First year of the AE86 in the U.S, sold as the Corolla GT-S.With an LSD, skinny tires, and a front engine/rear drive layout, the AE86 was an easy and affordable drift machine Japanese racing legend Keiichi Tsuchiya (aka the “Drift King” or “Dori-Kin” in Japanese) is responsible for popularizing the sport of drifting in an AE86 Corolla. However, the AE86 is most popular on the streets of Japan, as well as the Touge (“mountain pass” in Japanese).It also won the 1986 Australian 2.0 Liter Touring Car Championship with John Smith at the wheel In 1986 it won the Manufacturers Championship with 267 points, beating out the BMW M6, BMW E30, Merkur XR4Ti, Mazda 929, Holden Commodore, Mercedes 190E 2.3-16, and more. Naturally, the AE86 was quick to establish itself in motorsport.Inside you get a leather wrapped steering wheel, 6 way adjustable sport seats, an 8,000 RPM tach, a 150 MPH speedometer, and halogen pop-up headlights.4 wheel disc brakes were standard, and an LSD with 4.30:1 gearing was optional The specially tuned suspension was unique as well, featuring a 4-link design with a live axle.GT-S models came equipped with many options not found on base Corollas: variable assist power rack and pinion steering, engine oil cooler, body colored bumpers, aluminum wheels, and most importantly – a RWD layout.This technology was crucial in allowing tiny N/A high-RPM engines to produce enough torque down low It shuts off airflow to one pair of valves on each cylinder until the engine reaches 4300 RPM, at which point it fully opens up until redline.

This engine features Toyota’s T-VIS (Toyota Variable Induction System) that routes air through different length runners depending on RPM.The supercharged unit could propel the MR2 to 60 MPH in 6.5 seconds, but it came at weight penalty of nearly 200lbs thanks to the supercharger components and a strengthened transmission In 1988, Toyota decided to supercharge this engine for even more power, although the MR2 was the only car that could be ordered with this engine. The 4A-GE is shared with the first generation MR2 (AW11, also sold in the U.S).Four valve twin cam technology was only expected in cars made by Ferrari, Lotus etc (Quattrovalve) – it was wild to see it under the hood of a Corolla! This was the first mass-produced 4 valve engine in the world The 4A-GE engine, aka the TC-16 Twin Cam, revs to 7600 RPM and produces 70 hp per liter – one of the highest outputs per liter for a production car at the time.The coupe is also slightly stiffer thanks to a steel rear bulkhead behind the rear seats The coupe shown here weighs 2264 lbs, 35lbs less than the hatchback.When released in the U.S in 1985, it was the lightest RWD performance car on the market The Corolla GT-S was a high performance RWD variant of the Corolla.

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