was ever conceived as anything more than a ‘fun little runaround’ by Toyota back in the day.
This is about the best review I've seen about the AE86.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKN0Ummc6M
Edited by e30m3Mark on Thursday 19th April 10:47
It's the Spanish guy - really nicely filmed isn't it
There's some other good films on that channel
Have you seen the E30 one?
s m said:
e30m3Mark said:
P-Jay said:
Nah, it’s got about half the power of most of them and I don’t believe it was ever conceived as anything more than a ‘fun little runaround’ by Toyota back in the day.
This is about the best review I've seen about the AE86.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKN0Ummc6M
Edited by e30m3Mark on Thursday 19th April 10:47
It's the Spanish guy - really nicely filmed isn't it
There's some other good films on that channel
Have you seen the E30 one?
I think labelling it a 'fun runaround' is being a bit unfair and it didn't need big power as it was so light. Some models had 16v twin-cams, nigh on 130 brake, an LSD and only weighed 950 kgs. Sounds like an attractive and fun combination to me.
I can see why an AE86 is prized. What I don't get is why people who do engine transplants, suspension mods and update the brakes don't just start off with an AE85. As far as I can see, all the important different bits between the two are being replaced by parts you're going to upgrade to anyway.
Have I missed the point?
Have I missed the point?
Thumbs down on the F20C vtec comes on way to late for going sideways and isn't great for balance. Its all about the Beams swap you have a spread of power and torque and it starts to pull hard from 4k up more character also as it has a carby noise similar to the 4AGE 20v which is hard to beat. Not worth going over to the dark side!
blearyeyedboy said:
I can see why an AE86 is prized. What I don't get is why people who do engine transplants, suspension mods and update the brakes don't just start off with an AE85. As far as I can see, all the important different bits between the two are being replaced by parts you're going to upgrade to anyway.
Have I missed the point?
Nope, I agree.Have I missed the point?
I suspect it's the itchy feet syndrome - buy an 86, find it's not quite quick enough, do the usual cams/ITBs etc, suspension, then more power again so engine swap.
Before you know it everyone just skips to the end, when they could start with a different car.
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