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All the ethanol-free places around here are only 89 so I haven't been able to try it. I think I might have heard crickets once. I'm not really sure. I'm used to boxer engines making all kinds of racket anyways. BRZ is hibernating at the moment anyways. Might be able to get it out next week, I'm hoping.
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There's pretty much nothing for pure gas on the midatlantic coast aside from marina gas. 
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So heres that frankenstein Hayabusa V8 BRZ I was talking about : http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/01/kiwi-flavoured-lemon-jun-synergy-brz-v8/
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Feb 4, 2015 00:01
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Laserface posted:So heres that frankenstein Hayabusa V8 BRZ I was talking about : That is amazing. One nitpick. They used a Kawasaki inline 4 for their base to start with while a Hayabusa is a Suzuki. I've always wanted to see an engine like that in an center seat Lotus Exige. Make it a poor man's McLaren F1.
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Feb 4, 2015 00:37
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haha. The frs for the 2%
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Coredump posted:That is amazing. One nitpick. They used a Kawasaki inline 4 for their base to start with while a Hayabusa is a Suzuki. I've always wanted to see an engine like that in an center seat Lotus Exige. Make it a poor man's McLaren F1. Not too dissimilar though: quote:Suzuki Motor Corp. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. announced on Aug. 29, 2001, an agreement to form a strategic business relationship in the areas of product development, design, engineering, manufacturing of motorcycle and ATV products and components purchasing.
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Ecstatic posted:Not too dissimilar though: Well yeah they're similar both inline 4 engines displacing between 1.2 and 1.4 liters made for Japanese motorcycles. However I don't think there's any part sharing or interchangeability between the two.
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There was a yellow frs sitting out in front of the local scion dealership a few months ago, and I just found out those are a special limited model. http://www.scion.com/cars/release_series/FRSRS1/ It's a great looking color and body, but the step up in price from the normal model is steep.
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Oh man, I love it when they put out a racing edition and the only things they add that would possibly impact performance are a body kit and lowering springs. Certainly worth the money.
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Feb 6, 2015 06:32
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I'm beginning to think Toyota has no idea how to price this car because.. why on earth would you not get a 2015 ?? 
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Scion advertises "no haggle" poo poo, and never advertises rebates. The MSRP is only $200 more, that doesn't mean a dealer can't sell the 2014s for less to get them off the lot. edit: Apparently that changed in canada, god drat. 
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Powershift posted:Scion advertises "no haggle" poo poo, and never advertises rebates. Our local dealership has the 2015s marked up to 30k and 2014s at 28k, and every one of them is an automatic. What a bunch of fuckers.
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No haggle poo poo only applies to the current model year, so you can haggle the poo poo out of 2014s now.
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Calidus posted:No haggle poo poo only applies to the current model year, so you can haggle the poo poo out of 2014s now. It's bullshit anyway. I haggled when I bought my 2013 new. It's just a marketing gimmick to get people into the dealer. They'll still make deals.
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On another note I order a ODB2 connector and ProClip Mount to setup Torque on my tablet. I am also getting a strong urge to plasti dip both sets of wheels. I am kinda thinking plasti dip the steelies something fun like blue or red then maybe black the stock wheels.
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The Scion dealership would not budge on negotiating except on my trade in. I ended up getting a hilarious amount for my piece of poo poo cavalier but still would have liked to get more off the sticker
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SaltLick posted:The Scion dealership would not budge on negotiating except on my trade in. I ended up getting a hilarious amount for my piece of poo poo cavalier but still would have liked to get more off the sticker
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Feb 6, 2015 21:36
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And then pay sales tax on the full MSRP...
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Feb 6, 2015 23:07
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Leperflesh posted:And then pay sales tax on the full MSRP... In some states maybe. In Massachusetts you pay sales tax on the agreed upon sale price minus trade in.
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Feb 6, 2015 23:32
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Leperflesh posted:And then pay sales tax on the full MSRP...
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Has anyone here change the fluid in transmission and rear differential? I have read lots of post on ft86club about it improving shifting quality. My car has 10k miles on it, I don't know why but I have this idea in my head that flushing the transmission fluid is hard on a car.
