takumi's engine

[Rue]

Originally posted by chaser_fan
I didn't notice, I'm not keen on the cartoon to be honest. But the misspelling of words in anime happens a lot, 'Bony' TVs and the like

When I say misspelling I mean misspelling on purpose, so as not to encounter endless lawsuits aswell as add a bit of a tongue-in-cheek comedy.

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by TahirNuri
I took Japanese for 3 years.. Good catch on the Na line, completely forgot about that.

However, this experience was much like class all over again, thanks for the flashback Famine. I believe this dilemma is why the AE86 is simply called Hachi-Roku instead of forcing people to attempt to say "Trueno". Similar attempts on my behalf to introduce some of my family members to the letter L have ended in comedic circumstances.

On the subject of hiragana: Hiragana was created by the Japanese after their decision to become a true island empire and cut their ties with the Chinese, from whom they received their first kana "kanji". Hiragana is the style most used by poets and women in Japan. Newspapers are printed in katakana and kanji.

Me too I almost, ALMOST, got to do the Japan Exchange Teaching programme. Would have loved that...

I noticed that they call the car a "Hachi-Roku" - I guess that means that it's pronounced "A E 8 6" rather than "A E 86" then.

Got to love Kanji - never could get to grips with on and kun readings though. I hear that most Japanese have a dictionary on hand when they read a newspaper too - with 1400+ kanji, each with two readings, I guess that's not much of a shock

 

[Initial A]

if you actually pay attention the 20v 4AGE is only in the third stage movie and in the series 2nd stage its a suzuki engine. just thought Id put that out there for anyone who listening

 

[Initial A]

anyone else notice that in the 2nd season the engine is a suzuki and in the 3rd stage movie its a 2ov 4AGE?

 

[ShobThaBob]

Uhm yeah...another dead thread.

 

[Initial A]

 

[Driftster]

Suzuki? WTF are you talking about

 

[Initial A]

if you watched initial D you would know.

 

[Driftster]

Oh I watch initial D, I own the first and second stage series, third stage movie, battle, and xtra, and they never mention a Suzuki engine in place of the toyota 20v, you ass clown

 

[Deity of Drift]

Um... you're wrong. Very wrong. In Second Stage... he gets the new engine and CLEARLY you can see that it's the TRD Group A 4A-GELU. My engine looks similar to when the 86 Turbo driver opens the hood, except mine's pushing 209ps instead of 240ps. It's not 100% impossible to find, you just need to know people. That's why I'm waiting to be promoted to TRD so that I can get the parts to build it... Suzuki... what's wrong with you?

-Tom

 

[Driftster]

Not only that, they SAY TRD AE101 Racing engine like 60 times an episode........

Diety...I think he's drunk.

 

[TRUEBOOGALOO]

wow there's a lot of confusion about that damn 4agelu... so i'd like to share some history about toyota and "takumi's engine" engine that that i came across. maybe it'll clear things up:

History Lesson 1: The motor block and head was actually built from Yamaha. It specifically was designed and build for Group-A and 2.0 liter and down class races. It desimated many other competitors at the time until the Honda's DOHC motor(note that I did not say Vtec) debute into the world.

The 4AG max redline was 12,000RPM but was shifted at 10,000 RPM for the endurance reasons. It had a 20valve head that came off the 90~92 corolla 4AG(Japanese version) and the bottom was left alone from the original 4AG. The internals were swapped out with Group-A(a name of a shop, it does not exist anymore in Japan) high comp racing camshafts, crank, pistons, and more. It delivered just about 240HP on the dynamo(meaning power loss to the wheel when adding more parts/weight). The Group-A company are mostly gone now because of better Tuning shops debuted in Japan like ESpirit, Spoon, Amemiya, Jun, and etc. In America Group-A is now known as "Skunk."

Yamaha works with toyota when building high revving engines. for example, the newer celica gt-s was a collaboration with yamaha. The racing 4agelu(ae101 high octane), the true motor was a AE86 bottom from Yamaha and a AE101 head, also, fully built from Yamaha.

Originally posted by Driftster
Suzuki? WTF are you talking about

Suzuki did once make the Corolla engine because Toyota fell behind in production lines during the early 90's because economy/family cars were getting popular.

History Lesson 2: back in the 1980's the 4AG and 2TG(old school) were the best responsive motors ever created in the world. They were also known as the "1sec. redline motor."

hope that all made sense

 

[neanderthal]

if i recall correctly the CART atlantic race cars were using a 4AGE motor and head, and getting about 240 horsepower. i believe it was even the lowly 4 valve head too.

they were using 13.#-1 compression and race gas though.