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Re: AE86 Sprinter handling: good or bad?
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Sat, 24 January 2004 15:27
 
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Sprinter = good handling after slightly modded [better than some when those r slightly modded as well]
Just my opinion of course .. the fact that it's rwd + the weight advantage already has to say something right there.
Handling wise i'd say they're good compared to other cars esp for it's age. it may not hold long corners as well [acutally i woudln't be too sure, cos i've never driven a sprinter with decent tyres] but in a twisty situation they should give heaps of cars a run for their money.
Here's a list of car's I have driven -
S13 Silvia
180sx
Commodore VK, VL
Stock sprinter
4ac Sprinter with chopped springs
4ac Sprinter with ok suspension
My current ae86
Pulsar Ti with lowered springs
Skyline R32 gtst decent suspension
4age Sprinter with stock suspension
4ag Sprinter with chopped suspension
Ford TX3 Turbo
S3 RX7
Camry SV21
Ok I won't even bother commenting on the family cars.
Actually I won't really bother commenting on how the others drove. I can say if my 4ac sprinter with ok suspension had at least an 86kw 4age, it should be able to beat all the cars in the list in the twisties.
I have ran against my friend in his r32 using my ae86. I was leading and didn't know the track too well, so i was very easy to follow. However I kept out braking him .. Entering corners looking into rear view mirror I can see him drag behind a tiny bit but then catch up to me in no time during the corner exit.
Sadly all ae86's I have drove all had sorta bald tyres, or at least on the front. In no way should you think of a stock sprinter in handling terms compared to even the most slightest modded sprinter.
Just add 35mm king springs to a 4ac sprinter vs a stock 4age sprinter. And the 4ac sprinter will have no probs vs a 4age sprinter.
Previous experiences vs other cars:
I had my 4ac sprinter with 35mm king springs, pedders shocks, whiteline swaybars. wrong offset bald tyre front wheels .. 81-83 laser stock wheels on the rear [thin as, and very wrong offset .. my friend was testing my rims on his car  ]..In the twisties it had soo much roll in the rear due the rear tyres sitting inside so far. Yet an s13 who was just able to tag along had a lot of trouble just keeping up.
my current ae86 vs 4age sprinter vs wrx wagon
Left them both for dead in a 3 minute drive? they took at least 40 seconds to catch while I waited at the end. [no exaggeration. I was about to turn around to check if they had stacked]. Also that was the 2nd day I had the car, I probably was only 10 seconds faster than I was in my old 4ac Sprinter with ok suspension.
current ae86 vs 180sx
Completely lost the 180 after 2-3 corners
The only other car besides ae86 that i had driven in the twisties tho was the 180 with decent suspension. And it was ok, but I reckon my ae86 was still more quick despite being slower in a striaght line. Of course there is always the question of driver skills tho, so that almost make everything i've typed so far invalid. but i've used the energy to babble so u's better read it! 
Some cars may feel they handle better, but put them both to the limit, and you'll find the ae86 being easier to control once u learn it. Not saying it's the greatest handling car, but could give most cars a run for their money as said before. Also probably one of the most fun cars to drive due to it's slight tendancy to oversteer.
EDIT: Just realised half of this is pointless babbling .. well it's late .. so yeh
[Updated on: Sat, 24 January 2004 15:33]
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