Rich

Really nice thread but please can you post the updates in seperate posts? It's a right PITA having to scroll back up when you've clicked on new post and then find the right part of the first post!

There's technically nothing stopping you buying a little campervan and living on the side of the road  
I'm hoping for some good news in a few weeks which could mean I can keep the car

Sounds like a plan to me, was going to suggest convoying up on the Saturday but as you'll be in Scotland by then that may be difficult  

I am driving to Aberdeen on Friday. Staying over there and meeting you in Inverness on Sunday morning. We should arrange a time and place to meet (at your hotel?)

I am also booked in for this. First sprint, gulp!

I am also booked in for this. First sprint, gulp!

I am also booked in for this. First sprint, gulp!

I am also booked in for this. First sprint, gulp!

3hrs after the last pic, just the cooler and pump left to go.

5hrs in the SC is on, time for a cuppa :-)

Thanks for the info on the green stuff. Has my OCD kicking in as it makes the engine bay look a mess.
Still getting used to driving the car, after over 6 years driving only diesels the throttle is taking some getting used to as it doesnt need a big shove with my boot to make it do something

Hi
Am having the Harrop fitted by Mark at the beginning of April, so if your going to be at Japfest we could talk about how it's going.
 

From a purist perspective EL has got to be better... But then again it doesn't go wubwubwub.

I have a decat UEL manifold and overpipe (1320 performance), stock front pipe and Milltek non-resonated catback. It's not too loud when you're not pushing on, but as soon as you give it some throttle it really picks up. Rumbly at low revs and raspy at high revs. I gained a fair few HP overall, mostly from the manifold I think. Running 205 bhp before remapping, now 216 bhp. Not sure what my stock numbers were, but typical for a catback and air filter is around 196, so I gained maybe 9 bhp from the manifold.
Manifold:

Catback:

Sound Vid:

https://youtu.be/l51FvRQBHjk

Thanks to @Deacon for measuring the stock ARBs so I could finish of my suspension calculation spreadsheet. In a past life I used to design suspension for a living so its been good to refresh my memory on how it all works and generate a tool that hopefully others will find useful. You can download a copy here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/87478421/GT86%20and%20BRZ%20Spring%20and%20ARB%20Rate%20Comparison.xlsx
My main reason for doing this was to decide what replacement springs to order for my HKS dampers that will complement either the stock ARBs or stiffer Whiteline ARBs. My car is a Daily Driver with occasional track use and I drive over some pretty hideous roads on my way to work each day so I was concerned that a 6kg/6kg spring setup would be too much, I also had to consider that HKS only recommend a +/-2kg rate change without re-valving the dampers.
I've gone for 4.8kg F and 5.3kg rear in the end, which should have slightly more oversteer than my stock BRZ with the standard ARBs with consideration of the improved camber control at the front as well (the rear is pretty good already as its multi-link, but McPherson struts aren't great, especially when lowered a lot)  and whatever I choose it to be depending on the setting of the adjustable ARBs. 
There's most of the popular spring combos on there and you can enter data for any aftermarket bars if you've got the rate, %change or just the bar dimensions. Most people neglect to consider the proportional share of the springs and ARB's when it comes to thinking about the change in handling. Looking at the sheet you can see that a 6/6 setup on a GT86 shifts the handling balance towards that of a stock BRZ. I understand why @Lauren went for 5/6, with consideration of the extra grip from the improved camber control at the front I can see why its more playful at the rear though!
One important note is that all of this is best compared for steady-state (i.e. mid corner) balance, damper and alignment settings play a significant part in corner entry and corner exit characteristics. Carroll Smith's "Engineer in your Pocket" is a great read for this. http://www.carrollsmith.com/books/#pocketbook-detail
Feel free to ask if you have any questions about how the spreadsheet works.

A huge thank you from myself and Nick to everyone who made the journey out for the day. Was a pleasure having everybody here  
 
I think we did very well with the weather considering the reports I was getting in the morning when opening up! It was nice to meet some new faces and have a catch up with some familiar faces too, apologies to anyone who I didn't get a chance to speak with, there were more in attendance than we anticipated to be honest which was excellent to see  By the time the dyno had quietened down the heavens had opened so test drives in our car wouldn't have been ideal, next time  
 
We can do another day later in the year if people would like to, no bother...
 
Thanks again,
 
Mike

I'm on the club stand.

The more I see it the more I like the ginger! Nice pics
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And here are a couple of photo's of Mr Lee's car:




p.s. Ignore the man love in one of the photo's.

Mark's vid of the dyno runs which he's spent all day working on! 
 

Rich's does sound particularly nice from the passenger seat...
Not too loud I wouldn't say, perfectly livable with...
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I'm hoping it'll be early-mid part of May when I can get back up to have it done. But yes, Lauren was saying earlier that we could arrange something when I'm back up 😄
 
 

Cracking day out, nice to finally meet everyone this weekend! 
 
Big thanks to all at TD for looking after us all day, and to Mike for sorting me out a great deal on parts! Looking forward to my return for fitting and mapping! 
 
Mods for mine, Cosworth panel filter, Berk high flow cat front pipe, Milltek non-res cat back 

Yeah, well - serves you right for selling me a remap and exhaust goodies... I'll be PMing TD shortly...
And yes, thanks to TD for hosting. Great place for a meet.

A proper good day. I think Lauren has sold a set of Tein coilovers though. My poor wallet.