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Event Title: 86 Day Celebration @ Caffeine&Machine - 06/08/23
Event Author: will300
Event Date: 06.08.2023

86 Day celebration @ Caffeine & Machine on Sunday 6th August.
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Date: Sunday 6 August
Time: 11:00 - 14:00
Cost: £10 per car
Address: 
Caffeine & Machine – The Hill
Houndshill House
Banbury Road
Ettington
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 7NS
86 Day Celebration @ Caffeine&Machine - 06/08/23

Glad you're happy with this. I was so impressed with mine that I've kept it ready to go onto my GR86! Worth spending for a well designed exhaust

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Glad you're happy with this. I was so impressed with mine that I've kept it ready to go onto my GR86! Worth spending for a well designed exhaust

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Things I can hear without being overwhelmed by exhaust roar: the sweet spinning of that lovely smooth engine; the intake whoosh/hiss as the supercharger develops boost; the different road surfaces; the slight chirp as I test rear wheel grip on acceleration.

The job's done and I had a wonderful drive home as if in a different car.  It is astonishingly quiet, so much so that I can hear the mechanical sounds of the engine spinning rather than just exhaust roar.  The combination of low noise and swift acceleration gives the impression that the car is even faster.  Perhaps it is, knowing that there is no exhaust restriction at all.  Ian at H&S explained to me that both the centre silencer and the two back boxes are stuffed but feature a straight-through design, so there is probably less impediment to gas flow.  The two Helmholz resonators are empty, as they should be.
External noise at idle is the same as stock but you get a nice subdued tone at revs.
Without knowing whose exhaust came off, he did say the back box is a bad design and the overall workmanship with all the welds (and the cracking) pretty poor.  I decided not to try selling it to a poor unsuspecting buyer so I had Ian scrap it.

What bronze shade are the wheels Will? They look amazing!
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My H&S exhaust is now ready and will be installed on Friday 11 November.  I'm looking forward to the drive home, but possibly not the 2h drive there in the morning!

For those who are interested, the Goodyear F1 Asymmetric 6 are tremendously grippy and quieter than PS4 with less road roar.  One step towards a quieter car.  Next will be the Hayward & Scott exhaust.

I still dislike Facebook's haphazard nature and threads that get quickly lost, so I'll continue blogging here.
I finally got truly fed up with the temperamental nature of my TD exhaust, the noise that is still loud, and gets a lot louder when hot, and its poor build quality (I've twice had to have the end welds on the super-resonator re-made).  Not to mention the front dampers that were destroyed because they used a mole wrench on the piston struts.  That, together with all the trouble I had with my TD manifold burning the top hose, means I want rid of the last bit of TD from my car.
I've decided, based on videos, owner reports and talking to Hayward & Scott, on a new exhaust.  I'm having a bespoke one made using their large silencer, dual Helmholz resonators and tips.  I specified 60mm stainless steel as they said it's good for up to 350bhp and I'm never going to uprate it above the 300bhp it's pulling now.  I want it quiet!
They report 88dB at 5000 rpm with a stock engine, so add 2dB for the supercharger.  That will comfortably beat the 100dB or so that mine creates using my SPL meter at 1m distance.  More importantly, it will be much quieter around town, there should be no drone and it will have a deeper bass note.
Installation is expected to be in about 4 weeks' time.

There are 2 motors attached to the side of the heater system behind the front dash fascia. If you remove the glove box u can see the bottom motor. Its black with a large white cog on the side. If thats the one u should be able to remove and replace without removing the dashboard. If its the top motor then it is a dash out job.
see the attached post to put the system into test mode:  Climate control error codes - GT86/BRZ General Chat - Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ Drivers Club

Its sad to be reading review like this (from @itsuki), but considering many of us from the UK have used Tuning Developments multiple times I feel compelled to chip in too.
I have used them many times (first NA, then TD Turbo kit), and in fact all my major mods have been done or installed by Mike's team ( @Mike@TD.co.uk). Never had any issues and the service was always superb (had a manifold blow once, Mike fitted me basically next day and got it sorted pronto). Admittedly, I would go to Warrington myself and speak to Mike as to what I want/ what options are available, etc.
I am not surprised reading "horror stories" about shipping recently. We have covid, brexit and particularly over November-December I had parcels lost, delivered 3-4 weeks later, etc (for example my new wheels were delayed, and then DHL notification arrived a week after the wheels themselves - go figure).
Large number of satisfied customers hopefully will back me up with their 1st hand experience, although there would be an occasional story with unhappy ending (as I have heard with forged engine) - like with any business. Limited Google or FB reviews are not (probably) the representative sample, although anyone who feels they have to leave a 1* review should be listened to by the business aiming to improve their customer service.
I hope with the move to new premises and increase of business Mike will also get someone to help with the customer service/ tracking shipping/ other admin and client communication stuff.

Just to clarify because people go on about drone a lot, does drone occur at all times? From my civic days the exhaust noise would just make a really deep sound at 3k which mean it was loud most of the time, that’s what I consider drone noise. Am I right? 

I'd suggest Millers nanodrive

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I have this and its very good. Pricey but even with decat manifold, and hfc front pipe it's still quite respectable volume-wise and no drone . If you are stock manifold and front pipe you might find it slightly too quiet though

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Bedford few weeks ago was 82db static

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For sale, Japanparts Dash Panel (Subaru 66060 PANEL CENTER ASSY - Japanparts No : 484-500-013).
Like new, cleaned and protected regularly, zero marks.
30 second installation. Massive improvement over the hard plastic effort in the early models.
 


