Lauren

Great thread. Not least because I live in Macclesfield and those roads are the main reason I've decided I need a GT86.... :-D

Stock wheels are pretty heavy though at 9.2kg

For a track biased car I feel the HKS V2 maybe the way forward tbh.

I didn't realise Instagram was anything more than making your photos look crap. I admit I don't get it. I post everything on FB as that's what it's for, if people don't like it they can unfriend me etc. 

Wow, lots done. Is there a reason you went with a six paddle clutch over a simply uprated one? I've tried the Helix one (IIRC) and though it was heavier it was okay and obviously no juddering, just a heavier pedal. 
 
I get that auto blipping is for those who can't heel and toe, but if you can it's surely far more satisfying to do it properly? I experienced flat foot shifting in Jay and Jamie's car and I admit, I just don't like it. Just thought it was too harsh in the car and changing 1st to second gave me a neck injury!
 
Still it all sounds good. Will you just put the cat back in for the MOT then? 

Team RRG Macclesfield AKA "The Stabbed Rat" and the celica are all booked for Woodbridge and the PI on saturday night
Cant resist to try out my new improved acceleration & handling.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You can see that Julia is happy with the noise levels (outside anyway!)   And then a remap - not shiny, but beautiful in a different way!!   Very happy chap (me) left Fensport, that's for sure!!     Happy to share the experience with anyone interested!!

You may want to bear in mind that you should never 'slam the throttle' at such low rpm. Never do this to an engine. Feed it in until you are at least over 3500rpm before going wide open throttle. 

You may want to bear in mind that you should never 'slam the throttle' at such low rpm. Never do this to an engine. Feed it in until you are at least over 3500rpm before going wide open throttle. 

You may want to bear in mind that you should never 'slam the throttle' at such low rpm. Never do this to an engine. Feed it in until you are at least over 3500rpm before going wide open throttle. 

Woodbridge is the one I am dropping too, same day as TA at Brands. Hope it is dry and you guys have a great day.

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Can I let Chris pick up a 3rd win unopposed or shall I do Woodbridge as well...

PI Ipswich South East. 
 
http://www.premierinn.com/en/search!execute.action
 
I've just booked. £67. 

I’ve started this thread which will probably be like a small Mods blog as i’ve never really set one up for my car.
 
 
I’ve always thought about boosting my GT86 but never really decided on a route or if it would be viable. But after driving Maz’s car a fair bit on the road and once on track it made sense to go the Centrifugal Supercharged route.
 
For the style of driving and type of roads I drive it made sense. The HKS supercharger to me just feels like a bigger block NA car. You don’t get that sudden rush of power in one peak. It just keeps climbing and climbing. Over 6.5krpm is just awesome!
 
Being hands on and quite technical and capable I decided i’d fit the kit myself as a sense of achievement and a little personal project with the help from Maz at HKS Europe. We picked this weekend as it gives me the extra bank holiday day and fitted in best with Adrian mapping it at Fensport this week.
 
We started the install at about 5:30 Friday evening with the plan to get all the prep work and  old bits off the car so that Saturday morning we could start fitting the go-faster bits.
 
The Manual is relatively easy to understand although at times the Japanese to English translation is a little poor. But luckily with having Maz to help he could read the Japanese ones and it all made sense!
 
First thing is to get the Bumper off and expose the front of the car. Along with unbolting the crash bar as we fit some brackets to this for the Intercooler.
 

 
We also remove the bonnet catch and top bonnet support for later.
 
Also free’d up the Oil cooler and made sure this was out the way temporarily whilst fitting the new parts.
 
What’s impressive with the HKS kit is the amount of dedication and precision gone into planning the kits. We spent a fair couple of hours adding clips to existing hoses and supporting stock parts for the preparation of them receiving positive boost. Parts like the canister can under the manifold. Usually the hoses are just pushed on loosely. But now they’ll see positive pressure HKS actually supply clips to add to these hoses to make sure they don’t pop off! It would be a real PITA if one popped after install! It just gives a little bit of piece of mind that you’re adding reliability.
 
Interestingly Version 1 of the supercharger didn’t have these extras! But they added them for Version 2.
 
Once this was all done and the fiddly bits out of the way we had the car ready to receive boost! We have to add a bracket to the underside of the Crash beam which will be used to support the intercooler so we got this added and in place. This is fiddly as you’ve got to get a nut on the bolt which is half way along from an opening at the end! We got there in the end!
 

 
Also had to cut a little channel in the upper bonnet support for the charge pipe to come back into the engine bay.
 

 
Next up was fitting the actual compressor to the car. The bracket is very substantial and quality is outstanding. Everything just fitting into place lined up and went perfectly. The bracket basically fits into the existing holes in the Alternator and fits in really well. After a few bolts, belt on and tensioner released we had the unit in place!
 

