GT86-Ian

Hi All,
 
A small update to the Premium Memberships on the store from Today,
 
Purchase cost is still £12.50, however the renewal cost is now £10 
 
This is because you don't get the stickers on renewal but still maintain the discounts offered and the money still gets collated for events for you guys. 
 
Renewals can be paid for in the client area http://www.gt86.org.uk/forums/index.php?app=nexus&module=clients 
 
These will be invoiced to you automatically 30 days before the expiry of your premium memberships

On behalf of Kat (don't think she's on here), thanks for swelling the numbers, Faith, with your convoy.  Great to see so many cars!!  Managed 14 in total.   Thanks to all who turned up today   

So here is the MY2015 GT86 Aero which is RRG Macclesfield's demonstrator.    This car features the 'Aero' kit comprising of front splitter, side skirts, rear valence and of course that huge rear wing! The Aero also comes with 18x7" OZ Utraleggera wheels shod with Yokohama Advan V105 225/40/18 tyres. Ultraleggera is Italian for ultralight. I must say it sets the car off well. In addition, Richard has added a Blitz Advance Induction kit along with the Blitz Suction Kit. An AVO Turbo World 2.5" exhaust with a straight through pipe replacing the secondary catalyzer completes the effects in the sound department. For a bit of extra looks Richard has added a diffuser too.    Here is the Blitz Advance Induction Kit:   Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   AVO Turbo World Exhaust tips:   Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Diffuser: Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   For the road test we took in some of our local favourites roads, namely the infamous A537 Cat and Fiddle road which runs from Macclesfield to Buxton and also some of the A54 which runs down towards Bosley. Both are excellent roads with good elevation and a number of yumps and bumps and well cambered bends. This is most definitely a driver's dream were it not for the average speed cameras. I remember the days well before these and it's still a spot full of suicidal bikers, so you need to keep your wits about you.    We headed up the Cat and Fiddle and though it was dry it was just covered in salt which made it very slippery indeed. Not ideal conditions you might think, but on the other hand it allowed to play with the malleable chassis at much lower speeds and so kept it all reasonably sensible. My fiancee following in my car was not happy on winter tyres and didn't look like he was having half as much fun as I was! I also noted a lower 40 profile compared to when I ran these tyres on my car in 225/45/17 took out the sidewall flex that I didn't like so much with mine.    For the MY 2015 car, there is one very important change and that is the use of Sachs dampers. Now, I'd love to compare my thoughts to the old standard suspension, but my car no longer has it, so really all I can do is compare the new car's suspension characteristics to my car which has Tein Streetflex coilovers with EDFC Active Pro. What immediately struck me is that the ride of the Aero GT86 is a bit more comfortable than mine, especially so over sunken manhole covers and the like. I think the lower spring rate compared to my car also helps here. The good news is that this car is just great out of the box. You could easily jump in this car, drive an hour and a half to Donington, hoon about all day on track then cruise back on the way home. Of course all GT86's can do this, but driving this car reminded just how well sorted the standard GT86 is in that respect.    I drove the car in 'VSC Sport' mode as after all I wasn't going to be a hooligan on the Queen's highway and well, it's not my car of course. However Sport mode does allow a little slip and really it was child's play to just push the rear wide on the exit of corners. I did notice some understeer whilst carrying speed into a number of corners, but I could ebb that away by slightly lifting the throttle and once the car was turning in, I could then get on the throttle and be a little naughty on the exit. This holds true for the experience I had in my car when it had standard suspension, but I've dialled out the understeer with more aggressive geommetry settings, so my car is that bit sharper. But this is to be expected after all.    What I really liked was how good the damping was. It coped well with crests, didn't bottom out and never seemed to crash over bigger bumps. This is a well controlled chassis and it's ripe for exploitation, which I admit, I did and with a lot of enjoyment too. This car has a great balance and I have to be honest, I'd be comfortable just turning all the stability aids off and having a right little play in the low grip conditions, but I did manage to behave myself and keep them on, just!    There is good feel from the steering, the driving position couldn't be better really and all the main controls have a nice weight to them. I particularly liked the Blitz induction kit as it just sounds amazing from 5500-7400rpm. So much so in fact that I just wanted to keep revving it out to the redline! It just seems to roar at the top end of the rev range. Brilliant! Also the AVO Turbo World exhaust really does sound the part. It's not quite as deep as my Milltek, but nor is it raspy at all. So it never annoys, but plays a nice tune I think. Richard has come up with a good combination with the exhaust and induction kit. I really think these two items are essential as it just goes with the looks and also there's that feeling of being a bit more involved in the whole driving process when you can hear a bit more about what is going on! So exhausts and induction kits are very important!    For the sake of comparison I'll talk a little about how my car feels in comparison. Really it's sharper on turn in and when loaded up the dampers stiffen with g-force so you feel the car hunker down as cornering speeds build up. My car has less understeer and tends to oversteer more easily, which is how I like it, but perhaps not my fiancee so much! I do feel though the standard car is doubtless improved by the Sachs dampers giving it a more controlled ride and less of the bobbing around at lower speeds that my car used to do on the older OEM non Sachs suspension. But a less pointy setup in OEM guise is probably what most would prefer and it's easy to feel what the car is doing and adjust throttle and steering inputs to suit your chosen line.    Up on the 'Cat': Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   OZ Ultra light wheels: Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Richard, Mark and Indy, the other part of the road test crew! Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   That huge spoiler: Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   On the A54: Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Interior shot of the new carbon look dash panel which does look better than the previous more plastic looking fascia (It's still plastic of course): Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   The Tyre Pressure Monitoring system, which is mandatory but not loved by many as apparently it's a pain if you swop your wheels! Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Optional leather interior with heated seats: Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   No changes for the instrument panel: Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Nice embroidered 86 logo which comes with the leather seat option:  Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   It's got rear seats, though you might not use them that often! Untitled by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   There is a video we shot that I will add shortly which will add a bit more visual detail.

