Pitman

I hope those were taken on a private road

I bet Mr Xxxxx is wishing away the Christmas break! I seem to remember someone telling me they were hoping to do 5 kits this year

You have got to love the description Remarks PIPE: Twin layered oval sectioned lightweight aluminum shaft with carbon fiber. FINISH: Sharp looks of a carbon fiber brace. PLATE: Titanium gray color finish steel end plates. To highlight the carbon fiber, the plates are finished in titanium gray, giving you the sport/race look in your engine bay and trunk.

Very nice! So who is next, then?

http://www.part-box.com/product_info.php?products_id=82379 http://www.fensport.co.uk/Parts/Model_108/Category_2/ Just trying to do my bit to support UK businesses

Why import when there are local vendors in the UK that can supply a choice?

Welcome to the club, Rab!

I was not suggesting that anyone is getting anything on the cheap - my comment was aimed purely at myself, in that my comments are based on those of a paying customer, without any commercial obligation . In US land, so many posters troll when they are 'sponsored' by vendors, and I did not want anyone to think that I was in that camp. I know that Mark and Adrian are long term buddies, in fact there was a thread started by Mark on 'the other forum' some time back stating that there was going to be cooperation between the two companies http://www.gt86ownersclub.co.uk/forum/abbey-and-fensport_topic2482.html which I think is fantastic. I would like to think that here in the UK we are better than the rivalry that exists elsewhere, and I do get narked when I see posts that would appear to be belittling the work done by others. At the end of the day, the GT86 / BRZ community here in Europe is relatively small, and we should all support each other.

Rant mode on: To be totally honest, my concern with this whole thread is what has not been said by Mark. He has a dyno, Adrian does not (although as said above, certainly his race car map, which is the basis for my car's map, was fine tuned on a dyno). If the intention is to belittle the work that Adrian is doing, as stated in this thread here : http://www.gt86.org.uk/forums/topic/1219-fensport-performance-ecutek-ecu-remaps/#entry16117, then I think in my opinion it is a piss poor show. I have spent the majority of my working career working for OEMs (24 years for Toyota), so I do think that I have a fair knowledge about cars. I have also had the pleasure of knowing a fair number of tuners and performance car builders. I would not have spent the money I have with Fensport, and would not be spending the money I am still intending on spending with Fensport, if I did not have the respect for Adrian's (and Dave Brooks on the spannering front) skills that I do have. I am in the fortunate position of being able to pay for what I want, so do not need to try and curry favour with anyone to get something on the cheap. Rant mode off.

Seeing that this thread is a copy and paste from the other forum, I may as well copy and past my post from the other forum as well This has the making of another - what is better - turbocharger or supercharger argument! My personal opinion is, it very much depends on who is doing the mapping. My car is my daily driver, and so the driveability of the car is crucial. Adrian mapped it on the road, by viewing the logs from the ECU, not seat of the pants but dyno. He is also a very competent driver (when he is not getting black flagged ), so knows better than a lot how a car should feel in the real world, as apposed to just numbers on a dyno. I have already posted the dyno graph of my car, and in fact the people at The Powerhouse were really impressed with it, and could not believe that it had not been on a dyno as part of the mapping. I also certainly know from the logs that every parameter is where it should be, and I cannot see how this could be improved via running on a dyno. What is also really important is how much the tuner really understands the engine, and the interaction between the various maps and parameters in the ECU. 3D mapping involves a lot more that simply 'chasing the numbers'! Over the years I have seen plenty of car engines destroyed on dynos by 'tuners' not knowing what they are doing. In the same way as there are a lot of sad stories on FT86.com of destroyed / badly performing cars after having been road tuned. The likes of John Visconti have jumped onto the band wagon in order to make a fast buck without the necessary knowledge or ability. If the likes of him had access to a dyno do you think the results would be any better? Another point to consider is the fact that no dyno totally emulates real world driving (for example, apart from no true air flow / wind resistance, a hub dyno eliminated the effect of the wheels of the car, a single roller dyno is subject to slippage, and a twin roller dyno adds a lot of drag). As I stated above, this is all my opinion, and is not meant as a start of a cyber war As an aside, a dyno CAN be safer: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=car+falling+off+dyno&sm=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2CEZxQecbc

When you read the horror stories from so called tuners in the USA, we are indeed very lucky to have the caliber of people like Adrian here in the UK Great write up, Keith.

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One can only dream!

Don't worry - my black car is even worse

Not good news for Mercedes F1, in my humble opinion . Just another reason for me to stop watching F1 next year, and purely concentrate on supporting the Scottish Curling team!

Does the Torque Android App have a 0-60 time function? I have bought myself the OBD bluetooth sender, and have a Samsung phone with Torque installed. Just need to figure out how to use it now

We have to arrange to do a timed run with my car then

Corrected the race car for you - it is 5 sec, not 6 (page 74 of the mag, at least it is in the e version)

From memory, new tires are around 8 mm. I really do not like mixing brands front and rear, especially Primacys (note, no apostrophe!) and Goodyear Eagle F1s, as their grip characteristics are totally different, and that combination could well make your car under-steer a lot.

Happy Birthday, Keith I hope you have a great day, and many, many more. Dave

Just finished reading the article

And then bend it through 60 degrees to make it a V6, which is what the rules stipulate

Doubt it with F1 going V6 turbo from next year.

Definitely not for me: The IDx Freeflow is described as "a casual/lifestyle-focused vision", while the IDx NISMO is a "an ultra-sporty model of the future that looks as if it came directly from a driving simulator". Both cars are designed to appeal to what Nissan calls "digital natives" - young people born after 1990 that have grown up the internet and mobile phones - and Nissan says that the concepts were co-created with "members of the digital native generation".

At least it is a Subaru If Toyota had to start doing that to my beloved GT86, I am not sure if live would be worth continuing! I know there are rumors of GT86 Saloons et al, but fortunately / hopefully they are just that, and never actually see the light of day!