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Calidus posted:Has anyone here change the fluid in transmission and rear differential? I have read lots of post on ft86club about it improving shifting quality. My car has 10k miles on it, I don't know why but I have this idea in my head that flushing the transmission fluid is hard on a car. I didn't "flush" it, but I did a drain and fill at 30 k. The original transmission oil wasn't too bad, but the diff was gross. It didn't noticibly improve shift quality. The whiteline rear subframe and trans bushings did though.
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Chriskory posted:but the diff was gross. Gross how? If you are just talking about the smell, that's more or less normal for gear oil with friction modifiers in it for LSDs. Smells like the devil's rear end in a top hat. Anyways, you don't really "flush" a manual transmission. Flushing is something to do with automatic transmissions as you have to make sure you clean all the places where the black magic hides. Manual transmissions are a simple drain and refill. Easier than an oil change aside from having to fill via the dipstick tube. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Feb 12, 2015 |
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 http://jalopnik.com/redesigned-japan-only-gt86-cb-looks-great-but-is-for-w-1685405826 Weird.
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I sorta like it. I noticed a lot of weird front end on otherwise familiar looking cars in Japan. The gauge cluster is nicer at least
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Feb 12, 2015 23:19
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  I am car designer toyota give me money now.
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Feb 12, 2015 23:34
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Powershift posted:sebaru.jpg That's exactly what I thought when I saw this too.
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It's a concorbaru.
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You say potato...
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Bandire posted:You say potato... the two tone really isnt helping
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The two-tone thing is giving me flashbacks to the SVX, and not in a good way. The black/white and silver/white color schemes were so awful. The red/black was okay at least.
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Laserface posted:I sorta like it. I noticed a lot of weird front end on otherwise familiar looking cars in Japan. It's supposed to be sort of Britishy right? Dunno, I think it looks OK, vaguely like a Miata coupe or a knockoff e-type kit car. Not like those ones where they ram a Bentley front end onto a Toyota Also the LH cars were pretty decent styling-wise. That wasn't their problem
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yeah it looks way better in any other colour besides the two-tone.
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I like the wheels on the white one.
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bull3964 posted:Gross how? If you are just talking about the smell, that's more or less normal for gear oil with friction modifiers in it for LSDs. Smells like the devil's rear end in a top hat. Gross like very dark and a big clump of metallic shavings on the drain plug. Pretty normal for the first diff oil drain from what everyone else has posted. Like this..  Used gear oil totally smells bad, but the Motul 300 I put in smelled wonderful. I'd use an air freshener with that smell. Chriskory fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Feb 13, 2015 |
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Calidus posted:Has anyone here change the fluid in transmission and rear differential? I have read lots of post on ft86club about it improving shifting quality. My car has 10k miles on it, I don't know why but I have this idea in my head that flushing the transmission fluid is hard on a car. Changed both the transmission and rear differential fluid at something like 24,000 KM. The car will be harder to shift with until the transmission is warm, but that's what you get when you have tight tolerances that give you a good feel when shifting. I don't think it really made a difference in the shifting feel but I would recommend changing it after the first 20K or so due to the sheer quantity of metal particles from break-in (a significant amount in the differential). It's pretty easy to change, get some Motul 300 gear so you only need to purchase 4 litres of fluid as opposed to 3 litres for the transmission + 2 litres for the differential. The nozzle on Motul 300 gear bottle also allows you to skip using a pump. Solid guide can be found here, my only advice is to watch out when you take out the drain bolt on the transmission, the fluid shot out further than I thought: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19218
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 Installed a full JDL exhaust (UEL headers, overpipe, frontpipe), and a grimmspeed intake. Then got it tuned. No more torque dip, and a few HP to boot. Also it now sounds pretty. Blame Pyrrhus fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Feb 28, 2015 |
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How much did that end up costing you?
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SaltLick posted:How much did that end up costing you? I bought the parts piecemeal, used when I could. Intake and overpipe were the only new parts, and I got them fairly discounted. Black Friday on the overpipe, and $50 off the intake. Also bought new gaskets all around. About... 1900 in parts. Protune, dyno time and ECUTEK license was 700-ish.
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