 
We then went ahead and mounted the intercooler in place. It looks as though it sits on the bottom shelf. But it actually hanging from 2 bracket. Its a very good fit and the HKS kit hasn’t failed to impress regarding quality and fitment!
 

 
This charger uses a traction fluid system with it’s own oil cooler to lubricate the charger components. A tank is mounted just beside the airbox, using two existing holes in the support just below the bonnet release. After cutting the supplied hoses to length, adding an inline filter and clipping it all on. The traction fluid system was in place along with the cooler, bottle, lines and filter. It's important to get the traction fluid cool and ensure everything is working correctly. As this can seriously damage the compressor if the fluid isn't there as expected!
 

 

 
Now to put the stock airbox back into it’s location ready for the intake suction pipe.
Any airbox or induction that uses the stock intake pipe location should fit with this kit.
 
Here we put a restrictor plate between the supercharger and the intake air box. The restrictor is a simple plate which sandwiches between the intake pipe and the charger with two gaskets. It restricts the power from the capable 400hp to about 300hp to use on a stock engine block! The restrictor is great as it keeps all the available torque and power low and and just clips the peak power towards the top end. You can of course run it without a restrictor if you dare on a stock engine!
The great thing with this unit is if you do decide to go for a forged engine you can simply remove the restrictor, tweak the map and you’ll be able to produce around 400hp comfortably with the same kit.
 

 
We then plumbed in the intercooler which is a fiddly job as there isn’t much room, especially if you have the oil cooler installed too! This kit was obviously designed, tested and fitted in Japan where they do not have HID headlights also meaning they haven't got the headlight washers! Which actually get in the way a fair bit on the UK cars as the headlight washers sit just where the pipe wants to naturally sit. But after some persuasion and careful positioning it does all go back in and the headlight washer still works.
 

 

 
Moving on by connecting up the throttle body intake pipe from the intercooler. This bit was straight forward. The pipe sits in the neat hole that was cut earlier on in the process. All connecting up and on the throttle body. We have a completed plumbed in Supercharger.
 

 

 
We have to take a vacuum line from the vacuum brake line so that the Recirc valve can work. For this we simply take a T-Piece in the original vacuum line and connect it to the valve.
 

 
At this point the install is done! We topped up the traction fluid tank. Fired it up and ensured there are no air leaks and fluid is circulating ok.
 
Starts first time and the sound is just fantastic. A real rushing of air and breathing sound!
 
One with the final bits like the bumper, and side indicators etc. And it’s finished!
 

 

 
All together it took us around 12 hours with two of us working on it. What helped was Maz’s ability to know stuff as he’d already done it on his car. Little tips and tricks to make things easier and the knowledge of knowing what we we’re un-doing was correct! The manual makes it easy as the install is split up into smaller chunks of work. So you’re only ever aiming for one goal at a time. Such as ‘Fit the intercooler’ - ‘For this you will need’. Rather than tackling the entire project with all the bits in one go.
 
Off to Fensport today for the map! Once i've driven it with some boost i'll report back
 

Absolutely mate

It's the 1st chance I've really had to throw her into some twisty roads as there's nothing near me in London. Stuck to the road like glue in the bends, catching a lot of the big boys out in a straight line too

Found a whole new love for her this weekend

I dunno but I think he was a bit stuck up in my opinion. He wasn't really talking to anyone else, whereas everyone else is so alike we all just mingled and chatted like we'd known everyone for years

Don't need people like that on it anyway. The organisers can provide you with a basic level of entertainment but it's down to the individuals to make the most of it by getting involved

Time for some breakfast before team briefing at 11.30 and then leave for Edinburgh! Woop woop!

Thought it was about time i started a project thread. I bought my pearl white gt86 with black leather 8 months ago new from the dealer and have changed a few things on it in that time so this first post is a bit of a catch

We all know what a white 86 looks like so I don't need to put of a stock pic

Excuse the crappy quality of some of these photos, they are just what I had on my ipad.

First thing I changed was the wheels. I know some people like the standard ones but to me they look like something straight off the shelf at halfords. I had some Work emotion XT7's in black that I bought for a previous Subaru in 18x7.5 +48, not ideal offset but temporarily sorted with some bolt on hub centric spacers 20mm front, 25mm rear.


Next was time to get rid of the dreaded arch gap. At this point I was trying to keep it simple and hadn't really planned to modify too much in the first year so I just went with spring rather than coilovers. Eibach sportline's in particular. I think they sit at the perfect height, no gap but can still clear speed bumps.


Then what I thought was going to be my final mod for the immediate future, getting rid of the last thing I really don't like on the car, the bad boy Lexus tail lights. There was really only one choice here, Tom's. To me they are exactly how the car should have come from the factory.


