Maybe he meant to say MK3 A70was something lost in translation here? I swear i heard the translator saying that on the MkIV, everything would break when turning up the boost - "blow the engine, transmission and diff"... either the translator is rubbish, they didn't do their history, or they are just trying to rubbish the MKiv again.... Either way its totally inaccurate, and an example of one side of the slanted media on this car.
In the very early days of tuning MKIV TT's I do believe there were some early issues because no one fully understood the engines yet. At least this was true for a very short time in the USA. I would imagine in Japan the 1JZ-GTE and tuning that engine was already getting to be familiar.was something lost in translation here? I swear i heard the translator saying that on the MkIV, everything would break when turning up the boost - "blow the engine, transmission and diff"... either the translator is rubbish, they didn't do their history, or they are just trying to rubbish the MKiv again.... Either way its totally inaccurate, and an example of one side of the slanted media on this car.
Can confirm both statements. My V8 swapped 86 just annihilated the stock transmission after about 10,000kms doing a half throttle 4th gear pull. I also swapped the rear end for a taller ratio IS300 diff with +200,000kms and it couldn't careless.We could certainly apply his comment in this regard to the GT86 which, good as it is as a balanced driver's machine is NOT nearly as overbuilt as the MKV from the chassis to the engine to the transmission(s) or the rear differential.
Although since the 86 basically has an IS300/MKIII rear diff that part of it is pretty strong out of the box maybe apart from the stock rear axles.
^^ That makes sense. And sorry your transmission broke. Never a fun experience to remedy : /Can confirm both statements. My V8 swapped 86 just annihilated the stock transmission after about 10,000kms doing a half throttle 4th gear pull. I also swapped the rear end for a taller ratio IS300 diff with +200,000kms and it couldn't careless.
full boost at 1.5k rpm? wtf
Because adaptive dampers are the best suspension advancement made since the shock absorber itself.I have no doubt this is and will be a great car, but the way he dodged some of the questions and gave very BS answers really bother me.
- double pull hood latch: let's face it, it's not because of the old Supra... it's because this is a BMW
- boost... it's a simple question
- lack of power vs Z4... this is the same version of the B58 (B58B30M1) used in the BMW X5/7 and some European Z4/M340i, so tell me again you don't know what BMW was doing
- I have no doubt Toyota has put in lots of effort in developing this car but it's definitely not as he said "we agreed on the dimensions and parted ways"
I'm surprised nobody asked him about why it doesn't come in a manual, but we all know why that is... (because the Z4 doesn't come with one)
On the other hand I really like how this car is so aftermarket-ready, and all the fake vents can actually be functional.
But those tiny rear calipers... why must cars nowadays all come with adaptive dampers?
I actually meant to say why must cars nowadays all come with electronic parking brakes, but I still have the same pet peeve about adaptive dampers too.Because adaptive dampers are the best suspension advancement made since the shock absorber itself.
- Okay the hood latch thing sounds like BS to me, but I'm not really bothered by it since its such a miniscule detail.I have no doubt this is and will be a great car, but the way he dodged some of the questions and gave very BS answers really bother me.
- double pull hood latch: let's face it, it's not because of the old Supra... it's because this is a BMW
- boost... it's a simple question
- lack of power vs Z4... this is the same version of the B58 (B58B30M1) used in the BMW X5/7 and some European Z4/M340i, so tell me again you don't know what BMW was doing
- I have no doubt Toyota has put in lots of effort in developing this car but it's definitely not as he said "we agreed on the dimensions and parted ways"
I'm surprised nobody asked him about why it doesn't come in a manual, but we all know why that is... (because the Z4 doesn't come with one)
On the other hand I really like how this car is so aftermarket-ready, and all the fake vents can actually be functional.
But those tiny rear calipers (due to electronic parking brake)... and why must cars nowadays all come with adaptive dampers?