Pitman

Winter hibernation. Mark  .  I absolutely hate this time of the year, so best to just hide away in my Man Cave deep in the Royal Forest of Dean, working on the 2015 project    

Winter hibernation. Mark  .  I absolutely hate this time of the year, so best to just hide away in my Man Cave deep in the Royal Forest of Dean, working on the 2015 project    

Winter hibernation. Mark  .  I absolutely hate this time of the year, so best to just hide away in my Man Cave deep in the Royal Forest of Dean, working on the 2015 project    

I must say that from an automotive engineering point of view, I pretty much agree with Nige.  Whilst the jigging used to assemble modern cars is pretty sophisticated, the reality is, you are always going to get a level of variation.  The process of welding will always introduce a level of distortion, which has to be compensated for.  From my experience of setting up welding assemblies (using robots to do the critical welding to minimise any variation) very often parts were assembled loose 'out of spec', so that, once the welding was completed, it would pull into specification.  Despite this, you have to allow for tolerances, usually with one datum mounting point.  By fitting these bushes to remove this allowance, you will almost certainly introduce a pre-set strain in the bushes.  I also get a bit sceptical about the claim of the parts being made out of some 'secret blend of space materials'  What is it, a blend of Moon rock and Mars dust? 

http://fensport.co.uk/Parts/Model_108/Category_18/5007

I'm half tempted....but do I really want to throw 13k at the GT86?
Before you say "It's only 5k" let me say that the only mod I have at the moment are my wheels.
So will need a zorst(1k), this charger(5k) and inevtably a BBK (and I fancy ap 6 pots up front(2k) and ap 4 pots(2k) at the back- i try not to do anything by halves)then probably a set of coilovers (ohlins(3k) are my favoured brand here)....so all in all 13k required to devalue my GT86 by how much?


Is the cash burning a hole in my wallet?....well it's smouldering a little....





Edit: but it would be nice to find a way to do all this a bit more cheaply

Keith,
 
The reason for the adjustable drop links is exactly as you say, in order to maintain the neutral position of the ARB arms, when you change the ride height of the car
 
Dave

NO!  NO!... NO!... NO!    It is 'yelp' in Oxford English....  not 'yip'...
 
 
100 lines before Assembly tomorrow morning , young man ...  " yip is the sound of a dog demanding treats, yelp is the sound of a dog being soundly admonished"
 
(.. and I want 50 of them in Latin, with full declination of verbs... hrrmph!)
 
 
Spec K
 
(aside... "Outrageous behaviour, Headmaster... boy deserves a good thrashing.. ")

<chuckle>
 
.. blurry colonial cojones-cruncher.... you are incorrigible...
 
 
Spec K

Well, considering Adrian has specifically built a race gt86 and Mark has merely fitted the charger for road going purposes as a demo it's not exactly the greatest comparison of the century is it? More-over, if Mark did compete he would clearly be in F2. Stick Adrian in Keiths car, that's a little fairer.. after all, Adrian tuned that
 
As it happens there is no "best" tuner. Lets treat them as races, we are all equal 

Damn fanboy!

I don't think so 
 
 
 
When another tuner betters what Adrian has achieved with his GT86R, perhaps we can re look at your 'correction' 

You came around at last?

Obviously my car has been extensively re-mapped, however if I turn the air con off, then the idle is rock steady.  With the air con on, the idle revs drop slightly every time the clutch on the air con compressor engages, as you would expect.
 
So, solution to the erratic idle issue - fit a turbo, and get Adrian to re-map you car properly   

Plug in cable, select ROM, click programme. Job done.

Oh and Dave, I'm sure you should put "doubt" somewhere in your post.... Grammar police strikes back!

I should add for Dave's benefit, it's 'lose' not 'loose' and 'losing', not 'loosing!'. 

Yes it is, and will you leave me alone! Grammar police are not needed here lol.

Just to clarify something on Pitman's excellent post, updated Port injectors are available in the aftermarket but not the Direct Injectors...

I am sure our Sprintex fan club will be along shortly to answer your questions.
 
For street use only, I would not think that an oil cooler would be that necessary.  Best thing to do is monitor your oil temp via Torq, and see what readings you are getting.  I have an oil temp / pressure gauge on my car (and an oil cooler), and my oil temp on the road rarely gets higher than the opening temp of the oil thermostat. 
 
As far as the DW injectors are concerned, I don't believe that the standard injector duty cycles should be stretched with a street map on the SC.  Who is going to do the mapping for you?  Best to ask them.
The D4S uses both port and direct injectors, the trick to really good mapping is to get the balance right between the two.  As far as I know, no one has yet released an after market direct injector for our cars, never mind a higher flow one.

A lot of people thought he would walk after the finding of not guilty of murder, but obviously not 
 
 
I'll get my coat

MR2 is they way to go Dave,then you will be up against me and Pete Mason,more competition
 
Or will you be going fully stripped(await the jokes)with roll cage and sticky tyres.
 
Having said that Gary my technician is entering a starlet in the sprint next year and will be in pro class.      

Update time!
 
Having had a look at the availability of MR2s, and having had a loooong chat with Adrian @ Fensport, my initial thought of a Yaris is the way forward .  By all accounts (and as suggested by Lauren above), the Mk2 MR2 (however nice it looks) is not the right vehicle for my purpose.
 
I really appreciate the suggestions re the MR2 option, but for what I want, and future upgradeability, the Yaris is definitely the right way to go.  As far as a Yaris being 'boring', I am sure that, if I ask her nicely, Faith will help me to develop the appropriate stickers

Update time!
 
Having had a look at the availability of MR2s, and having had a loooong chat with Adrian @ Fensport, my initial thought of a Yaris is the way forward .  By all accounts (and as suggested by Lauren above), the Mk2 MR2 (however nice it looks) is not the right vehicle for my purpose.
 
I really appreciate the suggestions re the MR2 option, but for what I want, and future upgradeability, the Yaris is definitely the right way to go.  As far as a Yaris being 'boring', I am sure that, if I ask her nicely, Faith will help me to develop the appropriate stickers

Ah, thank you for clearing that up  .  
 
 
 
Off to find a dictionary to see what superiorcin means 

Think you can do better than that one Dave, engine might of done 70k, seats more like 170k.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201409257704588/sort/default/model/mr2/price-to/1000/postcode/ha55aq/usedcars/fuel-type/petrol/make/toyota/transmission/manual/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/page/1/radius/1501?logcode=p

MR2's are cheap and you will learn a lot, MK2s being the easiest option, plus they are worth nothing. Pete Mason pedals his round pretty well. Otherwise you're looking at ST205 Celica's which are okay if you sort the handling. You can compete with Richard too! 
 
Richard got his Celica for £500. MK2 MR2's are around the same money.