F1point4's Asphalt FR-S 6MT

[ATL BRZ]

Great stuff!

[F1point4]

Am I slowing down?

Tom's LED Taillights came in. I just love the understated look. Different from OEM, but looks OEM. Love it. Perfecto for me

Bought these from Guerrilla racing. They were most helpful over the phone with my questions. Shipped quick too!

It come well packed. Has a great instruction manual, LED Relay for the turn signals, the pair of taillights.


Let's go!


Full set (instructions not shown)

20130703-Tom's86Taillight-007 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Driver side light and relay. Danbo is happy!

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Relay Part Number

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Man it was hard to get a clean picture without a ton of reflections

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Backside

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Authentic!

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Love this pic!

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Before

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After

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[DarkCard]

They look amazing! I gotta pick up a set soon

[F1point4]

What?

After the first day at The Driver's Edge, I noticed a hissing noise. My first instinct was fuuuuuuu I have an exhaust leak. The AFR reading on my Wideband was reading wrong as well.

After debating the issue I decided I would just go track the car with the leak. At first I thought it was shoddy welding on the Borla header or a loose connection.

That was last weekend. I finally got the car in the air to investigate what happened. I'm not at my normal station so I don't have my full photo developing facilities. Here is what I found.....



Spending my 4th of July doing some father/son maintenance. Good to spend time with my pops

20130704-IndependenceDayMaintenance-001 by VictorN07, on Flickr

He doesn't have the facilities for #RaceCar so I had to bring everything down. I took this after everything was done, I had more oil and whatnot.

20130704-IndependenceDayMaintenance-002 by VictorN07, on Flickr




A bolt connecting the Front pipe to Overpipe was gone!!!! That gasket doesn't look all there.

20130704-JulyExhaustLeak-001 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Another closeup

20130704-JulyExhaustLeak-002 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Here is what is left of the graphite gasket I used. Note I drove 4 25 minute sessions at the track and commuted to work everyday.

20130704-JulyExhaustLeak-003 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Not sure what went first, the gasket or the bolt. I dropped the front pipe to check to see if bits of the gasket destroyed the cat. The cat is okay!



I was bullshitting with @PERRIN_Chris about the car, and mentioned the leak. I wanted to purchase a few more of those graphite gaskets just in case, but he said that it was better to use the OEM metal ones. He was kind enough to mail me two for free! What we call 4k definition service right there ladies and gentlemen.

I replaced the gasket with the OEM metal one and everything is good as new. The Wideband gauge issue resolved itself. All is good!

I will admit the car sounded amazing on the track with the leak. I had many people come up to me in the paddock complementing the noise. In the back of my mind i was thinking "You are complementing an exhaust leak haha"

[cobrabyte]

Yowza! It looks like we may have over-torqued that nut a bit much. I don't know if you've had it off since we installed it but that looks like a bolt gave way, which opened the gap on that side and allowed exhaust gases to kill that side of the gasket.

[white_knight]

The Tom's look superb. I got a set on order.

What is the quality like? Fit flush? Light output?

[ZetaVI]

Tom's look super w/ the Asphalt color.

[F1point4]

Cars & Coffee July 2013

Rest of them on my flickr starting here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorn...57632823191719




20130706-CarsAndCoffeeJuly-003 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Inline racing Turbo Twins

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If this came in manual gearbox......

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Series 10 FR-S

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Stillen Lip Kit

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Ground Control Coilovers, 17x9 RPF1, 255/40R17 DZ101s all around. Amazing

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[F1point4]

Phastek Car Mods Sneak Peek


@Chris@Phastek has some stuff cooking at his garage. I'll make some general comments, but let him provide some more detail and thoughts on day to day use.


First up we have the RK Sport Hood. I was chilling outside letting my engine cool before changing my oil.


20130628-RkSportHood_ExpelTint-001 by VictorN07, on Flickr

It is a fiberglass hood with a functional air scoop. It came unpainted. It is heavier than the stock aluminium hood.

20130628-RkSportHood_ExpelTint-008 by VictorN07, on Flickr


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You can see where the scoop lets in air. Basically it dumps air on top of the Brake distributor.

20130628-RkSportHood_ExpelTint-033 by VictorN07, on Flickr

You can see the fiberglass through the dump port

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Next we have the Expel smoked headlight tint.

20130628-RkSportHood_ExpelTint-049 by VictorN07, on Flickr


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That's all!

[F1point4]

Playing Catch Up

Just hammering at the backlog of photos I have. These were taken back in May 2013

My friend and I went to go get food at Stomp's

20130524-StompsMeet-005 by VictorN07, on Flickr

Our cars together

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What's this? It is a homebrew diffuser. Still being refined. Looks good so far

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Closeups

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My friend said I will get one of these made for my car soon.

[F1point4]

Originally Posted by cobrabyte

Yowza! It looks like we may have over-torqued that nut a bit much. I don't know if you've had it off since we installed it but that looks like a bolt gave way, which opened the gap on that side and allowed exhaust gases to kill that side of the gasket.

I had the front pipe off when I welded in the bung for the O2. Watching the tech reinstall the pipe, I actually think he didn't torque the bolts enough. He did it by hand and didn't measure using a torque wrench. However, I'm glad this was all that was wrong.

Originally Posted by white_knight

The Tom's look superb. I got a set on order.

What is the quality like? Fit flush? Light output?

Quality is top spec. The fitment was good overall, I didn't notice anything that made me complain. I had several people follow me; haven't heard any complaints of light output. However I don't' think the turn signals shine bright enough in full on sunlight to be super visible. I think this is true of all LED bulbs vs the standard halogen though.

[Dezoris]

That hood scoop...

Looks like a Celica! Definitely interested in how it logs before and after?

[FR-anco89]

Originally Posted by F1point4

Track Day Videos

Used my dashcam to record the sessions. These are all from Day 2 of The Driver's Edge event. We were at Houston MSR going counter-clockwise. At this point I had built up more confidence in my ability and my faith in the car.

Please keep in mind this was not a competitive event and I'm a complete beginner to tracks/autox. I have lots to learn!

I'd turn down the volume when watching. It was a requirement to have our windows down while driving so we can give signals. Turn on close captions for speed information. Enjoy!


Session 1 - Warmups

Session 2 - Was following my buddy @FR-anco89 for a little while. He is a great driver

Session 3 - the 86s showing the green group how its done

thanks for posting the video man!
lock up on session 2 wasn't so much fun but the last session was perfect! we definitely need to be in the next group way to much traffic for us.

[F1point4]

Yin Yang?

Met up a fellow local, @guarapo, to talk about cars over a coffee. He is the fourth person in Houston with the Vortech Supercharger kit. His car is very clean (Engine bay is spotless). He's going to build his car up for the track as well. I'm super excited to have more 86s on the track. It was great meeting you.


Let's check it out.


20130711-VortechYinYangMiniMeet-187-Edit by VictorN07, on Flickr

There was this galaxy blue here when we pulled up. Brought her (yes it was a girl) into the mix

20130711-VortechYinYangMiniMeet-064-Edit by VictorN07, on Flickr

The lineup today. Trying different stuff with Lightroom

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Beautifuil day outside

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Here you go @Brian@Vortech

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The rest:

His engine bay. It was super clean!

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