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Well kit is here, looks real nice like the Cosworth and Sprintex SC kits do;
No need to remove the front bumper to fit the charge cooler radiator.
Water pipes very neat and no coolant reservoir, the coolant is held in the back of the charger cooler assemblies;
Comes fitted with a post charger IAT sensor already fitted;
 
Just need time to get it fitted and tuned now ;-)
 
 

I have a great idea for those who has red gt86. İ can design something who loves star wars in red

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Are those real pics or just photo shopped I can't tell, looks good though and glad you're sticking about!

I have a great idea for those who has red gt86. İ can design something who loves star wars in red

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She's finally done! 
Will at JP Exhausts in Macclesfield just gave me a call to say it's finished and that he's just emailed me some pics. Ready to collect her tomorrow!
I can't thank Will and JP Exhausts enough. Every step of the way they have listened to the spec I wanted, kept me fully up to date and gone far beyond what I ever expected if I'm honest. Will has even gone to the trouble of rebuilding part of the catback exhaust where I'd flattened the pipe into the backbox from the car being so low - he's raised the pipe up as much as possible and even stuck a 5mm plate on the bottom to stop it crushing the pipe in future and making sure it stays a 3" bore
No manifold that I know of for the GT86 has a larger bore than 1.75" on the primaries - I asked Will if a 2" was possible and he's somehow done it! It looks amazing, such a shame you can't really see it unless you're under the car :( this large bore will allow us to get as much as possible from the supercharger
The main concern was noise - the catback itself with the old 1.5" bore manifold and 2.5" overpipe and front pipe was LOUD. Will has managed to squeeze in 2 huge silencers to the front pipe which will considerably help reduce the noise. Not the prettiest front pipe in the world with the 2 big boxes stuck in there, but it had to be done if I wanted any chance of getting on track
So, a few pictures...
Manifold - 2" bore in a 4-1 design finishing in a 3" collector


It's not quite as unequal as the old Borla manifold was, simply due to the fact that the larger bore means you can't make the shorter side the same as the Borla because of the angles...it's still unequal so will have the Scooby rumble, but just maybe not as much as before
Fitted to the car, it looks amazing!

Overpipe - there are only a couple of 3" overpipes on the market for the GT86. This connect the manifold to the front pipe but has to go over the front subframe and 3" is a REAL squeeze. But Will has worked his magic and done it without any issues

Front pipe - 3" bore with 2 massive silencers to give me a chance of passing the noise test on track

Not much room with those boxes in place when it's on the car...

And finally, the remade catback pipe that I didn't even ask for Will to do anything to! He's rebuilt about a 3rd of this to raise it up slightly, completely free of charge and the 5mm thick plate will help to keep it 3" if I do bash it again



I haven't even seen this work in person yet but I'm already so impressed! Really can't wait to pick it up tomorrow and see what a difference it makes to the sound. I think I still may need some sort of bungs on the tailpipes to make sure I'm track legal, but that's easy enough as the tips of the exhaust are held on with clamps, so I can just clamp the bung onto the actual pipe from the back boxes
I'll get some videos over the weekend and then it's into Abbey on Tuesday 17th ready for mapping!

Picked up a Perrin 3" cold air intake for an absolute bargain from an owner in the States

 
Brand new these are around £300+
Managed to get mine for $230 delivered. So around £150 - guy had no need for it and it's still new in the box
This will compliment the new charger extremely well as it's proven to give the best air flow of all the intakes. The area the filter sits is nice and cool too with air entering the lower grille on the front bumper and being forced up into the filter

Also booked into JP Exhausts in Macclesfield for Monday 9th November. These guys have been recommended to me by numerous people and although it's a bit far from home, their reputation and value for money quote is worth it
Driving to Warrington tomorrow for the Tuning Developments meet and then leaving the car with a friend for JP Exhausts to collect it on Monday 9th. No point me bringing it back home Sunday night and then taking it back up again next weekend. Pointless adding another 500miles onto the car when I don't need it during the week

they are photoshopped.. yet.
 
got the number plate btw

Got the car. Its GT Eighty Sith...







It's not a Sith Lord quite yet. It will be later...





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Got the car. Its GT Eighty Sith...







It's not a Sith Lord quite yet. It will be later...





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Got the car. Its GT Eighty Sith...







It's not a Sith Lord quite yet. It will be later...





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Got the car. Its GT Eighty Sith...







It's not a Sith Lord quite yet. It will be later...





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Dark side? Hmmm... traded in for an Ayo Black then

Well at least you had the first Yellow Teg all the best
 

It's pig ugly. But kind of cute.

And four people fit just fine in my 86. It's my family car (whether they like it or not...)

God damn auto correction... Ots:its
Of:if

Cable between IAT sensor and oem MAF sensor.

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God damn auto correction... Ots:its
Of:if

Cable between IAT sensor and oem MAF sensor.

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Since last 3 weeks, rear brakes are squeaking any time I brake in any condition. Cold, warm, wet, dry, slow driving but not fast driving. This happens only when I apply the brakes. I was reading and many owner has squeaky brakes. I wonder is it under warranty or abnormal wear or anything else. The car has around 12000 miles on the clock... I checked the rotors and front ones has more wear than rears. I didn't notice any scratches or discolouring or rust. I was having squeaky brakes before intermittently but now it is getting louder and every time when I apply the brakes I can hear them squeaking. Any suggestions?

What? You still have a budget after what you've done to your GT86?

OMG Lauren.... You wrote a book. I literally considered Rav4 for myself buy stuck in between land cruiser, discovery and rav4. İ guess I'll wait a bit more but thank you for this brilliant review. I guess Rav4 impressed you a lot which made you write this review. Thanks one more time...

