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noddaz GRM+ Memberand Reader
6/1/12 9:27 p.m.

When I think of parking lot racing I think of the Miatas, S2000 and various Hondas and a few Subies that are parked all around me at the track..

Do any low buck Toyotas (FWD or RWD) do this reasonably well? On a Grassroots budget?

jrw1621 PowerDork
6/1/12 9:35 p.m.

Sample:

dj Reader
6/1/12 9:55 p.m.

z31maniac UberDork
6/1/12 9:58 p.m.

00-01 Celica GTS?

EdenPrime Reader
6/1/12 10:01 p.m.

z31maniac wrote: 00-01 Celica GTS?

2003+ Celicas have revised manual transmissions. Gates are further apart and a bit more robust. The 7th Gen Celica has also won the NASA Showroom Stock C class two years running against Integras, Mazda 3s, Tiburons, Cobalts, RSXs.

corytate Dork
6/2/12 4:33 a.m.

dj wrote:

ohmylord!

oldeskewltoy HalfDork
6/2/12 12:48 p.m.

any 1980-1986 rwd Corolla....easy to mod... easy to make fast

I've got a friend here in Portland who has a garage full of ribboned metals of all the autocrosses he's won in his lightly modified AE86.

fast_eddie_72 UltraDork
6/2/12 12:55 p.m.

BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/2/12 12:58 p.m.

In reply to oldeskewltoy:

Depends on how grassroots the budget is, though, doesn't it? Unfortunately AE86s are getting a little expensive these. days. Not that I would mind having one in the garage...

oldeskewltoy HalfDork
6/2/12 6:46 p.m.

BoxheadTim wrote: In reply to oldeskewltoy: Depends on how grassroots the budget is, though, doesn't it? Unfortunately AE86s are getting a little expensive these. days. Not that I would mind having one in the garage...

The beauty of the 1980-1983 model E7 Corolla is there isn't too steep of a drifter tax on them, and they are almost identical under the outer sheetmetal, to an AE86.

For example... mine - I paid through the nose for my engine-less chassis ($1200), but I wanted THAT body.

You can pick any of the E7 Corollas up(except the wagons) and the chassis is almost identical to the AE86... that includes both the 2 door, AND 4 door sedans

GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/2/12 7:24 p.m.

AE92s can be competitive with any of the best front-drivers, parts and aftermarket for things specific to it are scarce though.

Luckily they share a lot of parts with the AE101.

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/2/12 8:21 p.m.

oldeskewltoy wrote:
BoxheadTim wrote: In reply to oldeskewltoy: Depends on how grassroots the budget is, though, doesn't it? Unfortunately AE86s are getting a little expensive these. days. Not that I would mind having one in the garage...
The beauty of the 1980-1983 model E7 Corolla is there isn't too steep of a drifter tax on them, and they are almost identical under the outer sheetmetal, to an AE86. For example... mine - I paid through the nose for my engine-less chassis ($1200), but I wanted THAT body. You can pick any of the E7 Corollas up(except the wagons) and the chassis is almost identical to the AE86... that includes both the 2 door, AND 4 door sedans

Not that there is anything wrong with a corolla.. but the fact that the AE86 carries a premium over the almost identical E7 just goes to prove that the drifters are buying into the "image" over everything else