And a TRD gear knob because I was bored on eBay one day


Then came a quick photo shoot with a mate that's an amateur photographer.







And that was me done for modifying this year....or so I thought. A month later and I had money burning a hole in my pocket, with nothing else I really needed I decided to treat the car to some new rags.

After looking at pretty much every lip kit available I decided I actually liked the TRD kit more than the others, it has that GT car aggressiveness that I'm aiming for. I couldn't justify the extra cost of the TRD when buying new because I'd be changing the wheels an you can buy the kit a hell of a lot cheaper separately. Having problems with fitment on aftermarket body parts in the past I decided to stick with the proper TRD kit from Fensport (fantastic to deal with). The plan was to just order the front and rear lips and side skirts but of course that didn't happen. Ended up buying the TRD spoiler, front canards and a Beatsonic shark fin while was on.

And this is how she stood after







The standard exhaust was looking a bit lost in the TRD bumper so I bought a new TRD back box and partially debadged the rear. Much better.



Again I hit a point where I thought I'd leave it alone for a while ( I should have known better at this point). Alas last night I decided to bite the bullet and go down the forced induction route, the standard power was fine at first but I feel it could do with a bit more to make me truly love the car.

I'm currently deciding which route to go and if you have any experience with either turbo or supercharging I'd love to hear any advice.

All I know is I want it done soon because I have the impatience of a child



Thanks for reading,
Mike.

Been absolutely flat out since we started

So Friday morning it was an early start to get to Ace Cafe in West London. We were one of the 1st to turn up and were a bit sceptical at first, but then some of the big boy cars rolled in...



Over 50 cars ranging from a A reg SL Mercedes to the Aventador. Seat Ibiza, Audi RS4, Aston V12 vantage, M3's, various Porches and BMWs. A great mix of cars with a great bunch of people

So we started out at about 10am, did some go Lartington near Cardiff before pulling into the hotel. Headed out into town for an awesome night out leaving us all a bit fuzzy this morning...

But we all sobered up pretty quickly after some breakfast and headed into the Welsh Valleys



Some fantastic driving roads despite some poor weather, before stopping at a great little pub for a BBQ and a drink for some co drivers

More driving into the Welsh countryside before heading up the M5 to Manchester where we had a convoy of about 20 cars at one point. We should have some awesome footage put together a few days after we finish so I'll be sure to upload that

All in all, fantastic value for money so far and a great bunch of fellow enthusiasts with a range of cars and backgrounds. One guy in a Porsche GT2 decided to have a row with the staff saying he expected more and was disgusted by it all, and everyone else's response was along the lines of "what did you want for £300?!"

We've been put in great hotels, breakfast included everyday, a party in a privately hired part of a club each night and a chance to drive with a bunch of similarly minded people around the UK. Fantastic value in my mind!

Tonight we're supposed to be watching the big fight but I doubt we'll make it to 4/5am if we have to be up and on the road by 11am for the trip to Edinburgh...

Car is getting compliments left, right and centre. Mainly about how awesome she sounds but also how it's surprising a few people with the power. She's done us proud so far!



Only major incident is the Aventador has apparently developed an issue on today's route...what a shame!



Oh and the MR2 has decided to throw a strop every now and then but has made it here safely in the end.

Loads and loads of video footage which I'll make into something short and sweet at some point

Don't speed?
 
There are various detection devices you can get. I've still got a Bell Euro 550 which I got back in 2002 or so. Not used it for years though. That would pick up Gatso's and more importantly tell you if they were on or not. It worked with laser also, but you have to remember by the time it goes off you have already been done. Really there's no answer to avoiding laser. 
 
The thing with Gatso's anyway is that if it's a regular route you know where they are. 
 
I would say allow more time to drive the distances you are doing. 

Now on 780, have put a bit of effort in this week

Don't speed?
 
There are various detection devices you can get. I've still got a Bell Euro 550 which I got back in 2002 or so. Not used it for years though. That would pick up Gatso's and more importantly tell you if they were on or not. It worked with laser also, but you have to remember by the time it goes off you have already been done. Really there's no answer to avoiding laser. 
 
The thing with Gatso's anyway is that if it's a regular route you know where they are. 
 
I would say allow more time to drive the distances you are doing. 

I would only recommend JP, as I've used them before and had various work/systems made up for cars I've owned. Years ago when I was helping with Elise K20A conversions they were the only one able to make a manifold that didn't crack. I just think their workmanship is outstanding, but I wouldn't consider someone else. H&S holds no interest for me. 

Just because everyone is complimenting you, i'm going to say it looks shit

Picked her up from Abbey at 8.30am before heading home for a full clean to add the Rally stickers and sponsors!





Shiny!

And after almost 5 hours of applying stickers, she is finally ready!







Can't wait for tomorrow!