Corolla Compressor?

[corolla_tsport_54]

one question i would like to put out, the compressor has c-one lightned fly and trd clutch, it makes a "tinny" noise on start up has anyyone else experienced this, Good or Bad??? thanks for all the replies guys, gotta love the toyota owners helpfulness

[reidy]

To me it sounds like you want the compressor more than the Subaru and your looking for an excuse to get it :P

Its your money and if that's what you want, get it :)

It doesn't make sense financially though, not from your point of view anyway, anyone who buys it will be getting a great deal lol

[Clawliger]

Its probably just flywheel chatter. Pretty common with lightweight flywheels and uprated clutches. My fidanza/nippon does it.

[corolla_tsport_54]

yes mate that is kinda what im doin lol. i allways looked at compressors and thought i want one! now i have a chance...

is flywheel noise bad then?? any worries or just noise?

[Clawliger]

Its just noise usually due to surface differences. Google 'lightweight flywheel chatter'. If you search on 9thgencorolla.com theres a few threads on it. It normally goes when the engine is warm.

[corolla_tsport_54]

thats what the guy who owns it told me, not that i doubt him as he seem a very genuine guy - just never come across it before! will defo research it, do lightened flywheels make adifference at all?

[Clawliger]

Yerp. You wont notice the loss of.inertia on a compressor as much. But the car revs up much free'er and they seem to pull harder.

[corolla_tsport_54]

so good good then it also has c-one rear brace ont it i assume this is rear strut so should be stiffer. car is amazing and from mr t similar ones are arounsd 7500 - 8k so on thagt bombshell im not losing that much on scooby spendings...

[Clawliger]

I prefer the compressor. Rarer car. The whine is pretty immense when you fit an open induction kit to it. Did he say it was a strut brace or an anti-roll bar?

[corolla_tsport_54]

the guy just said c-one rear brace im assuming he means strut?? seems like an awesome machine, the previous owner was a head technician for toyota so has been looked after it wwas serviced in june 2010, but car has only done 2000 miles since!

[Clawliger]

They are pretty good cars. A few vids on youtube of them. Iirc the ogura charger it uses has an electromagnetic clutch on its pulley so it isnt allways on. I think it disengages on light throttle. Dont take that as gospel tho. I just remember reading it somewhere.

[corolla_tsport_54]

iv'e read that somewhere too, as someone had trouble changing the pully for a smaller one, im pretty sure that i will get it now as you only live once eh? i can say ive done the scoob phase now and yurn for my baby t sport back! hopefully all goes along as it should. only prob is car is a 6 hour drive away

[Clawliger]

Where you from/heading to? You wont feel lift like in the tsport but it is there. Nice and smoothed out. Silverstone Performance used to offer a big tuning package which included a smaller pulley if you get in touch with them they may be able to help.

[corolla_tsport_54]

i live near norwich norfolk and would be going up to virtually newcastle so long day lol , but then again i did drive to st tropez in my last ts for nearly 18hrs straight!!!

[Clawliger]

Epic journey. Lol. Be well worth it tho.

[corolla_tsport_54]

looking forward to it! turbo there, supercharger back lol just hope i make the right move! my mind has been fried over this decision

[Clawliger]

Well. Scoobys are very common place imo. If your thinking of tuning the compressor aftermarket support is next to nothing tbh. But.if its just to save money then go for it.

[corolla_tsport_54]

tbh i wouldnt touch the compressor - leave it well alone, i am looking to get out of spending loads on a car to get no return, to get a quite new reliable car thats not as bad on fuel as the scooby but will still nail a civic type r! god i dislike type r's! lol

[Clawliger]

Only reason i dont like type r's is because there everywhere. But they are brilliant cars. And i wouldnt say it would 'nail' a type r. All hot hatchs are similair in real world conditions. But the type r driver sure would be pisses.

[corolla_tsport_54]

i test drove a couple of ep3 type r's last week and they felt guttless and plasticky inside. i used to dream of having one but compared to the corolla i found that it felt slower and also not a nice to drive!

[Clawliger]

My mate has an ep3 type r with cat back.and aem induction the facelift so it has the lighter flywheel.

My t-sport has a custom intake with cat-back, lightweight flywheel and mwr lightweight pulleys with mwr short shift. And i sit on his bumper every track we have been on together and get.past.him more often than not

[Clawliger]

I do like them tho. The jackson charged ones are absolute weapons.

[corolla_tsport_54]

oh dont get me wrong they do cerainly shift, and i used to allways want one but i was shocked at how bad it felt compared to the rolla. i think there will always be a which is faster between these two cars but they are virtually identical and having driven both i would take a ts anyday ok handling may not be quite as good (arguable) but 100% i'd have the ts.

[Clawliger]

I chose the ts. Allways liked the whole ' its only 1.8' factor. Lol.

[corolla_tsport_54]

bhp per cc isnt it the most powerfull anyway?? lol