 
£45 collected from Sheffield, can be shipped at your cost.

That's one hell of a braking zone. I can't think of another track that would be that brutal on brakes. Ignore that, missed the supercharger part in the description.
The pedal going to the floor suggests that the brake fluid boiled, fluid doesn't compress, but the "air" after it boils does resulting in a very long pedal. 
Did it remain long /spongy afterwards, if so that's probably the cause. 
If not, you probably overheated the pad material which would have resulted in it having a huge drop in friction so pushing the pedal would result in far less braking force. 
New pads will have a large impact, the stock ones just aren't up to heavy track abuse, particularly in a super/turbo car.  I think of those that track the car and have gone the FI route they all have a BBK. The dot 5.1 would help prevent the fluid boiling, depends which of the symptoms you had. 
Unrelated, but if you don't have an oil cooler you may want to keep an eye on oil pressure /temp when on track if you don't already. 

I went ahead and asked Mark to rename Aug 3rd  as a GT86 & BRZ club member day, so that non-club people will not book it for now. It will stay like this for a week.
We can still do a different day if we decide to, but I figured we protect this one for now since it had the most votes.  As the word is spreading the days are starting to go pretty fast. 
So again if anybody else would like to do Aug 3rd, (or July 6th) please let us know.

We should probably move this to Events, and try to agree on a date before they are all booked up.
Who else is interested ?

Everything is stock besides the downpipe & backbox atm. I'll have a look on youtube for the one you're using & see how it sounds. Thank you

Mark (formerly of Car Limits) is back doing Handling days and Activity days at the North Weald Airfield.
I did a few of these days and they are fantastic for learning car control at and over the grip limit in a safe environment.
  4 people instruction days are £ 225 per person
  20 people Activity days are £80 per person  
http://drivelimits.com

Mine was fouling the stock airbox very slightly, so used some heat proof exhaust pad (usually made for motorbike exhausts) stuck to the airbox against the oil cooler line and its been fine. The thermostat hex thing corner was against another pipe too, although not common and Mike sorted that out quickly. Would recommend TD oil cooler kit overall, just don't need to worry now about track temps

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I've been a bit quiet on here as the last few months I've left the BRZ alone and been on the prowl for something slightly different. It's taken a while and a couple of disappointing trips to dealers, in between stinking lockdowns, but last month my new 'practical daily' arrived, Klaus.





 
Klaus (we might rename later) is a 2014 Cayman GTS and fits the 'practical daily' category because it's a PDK 😉. Since lockdown, most of my driving has been city based and motorway cruising, so I've been wanting to try out one of these fancy autos for ages. Needless to say, after an initial test drive on some very pleasant A & B roads in North Yorkshire, I was hooked. A quite different drive to the BRZ and although I'm a big defender of the BRZ from the 'it's not got enough power' brigade, I must admit it's nice to have a bit more oomph on tap for the odd overtake and occasional motorway burst. Other than that, it's quite a bit smoother on our less than perfect tarmac (even though it's on 20s and has the lowered sport chassis) and a lot quieter indoors too. So far, this added refinement is a bit alien to me, it has the effect of feeling less knowledgeable of the surface beneath you, which has plus and minus points, depending on what you're up to.
Currently it is totally stock and the only possible change to that might be to drop down to 19s, to further relax the ride and perhaps a cheeky little ducktail to jazz up the back end. I genuinely have no intentions of doing much else, as it is pretty much sorted right out of the box (and much more capable than I am). Annoyingly it was not spec'd with Cruise Control, which I might get Porsche to retrofit - I miss it on the motorway in the ever increasing number of average speed area, but it had all of my other shopping list of extras; PTV, black dials, black alcantara interior plus the usual GTS refinements of the sports exhaust and sport chrono. Perversely, it sees about 4mpg more than the BRZ, for a similar driving mix, but other than that, I don't expect to see many cost savings, other than no mods. The only gripes I have are the paint is in bad shape, so it needs a correction in the new year and I really, really do not like the Pirelli P Zeros. Maybe it's because I've got more grunt and carry more speed than I'm used to but the grip in the wet and dry does not inspire confidence at all, they also make the most horrible noises and judders manoeuvring in car parks. Annoyingly they have about 6mm left on them. If I can't make up my mind on 19s soon, I'll stick with what I've got and get some lovely Michelin rubber on ASAP.
 
Where does this leave the BRZ then? As it's only cost me about £135 a year extra to go mutlicar on the insurance, I'm very tempted to keep hold of it and scratch my modifying itch by adding some lightness, maybe some coils and having a dedicated track car that I am not worried about needing for a daily. For the time being, I'm keeping my powder dry to see if this stinking pandemic is ever going to end...

Well, if you can round those cars up, we'll give it a go!
I think you'd need better conditions to give a GT86 a chance though, even if it is supercharged, but yes, would be very interesting to see. I guess the FK8 and GR Yaris are the closest in performance, at least on paper, though I admit, I love the diversity of these two cars. They have similar performance but get the job done in very different ways. The Civic is a precision tool, whereas the Yaris just monsters whatever you throw at it, it is just so devastatingly competent. I've just taken my car up the Cat and Fiddle in wet, cold and greasy conditions. The speed which you can carry is immense and the traction is just astonishing. I honestly doubt that anything else could have kept up in those conditions. It's every inch the rally car.

Yes rbf660, worth it as I was boiling fluid before (even ate200), and braided lines, although I'm not sure how much difference the lines actually made and I'm sure I read somewhere the oem lines are actually pretty decent anyway

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