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    10 years is enough time for the industry to sort itself out. It's inevitable and many countries are doing similar. If you look at some of the new Chinese tech, such as Geely (who own Lotus and Volvo) and their drive towards EV, I don't think we'll be disappointed. It will just be different.

    New Tesla roadster with over 7000 lb.ft of Torque, seems crazy but these can be done only with EV. It's just battery technology that needs to be there and affordable to make it work really. And for the obsession of massive touch screens to go. Having just seen the new Nissan Ariya, I think that it could be my next family car replacement:

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    3 hours ago, Lauren said:

    that HKS have brought out their own tuning box, tells you something, in that it's going to a while yet. 

    HKS have always done this, and really it's speed to market. These boxes already exist, so just need mild modifications to fit different cars. To remap the ECU needs a ton of work, including how to get access to the thing, whether by bench or OBD.

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    Stock cars are about 160 bhp on the Dynapack at Abbey. Mine made about 170 bhp tuned but stock. Thing is, I bet that despite the headline figure the not being much higher, the torque curve due to the improved flow will be better. Either way, around 250whp on these is plenty quick and fun without becoming too much or requiring far greater grip to cope.

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    12 hours ago, BRZ-123 said:

    turbo itself runs so hot that any water touching it will cause it to split/ crack and is not a cheap replacement.

    If you're driving hard enough to get the turbo that hot and then you drive into a lake, I think the turbo will be the least of your worries....

    While the hot turbo, cold water scenario is possible, it is highly improbable. I haven't seen any "I wrote my turbo off driving through a puddle" threads on any forum.

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    2 minutes ago, maurice said:

    I believe the cheaper AVO kits have less headroom for power increases than the standard TD turbo units, though

    The AVO, as per all turbo kits really, are limited by the turbo you fit to it. AFAIK there is no difference between the higher power AVO vs lower other than turbo and supporting hardware. I also agree with you, the AVO setup is much nicer IMO. Many adopters in the USA and elsewhere as this was one of the early quality kits, then the cheaper ones came to market.

    11 hours ago, Jay Bamrah said:

    So 7 years that must be 70,000 miles or something and your car still runs completely fine? And do you burn through transmissions and clutches and stuff like every 2 years?

    oh also are u stage 1 stage 2? What have u had done

    another question. Looking back would you say selling your car for say £12000 and keeping the £7000ish from the SC kit would have been better then having £19000 to buy a different car?

    Car's on 40k miles - no issues. Only just replaced the stock clutch, not because I had to (report was only minor wear) but as the engine was out so made sense to refresh it. The gearbox becomes an issue at around 350bhp apparently, so probably 275-300lb.ft, so will never become an issue for most. More likely to damage axles if you launch the car a lot, but again I don't try for 0-60s so not been a problem. In fact, bar servicing and wanting to mod the car it's not cost me anything.

    Stage 1/2 terminology is rubbish IMO, mine is just tuned for the setup, although much of that tuning has been done by myself from Abbey's foundation. Also with a SC you don't just turn up the boost ;) 

    I have also done almost all the spannering work on the car myself and the cost of what I've done had probably cost about half of £7k TBH. As I am in the process of selling the car my feedback is as follows: The GT86 is awesome when FI. I stopped chasing numbers as 240-250ish WHP on this platform is really fun without pushing the car too far. The chassis makes it great fun, make it playful and not without excess grip IMO and as the Sprintex is one of the PD blowers the torque for daily use is great. One reason I have kept it so long is that I have struggled to find something that I would want to replace it with and I find myself in the lucky position I can now get something that works both as a family car and is fun to drive. I've tried some more modern sports cars, such as the new Supra, and the SC on the 86 (and the 86 in general) I found more engaging and not far off the pace, despite the 100+hp deficit on paper. I'd have to spend way more than what the car is worth plus the mods value to get into something else that I would want.

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    13 minutes ago, Jay Bamrah said:

    What kit did you choose? I did look at abbey and they look amazing but I don’t know if I want to spend £7000 on a kit when I see some for £4000

    I was one of the earliest supercharged cars in the country, running the Sprintex - not really used much these days but a good SC for a daily car. The pound is doing a bit better now so the rate vs the Aussie dollar, so something like the Harrop could be a bit cheaper, best bet is to speak to Mark at Abbey direct.

    None of these push too much power to really be any difference in reliability. I personally prefer an SC, mines been that way for 7 years.

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    3 hours ago, Lauren said:

    Having spent three hours yesterday playing with it, with direct support from the guy writing the files, it does seem to work very well, which did surprise me. The 'tune' had been on the rolling road of a very well known tuner. It delivered the power very well too. Yesterday was perhaps a lesson in understanding the subtle different between three maps before I finally came to a conclusion that as it transpired matched up with what three of the four other's testing it felt. My car does not have the benefit of Ecutek, it may well do in the future. I was quite surprised at how well resolved it was and how well it worked in practice, losing no drivability and in fact improving it over stock. I do think some progress has been made and it does deliver all I'd want from what I'd get from a remap on a rolling road. 

    All these tend to do is send false info to the ECU for the AFR and MAP outputs so that they ramp up the boost and perhaps improve the AFR. They are very rudimentary and hence only ever available on TC cars. They are seen as good as you can remove them if you have an issue that needs to go back to the dealer for support, but also don't have the same control you get with full ECU access, which may need to be done on a bench if they can't get it over OBD. EcuTek would be good but without the car in the US market it may not be something they end up investing in.

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    1 hour ago, Shad said:

    I'm not sure if you're being serious or not but in case you are, that could invalidate your insurance. The car is a lot easier to steal (or even something like the wheels) with the battery disconnected and the alarm not going off...

    Lifting the car would trigger the tilt sensor, the bonnet is pretty hard to open without getting to the pull handle in the cabin, which would trigger the internal sensors. Disconnecting the battery would set the alarm off. I did this so I could put a charger on the car, the battery going flat means that the alarm wouldn't go off anyway and is much easier to steal......

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    11 minutes ago, Jay Bamrah said:

    Damn zero that’s impressive as stock ones always seem to have condensation and I can’t see any difference between the two really

    It's all to do with the seal, the TSB for them is very specific with order of tightening and for torque. You need them to be even or you create a poor seal and that's where the moisture gets around the seal. I expect some cars aren't done well from factory. Plus they really should be a single use item, once you remove a light you need to replace the gasket.

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    On 12/20/2020 at 9:02 AM, Test Drives Unlimited said:

    Here's a link to what am waiting for :

    https://www.carscoops.com/2020/09/2021-kia-stinger-goes-v6-only-in-europe-brings-styling-and-tech-upgrades/

    What made you decide to go for it? I quite like the Stinger, but reviews seem to suggest it is more of a GT and that some of the interior lets it down. Hopefully the facelift some of those, it certainly looks good.

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    13 hours ago, Conscript said:

    I'm keen to see if my local Esso station does this.

    It's the new Supreme, the 97 is gone and replaced with 99. When on the continent I used their 98 which had as good MON ratings as our V-Power, which is actually a better determination than RON for performance. Even the Esso 97 formulation was good, so I hold high expectations for the 99.

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