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Understatement is IN
You want supercar performance, you get a Ferrari. Except Bangladeshi roads
, can'taccommodate a Ferrari, you can't service them in most workshops and the taxes involved can buy you a small African state. So the next logical step for supercar performance is
1 upgrading something of the common garden variety.
Rahul
Charaborty, first year student of Notre Dame, k did just that. He took his family's i garden variety white
squishy suspension and an engine that doesn't really do 0-lOOkmph in anything under the time it takes to grow your bonsai. It’s more like point it at a direction and you will k get there in relative peace. [ This Corolla, on the other ■ hand,isn't stock anymore.
I It's also been lowered -
J maybe a little impractical j for a country with f potholes so big that entire families can live in one. But the shorter springs give it a stiffer ride, removes the previous wobbliness and gives it a leaner, lower look. Which is aAE111 Toyota Corolla and made it better. It originally had a 5AFE enginewheezing out about lOObhp. It had enough juice to get the family tasks done, but suffered a sudden death due to a fault of the mechanic. Easy thing with cars is when they die, you can bring them back to life without any of that rotten zombie nonsense. The Rolla got a heart transplant at the hand of a new mechanic,receiving a 4AGE Blacktop with an automatic transmission. Offering a little over 160bhp, it's a common setup for anybody looking to add a little more oomph to their car's performance. With a budget of 1.2-1.3 lakh, anybody can build a pocket rocket like this.
What's it like to drive? The stock version of the car has soft,is like Richard Hammond of TopGear, it's also a perfect size.
We cruise for a while as I get a bearing of how it runs. Smooth, yet a little sterile as you'd expect of a newish car. But then he tells me to switch to a lower gear and floor it. There's a rumble and we're off. We don't know the 0-lOOkmph timings yet, but when you slow down, there's an intoxicating spit-brap-spit from the exhaust, which makes you want to do it all over again. So I do. Except the brakes aren't the upgraded yet (with the stock drum brakes at the rear instead of discs), so we take it slowproblem because we had to get off a slight bump to get on the road. A little underbelly crunch and Rahul gives the green signal for blast off.
The car accelerates a little slow. Remember, it's an automatic so upshifts don't happen as urgently as you'd like. There’s a slight lag initially and then gradually comes the surge of power. Of course, all this happens in the space of a couple of seconds but I'm impatient. I'm expecting fireworks.
The beauty of these older cars is that they are generally sleek and a lot lower compared to the new, bloated versions. Rahul says given a choice between this and a newer model he'd stick to it. The dimensions are great for parking and considering Rahuldespite the empty roads. While they have ABS and get the job done, there's anticipation involved as to when you need to brake. Rahul plans on getting bigger discs and a better booster. With great power needs to come great braking, so said Spiderman.
It's a fun little car. The engine transplant was smooth,althoughfinding the MAF sensor and main mounts were a little problematic. This is not a garage toy, by the way. It does office and college duty often at the hands of the family driver. Mom complains of the low ride, dad complains of the intake and exhaust noise but so far everyone is letting this ride be. Rahul initially wasn't particularly fond of this car. It was 'typical'. Windows rattled. Itwas slow. His dad used to love it, making it worse. Now Rahul's in love with it.
Last thing 1 asked was why white? He likes the clean, understated looks. He's also a kid that grew up watching Initial D. So white cars, old cars, Japanese cars. With a 4AGE. He built a sleeper with a touch of subtle customization. One thing's guaranteed: it will evolve over time. Watch this space for more.