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Event Title: Simply Japanese Beaulieu 2020 Event Author: Leevsfortyone Event Date: 26.07.2020 Hi All. Simply Japanese is on Sunday 26th July 2020, this is a fantastic event held at a fabulous location. A great day out for all the family and a great way to meet fellow members for a chat and tips on modding you car. Details are as below. if you wish to attend this show please go to the link below, you buy your tickets directly from Beaulieu. Once you have purchased please can you confirm with me so I can monitor numbers attending. Look forward to seeing you there. https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/events/simply-japanese/ Simply Japanese Beaulieu 2020 attending: lee S Faith Paul F Smudge Dannyw86trd

Well spotted. Perhaps a weekend or two afterward?

Everyone else barring the chap from fensport that commented on Facebook seems Confident of the same. As long as I can get something in writing about a Warrenty I am happy. But they swerved that in their last email reply so have sent another. Plus asking for an all in total for everything so I know 100% where I stand. Will ask if I can get the info from toyota direct if I call them personally though. If it is purely a gesture of good will then fine I am happy that have done so. But if they have admitted fault why not just cover the lot.... Either way I am in a better place then I was on Tuesday

Nice. The car featured in the Carthrottle article with the Harrop installation was done by Abbey Motorsport and is now mine 😎 Agreed, the PS4 do work well. My car is still on the standard 17x7 wheels and runs 215 PS4 tyres. I hope that the noise issue you are experiencing gets resolved ok.

Cade Bull, it is definitely antenna no 4 the one busted (figure from the car manual below), and I haven't seen any issue so far (yes the boot still unlocks when sensing the key in my pocket, but we know that is antenna no 3 which should work). I'll try to lock the key inside - but that in the evening when I'll have access to my spare key 🙂

Apart from the current issue, the supercharger is a fab bit of kit. The integration and installation are very professional. If I sit close to the front offside of the car I can just hear the intercooler pump swishing away when the ignition is on (I was pumping my tyres at the time). Apart from that, the belt is nice and tight and runs true (I had problems with a previous Sprintex charger) and there are no signs of installation nasties. On the road, at low speed I can just feel the effects of parasitic load on the engine but it's not a lot more than, say, turning on the aircon. I guess it may become more evident in summer with the Harrop and aircon both loading the engine. I need the mapping tweaked at low revs above idle to just help the fuelling a little for smoother control. At speed, it's smooth, progressive and gives a hell of a burst of acceleration if I'm hoofing it. 3rd, 4th and 5th are the gears where you can really give it pedal and the rewards are eager torque right up to the red line (I set my light to come on at 7000 rpm). It just feels like a bigger engine - no surprises, no suddenly coming on boost, just a linear shove in the back. Even in the wet, it feels safe and controllable with no surprise snaps. I like the way superchargers feel. On the motorway, 6th is now a very useful gear and if I'm lazy I can keep up with most traffic without the need to drop to 5th. If someone is pulling away, dropping it to 5th is usually plenty. The car is noisier because of the effect of load on the sound and because I went with a UEL manifold. With the TD super-resonator, it's as loud as I would want it. There is no drone at speed but it can get loud on hard acceleration. To my surprise, the 17 x 8 wheels with Michelin 225 PS4s are perfectly balanced for the car. I really don't need more rubber, it's highly controllable and turns in well. Overall, I am well pleased. This is my daily driver and I needed it to work well. You're always going to have some teething issues with boost and I accepted that as part of the deal.