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suprra_girl JCC Admin Offline 7M POWAH! FTW! Posts: 42 Auckland Gender:	Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea Jan 22^nd, 2009, 11:28pm boxer motors.... they leave a lot to be desired.... be prepared to pay mechanics lots... and not me LOL.
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Re: Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea
Reply #1 - Jan 22^nd, 2009, 11:48pm

Well, Subaru have been the mainstream Japanese automotive manufacturer to use the horizontally opposed engine in several guises but you also have to remember that Porsche have been building these engines with great success for bloody years & now Toyota are looking to use a horizontally opposed engine for their new version of the AE86 Shocked

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Devastator JCC Founding Member Offline JCC FTW! Posts: 10 West AuWkZ Gender:	Re: Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea Reply #2 - Jan 23^rd, 2009, 8:29am NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not the AE86 thats blasphemy
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Re: Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea
Reply #3 - Jan 23^rd, 2009, 10:01am

born disturbed wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2009, 11:48pm:

Well, Subaru have been the mainstream Japanese automotive manufacturer to use the horizontally opposed engine in several guises but you also have to remember that Porsche have been building these engines with great success for bloody years & now Toyota are looking to use a horizontally opposed engine for their new version of the AE86 Shocked

This.
Also that boxer AE86 is a joint project between toyota and subaru and it will be badged as a toyota ONLY in Japan and subaru everywhere else. Quite interesting

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I\|\|ICIT JCC Newbie Offline JCC Posts: 8	Re: Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea Reply #4 - Jan 26^th, 2009, 4:23pm Quote: This. Also that boxer AE86 is a joint project between toyota and subaru and it will be badged as a toyota ONLY in Japan and subaru everywhere else. Quite interesting sounds quite shit IMO should just keep it a toyota...
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Re: Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea
Reply #5 - Feb 6^th, 2009, 5:28pm

"Within days of announcing Toyota's formation of a "Committee to create interesting cars," this summer's Best Car Plus magazine reveals that the long-rumoured new AE86 type car has indeed been spawned by the group and should be in showrooms in the winter of 2008.

The new article goes into some detail of the new car's spec. Under 4m long and 1.7m wide, it's pretty low at 1.35m tall, and engineers have been directed to keep weight below 1,000kgs. Power will come from a 1.5L 2NZ-FE good for 120 horsepower. What has been unknown until this time is where Toyota would source a cheap RWD drivetrain, but Best Car has learned that it will come from new partner Fuji Heavy Industries - better known to you and me as Subaru.

And the best news of all? The committee's final directive is to keep the new car's sticker price below 1.5million Yen. That's about $12,300 USD in today's money."

So its,
- New
- RWD
- <1000kg's
- Small
- Cheap

yup sounds shit Roll Eyes

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tevis JCC Newbie Offline tvis Posts: 2	Re: Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea Reply #6 - Feb 9^th, 2009, 10:53pm hi couldent not say something! Y! " "Committee to create interesting cars," " ROFL Why didnt they just bring it out with duel vvti and a w58? Cheep and badass amoungst opinions. But what conversions will deem true ae86 style in the not so distant future...?
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BurritoBut JCC Founding Member Offline HAAAAAAAAAADOOOOKING Posts: 32	Re: Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea Reply #7 - Feb 10^th, 2009, 7:34pm i can see a lo of die hard fans converting back to a 4age. Tbh I'd go with a 3ur V8
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Re: Omg, who thought sideways pistons were a good idea
Reply #8 - Mar 9^th, 2009, 8:59pm

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i can see a lo of die hard fans converting back to a 4age.

Tbh I'd go with a 3ur V8

With the quality of metals being used in Asia these days I for one would be aiming to keep this car as light as possible or at least wait for some "big" auto tuners to molest it a little to discover it's true rigidity.

Putting anything larger than a toyota 4 pot into this car will screw up its weight balance & distribution. 4age + GT28 + Haltec = AWESOME!!

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