RE: Toyota GT86: PH Carpool

[adriman]

DeaconFrost said:

Upgrades fitted or to be fitted are:-

17x7.5" Fox Fx005's with 215/45/17 Nokian WRA3 winter tyres
17x7" Konig Daylite's with 215/45/17 Federal 595 RSR tyres (track)
17x9" Rota Titan's with 235/45/17 Continental 5P tyres (summer / wet track)
RAYS locking wheel nuts or
Cobra cat-back exhaust
Cosworth Panel filter
Toyota badges removed and front and rear Toyota badge replaced with a custom Batman logo
Red alcantara binnacle cover
Whiteline positive shift bush
Ecutek Remap
HKS oil filler cap
TRD Door stabiliser kit
Japseed front carbon strutbrace
Beatrush master cylinder brace
Anarchy motive gearknob
Premiuim mats red carpet mats
Mtec shift springs
Tein Flex A coilovers
Whiteline front adjustable anti-roll bar
Whiteline rear adjustable anti-roll bar
Whiteline front adjustable drop links
Whiteline rear adjustable drop links
Whiteline rear anti-roll bar mount braces
Whiteline rear upper camber bushes
Legsport carbon duckbill spoiler
Bonnet gas dampers
TRD wing aero fins
TRD front canards (to be fitted)
Headlight adjuster for lowered cars
Cusco rear carbon strutbrace
HKS oil filter
Cusco radiator cap (to be fitted)
Porsche 911 GT3 front arm break ducts (to be fitted)
Super-pro diff insert bushes (to be fitted)

Sounds like a good selection of mods, whats given the best improvement / most noticeable difference?

[DeaconFrost]

adriman said:

Sounds like a good selection of mods, whats given the best improvement / most noticeable difference?

The biggest difference I'd say was from the tyre change. The first time I tried the RSR's after the stock primacies was a revelation

[LankyLegoHead]

172 said:

So it rusts, it's uncomfortable, it's unreliable and has a "torque dip"

Okay, I'll bite.

I've never heard of any rusting accept this guys.

Have you seen how low he runs it? Mine is standard and more than comfortable enough for a cheap sports car (I'm 6ft 4)

It hasn't ever failed me and the service/help from Toyota has been fantastic.They're more than happy to fix any issues on my 3 year old used car. They said they can pick my car up or I can drop it off and get a Courtesy car etc.

It does have a dip where it goes from all the low down torque and switches over to the power band, you can remap it out and increase the rev limiter at the same time. Tbh I've got use to driving it so. It's no different from a VTEC or Renaults VVTi systems... in fact any VVTI engine I've driven!

[FourRingedDonuts]

Much Respect to that man. Some very tasteful mods you have there. Love that Ducktail
I have a combination of Tein coilovers and Whiteline ARB's and they are just better in every way.

One man's waste of money is another Man's pleasure. As a serial modifier myself I'm of the opinion it's a massive waste of money that has endless value.

[adriman]

DeaconFrost said:

adriman said:

Sounds like a good selection of mods, whats given the best improvement / most noticeable difference?

The biggest difference I'd say was from the tyre change. The first time I tried the RSR's after the stock primacies was a revelation

Im fitting some proper rubber to mine at the weekend, quite looking forward to seeing the difference. The primacies are especially bad at this time of year.

[Rob175kks]

Lovely car, great selection of modifications too. One to watch at Curborough!

[underphil]

LankyLegoHead said:

Okay, I'll bite.

I've never heard of any rusting accept this guys.

Have you seen how low he runs it? Mine is standard and more than comfortable enough for a cheap sports car (I'm 6ft 4)

It hasn't ever failed me and the service/help from Toyota has been fantastic.They're more than happy to fix any issues on my 3 year old used car. They said they can pick my car up or I can drop it off and get a Courtesy car etc.

It does have a dip where it goes from all the low down torque and switches over to the power band, you can remap it out and increase the rev limiter at the same time. Tbh I've got use to driving it so. It's no different from a VTEC or Renaults VVTi systems... in fact any VVTI engine I've driven!

The torque dip can't be removed by changing the mapping alone, but can be removed by fitting a certain design of exhaust manifold and then mapping

[LankyLegoHead]

underphil said:

The torque dip can't be removed by changing the mapping alone, but can be removed by fitting a certain design of exhaust manifold and then mapping

I've been told that the remap removes it / makes it unnoticeable by most. Either way, its part of the character of the engine and engine and you learn to work around it!

[CABC]

LankyLegoHead said:

Either way, its part of the character of the engine and engine and you learn to work around it!

lost concept on GG.

[LankyLegoHead]

CABC said:

lost concept on GG.

Meh, I love mine! That's all that really matters. A lot of people discount the MX5 for similar reasons but it's their loss. The fact it can make the coldest, darkest most miserable Monday morning commute fun is why I own it!

[DeaconFrost]

adriman said:

Im fitting some proper rubber to mine at the weekend, quite looking forward to seeing the difference. The primacies are especially bad at this time of year.

Yep, the primacies definitely hamper what is a beautiful chassis imho.

What tyres have you gone for?

[DeaconFrost]

LankyLegoHead said:

I've been told that the remap removes it / makes it unnoticeable by most. Either way, its part of the character of the engine and engine and you learn to work around it!

Remap helps but manifold and remap is needed to remove it fully.

[CuthbertBSc]

What insurance company do you use? I had a look at quotes based on if I were to get my GT86 chipped (25bhp increase) and the cheapest I got was £800, double what I'm paying at the moment.

[DeaconFrost]

CuthbertBSc said:

What insurance company do you use? I had a look at quotes based on if I were to get my GT86 chipped (25bhp increase) and the cheapest I got was £800, double what I'm paying at the moment.

I use Chris Knott. I pay just under £400 with everything declared. On the map you'll be pretty lucky to get 25bhp - about 10bhp is more usual.

[underphil]

DeaconFrost said:

LankyLegoHead said:

I've been told that the remap removes it / makes it unnoticeable by most. Either way, its part of the character of the engine and engine and you learn to work around it!

Remap helps but manifold and remap is needed to remove it fully.

I'm not sure that it does, check out the dynos of Cosworth's remap:

[DeaconFrost]

The ACE manifold with the 350 collector removes the torque dip and turns it into a slight torque peak. ACE are finalising the 350 collector for RHD cars so looks promising. Expensive though.

[delta0]

LankyLegoHead said:

Okay, I'll bite.

I've never heard of any rusting accept this guys.

Have you seen how low he runs it? Mine is standard and more than comfortable enough for a cheap sports car (I'm 6ft 4)

It hasn't ever failed me and the service/help from Toyota has been fantastic.They're more than happy to fix any issues on my 3 year old used car. They said they can pick my car up or I can drop it off and get a Courtesy car etc.

It does have a dip where it goes from all the low down torque and switches over to the power band, you can remap it out and increase the rev limiter at the same time. Tbh I've got use to driving it so. It's no different from a VTEC or Renaults VVTi systems... in fact any VVTI engine I've driven!

Not wanting to state the obvious but Vtec and vvti are not the same. Vtec also changes the lift of the cam which vvti does not. It is the equivalent of vvtli which as far as I am aware the gt86 does not have.

[RemaL]

good write up.

[forzaminardi]

The ducktail looks fantastic on GT86s. For the life of me I can't understand why Toyota and/or Subaru add on that stupid semi-lip/wing thing - it looks better with nothing at all on the top of the boot, let alone the ducktail if that's a bit OTT for some.

[generationx]

adriman said:

Sounds like a good selection of mods, whats given the best improvement / most noticeable difference?

Surely the Batman badges...