Ulphy86

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A lovely day today. Thanks for organising Lee and Nick.

Not important I'll bring some stuff and Ginger gang can do it 👍

Will try and get over for this 👍

After considering quite a few of the 17 on models available at the moment I settled on a pre reg (Oct 18) Pro model with less than 100 miles on the clock,so still to be run in.
At 70 years of age this may be my last sports car!...and I've had quite a few in the last 50 years or so.
Now I've been well aware of the GT86 since its launch,and of the great reviews it has had but circumstances have not been right to get one until now.
The main thing that has moyivated me in its direction now is that in recent years I have chopped ad changed with a number of 300 horse power cars but eventually thought that on UK public roads the power of the GT86 would be enough for me and actually more fun.
I was right!
Just one more thing...I would like to say a special hello to Lauren,whose enthusiasm for the marque and knowledge of automotive matters (and most other things!) has few equals.I remember her from MR2 forum days and trust that she is well.
 

After much deliberation, listening to the kind words from friends, fellow 86 owners and other general car enthusiasts, coupled with an extremely generous offer from Carson Performance - I finally picked up a 3rd 1UZ engine today from a reliable source in an attempt to finally get this thing on the road once and for all. 
I'd like to thank everyone again that's helped me over the past few weeks. Your enthusiasm and motivation to want an end result to this nightmare for me has spurred me on and I don't think I would've made this positive step without your input.
Tom at Fensport has been an absolute trooper despite the car wanting to kill him twice now, I can't thank him enough for his endless patience and advice over the past couple of months. I'll be collecting the car from there in the next week or so and arranging a weekend with Simon at Carson Performance to do the switch. 

I've completed it, though I think it's a very lazy way of collecting data! Back in my day you had to pound the streets! 

Done!

Tell him to get in contact with the Venturer Alliance - they focus on CAVs  - it was a multi million government funded (innovate UK) programme so they have some useful info. 
DM me if you want more details  

Perhaps in the inevitable post-survey conclusions he can reflect on the difficulty of asking well-phrased but clear questions and sample answers. Some of the options were not very natural answers.

Done
Been in their shoes before, so difficult to get meaningful surveys done for studies

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Did my bit, hope it helps!

Take it to rayleigh.  What could possibly go wrong.... 

Thanks all for your support last night. Great company great venue see you all at The cars and Coffee at the museum of power on the 28th Oct.
Don’t forget next mid week will be November 7th at the Half Way House.
I will post officially soon.


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Will try and get there!

One from the other day. 

And so finally today I was finally able to get my hands on it and see what was what!
My plan is to take it a little bit slow, not only to lessen the blow to my wallet but also to simply get things done right the first time rather than have to re-visit areas further down the line.
So I had already costed a few bits up before making the purchase, I know that the most expensive parts will be a set of headlights even if they are aftermarket and the Airbag set. Most of the parts im probably going to get from a Toyota dealer or online if they're cheap enough and legit.
So without further ado heres a few pics of my first day spannering on the car!
Here's how it sits in the garage, quite tight compared to the previous occupant and as you can see its still looking a little sorry for itself.
 


 
 
Couple of closeup of some of some of the damage
 



 
 
Quite a horrible sight! but with the fenders and the remnants of the headlights out of the way it was starting to look a bit better.

 
Those fenders are a bit of a pain to get off though!
The core support was a little tricky to get off with the washer bottle in the way and a few mildly bent bits of radiator support in the way but eventually after a few hours it was in a much better state and I could start checking out whether there was any further damage to be worried about.
 
Sorry for the blurry pic!

 
And the pile of parts that came off...

 
So now that the worst has been removed there's a couple of bit's im unsure about so I'm looking for a few second opinions!
 
The Top "branches" of the rad support are clearly bent and I'll replace those along with the enter of it that holds the bonnet lach mechanism however I'm wondering if a couple of other areas are bent which I wasn't expecting, namely these areas:
 


 
It almost appears they've come ever so slightly away and bent downwards from the rest of the frame, thoughts on this?
 
As well as this the bottom of the rad support actually looks straight which I was not expecting, can anyone confirm whether this looks right?
 


 
So thats it for now, the battery's completely dead as well so that's a bummer.
I'm going to have to get a shopping list together and start placing a few orders as I hope I've removed all the bent parts so far that don't need their spot welds drilled out, those will come next!
 
 

So as per my other posts I did a test fitment the other week since I wasn't sure if these CE28's were the right bolt pattern. I whipped off the front wheel and to my relief they fitted without issue. The offset looked OK too, near enough flush with the arch, but I guess once the lowering springs go on and a bit of camber is dialled in this will push in the top end a bit. 

