Plenty of guys at my car club have the 4age blacktop/silvertop and its a nice car to drive .I dont understand why you think its going to be bad around town as the standard corolla is a decent car and your putting the engine in a car half its weight.120kph in second
!your not going to be doing that around town and who cares anyway as you have another 3 gears to play with.Maybe worth having a drive of one to truly appreciate this motor.Just as a note maybe look at
http://web.mac.com/rawuk/Raw/Home.html
they do supercharger kits for the 4age.