Celica ZR

jetlee · Post by **jetlee** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:01 pm

Does anybody know the 400m times of this *~delightful!~* looking car, i know it has 1.8 which produces 140kw and a manual gets to 100km in about 7.8 sec which isnt too bad, but my idiot mate seems to think that the run a mid 14's qtr mile time.....................this has gotta be bullshit....thats like v8/turbo power

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:09 pm

Just look at the back of either Wheels or Motor Mag. & if no one answer this question before i get home, i will check it 4 u, since i've got stacks of them.....

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:51 pm

Hmm... at AutoSpeed it does say those times, but i don't think the 7.6 is actually tested, i think they just say it as a estimate. The official toyota website doesn't have any info...

According to the NRMA, the SX model does 9.6s to 100k's and 16.5s to 400m... I think the SX and ZR have same engines... but those times could be for the auto... doesn't say.

http://www.mynrma.com.au/motoring/cars/ ... pecs.shtml

My Wheels mag says that for the manual ZR, it's 8.6s to 100km's and 16.3s to 400m... they tested this in the 05/02 issue of Wheels...

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:23 am

i've taken on my mate's Celica ZR VVTi (stock except for bodykit) and owned him by about a car's length... having said that, there's no way it can run mid 14s in stock form coz if that was the case then i oughtta be more proud of my car than i should LoL...

edit: btw don't rely on the test times by Motor/Mag etc...

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:56 pm

GPXXX wrote:edit: btw don't rely on the test times by Motor/Mag etc...

Why is that? If you talking about Wheels & Motor Mag, they do use proper Instruments to test 0-100 & 0-400, not stop watchs & G-Tech stuff.

G1 · Post by G1 » Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:28 pm

the important thing i guess, is that they keep the variables as constant as possible for every tested car, so that the results are more comparable.

but it can at least be used as a rough guide.

my goal is to get my car under 15 across the 1/4 mile one day, i'll be happy with that... its a road car car afterall... i envy those who have time and money to have a toy car for the track

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:52 pm

FTO338 wrote:
GPXXX wrote:edit: btw don't rely on the test times by Motor/Mag etc...
Why is that? If you talking about Wheels & Motor Mag, they do use proper Instruments to test 0-100 & 0-400, not stop watchs & G-Tech stuff.

if you compare the accel. times between both mags they are worlds apart and when they do another comparo/test few months or years later the difference gets even more 'interesting'... what sort of consistency does that tell you?

G1 · Post by G1 » Fri Apr 16, 2004 12:46 am

btw in all the years of reading car mags i have never read about a car which does 0-100 in 7 sec or more... capable of doing 400m run in under 15 sec... has anyone else?

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:49 am

That makes sense, as you accelerate faster in the lower gears than in the higher gears. As you go beyond the 100kmh / 7sec mark you'd be moving into 3rd, 4th & 5th and would be increasing speed at a slower rate.