Are you literally side stepping the clutch in this car at around 5000rpm, or are you easing it out?
Toyota Yaris GR4 4x4 Rally going into production.....
Are you literally side stepping the clutch in this car at around 5000rpm, or are you easing it out?
Soldato
Easing it out as when I side stepped it too quickly it just spun the wheels due to the damp/wet surface. However, even with the wheelspin it still shot off the line.
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Details around the high seating position and options to lower it
Soldato
"RUINED"... got to love the YouTuber dramatics to get views 
"RUINED"... got to love the YouTuber dramatics to get views
The seating positioned never bothered me, so lowering the seat does not interest me, but maybe 6ft is the new short these days or maybe its just because of having a Clio 172 in the past and the Abarth which is also known for it and often complained about, for me the biggest priority is visibility and I found that fine even with the large rear view mirror and silly tablet sticking out the dash.
Soldato
Honestly after thrashing around in the GR on Saturday, I actually came to not quite mind the position and liked the seats.
Would it be great if they went lower? Sure, but they definitely do not ruin the experience
Would it be great if they went lower? Sure, but they definitely do not ruin the experience
Soldato
Given the plethora of aftermarket seat options out there, if you felt that way would it not have made sense to have considered changing the seats?
Its the mounting point that is problematic because it is so high up on the side, makes the start point high for aftermarket rails as you'd want to drop the seat down inside the pillars, I have similar issues with seat height in the MX5 which I solved with a seat and rail mod but I don't see easy options here beside cutting the mounts down, perhaps a Tillet with the saggy arse base I forget its name B5 maybe,will work but would not want to daily drive on that)
Someone's height is not the issue so much as how they sit and the body composition, I am only 5 11 but sit like Robert in that vid, upright, plus being a long torso, short legged wierdo, I have less head space than him, so I am really interested in what comes out.
On one of the sites I found some one who had stripped and weighed a lot of parts and also fitted some normal looking seats lowering by 6cm, that would pretty much solve it but can I find that link again.....grrrr.
Someone's height is not the issue so much as how they sit and the body composition, I am only 5 11 but sit like Robert in that vid, upright, plus being a long torso, short legged wierdo, I have less head space than him, so I am really interested in what comes out.
On one of the sites I found some one who had stripped and weighed a lot of parts and also fitted some normal looking seats lowering by 6cm, that would pretty much solve it but can I find that link again.....grrrr.
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Underboss
But then you'd also need to change how the wheel is mounted. If you just slap some lower seats in the wheel might at an uncomfortable angle and may not adjust low enough. I just swapped it for a gt86 instead, which has a nice level driving position.
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Soldato
RS Fabrications have officially gone with their cat back and DTUK tuning box as a package that they're calling GR-RS300.
RS Fabrications GR-RS300 package for the Yaris GR consists of the following:
- 300ps 400nm
- High quality 3 inch cat back performance exhaust with specification of your choosing for looks and sound (for more information please see the RS Fabrications website)
- DTUK Tuning Box with custom maps designed with DTUK to work safely with RS Fabrications cat back exhaust
- Fake exhaust speaker sound (Engine Sound Enhancement and Active Noise Cancellation) completely disabled
- All installed at RS Fabrications
Gibbo
Worth a look to see what this one makes
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2020-toyota-gr-yaris
Worth a look to see what this one makes
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2020-toyota-gr-yaris
Convenience Pack
Sounds great, if the straight through system is track safe that’ll do me. I know technically you can get done for that now but I’m assuming it’s not really an issue is it? MOT wise? Maybe you should do a model with a fake silencer box on just to improve it’s chances.
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What good will that do if there is no cat? Covers or not, no cat will fail emissions test come MOT time.