smudge 1020 Report post Posted September 7, 2015 Think Mark needs to join the queue for a ride in mine once it's done 1 Mark-in-Stoke reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted September 7, 2015 Mike, Thanks for yesterday buddy, "feckin awesome" is all I can say, and by the way you owe me a new pair of pants. No problem bud, was nice chatting to you again It goes alright for 5psi 1 Mark-in-Stoke reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark-in-Stoke 488 Report post Posted September 7, 2015 Smudge trying to make me soil another pair of pants lol. TD's turbo for 4.5k it's a massive bang for your buck, I'm sure someone somewhere will do a comparison but at stage one this is a seriously feckin quick and very easy to drive car. 2 Mike@TD.co.uk and GT86-Ian reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark-in-Stoke 488 Report post Posted September 7, 2015 Rob, what type of train are you thinking of coal, diesel or maybe bullet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keethos 842 Report post Posted September 7, 2015 In all seriousness, have you tried out any other FI's yet Mark? Able to give a comparison on that side at all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark-in-Stoke 488 Report post Posted September 7, 2015 I've driven two other turbo's and a s/c keith, all were very, very good, but I personally like this one the most. I loved the feel of it. I really don't like doing reviews, as one man's meat is another man's poison. 2 Mike@TD.co.uk and Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ztox 230 Report post Posted September 15, 2015 Thanks for the ride on Sunday Mike, awesome stuff 1 Mike@TD.co.uk reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smudge 1020 Report post Posted September 15, 2015 Can't believe I forgot to come and say hello at JAE Mike! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted September 15, 2015 Thanks for the ride on Sunday Mike, awesome stuff No problem bud, was nice meeting you and having a good chat Can't believe I forgot to come and say hello at JAE Mike!Likewise Jordan, must admit I didn't venture far from our stand all weekend! Ended up chatting to a lot of people about the turbo kit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted September 22, 2015 Not a huge amount new with the car at the moment, having too much fun driving it! We have the uprated clutch installed in preparation for more boost when we get time to play with it some more. Took it down to Newark for JAE a few weeks back, spoke to a lot of people and interest in the car was positive Will pop some photos up soon... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted September 24, 2015 Couple of photos from JAE this year! 1 Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted January 5, 2016 Haven't posted much about our car recently, over the Christmas break we decided to use some of the time to make some more progress with our 86. We gave the car a full check over and an engine oil and filter change. Everything checked back perfectly fine and nothing is out of place which is reassuring Our exhaust system is coming upto 3 years old now just like the car is and is holding upto the usage and the elements perfectly. Took the opportunity to clean the wheels properly and get a new layer of wheel sealant on them. For those that don't use something similar, try it, it makes washing them so much easier! We've had some parts lined up for a while that we've wanted to test fit and try out, so on we went with the first: Stock propshaft pictured below: And then the carbon propshaft Fitment of this is perfect, as to be expected. Having test driven the car afterwards we were expecting some extra noise through the car after hearing reports, however on our car we haven't noticed anything different from a noise point of view! We have ran the car up on both the dyno upto speeds nearing 135mph and on the road up to the speed limit without any vibration issues too. The stock propshaft weighed in at 10.93kg versus 5.17kg of the Driveshaft Shop Carbon Propshaft, a healthy saving of over 52% Next on the list was the MFactory LSD: Differential removed ready for strip down: Differential stripped and final drive swapped onto the MFactory LSD: MFactory LSD assembled with new genuine Toyota differential bearings: Stock differential assembled and back together with MFactory LSD: And finally, installed back into the GT86: We'll report back on this after we have had a proper chance to give the car a workout, initial driving at cruising speeds and around town are good, the differential is nice to drive with, very smooth and silent in operation as to be expected. Once we've had a chance to run it with some boost for some more mileage and in both dry and wet conditions we'll give a better update Then we set onto our stage 2 parts of the turbo kit. Consisting of: Uprated Exedy Clutch Kit (Previously installed) Uprated Port Injector Set Uprated Fuel Pump Kit Larger 3bar Map Sensor 3 Port Boost Solenoid With Boost Control Via ECUTeK The parts all went on a treat as we anticipated and then the car made its way onto the dyno to start with the mapping process: We've still more work to do with the file until we're happy with it, however the first impressions are very good! Some base figures for comparison: Stock Car 184bhp & 160lb.ft Stage 1 Turbo Kit 5psi 278bhp & 230lb.ft (+94bhp & 70lb.ft) Stage 2 Turbo Kit 8psi 338bhp & 275lb.ft (+60bhp & 45lb.ft) The Stage 2 setup is making much more power for such a small increase in boost which we're both impressed by, the stage 2 setup is a whopping 154bhp & 115lb.ft more than the stock car. The boost control setup however delivers the power in a nice linear feel, and doesn't just deliver everything at once in a Hulk fashion. The drive is great even on this early revision of tune. We're currently working on progression with the map at the moment but it gives a good indication of the power output available at this level. This will be available as an upgrade package for those with the baseline kit already installed or as an add-on to anyone purchasing a new turbo kit. Pricing and final dyno graphs to follow soon. All in all its really starting to come together now and we're both really enjoying driving it. We will be upping