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Looking to get these alloys - a second opinion?
will300 replied to matrixprotein's topic in GT86/BRZ General Chat
@matrixprotein they'll fit fine, you might want a slightly lower offset for more poke. 17x8 +35 tends to be the sweat spot. That however is a decent price. -
Where you based @Stevogt ?
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Update 23/02/2019 - Silverstone Trackday On Thursday I attend a Circuit Days trackday at Silverstone, with several other members of the club. (Special thanks to @VAD17 for organising the day). This would be the first test of my new brake setup, featuring new Rear STi brembo's and Endless pads all-round. I was happy with the performance of the brakes, balance was good, no issues with over heating. Stopping power was the same as the Ferrodo's. I still think I'd prefer something with more of an aggressive bite, however I suspect that would mean sacrificing daily usability. So I might try running a dedicated set of track pads and swapping them out just before the event in future. Overall however they performed flawlessly. I'm not sure if it's Silverstone specific but it felt like the car was suffering with too much body roll in some corners, even though I had the suspension set on it's stiffest setting. A set of stiffer ARB's has now been added to my watch list 😆 Overall it was a fun day out with a decent amount of track time, even if it was a little busy on track. Here are a couple of photo's from the day:
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Spa Francorchamps - Car Track Day (Javelin) - April 2019
will300 posted a calendar event in Trackdays
untilEvent: Spa Francorchamps - Car Track Day Event Dates: 01/04/2019 & 02/04/2019 Event Organiser: Javelin Trackdays Price: December Only Price - £229 per day / £450 for both Booking Links: April 1st: https://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackdays/Upcoming-Events/Spa_Francorchamps_1st_April April 2nd: https://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackdays/Upcoming-Events/Spa_Francorchamps_2nd_April April 1st & 2nd: https://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackdays/Upcoming-Events/Spa_Francorchamps_Double_Deal Hello Everyone Following on from @VAD17's thread on Track Day plans for 2019, I can see there has been alot of interest in the Javelin Track Day at Spa Francorchamps on the 1st & 2nd of April 2019. As this is something I'm extremely interesting in doing, I thought I'd create a separate thread to discuss the possibility of the club attending the event. Please use this thread for all discussion regarding travel, accommodation, bookings, etc. All the usual facilities are available though Javelin, Garages, Instruction, etc. If this is an event you'd like to attend please feel free to add your name to this list below, I've already added those who have shown interest in the other thread. Thank you Will Interested List: 1. @will300 2. @KevinA 3. @maurice 4. @VAD17 5. @nascency 6. @Lauren 7. 8. Booked List: 1. 2. 3. -
Have a look here for some inspiration, there is probably every conceivable fitment for our cars listed: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7535
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@Lucas@PartBox The Flex A's all come with the H.B.S. The Flex Z are the ones without it.
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The white Harrop SC TRD (a couple of posts down) apparently sold on ebay for £13600: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-GT86-TRD-Supercharged/123515939428?hash=item1cc21faa64:g:kdgAAOSwHrlb~nw0
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For daily ride comfort with a couple of track days a year, you want the Flex A. Have a look into the Hydraulic Bump Stop feature they offer: https://www.tein.com/products/flex_a.html I've personally ran a set for over the last 3 years without issue, including multiple track days. Now they aren't perfect, they will rust (not excessively), they are possibly too soft for track use (it's a compromise I'm happy to accept due to their daily comfort) and mine are now at the stage where they could do with being rebuilt.
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Thanks @br0wny that actually means alot. @gazza82 No, they are 17x8 +35
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@Mike a Perrin intake not Injen (@Deacon) No, the blanking plate was perfectly sized to fit between the slots in the grill. There was enough room for me to get my hand in to cable tie it.
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Oil is still allowed to flow through the cooler with the thermostat shut to stop any thermal shock. It's also useful to protect the cooler for any winter grime
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PM me if you want to know about BCS. Unfortunately as Endless is a Japanese company only a handful of places sell their pads in the UK. The main UK supplier I contacted wanted over £600 for a full set of pads. In-fact here are the prices for both sets: RCP015MX72 £417.31+ vat EP291MX72 £269.52 + vat
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Update 02/12/18 - Hel Oil Cooler If you read my previous update on the 08/09/18, you'll see that I had a Hel Oil Cooler fitted by Rogue Motorsport with a 92°c thermostat. As the temperature has now dropped down into single digits I noticed my oil temps were quite low. I'd already spoken to @Keethos about the issue before the cooler was fitted, he suggested we 3d print a cover that can be easily attached to the oil cooler to block it off. I also purchased a piece of foam with a sticky backing, which I stuck to the 3d printed cover. This would absorb any vibrations and stop the oil cooler from getting damaged. The cover has been cable tied around the oil cooler to hold it in place. A quick test has shown that my oil now gets up to temperature quicker and is at least 10°c higher than before (without the blanking plate).
