There is a Corolla built for the track. Any other Corolla will completely fail within a few laps.
Re:Porsche Design System v3
by UniverseHacker on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:44PM
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Surprising to see a 3 cylinder engine but it looks very cool!
Re:Porsche Design System v3
by jashmatthews on Thursday January 04, 2024 @03:48AM
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There are plenty of older Corollas you can use on a track day. My AE92 did fine for a few laps.
Of course you can use any car on the track for "a few" laps before the brakes fail. The point was that it won't have the endurance of a 911.
Re:Porsche Design System v3
by jashmatthews on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:21AM
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Late 80s early 90s Corollas were very popular first track day cars in Australia and New Zealand. A standard AE92 Corolla FX-GT will happily go on a track day as long as it has fresh brake fluid. I've done it!
Look at this for example:
Porsche 986 Boxster S front brake rotor: 318 mm x 28 mm
Toyota Corolla AE101R front brake rotor: 238 mm x 22 mm
You have massively larger brakes on the Porsche... and many Corollas even have ancient drum brakes on the rear, which can barely dissipate enough heat for normal non-track driving. The Corolla will boil it's brake fluid on the track, and the pedal will go soft which is extremely dangerous.