@@dawntumbridge4795 Thanks Dawn 🙂 It’s a really fun track, must make a trip there in your mid-engined toy

@@3782MC Yes would love to. Let me know when your going out to these places as would love to join you. You could have a drive in the A110

Thanks 😊 The main GoPro is mounted to a bar that extends across the B pillar, it’s attached to the seatbelt mounting points on both sides.

@@CH-qu1qy it’s a generic round delrin knob, attached to a Raceseng shift knob extender 👍🏼

@@Madz69123 I’ll pass on the message to the driver… let’s hope you never get into an accident

Suggest you read it again - it was his own car and not mine.

It’s a built engine so there are quite a few mods, but the “key” components are forged rods, beehive valve springs, larger oil pump gear, and Fluidampr crank pulley. Manifold / header is the HKS EL, going to an HKS front pipe, then a 200-cell high flow cat and single-exit catback. The cat and catback are both custom fabrications by Hayward & Scott in the UK.

Hey man - I have the 4.556 final drive and that’s definitely helped with the longer gear ratios, especially 4th gear and above where they really lose out to the manuals. I think that a 4.8 or 5.1 would be even better for a track only car, I’ve stayed with 4.556 as mine is also used for long motorway journeys. With the 4.556, I still get bogged down (a bit) in 5th and 6th but it keeps cruising rpms (70mph in 6th gear) at around 2,500, which is perfect for longer drives. By contrast the manuals sit at 3,000 rpm when cruising at 70mph, which is a bit too much I feel (especially with an upgraded exhaust), a 4.8 or 5.1 would probably bring you a bit closer to that.

@@3782MC Cheers for the reply, yeah interesting to hear about the rpm difference you get. For me the car would be mainly a daily but taking it out to the mountain roads on the weekend so still unsure if its even worth changing haha

@@JJR227 The stock ratio is 4.1, so I’d say definitely yes - 4.556 worked really well even before my car was supercharged, I feel that a shorter FD on the autos really “wakes up” the car.

@@3782MC Sounds good, what brand did you get for yours? Sorry to be a pain

@@JJR227 No worries at all - always happy to share info 👍🏼 Mine is a generic kit put together using OEM Toyota parts, I think my drive gear is from a JDM Toyota Crown which uses the same differential unit. I think there are other kits out there that also use OEM components (potentially the Cusco 4.556 kit), so there’s a wide range of choices. I’d certainly recommend those over kits that use straight cut gears, e.g. Weir if the car will be a daily, as the gear whine (albeit cool because “racecar”) can be annoying over time.

The auto’s pretty good once you learn how to “anticipate” when it shifts - it’s no DSG but does change pretty quickly, especially for a torque converter box. In my case, the auto makes sense as I live in a crowded city (London) and do long motorway journeys where the taller gearing is better - oddly, the auto box also handles more power than the manuals, which was perfect for when I recently fitted a supercharger 👍🏼

@@3782MC thanks for the reply, that makes sense. For me it's not going to be a daily car and manual would be normally an obvious choice, but there are couple of well maintained autos in my area to choose from and I anticipate they might be less abused than manuals... Guess couple test drives will tell more. BTW just discovered your newest vids after FI install, makes quite a difference... Hope the SC experience will be problem-free for the engine long term! :)

I really like the Sport Contact 7, it’s a really good “all rounder” that performs well on track and on the road, and is also great in the wet. On track, the CSC7 isn’t far off the Potenza in terms of dry grip… it’s not that the CSC7 grips like a semi-slick, but more the other way round, as in the Potenza isn’t very grippy compared to (say) the AD08R / AD09. I’ll continue to run the Potenzas for summer track days, but probably won’t buy them again.

The driver was ok, walked away with no injuries if I recall.

Haha I see what you did there 😂

Cheap views 😂 You ok hun? It’s not on every track day that you see a big crash, hence the reason for posting… this sort of footage also helps people to learn from other’s mistakes which in this case was braking way too late / not driving with a suitable margin of safety on a non-competitive event.

@@3782MC As I said... Using someone else's misfortune to get views. Bit sh**ty imo. But hey, you do you. Your two crash videos are your most watched by a mile, so people obviously want to see it.

Wasn’t the driver here, but I’ll pass on the feedback 👍🏼

Thanks man! The car handles much better now that the rake angle’s been corrected.

