Deacons '86

[Deacon 1357]

45 minutes ago, Tareim said:

a nice set of goodies, one thing I've just remembered after reading these updates... is there anything new yet on the suspension front?

I had the Motons rebuilt and serviced recently. The new stuff is still in production - the damper lengths on the 86 are proving difficult to get it working as they want. Most recent update was end of January but in reality,  even if that's the case,  it'll be easter before it's on the car. 

[Tareim 343]

sounds like an age away but with how quick the past couple months have gone for me you'll have them on in no time lol

[Deacon 1357]

@sazabiskythe some pictures of the wheels you asked for on pm:-

[cEo 2]

Those are dope wheel man, love the toyota center cap makes look OEM AF! nice

[Deacon 1357]

37 minutes ago, cEo said:

Those are dope wheel man, love the toyota center cap makes look OEM AF! nice

Cheers 👍

[gavin_t 184]

Looking good. Just catching up with the thread. Apologies if I have missed it but who mapped your car?

[Deacon 1357]

1 hour ago, gavin_t said:

Looking good. Just catching up with the thread. Apologies if I have missed it but who mapped your car?

When I first had the car I won a map in the first national meet from Abbey Motorsport. More recently, when I had the manifold changed, it was mapped by Td as they're far more local for me. 

[gavin_t 184]

On 24/12/2017 at 8:20 PM, Deacon said:

When I first had the car I won a map in the first national meet from Abbey Motorsport. More recently, when I had the manifold changed, it was mapped by Td as they're far more local for me. 

Anything to choose between the two? Tempted by the td packge for bang per buck but abbey is my local...

[Deacon 1357]

On 26/12/2017 at 4:34 PM, gavin_t said:

Anything to choose between the two? Tempted by the td packge for bang per buck but abbey is my local...

No, I'd say you're in good hands with either option 👍

[Deacon 1357]

While I was in Japan over Christmas I picked up a little something for the car which I fitted today. TRD starter button which compliments the other red bits nicely:-

[Deacon 1357]

Picked up some Ate type 200 break fluid that was on a really good offer to try for this year's track days. 

[Deacon 1357]

I also got round to assembling the hks induction kit ready for fitting. I fitted some heat reflective material to the heat shield to help minimise the temps. 

[Deacon 1357]

And fitted. There is a really nice induction noise under full throttle and at higher revs. It also made the space for the oil cooler lines that I wanted. I'm having a few other exhaust bits done and then the mapping will be tweeked so I'll post up what results it gives. 

[Deacon 1357]

Gave the car a  much needed clean

[Paul 442]

21 hours ago, Deacon said:

And fitted. There is a really nice induction noise under full throttle and at higher revs. It also made the space for the oil cooler lines that I wanted. I'm having a few other exhaust bits done and then the mapping will be tweeked so I'll post up what results it gives. 

Your undertray appears to be missing?

[Deacon 1357]

11 minutes ago, Paul said:

Your undertray appears to be missing?

Nope? Definitely there! 

[TTR 509]

2 hours ago, Paul said:

Your undertray appears to be missing?

I've heard that one a few times 

[Deacon 1357]

I've always found the shift on my car (especially into 2nd) to be a little problematic when it's cold. 

I saw someone in an American group who fitted a shifter extension and said it made a massive difference. A quick look on ebay revealed this would cost me a whole £2.20 to try so I ordered one. 

The aesthetic is a bit meh but the effect is impressive. The shift even when cold is absolutely no problem now and shifts just need the lightest movement of the shifter. 

@will300 tried it in his car and was impressed enough to order one for himself which I know he's had fitted for a few days now and is still a fan.

I definitely prefer the shift with the extender on when the cars cold but possibly prefer the non extender shift when it's warm. In the original post I'd seen they combined the shifter extension with a short shifter and I can see how this would be a perfect combination. 

If you've got a slightly reluctant gearbox and can live with the look then I'd say it's £2.20 well spent! 

[Deacon 1357]

I also had the rear cusco under brace fitted and the cusco front steering rack braces. I'd picked these up as I saw that the GRMN edition uses something very similar so I figured if Toyota saw a worth in them and as they didn't cost a great deal, they were probably worth a try. 

I can't tell any obvious effects of the rear brace bar (and didn't really expect to be able to to be honest) but the effects of the steering rack braces seem quite noticeable. The initial steering response is sharper now which makes sense I guess as the slack which would have taken up some of the initial movement is now reduced. 

Rear brace bar:-

Front steering rack braces:-

[sam534 62]

I've always found the shift on my car (especially into 2nd) to be a little problematic when it's cold. 
I saw someone in an American group who fitted a shifter extension and said it made a massive difference. A quick look on ebay revealed this would cost me a whole £2.20 to try so I ordered one. 
[mention=247]will300[/mention] tried it in his car and was impressed enough to order one for himself which I know he's had fitted for a few days now and is still a fan.
I definitely prefer the shift with the extender on when the cars cold but possibly prefer the non extender shift when it's warm. In the original post I'd seen they combined the shifter extension with a short shifter and I can see how this would be a perfect combination. 
If you've got a slightly reluctant gearbox and can live with the look then I'd say it's £2.20 well spent! 

I think your over compensating..... 🤣

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[Varelco 211]

Any increase of vibration through the steering wheel with the steering rack braces? I am tempted by some bracing up there but heard over on FT86 of owners getting numb hands from sitting at motorway speeds for a while!

[Deacon 1357]

Just now, Varelco said:

Any increase of vibration through the steering wheel with the steering rack braces? I am tempted by some bracing up there but heard over on FT86 of owners getting numb hands from sitting at motorway speeds for a while!

Not noticed any change on that front and I've done three decent length motorway journeys since they were fitted the other day. 

[Deacon 1357]

I had a few exhaust tweeks done at Rogue Motorsport this week the main one of which was swapping the 2nd oem cat for a high flow item. While Rogue were doing the work they found that the cat in my JDL manifold had come out and got itself rammed into the overpipe! They replaced the overpipe for me and also reworked the catted manifold to make it into a catless version. 

Couple of pictures below:-

And the reworked manifold and high flow sports cat in place:-

Below is a video clip of the car at startup and low speed manoeuvring (not a cold start):-

And a video running through the rev range:-

The video below is how it previously sounded recorded using the same camera and mic set up:-

As you can see it's a little louder now but not massively so. I'm not sure how it'll get on with Bedford's noise limits but I had a reasonable amount of headroom before so I'm hoping it'll be OK. If not then I'll look to have a resonator added to the second cat pipe. 

[DanJ 374]

You have a very similar setup to mine now. I got warned for being close to the limit last time I was at Bedford, started short shifting by the noise meters after that and was fine for the rest of the day.

[Deacon 1357]

1 minute ago, DanJ said:

You have a very similar setup to mine now. I got warned for being close to the limit last time I was at Bedford, started short shifting by the noise meters after that and was fine for the rest of the day.

I was thinking we probably had a fairly similar set up so was going to message you about how you'd got on