So they got sent off for refurb - I specified wet spray rather than powder coat due to concerns of the forged aluminium annealing under the oven heat. Having had a wheel crack before, I didn't fancy repeating the experience! They came back on Saturday morning, and I'm super pleased with the result!


Metallic black - the flake is super subtle under diffused light but when the sun hits it looks incredible - much like 61k grey, so in keeping with the rest of the car. I gave them a good clean up and then got to work with the decals and centre caps.

Seriously can NOT wait to get the rest of the car done. But will have to, I'm now broke.  

Hi all,
i picked up my GT86 the other weekend, on my birthday. And they are just SO MUCH FUN!!
Even in standard tune. very easy to get the back end out. Just typical that i haven't had the weather to enjoy it really.
 
Its not the first RWD car i have owned, but its fun getting back into how they drive compared to a FWD / 4WD car. I'm just in the process of selling my Toyota Surf, which has a 2" lift and slightly larger tyre's on it. So a bit of a change.
But i have been using a Lotus Elise as a track day car with my dad as of a few years back now, and i figured i wanted something a bit more exciting once more as my daily driver. 
I'm sure i'll see some of you around sooner or later.

So yesterday morning I picked up my freshly refurbished wheels from Yorvik Engineering Services, really nice guys and they've done a fantastic job. I picked these up from Tashan a few weeks back, originally one in bronze and three in flat black - after agonising over the colour for weeks I decided to ask them to match the bronze wheel, especially how it looked under direct sunlight which gave it a slightly more gold tone and they've nailed it. They also fitted my new tyres - Advan V105s in 235/40/18 so all I had to do was get them home and on the car.
First things first, enlist the girlfriend to help me get them dust free and protected with a couple of layers of wax:
NewWheels_nimz-3 by nimzicki, on Flickr
NewWheels_nimz-4 by nimzicki, on Flickr
Fitting next with the aid of Mishimoto extended wheels nuts courtesy of @Tuned UK - great service from them and nice to receive car parts in a nicely designed package for once.
NewWheels_nimz by nimzicki, on Flickr
First one on (note the standard scissor jack, total PITA doing all 4 wheels with this):
NewWheels_nimz-5 by nimzicki, on Flickr
All fitted and back down on the ground:
NewWheels_nimz-6 by nimzicki, on Flickr
NewWheels_nimz-7 by nimzicki, on Flickr
NewWheels_nimz-8 by nimzicki, on Flickr
Absolutely loving the new setup, no rubbing but I do need to get a tiny bit more camber dialed in to tuck them in a touch more. Proper pics to come once I've got the car cleaned up.
Rich

Hello all,
My name is Rich and I'm a Graphic Designer, currently living just outside Leeds after 9 years in London. I've had my 86 for a few months now and have been posting a bit but never properly introduced myself or the car but figured I would just start a build thread instead. Always been a Toyota fan, used to have a gen 6 and then gen 7 Celica and an MR2 before taking a slight detour with a 350Z and then arriving back home with my grey 86. The car was entirely standard when I bought it, other than some pressed metal number plates that the previous owner fitted.
Here she is when I first got her home, with my old zed sulking in the corner...

First step was to do something about that ridiculous arch gap, a set of HKS Hipermax IV GT coilovers were purchased from a member on the forums:

As you can see, cats are entirely clueless when it comes to fitting suspension, as am I, so a trip to Tuning Developments saw the kit fitted and set up. She is now looking a hundred times better and handles amazingly. Other than a (grossly expensive) shark fin aerial, that is where I'm at so far with the car. I took her for a quick sunset drive last night to get some snaps:
GT86 by nimzicki, on Flickr
GT86 by nimzicki, on Flickr
GT86 by nimzicki, on Flickr
GT86 by nimzicki, on Flickr
GT86 by nimzicki, on Flickr
GT86 by nimzicki, on Flickr
Next on the list is wheels, I've got a set of Work Emotion Kiwami CR's booked in for refurbishment, next update will probably be once I get them fitted
Anyway, hello all, glad to be here!
Rich
 
 

I heard his customer support over Skype is ermmm "hard to beat" 

Previously my manifold, only been fitted to one car. Might have been used for other purposes but I can vouch for this guy. You really can't go wrong with jackin' Jev's private parts. Great communication and quality service. 

Will try and get down to this one 😊

I think the gas is like £130 a kilo your car won't need that I think but most people charge for a kilo anyway let us know if you get a positive result