HertLife's high-revving Corolla gets another turn on track
An older AE86 outing brings brake-line repairs, grip racing and a Hasselgren-built engine into an upload-free week.
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10,000 RPM 300HP AE86 Toyota Corolla Goes Grip Racing! (Hasselgren Engineering Built 3SGE BEAMS )
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- 0:16Hert introduces his Corolla AE86 and its Hasselgren-built 3SGE BEAMS engine.
- 1:57The crew discovers a leaking rear brake line near the enlarged exhaust.
- 3:23Bryan Leonard explains the temporary custom brake line planned for the next day's driving.
- 9:20Hert begins warm-up laps to get a feel for the car and track.
- 13:12The harder driving session begins, mixing grip driving with practice drift entries.
Before Hert can push his Corolla around Polecat Training Center, there's a brake line to sort out. Up on the lift at Chase Bays, the crew finds a rear line damaged by heat near the enlarged exhaust. Tomorrow's track session needs a practical fix, not another postponement.
That older outing is the busiest of HertLife's videos right now, during a week with no new uploads. In "10,000 RPM 300HP AE86 Toyota Corolla Goes Grip Racing! (Hasselgren Engineering Built 3SGE BEAMS )", Hert puts the modified Toyota through workshop preparation, a tentative warm-up and then harder laps. Bryan Leonard explains the temporary custom line that will get it driving before a complete replacement kit goes in. The video also includes a sponsored earbud segment.
The appeal is a different flavor of Hert's automotive adventures: a Corolla built to rev to 10,000 rpm, with grip driving sharing the session with drift entries. The warm-up's on-screen reassurance, "I'M NOT SCARED, YOU'RE SCARED.", supplies its own account of the nerves.
HertLife's subscriber count held steady at a quarter of a million, while daily views ran at less than half their usual level. Among nearby motoring channels, OGS & Mechanics had a much busier week and grew briskly; Damon Fryer, like HertLife, had a quieter spell with no subscriber gain.
T-Pain's Mustang RTR Spec-5D gift remains another source of viewing, but the Corolla currently draws more daily views. For this week's archive visitors, the little Toyota offers both sides of a track day: the repair that makes it possible and the driving that makes it worthwhile.
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The workshop preparation is followed by driving sessions at Polecat Training Center.


