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    Brand New boxed and unused Perrin 3” Intake Pipe for GT86/BRZ

    Part Number PSP-INT-430BK

    Bought this only at the beginning of this month but have since decided to go a different route.

    Cost me £95 (inc shipping and import taxes). Will take £80 inc free postage. I don’t think this will hang around for long at this price.... First come first served. Drop me a message if you want it.

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    Very nice  I didn't realize STI did a Gurney flap. And they talk about genuine testing/results too!

    "After comprehensive wind tunnel testing by STI, this product has been developed to increase downforce by rectifying air flowing over the wing surface, without increasing air resistance (CD)."

    I only knew about the Perrin one which looked like it would remove its own screws after a while lol

    Verus did some great analysis into the perrin gurney flap on the BRZ -

    https://www.verus-engineering.com/single-post/2016/10/17/Subaru-BRZ-Perrin-Gurney-Flap-Analysis

    Cheers for the tip! I'll certainly look into one of these.

    A gurney flap is probably going to be ideal for me. As I have the Cosworth Exhaust that hangs low it fouls pretty much all the diffusers on the market.

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    45 minutes ago, Church said:

    Leeky: but what are your goals on track? Fun/learning, or setting competitive laptimes? For former imho no need for extensive aero, for later, worth also adding several things in addition (or imho even before) to aero parts, and those other things may impair daily usability of car. For example except lot of downforce generating aero parts even before that worth going for much stickier low thread wear slicks, much more track oriented brake setup, very stiff suspension setup with high spring rates, replacing most of bushings to less compliant poly or pillowball ones, do massive weight loss by interior stripping, deleting extra seats, A/C, stereo and alikes, adding rollcage, bucket seat and so on.

    Thanks for the advice but I’m an experienced circuit driver/tuner and my car is already set up to my specs. Just simply dialling out my few remaining gripes with the car and now looking for some rear downforce. What I really struggled with recently at Nurburgring and Spa was high speed cornering. The rear felt too light/numb when pushing power on through the longer/faster bends. I don't want to make any further tyre/suspension/weight distribution changes as i’m very happy with its grip/balance as it is. I currently want to improve rear feedback/feeling/confidence. What I do lack is any form of aftermarket aero; totally factory from the outside and I think with every else on the car dialled up its going to be hard to go any further with it now whilst still keep the outside looking stock.

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    Ok cool, thanks chaps. So ideally what i’m looking for is anyone with first hand experience/knowledge of these Maxton spoilers.

    My car spends 99% of its life on track so fuel economy and looks aren’t important to me. Im really looking for any noticeable/measured improvements in downforce/aero without loading up the car with a load of expensive aftermarket parts that may not actually aid track use enough to warrant their price.

    This Maxton spoiler attachment may well be stick on tat but it does have quite an aggressive angle and assuming its actually rigid it should cause some kind of airflow change (whether its a good or bad change is to be debated).

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    Cheers guys. So from that BRZ document there is suggestion of genuine aerodynamic qualities in the 2017+ spoiler but these seem to be compared with a car without a spoiler rather than an improvement over the earlier spoiler -

    “The change to a "pedestal spoiler" design improves aerodynamic performance, stability and control over models without a spoiler, as a high-performance rear spoiler that provides more than just looks.”

    ”Faster airflow beneath the wing helps to generate downforce which in turn improves stability and control compared to models without a rear spoiler.“

    So there doesn’t appear to be any figures that confirms the facelift spoiler is any better than the pre-facelift. Which is great as in that case I can see there being no benefit of upgrading.

    However, in that case has anyone got the Maxton Spoiler extension on their pre-facelift spoiler? I’d be keen to see if anyone has noticed any downforce improvement on track with one of these.

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    Hey All,

    Does anyone know if the facelift 2017 spoiler has any genuine differences in downforce/drag compared to the pre-facelift spoiler?

    I searched all over the net and forums but I cant find the answer to this.

    Just to be clear, I’m talking about this Blue Pre-Facelift spoiler Vs this Black Facelift spoiler below.

    I’d like to know if there was any genuine airflow improvements made by going to the facelift spoiler or whether they are both purely aesthetic.

    And does adding the Perrin Risers to the Facelift spoiler actually increase downforce? Or again are these mainly a visual thing?

    Cheers! :)

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    Sorry to drag up an old thread, but does anyone know what are the biggest rotors you can fit with the stock callipers under the stock 17’s?

    I’m totally happy with the performance of the OEM brake setup with decent pads, but i’ve seen a number of bracket/spacer kits online that allow you to run up to 322mm front discs with the stock caliper.

    If I can keep the stock setup and just get larger discs in the future which cost about the same but dissipate heat better then its a win-win situation for me.

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    Crocodile electric remote roller door owner here. I’ve had it now 5 years and its never put a foot wrong.

    I loved it so much I bought my father one too for his 60th.

    Mine is identical to this (picture found on a quick google search) -

     

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    If you try and lever it up with a crowbar the motor turns on and forces it back down again, so its proper secure.

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