I had this car from RRG Macclesfield as a courtesy car for five days.    It's the top of the range Rav4 with 4WD the 2.2 DCI engine (149bhp/251 lb/ft torque) and this car had leather heated electric seats (electric adjustment for the driver) and sat nav with the new Toyota Touch & Go two system which has the bonus of DAB radio.    Firstly I'm not going to try and compare it to my daily driver, a modified, lowered GT86 with quite serious suspension geommetry, but it was interesting to drive for a week and after five days it grew on me if I'm honest.    So firstly looks. Well it's a mid sized crossover vehicle, so think mid-sized saloon with a higher ride height and bigger wheels and 4WD. In a way, it looks bigger than it is, in a similar way to a Hilux Surf does. Driving the car, it doesn't feel hugely wide on the road, it's more the length that you notice.    IMG_3587 by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   This car is fitted with a reversing camera and parking sensors on the front. These are useful when parking, but the sensors are a little conservative and will carry on beeping when you are stationary which is a minor annoyance if like me, you occasionally find yourself waiting in the car with the engine running and the sensors keep beeping whilst you are sitting there. Thankfully, you can turn them off, but it would be better if once the handbrake is applied they stopped beeping.    IMG_3586 by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   The interior of this car is the range topper Invincible with leather which certainly lifts the interior. The leather swathe across the centre of the dashboard is nice, though all plastics surrounding this including the dashboard are hard to the touch and the gold shiny plastic surround does not really give a quality feel. It's almost like the leather serves to highlight this. As one might expect, that said, it's all rather well put together, despite not having the feel of say it's German counterparts.    This brings me to the layout of the dashboard and ergonomics. The heater controls feature dual climate control which is handy to the touch, though in automatic mode no fan speeds are displayed, which does seem unusual, as the middle part of the display remains blank. It does work very well though and there are no complaints in this respect. I didn't quite manage to work out what the fast/soft button actually did, but there were three settings, soft, medium and fast. I left it in medium but did not notice a difference in the other modes when I tried them.    IMG_3585 by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   The seats were comfortable with electric adjustment for the driver including lumbar support which was nice. They seemed comfortable and there were two settings for the heated seats. The heated seat buttons were below the leather dash swathe which was fine for me, but if you were of the type that likes to be in kissing distance of the windscreen, I wonder if you might never find them. There is also a 'Sport' button here which sharpens throttle response and also gives more weight to the steering.    IMG_3584 by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   The steering feel is fine though, it's not as sharp as a more focused car, but that you can feel the weight of those big wheels and tyres means I'm certainly getting some feedback. Throttle response is typically diesel, it's always going to be a little dull as you find that you inevitably tend to flex your right foot to build boost and get the turbo spinning before that surge of torque pushes you down the road.    Talking of which, the engine gives ample torque and is good around town and also on the motorway where it can increase speed easily once you are used to flexing your right foot a bit more than you would with a petrol engine. The car has a 0-60mph time of 9.6 seconds according to the stats and this is none too shabby. The gearing is typically long, so I found that 6th gear wasn't used until the car is over 55mph. Around town an indicated 30mph is a bit inbetween 3rd and 4th gear, though a true 30mph is 4th gear. This can mean that when you are behind someone who is driving a little under the limit 3rd gear is a better option. I did find though that I changed gear less as a result which wasn't a bad thing.    In respect of handling, it's fairly neutral with a leaning towards understeer. This is perhaps what is to be expected. The ride is a little busy at lower speeds, though it's no issue, but really the car works it's best on the motorway and at higher speed where it feels well damped and stable. I did get the opportunity through necessity to drive the car in light snow, which brought the active four-wheel-drive system into play. I must say I was impressed with this as it just gave a go anywhere confidence in difficult conditions which was reassuring. It would be improved further with winter tyres. The car also features a differential lock, though I never had a need to use it!    In respect of economy I improved the average figure of 36mpg to 39.9mpg which is not bad for quite a heavy car that doesn't have the best drag coefficient.    Here's a picture (sorry for it being blurred) of the blue illumination of the dashboard. I must say I wasn't sure about this, but I did get used to it. I should add that the in-car stereo was more than up to the job and with some light tweaking of the settings gave a good overall sound.    IMG_3590 by Lauren Blighton, on Flickr   Overall the car grew on me. It was comfortable, easy to drive with light controls and felt secure in it's handling. In tough conditions it inspired confidence and was a nice place to be. Oh and I musn't forget it's party trick which is the electrically opening and closing tailgate!

So fitted the new bits at the weekend! 
 
The wheels look incredible and I am so chuffed with how the car looks now! TEIN springs have settled now and the car is a lot more "squat" in it's appearance. 
 
Header went on a breeze and the UEL rumble is a very pleasant addition to the car! Went to Upminster on Satuday and did a motorway run. Even with no cats attached the car's drone was not actually too bad and I cruised along at 75 mph with the noise very bearable. 
 
Will open up a proper build thread this week showcasing all the bits I have done so far
 
Here are a few pics anyhow: 
 
Borla Header in box ready to be fitted: 
 

 
Action shot of my car on the lift: 
 

 
Various pictures of the wheels fitted: 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

So thats what a Silver looks like without the dirt !
 
Alec

Thanks everyone for your support and encouragements. I published this as helper. Please bear in mind that I am not a professional. I know many people out there can make much better. I tried to do something works and ease my boredom. Thanks for watching...

PS: most importantly this mod is reversible.

From distance...