KobayashiMaru 28 Report post Posted June 20, 2016 Hi, I'm Martyn from Swansea, signed up to look for info on mods for my brother's 86. I nearly bought one a few years ago but life happened and missed my chance. Now he has one I'm jealous but also want to help him as much as possible with it. Spent a few hours driving it home and over the last few days and it's a great car even in stock form. A car that's bursting with potential 1 Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted June 20, 2016 Welcome aboard. Is your brother on here yet? The burning question is, how are you planning on modding his car? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KobayashiMaru 28 Report post Posted June 20, 2016 Just now, Lauren said: Welcome aboard. Is your brother on here yet? The burning question is, how are you planning on modding his car? For me it's all new because I'm used to tuning Skoda's. A quick map seeing easy gains, change intercooler, exhaust system and intake for stage 2 and my Mk2 Octavia vRS has 282bhp. Now it's a boxer and N/A tuning I need to get my head around what mods actually benefit it as it's fairly tuned already. A catback and a downpipe saw good gains on my vRS but on the 86 it's better to change manifold first? That's probably one of the first things I change. For now we'll stick with N/A as I don't want to lose the "86ness" of the car just yet plus he has to get used to RWD (came from a Swift Sport). I owned a Z4M a few years ago but this somehow this seems more playful and fun even though it's not as powerful and in mnay ways it's better. It's probably because it's limits are more achievable and it's definitely a chassis that's confidence inspiring. No doubt you'll see many silly questions over the coming days. Detailed it and got a few more coats of Collinite wax on so it's beading well now. 2 Foulsmell and Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keethos 842 Report post Posted June 20, 2016 Welcome to the club, there are a couple of threads which will give you a good idea on where to start, Tuning Development even do such a kit of mods for new comers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KobayashiMaru 28 Report post Posted June 20, 2016 Tuning Development? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicebiscuit 655 Report post Posted June 20, 2016 The short answer seems to be filter, decatted manifold and remap to go faster, and then rest of the exhaust for a little extra and more noise if that's your thing. Only about 20bhp to be gained which may not seem much for the £s but it's the midrange torque that benefits the most. Very worthwhile. Tuning Developments are our friendly North West based tuner, there is also Fensport and Amber further South. All seem to know their onions and people on here have all sorts done Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
will300 812 Report post Posted June 20, 2016 Welcome KobayashiMaru This is Tuning Developments N/A package. http://www.gt86.org.uk/forums/topic/3877-gt86-brz-tuning-package-from-tuning-developments/ 1 KobayashiMaru reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Test Drives Unlimited 278 Report post Posted July 8, 2016 Hi and welcome to the GT86 and BRZ Driver's Club Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foulsmell 120 Report post Posted July 8, 2016 Just now, Lauren said: Welcome aboard. Is your brother on here yet? The burning question is, how are you planning on modding his car? For me it's all new because I'm used to tuning Skoda's. A quick map seeing easy gains, change intercooler, exhaust system and intake for stage 2 and my Mk2 Octavia vRS has 282bhp. Now it's a boxer and N/A tuning I need to get my head around what mods actually benefit it as it's fairly tuned already. A catback and a downpipe saw good gains on my vRS but on the 86 it's better to change manifold first? That's probably one of the first things I change. For now we'll stick with N/A as I don't want to lose the "86ness" of the car just yet plus he has to get used to RWD (came from a Swift Sport). I owned a Z4M a few years ago but this somehow this seems more playful and fun even though it's not as powerful and in mnay ways it's better. It's probably because it's limits are more achievable and it's definitely a chassis that's confidence inspiring. No doubt you'll see many silly questions over the coming days. Detailed it and got a few more coats of Collinite wax on so it's beading well now. Lovely beads! Love Collinite. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 KobayashiMaru reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