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Update 02/12/18 - STi Rear Brembo brakes As I'm sure many of you know a couple of years ago I had the AP Racing front BBK fitted, that is one of my favorite modification to the car. I've always wanted to get a set of rear calipers to go with the fronts, I was aware that the 08+ STi Rear brembo bolted straight on. After searching for a couple of months I came across a set of used Impreza STi Rear Brembo calipers for a good price on ebay, they also looked in reasonable condition. A couple of days later these turned up: As you can see the lacquer had started peeling on both calipers, this wasn't an issue for me as I was going to get them refurbished anyway. I decided to send them to the UK's top brake caliper refurbishing company, BCS Automotive in Nottingham. Let's just say I won't be using them again any time soon. Once I got them back they looked good as new. I also made sure to seal the calipers with G-Techniq C5 wheel armour, this helps stop any brake dust from sticking to the caliper. I then needed to source a set of disc's, I was aware that @smudge had already done the conversion and had several issues with getting the right brake disc's. A couple of other members use M-Tec discs, however these are know to have some quality issues. I decided to do some more digging, eventually I found a dual drilled DBA plain rotor that would bolt straight on. The next purchase was a set of brake pads, I could have ordered a set of Ferrodo DS2500's to match the AP's up front. However I've never been happy with the cold bite on the DS2500's, so I decided to look for another option. I did some research and found the Endless MX72 brake pads. These are a Street Circuit hybrid pad with low dust and high initial bite, however they are expensive at over £600 for a full set, if bought in the UK. I had a quick look around and found them on Nengun, for half the of the UK price. A full set was swiftly ordered, the front pads had to be made to order as they don't keep the AP caliper fitment in stock. I had to buy a couple of other little bits and pieces before performing the swap, i.e. calipers bolts etc. The whole kit was then fitted by @Mike@TD.co.uk and the team at Tuning Developments. The pads haven't been properly bedded in yet, I need to be remove the existing pad transfer from the front rotors, which will be done with normal driving. I'll bed them in properly after winter. However I can already tell the new setup has much better bite and stopping power than before. Here's is a spreadsheet with everything I ordered and part numbers for those interested in doing the swap: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r5nZLExBY8Y0L_9ulzvEfjsce92i8hhI/view?usp=sharing
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I agree with @Delirious_, if your set on going supercharged within the next couple of months I'd buy the charger first and work from there. Based on your usage, you won't feel the benefit of having both. For track usage, you definitely want a manifold. However if it's going to be like 2 years before you buy the supercharger, then definitely get an exhaust manifold. p.s. I've got an ACE CS400 manifold.
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2018 Black Friday Deals From Tuning Developments
will300 replied to Mike@TD.co.uk's topic in Tuning Developments
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It's a custom made 2.5" ultra resonated cat back made by Rogue Motorsport.
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Update 13/11/18 - Bedford Trackday On the 5th of November I joined several other members of the club at Bedford Autodrome. My plan for the day was to shakedown/test the new exhaust, oil cooler & Verus aero components. And myself as I hadn't done a track day in over a year, due to one reason or another. First challenge of the day, the dreaded noise test. I knew the new exhaust was quieter than the last setup but I wasn't sure by how much, the static test hit 89db's. However I passed the static test last time, but failed the drive by, by about 2db's. Considering I had also removed the factory 2nd cat and replaced it with a 200 race cat with resonator, I was still alittle unsure about the drive by. The good news is this time I didn't have any issues with the exhaust passing Bedfords rather strict drive by limit , obvious they don't tell you how much noise it actually makes unless you fail. The Hel oil cooler managed to keep on top of the oil temps, the highest I hit was 115°c this was after several warm laps. (I wasn't pushing during the day) Here's some footage from the day, audio is recorded by an external microphone by the exhaust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6_6CSVrhXc Here's a couple of photo's courtesy of Robert Baxtor & @VAD17: https://www.rbpsphotography.com/
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Recall issued on cars to have valve springs replaced 2012-2013
will300 replied to Lauren's topic in Mechanical
@Lucas@PartBox - Can we have a group buy on: https://www.part-box.com/ferrea-dual-valve-spring-kit-subaru-brz-toyota-gt86-12-15-kt4022 ???? -
Recall issued on cars to have valve springs replaced 2012-2013
will300 replied to Lauren's topic in Mechanical
Mine has an outstanding recall, you can check here: https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-recall Not that I'm going to get it fixed, it can be done when the engine gets forged [emoji23] Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk -
Loads of photo's here - I might have gone abit overboard :
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You only need a spacer to get the "look", fitment will be fine either way.
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@TommyC the Konig's aren't available with a +35 offset, only +40. JR's tend to only be available with a +35 offset (on 17x8). However the Konig's are much better wheels as they have better quality control and have higher durability.
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There is some good information about brake bias here: https://www.pointmeby.com/2016/09/24/which-big-brake-kit-bbk-should-you-get-for-the-brz-frs-gt86-86/ (these is based on calipers available in US)