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10-31-2007, 03:49 AM
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Is it possible to get excited about a Yaris? In short, no. But throw Five Axis into the game - one of the country's premier customizers - and you'll come away with a new found respect for the pensioner's penalty box. The crew at Five Axis decided to take Toyota's staid means of moribund transport and convert it into a track day tramp, which Toyota claims plays homage to its participation in the Group 7 Can-Am series of the '60s.
The Yaris Club loses its roof and any other means of civilian transport, only making due with a stripped out interior, a racing bucket, a few gauges and chopped windshield. Five Axis fabbed up the hard top tonneau conversion, added JDM front and rear Vitz bumpers, taillights, foglamps and then finished it all in Ivory White Paint.
Under the hood - where it counts - the stock 1.5-liter inline four takes deep breaths through a TRD/TTE Supercharger and cold air intake, bringing output up from 106 hp to 166 HP. A DC sports header takes care of spent exhaust gases and a Greddy TIC exhaust expels it out the back. 17-inch wheels are fitted fore and aft, wrapped in custom Five Axis Yokoyamas sized 255/45R17. The suspension has been retrofitted with Tein Super Street Dampers and a TRD strut brace, while slowing the flyweight are Greddy six-piston brakes sized 282mm all around.
You can glean all the deets after the jump and check out our gallery of images below.
Gallery: Toyota Yaris Club
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/sema07_yarisclub---05_450.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/toyota-yaris-club/464501/)
click above image to view more high-res pics of the Yaris Club
Is it possible to get excited about a Yaris? In short, no. But throw Five Axis into the game - one of the country's premier customizers - and you'll come away with a new found respect for the pensioner's penalty box. The crew at Five Axis decided to take Toyota's staid means of moribund transport and convert it into a track day tramp, which Toyota claims plays homage to its participation in the Group 7 Can-Am series of the '60s.
The Yaris Club loses its roof and any other means of civilian transport, only making due with a stripped out interior, a racing bucket, a few gauges and chopped windshield. Five Axis fabbed up the hard top tonneau conversion, added JDM front and rear Vitz bumpers, taillights, foglamps and then finished it all in Ivory White Paint.
Under the hood - where it counts - the stock 1.5-liter inline four takes deep breaths through a TRD/TTE Supercharger and cold air intake, bringing output up from 106 hp to 166 HP. A DC sports header takes care of spent exhaust gases and a Greddy TIC exhaust expels it out the back. 17-inch wheels are fitted fore and aft, wrapped in custom Five Axis Yokoyamas sized 255/45R17. The suspension has been retrofitted with Tein Super Street Dampers and a TRD strut brace, while slowing the flyweight are Greddy six-piston brakes sized 282mm all around.
You can glean all the deets after the jump and check out our gallery of images below.
Gallery: Toyota Yaris Club
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/sema07_yarisclub---01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/toyota-yaris-club/464506/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/sema07_yarisclub---03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/toyota-yaris-club/464504/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/sema07_yarisclub---04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/toyota-yaris-club/464499/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/sema07_yarisclub---05_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/toyota-yaris-club/464501/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/sema07_yarisclub---08_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/toyota-yaris-club/464498/)
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