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  1. 18 minutes ago, knightryder said:

    All depends on who does the tune and what changes they made for lower RON. I would expect it to just be a reduction in ignition timing, so a change in the sound would not be expected. Cam timing changes normally change the audio.

    Interesting, all my works been performed at fensport, and as you'd expect no issues or anything like that. Again was just the curiosity, she has a really deep bellow as you can imagine with a cobra set-up so was easy to notice the slight change in volume when trying the lower RON map 😂. Thanks for the reply. 


  2. Yeah true scbrz,  My set-up is maps 1-3 for V-power with different toys on each map and map 4 is pretty much for any old fuel if vpower isn't available etc, was just curious really if anyone had noticed characteristics similar to what I mentioned when trying their map for any fuel 95 etc, map 1 in your case, the reduction in noise on mine is what got me curious. 


  3. Hi all, 

    I was fiddling around with my maps the other day on the commute home, playing with the features as generally I stick on Map 1 - performance only. The only map I'd never tried before was Map 4 for any olde fuel so decided to give it a bash and see how different the performance felt. I was actually pleasantly surprised, the car didn't seem to have that feeling  of urgency like it normally does, guessing maybe throttle response is lower, however it was still very smooth and pulled well but the biggest plus was it was generally alot quiter and i'd say more "social" for nipping about town or pulling into the neighbourhood etc (cobra uel and resonated exhaust fitted). 

    Just wondered if anyone had found the same?


  4. 1 hour ago, BRZ-123 said:

    Thanks for making us all aware. When you say shield, do you mean the undertray as the heat shields are removed?

    Undertray rubbing also happens with the very well regarded Ace manifold and a slight change to undertray needs to be made.

    No worries, with it being one of the less common choices hopefully it saves someone the same hassle if they pick the cobra. Yes bud, mean the engine undertray. 


  5. 39 minutes ago, bassett said:

    A shame about the rubbing. Id be interested to hear how the sound changed volume and tone wise. I currently have a primary decat Cobra resonated system and think it's borderline too loud but really would live the header for extra driveability

    Yeah, I'm just glad it's sorted, it was quite a severe rubbing in honesty, I had fears it was something worse as majority of the time it was hard to pinpoint the exact resonance but she seems good as gold now 👍. Are you lowestoft / Suffolk way? Could meet so you can have a listen. Im happy with loudness and tone of mine, just has manifold and catback, have left the stock midpipe and cat in place. 


  6. Just a heads up to anyone else considering the cobra. It badly rubs on the shield in quite a large spot.  Now at Toyota having brought it in due to the rattles that started to appear a couple days ago, tech just took me through and showed me. They're now attempting to mod the shield as well as my bank balance. Make sure if you get this fitted you or the garage mod the shield. 😪


  7. On 20/09/2018 at 5:44 PM, Tom said:

    Hi guys

    Thanks for all comments 

    I think it has to be done but I will do that a bit my way ( can buy manifold and  whole tuning developments exhaust ( without second decat ) 5 months old for quit good money so then I will just need air filter and re-map.

    Tuning developments are quiet far away for me ( about 3hours one way ) so I'm not sure what is better ( fensport is just about an hour away ) 

    Seen good reviews for both so think will be easier for me to go with fensport.

    What you guys think?

    ( I know this way I will have to fit everything myself but that's not a problem for me at all just a bit fun )

    I had mine done at fensport. They have a workshop there so got them to do the fitting as well as remap. Even if getting the parts yourself you could still pay for workshop time if you didnt fancy doing the fitting. 


  8. Hi all. Seen a few threads but none really answered with the sort of direct answer I was hoping to read. Is it pretty common practice to remove the sound generator after a new exhaust / manifold? Wondering how many do this and after thoughts from those that have.  I'm pretty sure I can no longer hear mine over the other sounds of the car now following the work but if it helps with quieting road noise and vibration down etc that will be a big plus. Tried the old cigarette plug trick but can't say made any difference so wondering if full removal actually makes any difference at all to cabin noise? Thanks. Gary 


  9. Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

    I love the car it's so much fun and my pride and joy, it's just I wish it had abit more grunt for everyday use to match it's looks and lose that torque dip abit. On the right roads it's an epic car and i grin from ear to ear but I had a golf GTI unnnessarily try to do me off the lights the other day where 2 lanes merge into 1, although I beat it I just wished it had a bit more initial to keep fairly "standard" road cars at bay. I'll look into a upgraded manifold as you both has mentioned. Many thanks.

    I kinda guessed the costs would continue to build with F/I, I really just can't justify it unfortunately. 


  10. Hi all, 

    I'm after more power from my GT86. I'd really really love to go down the supercharger route, but looking around at fensport and online I'm looking around 5K for a HKS supercharger and fitting, it's abit out of my budget and really not sure I can justify it. 

    Does anyone have any tips on slightly cheaper options? Currently I have drop in air filter (Blitz), cobra catback exhaust and the ECUTEK remap, all work to date performed by fensport. 

    Any advice at all? or do I need to start saving and trying to justify it to myself? Many thanks 

    Gary 


  11. 36 minutes ago, GreenSpring said:

    Have a read through this thread, a few members have this and seem happy with it :)

     

    Hi Matt, think I might go for this. I'm really struggling to find that lead you have linked to that is required for the GPS. Is there a specific name I should be searching on amazon? Many thanks.  


  12. Hi All, Just after a bit of basic advice / info on a headunit.

    I currently have the stock NAVI headunit fitted, and I want to swap it out, I feel with how basic it is and the look of it brings the interior down a bit.

    Does anyone have any advice for a reasonable aftermarket headunit for the GT86 that has NAVI, BLUETOOTH and DAB and reasonably simple to have replaced. I want all these functions and something that just looks a bit smarter. Not looking to spend anything ridiculous, just a couple hundred.

    Many thanks and apologies if I've missed a Discussion covering exactly this.


  13. Hi all, I've had no issues on Map 1 whatsoever. I was down at tuners yesterday getting a small bit of work done and brought it up during remap. He pretty much described it the same as Paul above.

    Basically flat foot shifting is throwing a wobbly with my clutch control and me not flat foot shifting when its expecting me to. I'm just glad its nothing wrong with the car :)

    I will keep it map 1 from now on until I fancy a play

    Thanks again for all the comments, hopefully this will help someone else if they encounter it.

    Cheers, Gary.


  14. Hi all. A collegue of mine runs Gametime 350. Planned meets and routes from city to city or country to country. Just wondered if many would be interested if I hit him up to Maybe do one for us lot? 

    Can find it on Google or Facebook. It's not an advertisement I'll genuinely only ask if there's more interest than just me 😂and what sort of thing people would want. E.g. UK only etc 

    Gary 

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