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Sounds good to me 👍

I’m game for this too

Local Toyota garage did mine last week. they had no problems dealing with the turbo kit & even fitted an aftermarket clutch for me free of charge ( I supplied the clutch. Paid £85 for the plugs to be changed as well.

Going to need a new clutch soonish so just doing my research. what clutch are those with fi cars running? Will more than likely go for TD stage 2 upgrade at some stage so will need a clutch to hold approx 330/350 bhp.

All sorted thanks just ordered the extreme stage 1 clutch through Tarmac Sportz

Thanks will take a look at this kit.

Glad your enjoying it. The problem i have with the exedy is although several people have said it’s great & works fine the specs only rate it up to 160ft lb of torque at wheels & 190 @ flywheel where as im a 234ft lb already and would probably look at Td stage 2 in the not to distant future. So in reality while it will work for a while longevity will be of concern & having burnt out 2 exedy clutches ( in a previous car) with hard launches on the drag strip when they should have allegedly been up to the job i struggle to trust them.

Thanks td turbo kit already fitted & running 289bhp which is making the stock clutch slip hence the need for an uprated one.

Having to re visit this now as car is booked in for valve recall on 4th jan so need to get a clutch for them to fit before then. narrowed it down to 3 dependant on availability so just after some advice im looking at exedy stage 1 which due to previous experiences with exedy im not overly keen on. helix uprated clutch which according to fensports website might not be in stock so will need to check monday. or competition clutch stage 3 but have no experience with them,

1) Dropped it off 1 weekend & picked it up the next. 2) I’m pretty sure the extra heat from the turbo kit will kill the cat in no time. There must be an alternative out there but you’d need to speak to mike. 3) friendly mot guy👍

That’s good times and great info Thanks

Thanks that’s the info i was after. Do you launch the car quite hard in sprinting?

Sorry should of pointed out my clutch is likely to go before i get the stage 2 done and from previous experience im not overly keen on exedy clutches.

Your right torque is more important but I didn’t have estimated figures to hand. as far as the power is concerned it’s each to there own I’m afraid. Love the car but have always in all my previous cars craved more power. I was simply trying to point out my probable future plans to aid in advice required. I’ll worry about things breaking when & if they do & If I wanted a different car I’d of bought a different car. anyway back on topic any Fi cars with uprated clutch please feel free to chirp in with what your using and how you find it.

Looking to get a brake pressure bleeder I’m looking at possibly this one https://www.tools4trade.co.uk/sealey-vs820-brake-clutch-bleeding-system.html thought I would check to make sure this would be fine with the gt86 and also if anyone has any other recommendations before i buy it.

Haven’t done yet but will be going bbk at some stage so will get some then.

After travelling 100,s of miles viewing cars i finally Picked the car up a couple of weeks ago from a kind chap on the forums who rather nicely brought the car other from the isle of wight for me to view in Southampton. Loved the car so the deal was done & drove it back to it’s new home in the south west. 2 days later the modding started. Ordered some meister r coilovers. Had them on my previous car and really rated them so it was a no brainer really. struggled with wheels for a while nothing really taking my fancy & those that did would have to wait 10 weeks for them to come from Japan. 1 of the few advantages to living in Devon is that rare rims are only 15 miles away so i made a late dash Friday afternoon to view,what wheels they had in stock. They went out of there way to help even staying late. Anyway some wheels were chosen. next step Saturday morning was to find some tyres. After a lot of phone calls i managed to get a good deal on some Michelin Pilot Sport 4 in 235 40 18. I fitted all of it today and am pleased with how it looks. The car still needs to be lowered about 20mm more all around but I’d had enough for one day. also managed to be on the forum at the right time to pick up a set of used valenti smoked sequential rear lights so had to fit them aswell. Anyway a few pics for you.

Cheers mate loving the turbo it’s night and day different, everything i wanted from the car.

Bought a pressure bleeder from machine Mart with a universal cap which in all honesty is a pain in the arse. the bleeder is a great bit of kit just need to find the right cap. Anyway job done ready for next TrackDay at coombe on 8th July

Anybody else use one or have any suggestions?

Don’t think I’ll get one of those for £50 ish🤪

Really looking to get the other type for ease of use.

Doesn’t come with a selection of caps just a euro fit cap which I believe doesn’t fit. you can get a universal cap but reviews seem to say its terrible. so back to the drawing board.

That’s good to know. Do you know if the cap will fit the gt86 or will i need to get the adapter?

The one thing that I disliked about the looks of the car was the rear spoiler. So after pondering between the trd spoiler & a duck bill spoiler i finally settled on the Trd, contacted Chris @Tarmac to supply his copy Trd spoiler & also decided on one of his hic roof spoilers. The fitment of both spoilers is perfect (which makes a change from some of the dodgy kits I've fitted in the past) anyway I decided the roof spoiler would need to be colour coded as-well as the trd spoiler. So I've spent all day today painting & fitting them. There is a couple of bits that will need touching up at some point but for now I'm more than happy.