What to do with a GR Yaris

[Northernboy]

I’ve a GR Yaris arriving at some point this year, and I’m buying it just to have some fun.

I know that it’s a homologation special, but t’as well as all of the good things that means, it also means that it’s been set up to manage the school run and going to Tesco.

If I want to turn it back into something a bit more extreme, longer-travel suspension, rally wheels, something that I actually could drive in Rallycross, or properly hammer down a back road, what would I need to do? Who’s the company to go for for this sort of work?

[Northernboy]

Haltamer said:

https://www.tegiwaimports.com/select-car/toyota/to...

Shop around, see what bits take your fancy :P

For an all in one package, The litchfield offering might be up your street. (Not quite the off the shelf one, but I'm sure if you said "set it up for rallycross" they'd be able to accomodate.)

Thanks. I’m assuming I’ll get their power upgrade, and definitely speak to them about what can be done for the suspension, I’m fine to accept a bit of roll and loss of lateral g in exchange for some proper wheel articulation and ability to prêtent that I’m Carlos Sainz.

[Northernboy]

rallycross said:

Great choice of car, tempted to get one as well (one of the few times I've ever considered a brand new car).
You cant use it in rallycross, sorry to say but rallycross is where competition cars (rally or circuit cars) go to meet their last ever laps, a road car would be destroyed! (long time rallycross competitor - road cars do not get used in this form of motor sport, you could try some autocross, you'd probably get FTD in one of these!)

What stops it being used in rallycross?

[Northernboy]

jamiem555 said:

Probably the fact it’s a road car! I think, welI know, that road cars and competition cars stopped being related a long time ago. Probably the 60’s and 70’s where people would buy a twin cam escort from the dealer and rally it at the weekends with a few mods. Not really something that can be done now with current regulations. Go over to Rally Prep, they’ve got one in now for a customer about to be fully prepped for rallying. I can guarantee it won’t be any use for the road after even though it will be road legal.

Interesting. You think the fact it’s being sold as a homologation special is mainly hype then, and it can’t be modified to do the job.

I wasn’t actually planning on competing in it, by the way, that was clumsy phrasing, I just like the idea that it’d be capable of some sideways action on gravel.