VAD17
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Welcome onboard [emoji3]. Enjoy and hope to see you at one of club meets! Or track days? Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
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I had Motul 600, last time changed to Millers 300+ (its DOT 4+ grade). Intend to change it once a year (5-6k miles, 8-10 track days). I had 5 laps at Bedford (19mins in total, including 1/2 out lap and 1/2 co0l down lap) being pretty hard on brakes, and then another 4 laps after short brake (should have stayed a bit longer) and it was fine although pads gave a nasty smell and disks were hot even after 10-15mins back at pits. Very consistent feel. @will300- you're pretty late on the brakes (way past the Brake board). Your brakes set up seem to be quite effective. I will try ECB's Bluestuffs next time around, but will be watching your experience. Where did you get Endless (don't think there are many suppliers in the UK)?
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I have TD's super resonated (their YouTube video is my grey GT86). 80.8db at 4.5k revs (yesterday at Bedford), although from previous track days it was a bit louder. Its also decat manifold and TD turbo. Love it! Its sufficiently quiet to go on any track (including Thruxton) but has a lower and more pleasant tone. Also you can easily hear turbo woosh when you floor it properly [emoji3] Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
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Welcome onboard. Great to see international members joining! Bordeaux [emoji3] Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
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Question for those who have experience/ knowledge with changing gear shift knob, particularly for AT. AT thread is 10x1.25 while MT is 12x1.25. I am considering whether I can use 10 to 12 adaptor (something like one in the link) and then just screw 12x1.25 gear knob (or use already provided 12x1.25 adaptor in the Raceseng Apex R knob). https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JDM-shift-gear-knob-adapter-to-fit-thread-10x1-25-and-will-convert-to-12x1-25/222464441530?hash=item33cbe9fcba:g:9r4AAOSw1RVafFRz Ebay adaptor also has a small lip, but I guess it would be too small to serve as a gear stick boot retainer (in AT knob its integrated into the knob itself). Would appreciate any suggestions
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"Club" Track Day - Bedford GT (Javelin) - Monday, March 18th
VAD17 posted a calendar event in Trackdays
Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ Drivers Club Track Day Bedford Autodrome GT - Car Track Day (Javelin) Monday, March 18th, 2019 £139, minus 5% discount using code below (+ 5% reward points) https://www.javelintrackdays.co.uk/trackdays/Upcoming-Events/Bedford_Autodrome_18th_March_2019 Bedford Autodrome's GT Circuit is not only one of the longest trackday circuits in the country but also one of the safest. The huge run off areas make it an ideal venue whether this is your first trackday or your fiftieth - there is nowhere else like it in the country. Great value. Highly recommend if you are looking to do 1st track day (I did my there just over a year ago and got hooked) Noise limit 101db static 87.5db drive-by (if you fail no refunds will be provided - check to avoid disappointment if you have modded exhausts). Bedford as 3rd favorite circuit based on the club survey, even though some don't fine it challenging enough... How to book: 1. You must be logged in for the code to apply 2. When booking enter GTBRZDCBA (case sensitive) into the coupon field and then apply it to get a 5% additional discount. 3. Please note GT86BRZDC in the comments field at the end of the order. 4. Discount code can only be used against Bedford Autodrome on the 18th March 2019. Please do not share the password with general public. Javelin reserves the right to withdraw the code at any time if it is being misused or abused. I will also make a calendar entry on FB. Once you have booked, pls let me know and I will update the list of confirmed bookings (if you let me know on FB pls also mention your forum name). Few guys have booked already so I have added you to the list below as well. Hope to see you there! Confirmed: 1. @Shippers 2. @willclarke 3. @VAD17 4. @Adi 5. @will300 -
Welcome! Its a great car for modifications, lots of choices (I must admit I barely lasted 6mth before doing my first). N/A tune from TD or similar would be my 1st choice on the list - transforms the car and makes it so much more enjoyable [emoji3]. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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Welcome aboard [emoji106]. Great choice. Hope to see you at one of club meets (or track days?) [emoji3] Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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Welcome aboard! Enjoy [emoji3] Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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WEEKENDSPRING Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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Deadline for booking club stand pass Monday, Feb 25th at 5PM Lets join WR club😀 3 of us so far confirmed (list updated) Should be good fun day (weather permitting)!
