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Today I have booked a supercharger install and have selected the Harrop with an expected power increase to around 280bhp and a large dollop of torque across the rev range. Abbey Motorsport will be doing the work in early October. My reasons for choosing the Harrop are: Torque and driveability of superchargers (I have previous experience) Simpler installation and near-OEM look and feel Reliability? Moot, maybe Road use only (I don't track the car) The Aussies have a lot of experience tuning Japanese cars Harrop are a known company with a good reputation Feel free to chip in and tell me I'm wrong, but very approximately I tend to think turbos for outright power (track) and 'chargers for midrange grunt (road).

This, Get it somewhere for diagnosis first before jumping to the worst conclusions. Mike

It's around £5900 for the kit, installation and dyno tune. I am now negotiating an installation date. It's a two-day job and they'll give me a courtesy car for the night.

I'll start this thread here and recap. White 2017 BRZ bought as a dealer demo with only 2000 miles on the clock. I love the purity of the design, all based around driver enjoyment and a few creature comforts but no additional thrills. Nice engine, great chassis, comfortable seats, crap radio. As I said, it's all about the driving. Mods to date: TD UEL NA package, TD full catback exhaust with Super Resonator. I have left the 2nd cat in place to remain vaguely legal. TD inlet pipe, HKS inlet duct, sound delete. Rota Blitz 17x8 ET35 wheels with 225/45 Michelin Pilot Sport 4s and replacement TPMS sensors. H&R Super Sport springs with about 33mm lowering.

There is no wrong and right with personal choice. Happiness with the end result is more important. You will love your car even more!! Not too long to wait either!! Enjoy!!

Finally, I managed to damage the cable connecting the head unit to the screen. Eonon were very good to deal with and sent me out a replacement free of charge which I have now fitted and so have a fully functioning head unit back which is nice. I do wonder if the connection between the head unit and screen is going to prove a weak point and if I was purchasing again I'd maybe look at their in dash version instead although they didn't offer this with quite as a high a spec as the version I have. It may also just have been that I had a slightly dodgy cable to start with so I guess only time will tell.

Next up a few photos from the Bedford trackday I did with @will300 and @VAD17 at the end of August (thanks to Will for sorting the pictures out).

I picked up a fuel container for trackdays as places like Anglesey and Blyton are a bit of a pain for getting VPower. I went with a VP Racing container with filling spout as they seem well regarded on the track groups I'm a member of (and several people from here like @KevinA said they used them and recommended them too).

It needs properly diagnosing before taking the engine out. I agree that I wouldn't rule out direct injector seals as one possible example that can cause a knocking sound. Its not always a big end failure. £17k for a engine has got to be trolling. Bet they had a great laugh about that in the office.

Put me in your maybe pile please.

It's £4734 inc VAT for just the supercharger at the moment (within the last week).

I just want to say a big thanks to @Lucas@PartBox for providing an extremely effiecent service on a recent order, including discount code and arranging delivery of the parts directly to me. Thank you very much.

If the discount code is for 100 % I'm in. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk

Count me in please 🍾

I don't think it either. It's down to poor service or treatment.. don't rev the nuts off it when it's cold and such things.. I'm the 5th owner of mine, picked it up with 40k miles, now its on 76k hard driven (by me at least) miles and not a single engine fault. Nothing done to the engine though. I think they are very reliable and I can't help myself but blame the owners for most faults. I see it all the time, people start their car and drive off immediately. Let it warm up first, change the oil often and the car will serve you right for years to come.