Update - 10/04/15: 
 
Food: Due to the lack of decent Pub's nearby I've decided to knock the food idea on its head. If you want to eat at Star City you have plenty of options from McDonalds, KFC, Subway, Pizza Hut, Harvester and a few others.
 
Address: 32 Watson Road, Birmingham, B7 5SA. 
 
Parking: Star City can get very busy some weekends. The best option for parking is in the multi-storey car park on the right hand side as you enter. If the ground floor of the multi-storey is empty park towards the back near the outside section. If the ground floor looks busy, park on the 1st floor. Also the multi-storey is not one of these small one with lots of tight turns, it big with plenty of space. 
Please note: There are speed bumps throughout the whole car park (including the multi-storey). 
 

 
Hello Everyone
 
I've been speaking with Keethos and we've decided it would be a good idea to go and see Fast & Furious 7 and do a meet around that. Current plan is to meet up at Star City in Birmingham on the 11th of April at 14:00pm. However we could possibly find a pub and have some lunch before hand - this is yet to be decided.
 
Date: Saturday 11th April 
Time: 14:00pm. 
Venue: Star City - Birmingham
 
If you interested please add yourself to the list, so I can get an idea of numbers:
 
1. Will300
2. Keethos
3. Faith
4. GT86-Ian 
5. Mike
6. Jay
7. Kristov
8. Carla
9. Keethos +1
10. Keethos +2
11. Omer86
12. Omer86 +1
13. Sarah
 
Possibles:
 
1. SkallyB
2. Dave MR2-GT86  3. Rob 4. JimmyJimmyJimmy (Blue = Allocated ticket)   Thanks
 
Will 

The 86 is going into Fensport next Friday to get the Cosworth Supercharger kit, Tein Street Flex kit, Avo exhaust and front and rear bushes done along with complete Geo setup. My mate who is a ride and handling specialist will be helping me to dial it in once I get it back.

All being well we'll have worked out how to make it go fast enough by the time we get to TSS on 29th March at Snetterton.

Quick clean and a blast out

each to there own as you say smudge, majority have liked.

Will get them on soon hopefully in the next couple of weeks, but im in no rush.

Look awesome mate, I want something similar but with yellow innards
 
Something like this:
 

 
Tommy is your man from Summit, I'm sure Jay currently has orange nuts on his car from Summit.

again only small steps, but with a couple of pictures.
 
So after a 4 week wait my alloy's have now officially arrived and they are sat right next to my desk...for the time being, need to get some tyres and want some orange if possible lug nuts, any recommendations on where to get them? or what make to go for? The silver ones they sent with my wheels look nasty.
 
Anyway 3 pictures in the meantime.
 

