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Yes....* It's a TRD close ratio gearset, so first gear is extremely high. Then it's running a Starlet diff ratio, to try to make the car somewhat acceptable to drive to events. But that has still translated into 4200rpm in top gear at 100kph (62mph). Which sucks. So really I should have just kept the shorter Corolla diff ratio, and gotten a more useful first gear. Currently my first tops out at something like 70kph, which is why you can see me repeatedly going back to first gear in the last year and a bit worth of videos.

Yep, we do that slow zone, as we have a limit on how much "straight line tarmac" we can run at that level of event permit. If we exceed that, we need to run a higher grade of permit, which means a much higher level of event safety and licence. That excludes people who don't have the right gear and licence. The enforcement was a beam at the start and another at the end of the slow zone. It does a two second count from when you break the first beam. If you take more than two seconds you get white light lighting up (visible to driver and to timing control). If you take less than two seconds, you (and the timing control) get red & blue flashing lights and a 5 second time penalty. If enter the slow zone at 55kph, and hold a steady 55kph, you're good. I got the red & blue disco lights a few times that day!

It was on the day, a buddy of mine was there in his K20 powered MR-S. Which is a pretty cool little car.

Yup, a few corners that tightened up quite nicely, combined with starting uphill, and then dealing with some down and some flat. One guy unfortunately binned hell out of his car on practice. Bent rollcage and almost every panel. Occupants ok. Car knackered.

I didn't do the swap. Bought it, and then refined a few things. It was running the 3SGE flywheel when purchased, so immediately cooked the clutch. Custom flywheel & Toyota Dyna clutch went in, to keep that under control. Then adjustable suspension with very high spring rates. Raced it for about a year, and then sold it on.

Yes on both counts. She's a handful in second gear that's for sure.