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It'll be the same thread & nut, you just reuse the nuts when fitting. I'd say you got away with it, probably a good job you didn't go with 50NM :-)

30NM according to the service diagram. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showpost.php?p=299035&postcount=4

I think Abbey do remote mapping too.

The manual says its ok to use 5w30, but 0w20 preferred. I've just put 5w30 in for the summer as I use it on track, and this gives better oil pressure when the oil is at high temperatures. I think if you're under warranty whatever oil you go for should be a low emissions type as that is what Toyota specify. I just went with Opie Oils recommendation as he checks all the specs etc for you.

As said people are going to Abbey but probably not shouting about it as much. Mike from TD does a very good job at promoting on here and having a great website while Mark tends to offer more of a bespoke service. Parts aren't listed on their website so you have to email/phone. They do get back quickly, but you can't window shop. Interestingly when Abbey remapped my car last year they were a fair bit cheaper than Fensport and Tuning Developments - which I was surprised at given it was a proper Ecutek map on the dyno with some custom things I asked for (soft rev limiter), and their standard safety limit built in when the oil temperature gets too high. I'm not sure if that is still the case but it was a pretty good deal. Generally though they should cost a bit more as it's the South East.

It's easy to get a cheap hotel room in the vicinity of Donington (cost me 18 quid last time for a Travelodge type place), due to it being next to East Midlands airport. Which is quite handy if you're travelling from the South. Have a relaxed drive up the night before, get up almost-normal time and have breakfast at the circuit. Also PS4's (which I think you have?) are really good in the wet.

Yep those are going to be heat retention veins on AP's, not good.

Very nice, they look good.

Wonder what the suspension is

Cosmetic mods are very personal taste, it's hard for someone to suggest things because of that. I think carbon wrap is awful, but a lot of people like it!

Which dash cams are you all using, any recommendations?

I think the overwhelming opinion will be in favour of the gti.

My old flat made did that. Span off on Paddock on the first session of an evening event then spent the rest of the time digging gravel out of his MR2's tyres. Hope you're all sorted Dave.

This is what I do, haven't yet had a problem with a trackday organiser. I normally tether it with a daisy chain of zip ties to the rear brake light legs. I thought the same about the headrest mount, doesn't look very clever for the passenger in the event of an accident.

Try booking via the Toyota website, you should get the standard prices.

Sounds just like traction control to me aswell. And as @Deacon said the light often doesn't flash if it is momentary.

The blogs don't seem to be working very well in practice, they are getting bugger all views. I think this is partly because they are right at the bottom of the mobile page, don't show up in recent threads etc, and no ones sure whether to copy paste old entries from the projects thread or just continue the thread without prior context.

How would it be used without an EVI module, always on or some sort of clever Ecutek switch like the heated rear window button?

@Rich that looks a good solution. Tbh though I'd worry how fragile the ducts would be in everyday use, probably ok but once you get to over £500 outlay a set of AP's from Reyland start to look like a 'sensible investment'.

Be careful, those brake ducts above require removal of the windscreen washer bottle, not very practical!

Sounds like a case of foglight karma. Seriously, sounds like you need them to get a decent automotive electrician to look at it.

OEM Porsche GT3 air ducts are cheap and can be attached with a few tie wraps. I'm not sure they do a huge amount, but for the cost worth a go.