the boost further with our own car for our own R&D once the 8psi tune is finished, upto 10psi and then hopefully 12psi. However 8psi will be the Stage 2 maximum for retail purposes and reliability. The next stage for us then will be changing over to forged conrods and forged pistons, the latter of which we have worked with CP to custom design for us. This will allow us to run more boost reliably and get above 400bhp. More information on that when the time comes There is a short video on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-r1mvVjzX0 Finally, a couple of photos of it now its clean: Thanks 6 Gringosteve, Foulsmell, Mark-in-Stoke and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted January 5, 2016 How far is the car lowered Mike? Looks ace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted January 5, 2016 Just now, CanaryWundaboy said: How far is the car lowered Mike? Looks ace. Couldn't give you an exact figure i'm afraid, its on Rota Torque Drift wheels and BC Racing Coilovers and adjusted until we were happy with it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tareim 343 Report post Posted January 5, 2016 29 minutes ago, Mike@TD.co.uk said: Couldn't give you an exact figure i'm afraid, its on Rota Torque Drift wheels and BC Racing Coilovers and adjusted until we were happy with it stick a tape measure from the ground to the bottom of the arch then others can just compare to that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted January 5, 2016 1 hour ago, CanaryWundaboy said: How far is the car lowered Mike? Looks ace. It looks very similar to how mine was before I raised it a little - about 60mm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STEVO9000 54 Report post Posted January 6, 2016 I think I need to sell a kidney.... awesome output from that kit to be fair! out of curiosity, will you be offering a self fit option? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted January 6, 2016 20 minutes ago, STEVO9000 said: I think I need to sell a kidney.... awesome output from that kit to be fair! out of curiosity, will you be offering a self fit option? At the moment there isn't a plan for self fit, the pricing structure of the package we've put together makes the fitting of the kit very well priced Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJ 374 Report post Posted January 6, 2016 22 hours ago, Mike@TD.co.uk said: e'll report back on this after we have had a proper chance to give the car a workout, initial driving at cruising speeds and around town are good, the differential is nice to drive with, very smooth and silent in operation as to be expected. Once we've had a chance to run it with some boost for some more mileage and in both dry and wet conditions we'll give a better update Hi Mike, As the standard fit diff is a Torsen I'm interested to know why you went for the ATB variant over a 1.5 way or 2 way plate LSD? Do you have any technical details on what's different between the factory fit Torsen and the M-Factory ATB? Keep up the good work, the car's looking great, I was pretty convinced on going supercharged but you've got me reconsidering that decision! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STEVO9000 54 Report post Posted January 6, 2016 5 hours ago, Mike@TD.co.uk said: At the moment there isn't a plan for self fit, the pricing structure of the package we've put together makes the fitting of the kit very well priced Couldn't agree with you more there tbh, it is a great package! Just a question I had to ask in case I do end up with 5k to play with at some point as you're a bit of a distance from me. do you do finance? 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark-in-Stoke 488 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 On 07/09/2015 at 9:53 AM, smudge said: Think Mark needs to join the queue for a ride in mine once it's done Maybe you'll need to join the queue for a ride in TD's turbo once it's done 😁 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 19 hours ago, DanJ said: Hi Mike, As the standard fit diff is a Torsen I'm interested to know why you went for the ATB variant over a 1.5 way or 2 way plate LSD? Do you have any technical details on what's different between the factory fit Torsen and the M-Factory ATB? Keep up the good work, the car's looking great, I was pretty convinced on going supercharged but you've got me reconsidering that decision! Hi Dan, We didn't want the cons of a plated type diff, the clunks and noises when maneuvering at low speeds and such like. We wanted a silent operating unit which we now have We're confident it'll be a noticeable improvement over the stock type diff, we'll report back once we've got some more mileage on it Try and get yourself a test ride in a few different setups, see what works for you, the joy of our setup is future proofing Cheers Mike 1 Mark-in-Stoke reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike@TD.co.uk 467 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 17 hours ago, STEVO9000 said: Couldn't agree with you more there tbh, it is a great package! Just a question I had to ask in case I do end up with 5k to play with at some point as you're a bit of a distance from me. do you do finance? 😂 Afraid we don't offer finance Steve no bud... sorry! Thanks Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tareim 343 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 does anyone have a decent link or is able to explain the differences between our torsen and the ATB diff that Mike is now using? I think I understand our diff doesn't do much unless under throttle? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark-in-Stoke 488 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 5 hours ago, Mike@TD.co.uk said: Hi Dan, We didn't want the cons of a plated type diff, the clunks and noises when maneuvering at low speeds and such like. We wanted a silent operating unit which we now have We're confident it'll be a noticeable improvement over the stock type diff, we'll report back once we've got some more mileage on it Try and get yourself a test ride in a few different setups, see what works for you, the joy of our setup is future proofing Cheers Mike Looking forward to my next visit now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
