My AT160 4AL Engine

Hmm...
OK, but I was wondering in another step of performance, like:
How the car behaves, the noise of the engine, consumption, the "feeling", you know.... XD

 

Now that's the performance I was talking about. =)

The noise is also something that I love in my Celica. It's like the very soul of the car is speaking to you, if the car didn't had that sound, it wouldn't be so alive. It feels so weird when I, for instance, have to drive for some reason my mother's Renault Clio, it's like something's missing.

"At lower gears and at high RPMs it'll make this really intense growl (lacking better words) and it really sounds like the rally car it was. Even tho, frankly, its a totally different engine than those in the RC At lower RPMs, low-mid range, it won't make a noise at all. Its just chilling. Perfect, I would say"

The above is exactly like mine. Generally, I don't tend to rev em up much, since most of the time I drive inside the city and the consuption ups a little in high revs, but sometimes I feel the need to hear him louder, something like, imagine that you have a girlfriend that sings really well. most of the times, you simply talk between each other. But sometimes, you just feel the need to hear her sing, because you know she sings so greatly. It's something like that. XD
On a highway, most of the times, I completely shut off the stereo just to drive while listening to the engine roaring. =P
Yes, at a higher speed, that's definitelly the best way to hear it out and feel it.

Mine, in terms of handling, tends to drift and slide a lot specially in roundabouts. If I enter in one at about 40 Km/h or above, and have to take the 3rd exit, the car will start to slide almost automatically. The rear will go completely out. This can be a tricky and slightly dangerous thing specially in those that have the tarmac very polished, and specially if you have any car on your side, but most of the times, if you're alone in the roundabout, it will slide, but you will be able to control it in perfection, and enjoy the slide.
I must admit that, at least two times, I ended up having the car almost spin out and one of the times it literally climbed the roundabout, just the driver's side wheel, nothing serious, but of course, those 2 times happened in one of those "too much polished" ones. So I simply have to be carefull when entering a roundabout, specially If I never did that specific one.
Else, in cornering and similar, no problem whatsoever. =)

Well, for those that enjoy the car and tend to drive more time inside the city, I think the 1.6 is a good choice, since, like you said, it has a lower consuption, and that these days is something crucial.

 

Pretty shure. Once I went to a beach, part of the road was loose sand, almost got stuck there. XD
Maybe it's the tires (they do need to be replaced). The back shocks are new, around 1 year old... How much can the front shocks affect that?

 

Hmm... I already thought to do a track day too. Maybe someday XD
Ah! Talking about moutain roads, the best I already did with it was going to the Serra of Arrábida in Setúbal, the road that goes to the Figueirinha beach, that road has some good sharp curves. He was great to control, and most of the times you could hear a lot of the screech of the tires, but the car itself never "tried" to spin nor anything. Of course, at a controllable speed.

In my case, I don't hear very much of the exaust, mostly you hear the motor. But I'm not shure if the exaust is factory or not... Anyway, right, now, it's not in my plans to change it.

The gearbox.. Latelly, mine tends to sometimes "get stuck" from 2nd to 3rd, I guess it's a little loose, but aside that, I guess I agree with you. But can't that be tweaked a little?