SW20 Calalog Specifications

• AW11 mini catalog

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• Feature of SW20 Type-I (1989.10)
  It is SW20 that AW11 which was founder's MR2 restyled it. At this time, SW20 turned one, grew, and appeared. However, the Type-I of SW20 was criticized severely as a dangerous car with a difficult control.

  The wheel of the Type-I of SW has only the diameter of 14 inches, and the size of a rear tire installs 205/60 poor, and has the characteristic with a low absolute limit of the grip. Additionally, because very unstable behavior was shown to the posture change because of the structure around the suspension, it was said, "Restive horse".

  Other some the following faults were pointed out.
  The ability of the brake is weak.
  The response of the engine is bad, and there is no goodness of the response like the supercharger engine of AW.
  It has the problem of biasing the engine oil when side G is received.
  Quick movement like AW11 was not done by the car's having become heavy. SW had received the evaluation of having become a car named the sports car where saying had feeling like the passenger car if it got it.

  However, having become a chance to which these severe criticisms keep evolving in the future for SW is a fact.

  SW20 TypeI mini catalog

  SW20 TypeI Ad

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• Feature of SW20 Type-II (1991.11)
  

  

  In December 1991, the Type-I of SW20 was given the minor change and became a Type-II. The Type-II solves many of problems of the Type-I though the reputation was a bad car in the Type-I. The change from the Type-I to the Type-II will be able to be said that it was the largest in the minor change of SW20s.

  The change point from the Type-I to the Type-II is enumerated as follows.

  • Addition of GT-S grade of 2,500,000 yen cheap for 300,000 yen from GT grade. GS-S has neither ABS nor AUDIO, etc.
  • The diameter of wheel is : from 14 inches to 15 inches
  • The size of the reception desk tire changes from 195/60R14 to 195/55R15.
  • The size of a rear tire changes from 205/60R14 to 225/50R15.
  • Enlargement of brake rotor.
  • Height has lowered by 5mm.
  • It is easy for the gear change to improve the transmission, and to have done. Still, it is said that entering of the gear is worse for the Type-II than SW since the Type-III.
  • Improvement of fault that bias of engine oil according to side G
  • Change in suspension.
    The change in the camber corner of the roll of the body has decreased by having extended a rear lower arm only by 100mm. Moreover, the reception desk was given and the change which is that the setting had been done was given to a negative camber inclined to it. It was suppressed that rear effused rapidly by those changes. Still, there is still an impression of rapidity compared with SW since the Type-III.
  • The Type-II became a setting with hard each place since the Type-I and the Type-III if the driving feeling was concerned and it said. It is said that Bush becomes hard, too the stabilizer thickens, and the engine became annoying, too. The shock absorber and spring were to have returned it to a soft setting by the Type-III.

    SW20 TypeII mini catalog

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• Feature of SW20 Type-III(1993.10)
  
  The change from the Type-II to the Type-III is not larger than the change from the Type-I to the Type-II. However, for me to change both and to have understood are to be improved quite a lot of items. It might be this Type-III's SW that the face and contents almost became the final types.

  Type-III's big improvement point is enumerated as follows. The enlarging turbine is installed, and the engine which is the power-up. Improvement of stability by reinforcement of suspension. Excellent sports ABS installing. Union of colors of change in design of rear spoiler and under spoiler, lightening, and bodies.

  If you buy SW of Used Car, I recommend SW since the Type-III to be selected. Because, because the Type-II often broke, it costs a lot of repair fees, and might be able to buy the Type-III.

  The turbo car in the minor change after this has not changed basically with the Type-III. There seems actually to have been the one with 260 horsepower though the catalog spec of the engine did not have the change after this, too. The one is an initial engine of the Type-III which manufactured it from YAMAHA, and another one is the close Type-V one for the production end. The engine of YAMAHA is famous when the assembly accuracy is high, and it turns as often as the racing engine. Production for especially game, and air conditioner and fog lamp; It seems to have recorded 3 S-GTE the selected high-power the less option version without the rear spoiler. Moreover, Type-V's final engine also has information with the power of about 260 horsepower because parts of CALDINA equipped with same 3S-GTE are used.