@@3782MC Oh that's good to hear. What was the rake before ? I run the slightest negative rake. Also How did you like those Potenza race tires you had. I am very close to getting a set myself

@@spareroomracing3168 Prior to last October, I was somehow running negative rake with the front sitting 5mm higher than the rear 🤦🏻‍♂️ This would explain the understeer bias + other weird handling that I never got used to, and is hopefully a thing of the past. I didn’t rate the Potenzas actually, which is why I’ve only run them twice so far. For semi-slicks the cornering grip was pretty average, although braking performance was good as I never managed to lock up the wheels. Oddly, I also get better fuel economy on the Bridgestones over my Continentals…

@@3782MC That sounds about where I run my car ha Front 355mm Rear 352mm center of hub to fender. And yes outright grip would be lower then say a top tier tire like the a052 but should last longer and handle better in the wet. It will be my first semi slick on the gt86 so either way I will get a good bump in performance :)

@@spareroomracing3168 To be honest I’ve been very impressed with the Continentals, which has proven to be a superb all-round tyre. Relative to the Potenza, you lose a small amount of dry cornering grip but the CSC7 works really, really, well in the wet and has also been good on wear. They’re also ~half the price of the Potenzas, but are >80% as good in the dry which makes them the bargain of the century (I genuinely can’t wait to get rid of the Bridgestones 😂)

Thanks Peter. The lesson here is… stay far away from Renault Clios 🙈

Haha, that would be cool! But he would likely be disappointed… my car is not that fast.

Ah sorry to hear about your transmission 🥲 Is your car FI? I’ve bought a cooler but haven’t that fitted yet… I did see improved shifting response after switching to Dexron VI ATF, but that could just be an effect of new fluid 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@3782MC Yes HKS turbo 7psi 17 BRZ AT. It was always over heating so I need to find a cooler. Is yours a custom kit or a prebuilt cooler? All the coolers here are discontinued. I'll look into that ATF!

@@touge_zc6 I’ve got the AVO one which is still in production I think. I expect turbos cars will be harder on transmissions due to having relatively high torque across the rev range, but a trans cooler and better AT fluid should help 🤞🏼

@@touge_zc6 Link to the AVO kit here: avoturbo.com/brz-frs-86-fa20-2012-transmission-oil-cooler-kit/

@@3782MC thanks man!

Hey man - stock is 4.1:1, I’m running 4.556 however 4th gear and above are still far too long for track use really.

@@3782MC Thx for the info, I have an auto and have a 4.875 I need to get installed at some point this year

@@LEEROY_UK No problem 😊 4.875 sounds ideal for track, however as I do a fair amount of motorway driving 4.556 was chosen as a compromise (mine sits at around 2.5k revs when doing 70mph)

It’s the seatbelt warning light, which comes on as I use harnesses (and not the normal seatbelt) on track 👍🏼

I usually drive in “pedal dance” mode (all driver aids off except ABS), but in bad weather conditions I sometimes keep VSC Sport on. That said, I sometimes use “pedal dance” mode in adverse conditions too, but only a track with lots of run off: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5i0Y359hJpsrcU

Haha only in the corners (still left for dead in the straights), and the weather conditions definitely helped :)

Thankfully not! The coil packs can be sensitive to heat and fail, but it’s an easy job to switch once you’ve done it before (30 mins) 😊 The issue is, the packs are quite expensive, at €170+ each.

good news!

Haha no, this was from earlier in the month! But pretty close 😂

I think around 270 km/h is a good estimate, as that’s around 6,000 rpm in 6th gear, but it would take a long time to get there past 250.

It was unfortunate timing but I think that particular coil pack was already on its way out, and the sustained motorway blast was the final straw. However it’s not done too badly having survived 120,000 miles, and ~35 track days!

Thanks man. It’s an external “lavalier” style microphone fed to a GoPro, the mic is positioned on the rear bumper on the exhaust side 👍🏼

As I understand it, all auto 86s will do this as the “pops” are caused by the ECU pulling ignition between gear changes. However the sound will be much more pronounced with an aftermarket manifold, exhaust, sports cat (which is what I have).

@@3782MC Ah i see. Forgot to ask is your ECU tuned at all or stock?

@@JJR227 it's an ECUtek tune, but pretty sure the pops were there even with a stock tune + exhaust mods.

I suspect he went in too fast and / or braked too late, once the tyres hit the grass he was just a passenger…

It’s a 2014 car 👍🏼

It definitely bogs down in 5th, even with a 4.556 final drive… a 4.8 or 5.1 might be better for track use.

Cheers 😊 I’m actually running the OEM 16mm bar in this video, together with an undersized (also 16mm) Cusco front bar, however I didn’t realise there were other issues with the overall setup until I got the car corner weighed recently. According to the guys at Suspension Secrets, the car was sitting 5mm higher at the front which explained the strong understeer bias and why it just didn’t feel right to drive. However that’s all been fixed now and I’m looking forward to my first track day with the new setup next week 👍🏼

@@3782MC Definitely recommend +2mm from OEM... I think Toyota eventually did this with the facelift.

Hey man, sorry for the delayed response. I’m on stock Toyota fluid but have noticed slippage since going FI, have noticed an improvement since switching to Motul ATF VI but will also be installing a trans cooler to help.

@@3782MC Same here slippage on track and going trans cooler. I'm on LiquidMoly ATF