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  2. Posted · Report reply

    My cars total mods,

    • K&N panel air filter in standard air box,
    • EBC Yellow stuff Pads on the front
    • knackered Primacy's,
    • bonnet struts,
    • Grimmspeed oil filler cap,
    • and the ultimate performance mod, red painted brake calipers

     

    Does this really put me in the same class as cars with :

    • active suspension system
    • big wheels/sticky tyres
    • exhaust and intake mods
    • remaps

    I'm not registered in the championship anyway, makes more sense to group mine in with the others running standard and I couldn't be arsed to put the stock paper filter back in

     

    Call it a bit of help ( 5 bhp? ) to make up for the extra 6 stone I'm carrying compared to the rest of you racing snakes :D

     

    Seriously though maybe stock should exclude consumable items (except tyres as they make a massive difference), ie

    • air filters (in std air box),
    • disk pads in std calipers (and rotors ?)
    • oil and oil filters

    as people are often going to change these from Toyota OEM items

     

    Alec

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    Would you have wanted the release of the car to have been delayed to add this change ? (once the design is decided on for production any changes cause significant delays)

     

    There are bound to be little cosmetic improvements that come out on later models, I'm pleased that they came up with a bolt on solution that could easily be added to existing cars rather than a redesign of the center console in next years model

     

    Anyway you cheated and didn't cut out the paper template and fit it yourself :P  (much like I didn't fit my reversing camera)

     

    Alec

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    What a great little mod this is.The gear stick is rock steady now and when you are giving it the beans it is so positive.

    Well worth the few pounds & ease of fitting.Very slight increase in noise from the gearbox but nothing of any real note.

    Give me a shout and i will do free fitting on this.£39.47 inc vat. 

    I'll go for one Rich

     

    Alec

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    Saw this last night as it was on after top gear, used to go to Arena Essex with my Dad back in the 70's and it brought back memories

     

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ywxjs/Fast_and_Fearless_Britains_Banger_Racers_Episode_2/

     

    Death Destruction Derby, last car still moving wins, used to end up with the last 2 left deliberately charging each other, reversing back and charging again, like some sort of Mechanical Jousting tournament

     

    Alec

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    Welcome Zen. There's some real GT86 petrolheads in your neck of the woods.... one guy called Fatrab stands out, comes from Glasgow way I think..

     

    Spec K

    He won't like that !

     

    Rab has the BRZ

     

     

    Oh and my car is always filthy, hence the avatar

     

    Alec

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    Other full guide which involves bleeding the brakes : http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24614

     

    Looking at the pics in the link to the FT86 site, I have realised just how low tech the standard calipers are compared to Bike calipers (Dohh, I painted the bloody things red and didn't realise!)

     

    They are not opposed pistons, they're floating, we only have 2 pistons both on the same side which means the caliper has to slide across on pins to apply pressure so the pads contact both sides of the disk, so making sure the caliper can slide side to side freely on the pins is well worth while and getting some copaslip or similar grease on the sliding surfaces is probably a good idea (don't get it on the disk or front of the pads, good idea on the back)

     

    I haven't worked on non-opposed calipers since the 1980's (haven't been interested in maintaining previous cars, since my first XR2, which was also a child of the 80's),  I just assumed they would be opposed piston calipers by now, like I assumed a sports car would come with an oil cooler as standard.

     

    Are opposed pistons unusual then on standard setups these days ? I was just surprised to find such old tech on a modern vehicle.

     

    I was wondering how the caliper retraction tool I just bought was going to work on an opposed piston setup and now I know !

     

    Have decided to give the EBC yellowstuff pads a go as I was impressed with the knowledge of the EBC guy at the Autosport show about options for the '86, OK he was never going to recommend anyone else's but at least he knew what he was talking about

     

    Alec

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    Just a reminder what its all about, having fun going as fast as you want (and with music on if it floats your boat)

     

    You can see Keith's car parked up post prang at 1:21

     

    Come on everybody, you know you want a go !

