I know it's a corolla chassis and it has huge tires and is gutless (130hp and AWD...) I also hear there is no aftermarket. But how much fun would this be? Is it allowed to rally? How's the AWD system on this? Seems Wikipedia is useless.
I know it's a corolla chassis and it has huge tires and is gutless (130hp and AWD...) I also hear there is no aftermarket. But how much fun would this be? Is it allowed to rally? How's the AWD system on this? Seems Wikipedia is useless.
There is a guy in Michigan that rallycrosses a 3sgte swapped one. It is lowered and still looks like it would be scary on a rutted course. Check with your local region to see if they would allow it.
There are a couple in the Detroit region that make all sorts of cool turbo noises. At least I think they are first gen.
Whether it's allowed would be up to the discretion of your SCCA region. Power-wise, it's probably good enough on dirt. And the ability to take SUV sized tires is good, as it opens up more options for aggressive tread patterns that aren't snow tires or ($$$) rally tires.
From my experience rallycrossing an SUV, the only thing to watch is to try not to slide into ruts. If you avoid that, it's not exactly easy to get it unstable on most courses.
Not all Rav4's are awd. Many are just fwd.
There is also a 2 door, even shorter wheelbase version if you want extra tippy.
Offered in soft top:
Or hardtop:
the awd set up on these Rav4's (atleast the manual ones)are basically the same as the celica all-trac's, thats also why the 3sgte bolt up to them. A turbo, awd 5 speed, tiny suv would make an awesome sleeper
I'm searching c list now. My pants got tighter...
http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=329874
Wife's 97 manual trans was a rolling pile of berkeley. The rear diff only kicks in at slower speeds with front wheel slip, and hers sounded like some muscle builder hit the rear floorpan with a sledgehammer when it tried.... at 60k miles.
YMMV
JohnRW1621 wrote: There is also a 2 door, even shorter wheelbase version if you want extra tippy. Offered in soft top: Or hardtop:
Paint that red and give it 350-400 or so HP and that's the one EvanB was talking about.
IIRC he mostly runs on old snow tires. Off road tires generally don't have the right rubber compounds for good grip, anyway.
May or may not be legal unless you lower it or put on smaller tires. I can't see how it would be either fun or competitive though. A forester XT would be a better choice if you want a "small SUV thing" IMO. Plus it already has a turbo 
and a ton of aftermarket support.
That said, Ryan Millen is running the Toyota factory TRD Rav4 in stage rally and doing pretty well. But stage and rallycross are different, of course.
also there is this
In reply to irish44j:
Someone is also running a Juke on stage...
captdownshift wrote: In reply to irish44j: Someone is also running a Juke on stage...
Probably very safe. The trees and rocks probably run away in horror at its appearance!
My thinking is could pick this up for cheap (1800-2200$) and keep it stock. For camping, winter beater, and rallycross. Foresters demand a premium in the PNW. Every lesbian wants one.
It's not a Corolla chassis. It's a lot closer to a Celica Altrac chassis, actually.
irish44j wrote: also there is this
That is a Corolla Hatchback...
Lots of info there if you're interested. The first gen (1996-2000) are priced pretty cheap these days. There is plenty of aftermarket. I have Koni strut cartridges on mine. Boost coming RealSoonNow.
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