This is a Rav4

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 05/15/2016 at 21:57 • Filed to: None

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It’s FWD and has the stock engine and gearbox. I have the weirdest boner right now.

Xyl0c41n3 > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 22:05

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O.o

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 22:06

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So you can rally with much reliability.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 22:19

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Wait the Rav4 has a manual option? Or are they running the Auto/CVT?

Dusty Ventures > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 05/15/2016 at 22:22

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CVTurd

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 22:22

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I think they need to find a way to make the sequential from an R2 Fiesta fit.

Hot Takes Salesman > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 22:28

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It’s a RAV4 in the same way I'm Usain Bolt. Some similar components, but wildly different application

Dusty Ventures > Hot Takes Salesman 05/15/2016 at 22:36

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Actually it’s mostly stock. Suspension, tires, brakes, exhaust, and safetly gear has been added, pretty much everything else is factory. Factory CVT, stock engine making 175 hp, the infotainment system even still works. Toyota wanted to keep it as close to stock as possible as a demonstration of what the vehicle is capable of.

Dusty Ventures > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 05/15/2016 at 22:36

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They don’t want to. Toyota wants to keep it as close to stock as possible, because marketing.

Hot Takes Salesman > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 22:47

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And what Rhys Millen is capable of.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 22:57

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I guess that makes sense. Still like nutter mode better though.

Dusty Ventures > Hot Takes Salesman 05/15/2016 at 22:58

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Ryan not Rhys, but otherwise accurate

Hot Takes Salesman > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 23:01

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Good god the rally drivers are multiplying

Captain of the Enterprise > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 23:01

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I'm with you

Hot Takes Salesman > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 23:05

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To be fair, if made right, a CVT could be useful for racing. Williams F1 tested a CVT on their FW15C and then the FIA immediately brought down the banhammer.

Dusty Ventures > Hot Takes Salesman 05/15/2016 at 23:06

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True. But this is a bone stock, unfiddled with CVT identical in every way to the one in a Rav4 on the dealer lots

Hot Takes Salesman > Dusty Ventures 05/15/2016 at 23:44

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Good god. It must take some brilliant fiddling to make the transmission cooperate on a rally stage, much less not blow up

Dusty Ventures > Hot Takes Salesman 05/16/2016 at 00:23

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Just to give you an idea of how stock this car is mechanically:

Milky > Dusty Ventures 05/16/2016 at 09:05

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I cant think of a demographic of people that would care less than Rav4 owners.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Dusty Ventures 05/16/2016 at 12:20

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I’d be very surprised if the engine and transmission calibration was stock...

Dusty Ventures > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua 05/16/2016 at 12:22

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We’ll have to ask him about it at STPR. I know it still makes stock horsepower at the very least, because that's a point of pride for Toyota

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Dusty Ventures 05/16/2016 at 12:25

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Based on the cvt cars I’ve driven, they usually won’t hold “gears” or high rpm. The easiest thing would be to force it to hold the fake “gears” until he tells it to shift. The smart thing to do would be to force it to hold peak power at anything >50% throttle