     

     

    http://www.gt86.org.uk/forums/topic/902-toyota-sprint-series-round-4-blyton-park-august-18th-2013/ for the report thread from Blyton last year

     

    Vid by Chris who ran the Blue Celica Gen7 I think

     

     

    Alec

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    What the BRZ needs is something to improve the black plastic bits either side of the number plate, looks too much like a big thick Volvo Bumper

     

    Not being one of the afflicted I haven't looked to see if anyone has come up with a good solution for improving this yet (apart from the obvious fit the front off an '86 :lol: ) but do feel it makes the BRZ the ugly sister as standard

     

    Alec

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    Output diplay showing a range of values, these update in real time, the HP is calculated based on the acceleration and the vehicle weight you put in when setting up your vehicle profile (so if you want to impress the gullible enter the weight as 12500Kg and you'll get big HP figures :P )

     

    after2.jpg

     

    Google map overlay showing variation in oil temp, showing rise from start at 10 to peak temp of 110, this is viewable after a journey and can be changed to display any of the PIDs you chose to log

     

    run2.jpg

     

    You can also take videos with the Torque App and incorporate the gauges into the videos, they are hidden behind the black bar that youtube sticks at the top of the sreen, hit play and you'll see them

     

     

    Sorry for the quality of the video, it was taken with my Nexus 7 on a headrest mount and it was bouncing all over the place

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    See also youtube vids

    As I have just got a new phone and new adpator and had to configure it again, I thought I'd add a thread on here for the benefit of others

     

    The Torque App

     

    Its an app (http://torque-bhp.com/) that can be run on an Android device to monitor the vehicles ECU using a blue tooth adaptor plugged into the ODBII port (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-board_diagnostics#OBD-II)

     

    The torque app lets you monitor various data points that the ECU uses and can also display (and if you purchase the paid for version, reset) vehicle fault codes

     

    The torque app will also use your devices GPS and accelorometers to allow speed and G to be measured and it can log data against GPS location, producing a map that overlays on Google maps of your speed or oil temp on a journey.

     

    The adaptor

     

    This plugs into the ODBII port provided by manufacturers for monitoring the ECU and makes data available to another device via bluetooth. This can be anything the ECU monitors examples include rpm, coolant temp, oil temp, inlet temp, air fuel ratio etc. The one you want is an ELM327 one.

     

    They come in various shapes but with where its situated on the '86 you either want a short one or some sort of extension or its likely to hit your left leg when driving

     

    The one I got was this one from fleabay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231164930452?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649) you can get cheaper ones but the £8 one I bought last time stopped working after about 6 months so I thought I'd risk a bit more this time

     

    Plug in the adaptor

     

    You can find the connector for it under the dash, look above where your left knee would be when seated and you should find it. Note the connector is shaped so you have to get it the right way round

     

    Pair the ODBII device to your Android device

     

    Power on your car to power up the dongle, I did it with the engine running so I knew it would have power. Go into your device settings and make sure bluetooth is on and search for new devices

     

    Mine appeared at first as a HEX address a bit like a MAC address ie AA:11:22:33:44:DD but then updated to appear with the name OBDII

     

    Select the device and it should ask you enter a pairing code, for mine this was 1234, some use 0000, check with your supplier if neither work

     

    Start Torque

     

    When you start Torque it will ask you to choose the bluetooth device, select the adaptor you paired above.

     

    If you then select Realtime information the Torque App will start displaying data received from your car, rpm is the obvious one to check, press the go pedal and watch it rise !

     

    You can configure the display to change what is shown, you can also modify what data is logged on a journey

     

    There is also some point where it asks for setting up a profile for your car, it does this when you first use it but as mine is already setup I can't remember what it asked.

     

    To reconfigure the display press and hold on any of the dials to get a menu that lets you delete, move, resize, change dial type

     

    To add a new display press and hold on an empty area of the screen and you get a add menu

     

    Oil Temperature

     

    Although Oil Temperature is a normal ODBII PID our car doesn't use the standard one, it uses a bespoke one instead.

     

    The Torque App can be configured to monitor this custom PID as follows

     

    Open the Torque app and then hit the menu button.

     

    Select "Manage extra PIDs/Sensors" (should be second from the bottom).

    Hit the menu key again and select "Add custom PID".

     

    Enter the following information

     

    OBD2 Mode and PID: 2101
    Minimum Value: -40
    Maximum Value: 215
    Scale factor: x1
    Unit type: C
    Equation: AC-40
    OBD Header: 7E0

    Hit ok. The oil temp parameter will now be available for logging and real time display.

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