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That's the Mini intercooler. This Mini isn't a JCW, but the JCW one is the same size. AFAIK the JCW kit is basically a difference in airbox, injectors, supercharger and exhaust.

Instead of buying 2, why not just speak to someone who knows lots about them (ie someone who makes them) and find out what flows better? Yes, superchargers do create heat, but not all that much. The intercooler on the Mini (the JCW one, so cutting no corners) is... smaller than the breadbox on the WRX, and is more than adequate. And the Mini is 1.6L as well, so would equate quite well to a 4AGZE. I'm not sure what sort of intercooler it is, though. Needless to say, you'll go for a front mount (which would work better than the top mount on the Mini), and one that's far too big for the car, cause it looks cool. So I doubt you'll have any issues, even if you go for the one that flows better but doesn't cool as much :thumbsup:

Don't know anything about intercoolers, so can't comment. I suppose being a drift car (and therefore 90% WF), get the biggest thing you can find, that flows the most. That should be more than adequate.

Keep in mind that while intercoolers do good by cooling down intake, they will also pose a restriction. Also, superchargers don't put anywhere near as much heat into the air as turbo's, so you probably wouldn't require all that much cooling... As for whether you can intercool the supercharger, I would guess (and this is a guess) yes. All superchargers/turbos etc have an "in" and "out". I think on most non-intercooled cars the supercharger is positioned such that the "out" is right next to the intake manifold. I suppose if that is the case for you, maybe you can move the supercharger so that you have space to pipe an intercooler in...

Yes, I know your car will roll very little. If at all. No, I know completely well that you want a drift car, not a rally car. No comment. Seriously though, it's your car, so set it up how you like it. When it comes to suspension there's always more than one way to skin a cat (for instance some people recon you should have very hard springs and light swaybar, while others think otherwise), but no matter which school of thought you follow, and what sort of car you are setting up, there are certain theories that will apply. Enough rambling from me :thumbsup:

Wow? I didn't know you crashed it!

And here are some links maybe you can read: Whiteline Handling and suspension

YAY :thumbsup:

I am sorry, you are wrong. You make it sound as if basic suspension theory doen't apply to drift cars, but I'm afraid it does. Yes, I understand that drift cars are most often at opposite lock, and yes I know that drift cars need to oversteer lots and not understeer at all (ie, they need to turn in very well) and they need to be very responsive. All good. The main reason wheels go from || to \\ when you turn the wheel, is because of castor. Castor is effectively dynamic camber. When the wheels are pointing straight, you have little camber, when you turn the wheel, you get more camber (and in the correct direction, too). Yes, castor also makes the car more stable at higher speeds due to more self-centering of the steering wheel etc, but will also make your steering more heavy, which isn't necessarily good (eg: motorkhana). If you keep in mind the fact that your suspension is still part of your car body, you will see that when the body rolls, the suspension angles also change. That's why you need to get your tyres to "lean" into the corner. How to achieve this? Castor and camber. Castor usually preferable, camber when you reach the limits of how much castor you can dial (or if you don't want heaps of castor for whatever reason, eg heavy steering etc). Too much camber will sacrifice a lot of straight line grip. Sure it looks cool. No it's not optimal to handling.

As a comparison, I'm running -3. I'm running 250lb springs on the front of the car, and a Whiteline swaybar, and with all the trashing my car gets, the tyre wear so far as been more or less even. Most drift cars I know are set up a heap stiffer than mine, so will roll less.

Woo hoo, another breath of life to another Corolla :thumbsup:

Even as a drift car, -7 is still a bit silly (IMHO). Considering how hard drift cars tend to be set up, there would be barely any body roll in the first place. Sure, it looks cool. But no, it's not really to make the car handle (even in any drift sort of way). Check out the pink AE86 (the Streeter by Streeter one), I'm actually quite impressed by the suspension set up in that one. Not overly stiff, works very well. What you really want is castor. Not camber.

Can we set it up so that only registered members can edit/post?

Some questions: Why are some of the changes by "127.0.0.1"? Is someone making changes from the server itself (localhost) without logging on? Secondly, in "Current Events" and "Help: Contents", what's with the many many links to... is it spam???

Bah, it's sold :thumbsup: Oh well, off to the wreckers for me to go and look for another rack, I guess.

Don't I? Effectively I'm converting it from an SV21 to a VZV21? Should be an easy conversion, and should be easy to modplate. Mechanically apart from the engine and gearbox, the only difference I know between the two is the VZV21 has bigger front brakes. Haha, famous last words. Alternatively on my current budget (non-existant) maybe it's smarter for me to just keep a lookout for an Ultima (3SFE with all the electric bits I want like cruise control and power windows). Again, never came as a wagon. $800ONO does sound a bit too good to be true though.

Esp seeing as Grandpa wagon as it is needs 2 new tyres (front 2 are kinda bald on the inside edges), engine and gearbox on their way out...

Camry V6 parts car, $800 Hmm, should I get this? That's just about the cost of a steering rack, plus I get the rest of the car with it...

Erm... He did tell me once, but I've forgotten. It was some silly number, anyway :thumbsup:

Last time I checked Jon's ET was running an SR20DET with a fair bit of work done to it. Rumours are 400hp at the wheels...

Looking really good, Nick!

Funny you should say that. I changed the timing in Haikals car today from +4 to +12 degrees, and it definately feels more torquey and more powerful!

A032R's are better than Azenis anyway.

I'm throwing stuff at it randomly, whenever I get time... It's not that hard to drive, or at least to do the basic functions.