 
 

 

 

Surely advertising another vendor in Fensport's thread is a bit wrong 

Yeah it was a big decision, but I have always wished the interior could have been a bit better from the factory.

At least I get to do it my way now though!

Figured I spend more time in the car than looking at it from the outside so why not start there on this one!

Leaving the performance side until next year as I'm focusing on the MR2 for that side this year!

That's funny I was going to start calling you the Carboniser

Mud Flaps ? Turbo ??

Wahey!
 
At 1726 this evening Ruth Elizabeth Louise (Special K) was born at Basildon Hospital.
 
My first grandaughter and sister to 3 year old Marcus.
 
Me is a happy bunny...!!     Except for the extra mouth to feed, more Crissy and birthday prezzies and go-kart lessons... hrrmph..
 
 
GrinSpec K

Just been out and done some noise testing, the static test was 88db done at 45 degrees / 1 mtr from tail pipe. Drive by was full throttle in 3rd gear 6-7 k approx 2mtrs from the roadside, and resulted in 96db. I am sure this is not the same as circuit testing but gives me an idea with my set up.
 
Tomei EL de cat manifold
Cobra overpipe
Berk sport cat front pipe
ARK DTS system

I know there's a few people on here that are having battery problems and batteries going flat after a few days of no use. 
  I recently started getting the problem and took it to my dealer. They carried out a test and installed a new battery free of charge.    Mileage isn't an issue. They just do a test, if the battery doesn't hold the correct amps/second then they replace it.    Even better is they're now fitting 65ah batteries.  So if you've got audio equipment or more drain than usual. Go to the dealer. Free 65ah battery!    My dealer said anyone with a complaint about the battery will probably just get one because they've had a lot of complaints and Toyota now state the GT86 should have a 65ah battery.    Fixed all my problems. Left it a week and start perfectly! 

The nice Fedex man delivered some more bits today for the engine build 
 

 

 

 
Plus head and main bearing studs and nuts (the Crowler rods come with ARP bolts included
 

 
Now that the pistons have arrived, I need to find a competent engineering shop to make me a torque plate so that I can get my nice clean block bored and honed for the CP pistons.  I also have to notch the bottom of the bores, in order to clear the rods.  Lots and lots of work to do 

Hi guys, I've been floating around over on the gt86oc forum for a while but it's relatively quiet so thought it was about time I started posting here so I'll start with a build thread lol. So far I've not done all that much, I'm slowly building a stash of parts read to turbo the car in the near future. Some of these pics aren't up to date and there may have been a few changes since!


These were some early iPhone pics when I first got the car and put my reg on:






















Then it was time to start playing around so I removed the "TOYOTA" and "GT86" rear badging to tidy the rear end up and ditched those terrible terrible standard rear lights in favour of some Valenties:





Nothing exciting but a little carbon brace from Japspeed:





Then it was time to start gathering parts ready for the turbo, some are on already, some aren't... First up was some K Sport 8 pots. First impressions... Better than expected, the quality of the kit was fantastic and the pictures do them no justice, I got a great deal including the k sport pads (I'll eventually upgrade to DS2500's but for now they'll suffice)

I hear a lot of mixed views on k sport brakes but most is from ill-educated forum warriors and brand whore know-it-alls but let's face it... Why do impreza/evo owners upgrade from factory brembos to these? Why do the time attack and drift lads run them? They're obviously good at what they do and parts are fully interchangeable with the AP setups. Of those people who have actually owned them and speaking from first hand experience, they sounded like a good option so I took the plunge, brilliant value considering they're also a two piece disc:








Now the next bit is a little marmite. My last jap car was an S15 Spec-R Aero so needless to say there were frequently a lot of confused faces whenever I drove by, people questioning what it was and taking an interest. It was always quite amusing to see their reactions when I told them it was "just" a Nissan and not some high end supercar and for some weird reason I actually used to like telling people because it made me feel humble in the knowledge that to me, I couldn't care about a badge and it shows just how pretentious some people are haha so I decided to swap out the Toyota emblems for the US spec Scion emblems, love them or loathe them it's not to everybody's taste:








After this I found I had a little spare time one weekend so on went the K Sports:





More toys! HKS Hipermax IV GT coilovers with adjustable top mounts and shortened drop links





The master cylinder brace has arrived from japanland lol:





I'm yet to fit the coilovers (as you can see just dumped in the spare room) but I have those to chuck on and a few polybushes due to arrive shortly, I've ordered some rear subframe inserts and a gearbox mount insert.