I got back late on Saturday afternoon from a 2 week trip around Europe in the 86, so I thought I'd share some pics of our hols. We went through France > Switzerland > Italy > Switzerland > Italy > Austria > Germany > Belgium > Holland > Belgium > France, so quite a few border crossings. Starting off from Surrey on a very early Friday morning to catch a P&O ferry to Calais, I couldn't wait to get my first brew on board. While these days I prefer the tunnel as it's far quicker, the ferry was £160 cheaper this time around. That's a nice breakfast on the ship. My wife and I are both keen cyclists, so we had two road bikes attached to the car with a very cool Seasucker vacuum rack. A bike rack attached to the roof of GT86 attracts a lot of attention and I was getting questions about it wherever we went. First stopover in Dijon, then onto Morzine where we had an apartment for a week just on the start of the climb to Avoriaz. We cycled up the local cols - the Joux Verte, Joux Plane & Ramaz. The local mtb trails looked great, so we hired out a couple Cannondale Jekyll Enduro bikes and went on a mega chairlift-assisted epic into Switzerland, back to Morzine and around Les Gets. Absolutely breathtaking scenery up in the high mountains. Naturally, I waited until later that evening to take the car for a quiet lap of the Col de la Joux Verte. Towards the end of the week, and with an eye on the weather forecast we booked a hotel in Bormio, Italy to drive and ride the Stelvios and Gavia passes. These are huge climbs, well over 20-26km long and finishing at 2700 metres - best avoided in bad weather. Luckily we appeared to have a weather window appearing. A days driving over, passing through Switzerland (keeping off the motorways as I wasn't gonna pay a years road tax for 2 hours use), into Italy via the St. Bernard tunnel (29 euros - ouch!!) Aosta and Lake Como. It was super hot and 30+ degrees most of the way, until we popped out of the last tunnel 5 mins from Bormio to be greeted by torrential rain and a massive storm! The next morning was fine though and we cycled up the 2700m Stelvio in the sunshine. There were a fair few slow cars on it, clogging up the road for petrol heads, so I made a mental note to get up early the next morning to drive it. After a cracking 65kph descent on the bikes we then both still felt a little bit fresh, so climbed the Gavia 2600m pass after lunch. This nearly broke me, really hard. After a fairly large recovery pizza and Gran Reserve Peroni the alarm was set for 6am to get the Stelvio pretty much to ourselves for an hours worth of hard driving. By the time we reached the top, oil temperatures were at track day levels - so I pulled up next to a glacier to cool them down. You don't get these at Donny. Following a morning of dossing in the local spa, we then drove up to Bad Liebenzell in the Black Forest, which involved going back over the Stelvios pass (again!), in and out of Switzerland, back into Italy, then Austria before hitting the Autobahn in Germany. It all got a bit confusing with the myriad of border crossings and at one point we honestly had no clue what country we were in. German autobahns themselves are awesome, really smooth, and free. I couldn't go crazy what with having a fairly novel vacuum-mount rack on my roof (see pic), but the miles went by very quickly cruising at a legal 150kph. The next day we set off for..... yeah you guessed it, the Nurburgring. We had a cracking apartment in Adenau, 5 minutes walk from some of the best viewing points on the track. After unloading we quickly made our way down to the Nordschliefe entrance for a couple of evening laps. I last came here in 2005 and a lot of things have changed. There's still a great post-lap atmosphere in the car park though, as everyone chills out after a lap with a drink from the cafe. There was at least four 86's circulating so a decent turnout from the twins. Naturally we returned the next evening for some more laps, but the track had already been closed before I'd made the ticket office. Someone gone out straight from the start and had a massive crash, flipping their beemer over the barriers into the woods at the Foxhole, just 5 minutes into the session. It didn't reopen. Friday morning was spent having a good day noseying round the new facilities, weird closed rollercoaster (it was closed down by public health after it crashed twice, and they can't dismantle it as it's part of the building complex) and GP track pits while the VLN endurance race practice was on. After that it was an autoroute cruise back through Belgium, Holland, Belgium and finally France to make Calais. On arrival we were greeted with a minor farce. Despite being 1 hour 40 mins early for our ferry, we missed it! UK Border Controls screwed everyone over with a massive queue to get through - thousands of people missing their ferries for extra checks. P&O looked after everyone and put us aboard the next available crossing an hour later. Arriving home, we covered around 1900 miles, at an average of 32mpg. Best fuel ingested was 100 octane in both Italy and Germany, although I did see 102 near the ring.

Yeah I guess we half planned it. Booked the ferry, booked an apartment in Morzine, another one near the Nurburgring and did everything else on the fly. We decided to goto Italy and the Stelvios pass the day before, although my wife had been keen to ride it for a while. When it's that high up the weather can be quite unpredictable even in summer, so booking anything was left really late until we got a clear forecast. (A week later the Stelvio was covered in snow!) It's really easy now to book hotels on the go using booking.com and Expedia apps etc. If enroute to somewhere and wanting a nice stop-off, we have a rule to pull over and book somewhere by 4pm. Some hotels out in the sticks, particularly Italy, seem to slash the online prices late-on. We've stayed in some absolutely stunning hotels for Travelodge money, but had the odd one that makes a Premier Inn look like a palace. Makes it interesting though.