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THIS GUUUUUY!!!!

according to this it will be coming over the Dartford Crossing I will keep a watch out

Honda Jazz, mondeo's, saab's (snears and backs away from thread)


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I just wish they were 17" then they would be "ultimate track"


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I would be tempted by a petrol hybrid, I've done the diesel route and got that out of my system, diesel smells horrible and they don't sound great

I just wish they were 17" then they would be "ultimate track"


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I just wish they were 17" then they would be "ultimate track"


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looks quite angry from the front

it looks a bit familiar though, maybe red fog lights and you have this...

Apart from the fact it's not a race car, the engine needs rebuilding, it eats fuel and oil and I wouldn't want to drive it
We'll just be there for the spectating and festivities

The final show down, I'm all booked in and can't wait. It should be a great weekend with with the sprinter peeps


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The final show down, I'm all booked in and can't wait. It should be a great weekend with with the sprinter peeps


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The final show down, I'm all booked in and can't wait. It should be a great weekend with with the sprinter peeps


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The final show down, I'm all booked in and can't wait. It should be a great weekend with with the sprinter peeps


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I grew up less than a mile from the hangar where this Vulcan was carefully restored at Bruntingthorpe.
I will miss the sounds of them testing those engines and seeing this beast fly over.
As a kid I was lucky enough to have a good nose around in the cock pit and fuselage and was shown how tenuous the restoration project was.
It's really sad now it's at the end of its flying life






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Preview galleries are up: http://sprintseries.dansteeples.co.uk/sprint-series/5-blyton-park-eastern.html
Will work on getting the individual galleries up ASAP but it's audit week at work and we've had a lot of new procedures to go over so I wanted to get something up quick rather than starting the sorting and running out of time.
A few comments from the weekend, I've invested my supercharger fund in new kit and the photos are much better than before (better "keeper" rate and no blurry messes)... all of you who say "I didn't see you out there", well I can see your eyes now and you all did! What I find worrying from this is in briefings you're told not to stare at the object you're trying to miss as you will hit it so were you all trying to kill me? Alex in #47 gave it a good shot (that poor cone didn't stand a chance)
Had a good weekend and looking forwards to Cadwell at the start of November 

Keep your eyes and ears to the sky this Sunday 4th Oct. it really is the last time you will ever see the XH558 in the skies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34411544


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Very kind Lauren. Definitely Mike - my stupid grinning face explains the enjoyment:

Not just because the day started like this:

And ended up like this! 

 

Hoping to provide an upgrade for the quality of photos at Blyton Park eastern this weekend, had a few more sessions at the track to look for opportunities and also see where I could make improvements with the kit I was using... was eyeing up a supercharger after Christmas but blown the whole budget on camera stuff instead
Thought more Toyota people would have been there for the Sat with them being on the same weekend.

it's the first time I've seen one without a giant spoon on the bonnet

Nige. Rumour has it Cosworth are going to release a pulley kit to unleash the full potential (~380HP) of the SC kit soon.

Someone edit the title of this thread my OCD is going crazy


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Hi All,
 
Thought we'd start a little thread to keep a track of things with our own in house GT86, we've owned it from new in May 2013 and its been a LOT of fun, lovely car to live with everyday, and fantastic on twisty lanes as i'm sure all of you already know 
 
Anyhow, we picked the car up in May 2013, having a set of Rota Torque Drift wheels in 18x9.5 ET35 in Bronze waiting for it at the workshop, along with a set of BC Racing BR Series coilovers. Those went on the car approximately 40 minutes after collecting it   Along with some subtle decals along the sides after taking inspiration from the optional sticker kit from Toyota.
 

 
 

 
 
We used the car for a little while like this, letting the engine break in nicely and not giving it too much abuse from day 1. Several hundred miles later, we popped her onto the Dyno and did a few base runs to see what we we're working with.
 

 
 
The plot is our car, having done around 10 pulls, the power varied from 179bhp to 184bhp, this being the highest it made.
 
From there we designed our exhaust system, second decat, overpipe and equal length manifold, along with a remap on the ECUTeK software! This saw us at a peak of 205bhp, smoothening out the torque dip area hugely with the manifold along with the remap. The car was completely different to drive as to be expected, and drove a lot better than the improvements would show on paper. Having explored that area we then moved onto forced induction...
 
We designed our inhouse turbo kit, choosing to mount the turbo right up top at the front of the engine bay, with the factory airbox out of the way it leaves a perfect area for the turbo to sit along with external wastegate and downpipe. We chose to run a larger frame turbo from the get go as to keep the kit 'future proof'. 
 
Onto the Dyno the car went and began tuning, running via a TiAL MVR 44m external wastegate, we get precise and perfect boost control everytime which is exactly what we wanted when forcing air into an engine of this caliber. After time on the dyno and at a very modest 5psi or 0.35bar we managed to boost our horsepower by 94bhp upto 278bhp and boosted our peak torque from 160lb.ft upto 230lb.ft. Still on the stock clutch, fuel pump, injectors and so on.
 
Needless to say this has transformed the car into something very special, no longer is there the need to rev the car to get it to go, joining motorways and picking up speed feels effortless. The power band below 4000rpm is night and day different to a factory car. It has to be experienced to explain it fully 
 

 
The car has took hours on the dyno along with months on the road and now thousands of miles, gathering mileage and data logs in varying environments to ensure its longevity and reliability. We're glad to say it hasn't missed a beat and on a good run we still return 44mpg 
 
We also added a powerflex rear gearbox mount insert, along with their rear differential and rear subframe inserts, these have made a nice improvement to the car, without adding any negative input to the daily drivability of the car. Ontop of this we fitted some KSport 8Pot/356mm Front Brakes along with KSport 4Pot/356mm Rear Brakes in 'caution yellow'. The car now stops on a sixpence and adds a lot of confidence when pushing on into braking zones. We removed the stock spoiler and replaced it with a TRD version which really finishes off the exterior of the car for us. We're a big fan of the factory bodyshape   The car also has the GFB Lightweight Pulley kit installed.
 
I'll add to this as we continue to push forward with things, we have fuel system, drivetrain and electronic boost control going onto the car very shortly and will be winding the boost up some more to form the next stage to our turbo package 
 

 

 

 

 
More to follow!
 
Thanks for reading 
 
Mike Jones
Tuning Developments Ltd

Edelbrock Twin Screw SC kit for the FA20 cars. has been released pre orders being taken.
        https://www.youtube.com/embed/I46b_vzMdW0  
The SC unit is the same make as the Cosworth unit but the next size up so more head room for more power Eaton 1320 TVS   Price including shipping (NOW)   With ECUTEK tuner cable and base tune        £4548.33 inc vat (for UK fuel in different specs)   Without ECUTEK tuner cable and base tune    £3944.38 inc vat   Shipping wont be to expensive the more we ship the cheaper it should get.   any questions ask away   Our kit should be shipped within the next 2 weeks we hope.   Better get on with the NA tuning development.      

Bump! Croft is fast approaching.
 
Got some cards printed as I had a few people ask where to find the photos (although most know where the links are now, still useful to have).
 

Well they didn't have many Toyota's on the forecourt so i had to improvise with mine >>link<<
There is a nice girl who works in there from Czech called Terreza, tbh i got distracted