I've spent a lot of time researching turbo kits and tuning options and have been looking at all sorts of kits, initially I was leaning towards a JDL turbo kit until I heard of a few fitment and communications issues that don't sit well with me so I've steered away from that. Next in line was the treadstone kit using a borgwarner EFR turbo, on paper this seems like an immense bit of kit but at the end of it all... call me a kid but I love the weird and wonderful Star Wars-esque noises of tuned turbo jap cars and with previous experiences, I really want to go down the root of a Garrett turbo with an external wastegate and I'm now heart set and saving for a full blown motorsports stage 1 premium kit using a GTX2867 turbo, they're tried and tested on many many cars and there's a lot of support available so it seems the wiser choice.

Due to errr... Technical issues lol (with my wallet not the car) this is taking slightly longer than anticipated but it's given me chance to further research.

The overnight parts from Japan arrived (okay so they came from America not Japan but let's not dwell on that #racewars). I have a VERY particular exhaust setup in mind I'm keen to have on the 86 but I was previously worried by the pipe diameter not being big enough for when I go FI as I've always thought 3" was a pretty standard requirement but after speaking to the boys at Delicious Tuning (they were responsible for the tune on Ken Blocks gymkhana Subaru) they have assured me that for the levels of power I'm trying to achieve that it's perfectly acceptable to run even a standard exhaust setup and I will be using one of Bills flash and go tunes on the car when it comes to mapping so I know I'm in safe hands (for any sceptics, research the delicious tuning flash and go maps first). Once uploaded you can send him a log file for your car to then tweak the map to better suit your vehicle and he will do this three times for free and then after that charges a reasonable hourly rate so you can really get it dialled in. The beautiful thing is that I can do this all from the comfort of my own home without disrupting my work as with the time difference between here and the US, he's working while I'm sat at home so we can make contact easily and stress free. So the point of this? Is that because a 60.5mm exhaust bore will be sufficient I can start putting together the exhaust setup I want.

Up first....

Tomei stainless steel overpipe, this is essentially a 60.5mm bore throughout, it's welded in three or four sections and removes the squashed section found on the OE overpipe therefore removing the restriction. The quality is second to none with fantastic attention to detail, even down to the slick tomei labelled flanges, beautiful!











Then this shall be paired to what I can only refer to as an absolute piece of artwork. The pictures really do this no justice and upon finally seeing it in the flesh I now appreciated why it has the price tag it does; a Tomei full titanium front pipe/secondary cat delete. Working with titanium is not an easy task, it can't be easily bent in the same way as stainless can and so it's extremely labour intensive to manufacture a part like this as the bends are made up of multiple welded sections and with the nature of titanium being stronger than stainless they also use thinner walled materials so the section is made from 0.8mm pipe so it is lightweight but still über strong and will have a very distinctive tone. This should provide just enough titanium in the exhaust system to give a vibrant rasp and a special race-like resonant tone without quite getting me to the asbo level that a full balls out cat back titanium system would











It's slowly but surely coming together and I can't wait to finally get all this on there! I'm taking my time over it because if I do something, I like to do it right so I won't skimp along the way! As for the rest of the exhaust system? Watch this space... It'll be a beauty when I can afford to take the plunge but I know EXACTLY what it's gonna be!

What's wrong with a glorified disco!

Finally I had the twin tailpipes fitted to finish the milltek off and also the sports cat was installed .

A short one Ian
 
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=817443028346915&video_source=pages_finch_main_video

Most definitely, Keith .  It will unfortunately be a good few months until it is ready, but once the red demon is finished, I will not forget my friends.  The whole purpose of the car is for maximum fun for all, which is one of the reasons why I am building the Yaris, rather than going the MR2 route that Lauren was pushing me to.  Hopefully, the car will be a real hoot once it is finished.  I am thinking of spraying it in a similar colour scheme as the new Toyota WRC Yaris 
 

This wont end well.......


http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/gt-86/90372/toyota-gt86-aero-vs-subaru-wrx-sti-seat-leon-cupra

When you get there

Great news, Think they park them up for a few days to see if the cars tracked.