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Spring Action Day 2019 Castle Combe, Saturday March 30th 2019 Best known for their endless array of on- and off-track entertainment, the venue’s Action Days typically feature drifting demonstrations, public track time and white-knuckle passenger laps on the circuit itself, whilst vast static club stands, trade villages and Show and Shine competitions ensure the outer display areas are equally as unmissable. Kicking things off, the ‘official start to the show season’ – Spring Action Day – makes a triumphant return on Saturday 30th March. Expect performance cars both old and new to flock in their thousands to this extremely popular day. http://springactionday.com/ Featuring:- Track sessions- Club stands- Drift displays- Show and Shine- Trade village- Passenger rides- Much more! Advanced public admission tickets are £12* (On the day tickets are £20) - Save over £5 by booking in advance. Track time starts from £30 (£40 on the day). Club tickets are just £15 and admit the driver and up to 3 passengers to the event. Clubs benefit from £5 off track time if booked before 15th February - book from as little as £25 for 15 minutes! If you are interested in attending and joining GT86/ BRZ Drivers Club stand pls let me know. If we have 5+ confirmed attendees I can organize a club stand. If not we can ask @gavin_t to put a good work for us to join Weekend Racers crew (or let me know if you would prefer it anyway). Confirmed: 1. @gavin_t 2. @VAD17 3. @Rob86
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Welcome aboard! Hope to see you at club meets and/or track days (?) Soon [emoji16] Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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Carlimits (2019) - 4 person day @ North Weald Airfield
VAD17 replied to VAD17's topic in Social Meets
Who would be interested in Carlimits Airfield training day for 4 cars on August 28th? I think I will combine it with a track day at Snetterton on August 29th (and stay overnight near Norwich). Spoke to Katy at Carlimits and we can try to have it GT86/ BRZ exclusive. If we have only 3 of us interested my mate Nick (M3) is always up for another day at North Weald Airfield. Let me know if there is enough interest and I will ask Katy to keep this date for us. If anyone would like to do Snetterton on Aug 29th as well I will organise group booking and discount -
Event Title: The 64th Pomeroy Trophy Event Author: VAD17 Event Date: 16.02.2019 The 64th Pomeroy Trophy Saturday, February 16th, 2019 Silverstone https://blog.toyota.co.uk/is-your-toyota-a-winner-join-us-at-silverstone-to-find-out?fbclid=IwAR31j6UIt-ZmkNCdAObTQ5uDgrVg2uUwNm-SoE46tupG-vpeNKCaYzARWOc For more than half a century the men and women behind The Pom have awarded the winning car the accolade of best touring car, or all-rounder. So, in conjunction with the main contest, held on Saturday 16 February 2019, Toyota GB and the Vintage Sports-Car Club are inviting any road-going Toyota to join an exclusive event. It is called the Parallel Pomeroy Trophy and will take place on the same day at Silverstone, using elements of the same tests, and be assessed by the same judges as The Pom itself. The mission is to find the UK’s best Toyota! Competitors will participate in a series of autotest-style challenges, with a minimum of six tests scheduled on the day. A competition licence isn’t required, but a road driving licence is needed and passengers are not allowed to be on board during the tests. The handicap formula used to determine the scoring will take into account factors such as a car’s engine capacity, its year of manufacture and the times recorded on the tests. Run in the UK since 1952 by the Vintage Sports-Car Club (VSCC), the Pomeroy Trophy pits cars of all types and from all eras against each other using a unique series of calculations to ensure all are judged equally. The only strict requirement is that any car entering must be road legal. https://www.vscc.co.uk/page/events?eventID=1359&fbclid=IwAR3vjozmchVVrR8AtkcvH4VDOHtkUYhGtV8hbEtDaMHBWDF8TDIVmpKMK3k Entry Fee is £30 Spectating is free Who's participating and who will join to spectate? The 64th Pomeroy Trophy
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Actually I was wrong, just tried booking on Weekend Racers club stand and it was working again (strange, dont know why I couldn't do it before). Suggest we join them, looks like there will be 3 of us... they are nice bunch (some are a bit crazy going on track on action day [emoji23]). There is also a track day at Caste Combe the day before if anyone is interested (although expect it may be busier than usual) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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I was planning to join Weekend Reacers bunch (with Gavin), but when I finally got to ordering the tickets on Sunday it seems allocated spaces are gone now. Probably little point getting club stand for 2 of us (we had this before though [emoji6] - 2 nearly new GT86 & BRZ). Happy to organise, was planning to attend anyway even if public parking. Apart from Rob and me, anyone else would like to join the club stand? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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Curborough Sprint Course - Tuesday 23rd July 2019 - GT86/BRZ CLUB ONLY THIS DAY IS FOR GT86/BRZ MEMBERS ONLY IF YOU ARE A GT86/BRZ MEMBER USE CODE "GT86/BRZCLUB" TO GET A PRICE OF £70 (lunch including) Book on to one of the popular days at Curborough Sprint Course near Lichfield, Staffordshire. Each day is limited to 15 cars to maximise track time. Helmets are required for anybody wishing to go out on track. Passengers and spectators are more than welcome completely free of charge. Extra drivers may be added at a cost of £25 each, this includes lunch. Days will run from 9:30 until 17:00 (or until it begins to get dark in the winter), gates will be open from 8:30 for those travelling long distances or with trailers etc. Your car does not have to be road legal to attend but it does have to be in a mechanical state fit for track work. Further details below https://sprintandtrackday.co.uk/products/f-curborough-sprint-course-tuesday-23rd-july-2019-gt86-brz-day-only?fbclid=IwAR1Vt1am32W4QrWyEkrg1T84_q_6yLni-gSQw5ISUfJn8LKK35qUINbQTH0 Credits and big thanks to Jeff! P.S. I (VAD17) will not be able to attend, but thought some would be interested as practice or to see if you would like to join TSS.
