Daninplymouth

I think they should have gone turbo. Something like fords 1.6 from the fiesta easily tuneable and makes decent power for a small unit. i understand the point of the car but for 90% of drivers the turbo would be quicker and a lot more useable especially on the road

Hi, I’m looking at getting my alignment redone after adjusting the height on my coilovers. My plan is to aim for the following for each wheel, does this sound about right? front -2 camber, zero toe rear -1.5 camber, 0.05 toe

Surely mileage that low would be an issue with the car. Can’t see the brand of petrol having that much of an impact

Just to dig up an old thread but I’m going to get my alignment checked again soon. i have noticed sometimes when driving on the motorway the car feels light and seems to move around a bit, also on bumpy roads it seems to track and pull with the cancer of the road. Is there any settings I could amend to improve straight line stability? I might be being over sensitive to it and I put it down a bit to the side winds here on the open roads but if I could make it more planted I think I would prefer that

Hi have a k&n panel filter and tuning developments silicone intake hose with sound generator delete £60 for the 2 posted

Hi provisionally sold sorry

Just to add in I believe TD use 5w40 in their turbo kit

18x8 ET35 excellent condition fitted with pilot sport 4s 225/40. Been fitted for about 5minths so plenty of tread left will measure properly over the weekend. only reason for sale is another set of wheels have come up that I’d like to try located in Plymouth £1200

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Hi, iv recently had my car turbo’d and a TD oil cooler fitted. They use a 5-40w oil I think, and I just wondered as in my head I would’ve thought the thicker oil would take longer to get up to temp but my car seems to warm up quicker now. Now ambient temperatures are slightly higher this morning but only a couple of degrees. Or could it be the turbo and associated pipe work creates more warm air around the engine block so this helps warm things faster?

Thanks all, was just pleasantly surprised as I was expecting it to take much longer to get to temp but it’s actually the opposite 😁🏎💨

This is what I was thinking but I give it minimal throttle untill temps rise. Does hot exhaust gas still flow through the turbo even though it’s producing no/minimal boost?

Thanks I only take it easy whilst the oil warms up which is why it caught my attention. I was just expecting it to take longer but that doesn’t seem to be the case

Wouldn’t make any odds to me as I already do 41/2 hours so the move might be better for me 👍🏻 collection and delivery would be handy though especially for those bigger jobs

Hi Thought i should probably make a little post of what i have done to the car now and keep it up to date as i add things on. Firstly i have owned my GT86 for nearly 12months now and i still love getting in it everyday for my short drive to work. This is the only car in my house and is used for everything and everyday and touch wood so far not one issue in my ownership. Car was the updated kouki pro edition in white, so far my mods have only been fairly small as i wanted to make sure i had no major issues whilst still in the warranty but i have some big plans in time and am planning on keeping this car until it dies. First mod i done was the TD resonated exhaust, the tips look so much better and gave the car the much needed sound to match the looks. next up was another trip up to TD to get their NA upgrade, i went for the EL manifold. The car made 186bhp as it was and left at 205bhp with the standard decent gains across the range. Whilst in i also got the shifter springs fitted as well as a new mtec gear knob. shifting now feels great although it did take a little while to get used to the new knob as its quite long and i had the inlet hose changed just to ditch the sound generator pipework. Driving back though as much fun as i was having i couldnt help but think the exhaust was a bit loud, i thought it would settle down after a few weeks but it never really did. so next i ordered the super res centre pipe from TD to match to the exhaust and got that fitted. To me this has the perfect mix of quietness when needed but still has a decent sound when you want to play silly buggers. My latest addition has been a new set of wheels, i have never been happy with the stock primacys, to be honest i cant even see how they are legal to sell especially in damp conditions. But rather than replace the stock sizes as the odd size made them expensive i wanted a bigger tyre and to fill out the arches more and didnt want to use spacers. After looking for month upon month and honestly changing my mind about 100 times, i actually changed 3 times in the 24hours before placing the order. i have ended up with OZ Hyper GT's 18x8 ET35. really like the look of these but have only seen them in one picture on a GT86 so im hoping they will look as good as i hope. Just waiting on them to arrive from Italy now then i will update with some photos i have gone with pilot sport 4 225/40/18 which i think will be great. i had these tyres on my previous Focus ST and they handled 330bhp and a ton of torque really well so cant see the GT causing any problems with a lack of grip. I have a few more plans for the future and i will start saving and ticking things off my list, they are coilovers, mainly to get rid of the arch gap and not planning on going lower than 20-25mm upgraded brakes, probably the reyland kit TD turbo kit, cause powerrrrrrrrrr Then i would like to at least replace the drivers seat, if i could get something a little lower that would be great and a bit wider. The only other internal part i wouldnt mind changing is the steering wheel to a j-luth/keys so its a bit smaller and sits a bit closer to me as i have long legs it should make it more comfortable and help with a better driving postion

Bit of a follow up now on the turbo as although it’s only been a few days I have spent far to long in the car for my liking. i think it is a great mod and really now feel this is how the car should’ve been from the factory or offered as an upgrade R type model or something. the boost picks up really well and comes on nice and strong, it is so smooth though I would imagine it’s very similar to a supercharger. paired with the super res cat back the exhaust note has really calmed down, Mike thought it was to quiet. But after a disaster at cadwell I was pleased it was running as it was on a late night run across the country. You get the nice induction noise as the turbo starts spoiling and the classic pssst when letting off, I had mine recirculated back into the system and you can still hear this fine inside the car. also had the TD oil cooler fitted and this dropped my temps a good 20-30degress, before long road trips I would sit at 105-110 where as now it seems about 85. At my last track outing my oil got to almost 130degrees and this was at about 2degrees ambient air temp. Yesterday it was at 90-100 or so max

Hardly used in perfect condition £35 posted

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Ah right I wasn’t 100% sure which is why I asked in the other post if this post is wrong can it be deleted

Hi, I have the part below from my TD kit, can anyone confirm if this is the overpipe they list? As I was going to put it for sale but wanted to check I had the right part thanks

Thank you

Full decat with the TD super res cat back and had the turbo plumbed back in rather than a screamer pipe. It is quite quiet but I think I prefer it now feels very oem

And the final result is in 👍🏻 will post up my feedback later on after getting some more mikes on it but so far it seems very impressive

As seems to be the running theme here, I am now on my way back up to TD to collect the car after leaving it there for the past 10days. Couldn’t help myself so decided it was time to stick the Turbo on, got their oil cooler too. excited is an understatement and then the car is over to cadwell park tomorrow 😀