RollaDude

Should be getting high 1:26s with that easily!

Hey guys, I am the owner of said corolla. Just for anyone interested. The Corolla was an AE82 Twin cam with a silvertop 20 valve conversion. The first time out the car handled like a fat lady on a pogo stick, understeer and fat body roll. Just as an example of said fat lady: So the best the car saw on it's first outing (and my first time on a race track!!!) was 1.36. That was done by my brother, I only achieved 1.38 because i was too chicken s%$t going into turn 1 and the northern hairpin. After that day all I could think about was the next time I would be there again. I hopped into some kitted out V8's after that and got a 1.22 and from that experience I learnt a few things to take back with me to my corolla. So next thing on my list was handling. I purchased ISC coilovers modded by Bary Manon with 8kg fronts, 6kg rears, 30 way dampening adjustment. AE93 SX Series 2 brakes and EBC Greenstuff pads, super DOT.4 fluid. So it was by no means minor changes. Wheel setup was done by pedders which I regret because they got the camber all fudged, (f) -2.4/-2.6 ® -2/-2.1. Then I just set the dampening mid way for starters. Stiff enough? Made a front bar myself as the stock one looked a bit granny. Kept it at a legal hieght for streeting. Then bought myself some Toyo T1Rs for street/track use and set the shift light to 8,000rpm for fun fun fun! So the last time out with the vaguely setup suspension we only had a few time slots when it wasn't wet and when my brother (mungy) went out in dry conditions he got a 1.30 clocked by stopwatch, unfortunately he forgot to push the "record" button on the camera when he drove off so there is no videos of him driving. The only videos I got was when the track was still damp or pissing down with rain which I still managed something like 1.36. Fortunately for me the rain cleared up and the sun appeared to dry the track. From there I managed a 1.31 in fully dry conditions. I think that the car is easily capable of 1.28s simply because I am still braking too early and pussy footing around the track + wrong racing lines. But hey thats not bad for someone has only had a grand total of 40 laps experience including the v8s. From my limited experience Mallala is a big horsepower + big brakes track. What didn't help me was the fact that if I did push too hard on the pedal the brakes would lock up without hesitation. So it is quite reasonable that you can get a good few seconds just by upgrading brakes alone, it's becuase you can stay at speed for longer and stop easier. Unfortunately I din't get the final sessions of the day because I ran out of space on the memory card and the wet conditions videos show up as corrupted Fortunately a couple of videos did make it through my gorilla hands and got the semi dry conditions, which was basically the first time i could get used to the setup and then adjust my driving to get to the faster times at the end of the day. Here is one of the vids. PS sorry for the rattle, a screw seems to have been loose next to the mic. Chasing a GZE Spoonta