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Welcome aboard [emoji106] Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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Carlimits (2019) - 4 person day @ North Weald Airfield
VAD17 replied to VAD17's topic in Social Meets
I wouldn't bother with insurance for this one. Moris will insure airfield day, but considering there is nothing to hit there (may be a cone), you will not have other cars to hit and excess I don't think its worth it. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk -
Carlimits (2019) - 4 person day @ North Weald Airfield
VAD17 replied to VAD17's topic in Social Meets
Here is how I recall my day at Carlimits We had 4 cars, I was 1st time, 3 other guys were at Carlimits couple times before (one guy with old Golf got exhaust nearly falling off mid afternoon, so for some time it was really just 3 of us). Instructor was Mark Robins - First we had couple goes at threshold braking; - Pretty much till lunch it was high speed bend. First Mark would show, then each of us would do it in turn with Mark switching between the cars or observing each from the outside (it was still raining). It was practicing controlling oversteer and understeer. Mark tried to teach me left foot braking to control understeer, but much success with slow learner like me - After lunch we split with 2 guys doing mainly high speed bend initially while Mark spent more time with me on doing doughnuts and bow ties (too much to process/ learn for me, but would be keen to try it again). - Then we swapped and I had couple more tried on high speed bend. - Then Mark put cones and made a mini handling circuit. We had 2 or 3 timed sessions each (fairly short) to wrap up the day. This is what I think a "beginner" day looks like. Once you do 3+ days you qualify for "advanced" programme, Adi probably can tell more about it. I found 4 cars day to be pretty good, and at 1/2 cost of 2 car day I think I would rather do 2 of these. Who's up for a Carlimits day last week of August? -
Carlimits (2019) - 4 person day @ North Weald Airfield
VAD17 replied to VAD17's topic in Social Meets
Its certainty harder on tyres than an "average" track day (at least in my case), but when I did it last year I was lucky to have wet morning and then it progressively dried up, perfect combination imo. The places actually being booked well in advance. April does not have days with 4 places available, May has only 9th and 14th (when I was planning to do track day at Brands). If we have interest for May 14th I can organise that instead. Let me know - respond if you interested and I will check if we can get 4 spaces to make it GT86 exclusive[emoji3]. In June we have quite a lot of events planned already, July school holidays and I am pretty much out till 2nd half of August. I would be keen on either Aug 27th or 28th (after August Bank holiday weekend). Appreciate its long into the future, but if we have couple people expressing interest I would organise. I wouldn't mind doing it couple times this year as I need to learn/ practice to control both understeer and oversteer and quite a few people did it multiple times and recommend highly (Adi did it like 15 times - I can tell after doing passenger laps with him at Donington [emoji16]). Let me know whether you would like to join - May 14th - Aug 27th or 28th (2019[emoji6]) Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk -
May be just 2 of us again Considering we don't have sufficient interest for our own club stand would appreciate if we can tag along... I am also thinking if we could potentially organize an exclusive track day in autumn (when its cheap). We may not have enough bodies/ cars on our own, but can discuss with Weekend Racers and see if joint "exclusive" track day may be an option.
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Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ Drivers Club Track Day Silverstone GP - Car Track Day (Circuit Days) Thursday, February 21st, 2019 £200 (discount) - good price! https://circuit-days.co.uk/silverstone-view-event-120 The GP circuit is long at 3.66 Miles and is everything a “Classic Gp Circuit” should be. Fast straights where you can push your car and also entertaining corners that you hone your skills on during the day. Following in the tracks of the great drivers of the past and today. How to book: 1. Link above 2. When booking enter CDTT19 (case sensitive) into the discount code field. Confirmed: 1. @Adi 2. @Kaltorak 3. @VAD17 4. @spikyone 5. Tashan Tayo (FB) 6. @AJ124 7. @Deacon 8. @will300
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Yes, be careful - European version says "passenger " and "driver" side... I had to change my around. Black plastic bit on one of the shoulder straps should be on the inside Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