  In addition, it is a fact that the breakdown of the gearbox is decreasing compared with the Type-II. It is uncertain in the improvement of the response of the engine whether to originate probably because of it .

  I feel that it comes to do easily considerably, and the operation is light the drive. It is shaken in the direction of stability further in the setting. As for the situation by which the spin was surely done, if it was a Type-II, spin came to manage to be avoided.

  In addition, when a detailed change point is brought together, it becomes the following.

  • Improvement of engine < br > 3S-GTE comes to often turn the area of the high rotation, and has increased to 245 horsepower. However, the peak of the torque goes up from 3200 rpm to 4000 rpm. The air flow sensor became and because it was a pressure sensor type, lost and maintenance to which the air resistance became empty, too became unnecessary from the hot wire, too. The turbine became large-scale, too.
  • The oil pan changes made of aluminum.
  • Sports ABS (option) addition.
  • The power steering lightened.
  • The pressure of the cover of the clutch (775Kgf) increases.
  • The diameter of the slave cylinder of the clutch grew, and the pedal operation lightened.
  • Standard shock absorber became made of BILSHTEIN original.
  • The drift control easily came for the rigidity feeling of rods around the suspention to be improved greatly and for abrupt spin to decrease.
  • The caster corner in the reception desk increased a little, and it became a stability aim.
  • A standard value of a rear toe-in has decreased from 6mm to 4mm. This means that it became easy to control rear sliding.
  • The breakdown has decreased considerably because the gearbox was improved.
  • The under spoilers became same color as body.
  • Shape change and lightening of rear spoiler.
  • It became rear garnish's shape change, and same color as body.

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• Feature of SW20 Type-IV(1996.7)
  
  SW20 Type-4 at AMLUX Toyota Showroom Ikebukuro, Tokyo

  The Type-IV does not have a too big difference with the Type-III. Lamps became cleared lenses, the position of the side marker moved behind the reception desk tire, and the shape rounded.

  Even the Type-III equipped normally sports ABS which were the option in the GT-S system. There is a air conditioner, a fog lamp or neither rear spoiler nor ABS in the vehicle for the gymkhana base as usual.

  The air bag is equipped normally, and it has become a steering wheel not sporty for a moment. However, it is said that the torque of the low rotation region increased more than Type-IIIs as for engines.

  There is finish on the surface of the aluminum wheel about the hair line.

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• Feature of SW20 Type-V (1997.12.9)
  The maximum highlight for model of NA to have been changed to 200PS(7000rpm) of VVT-i in Type-V 3S-GTE of the Turbo engine does not have the change.

  The shape of the rear spoiler was changed in the face, and it became the adjustment type of three steps like NISSAN R33 Skyline GTR. When the angle is put, the down force of 50kgf is obtained at 200 km/h. However, because the trunk food has been reinforced as for the amount of the power, its weight became also heavy.

  ABS is reported no performance change though seems to have become 3CH control from 4CH control.

  The steering wheel becomes the one of three spokes, and has regained sporty. The wheel changed into a new design. However, not being installed excluding a special nut has before neither or the change. Lightening is consequentially done in 10Kg along with the wheel, the steering wheel, and lightening such as ABS. However, because the steering wheel and the wheel are exchanged in motor sports which affect 10kg, it is not so significant actually.

  
  SW20 GT-S

  
  SW20 GT

  
  SW20 GT T-bar beige mica metelic color / GT-S orange mica metalic color

  
  Rear Spoiler (3point adjustable) / VVT-i System

  
  3S-GE Laser Alpha 200PS@7000rpm, 21Kgm@6000rpm

  
  3S-GTE Laser Alpha 245PS@6000rpm, 31Kgm@4000rpm