The South African Feel Good Thread

[Silver86K]

Anyone selling any parts? Aftermarket

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[86 South Africa]

Feel good short story;

Went on holiday, rented sh**box Tata.
Got home, first drive back in my (now 3 year old) 86. Everything feels tight, and direct, and back to that rear wheel drive I like. #winning

Made me realize why I like driving my car so much, and what good value we get out of these cars.

[rocket12]

Originally Posted by Fish Eagle

Just seen your post now - not sure if you were talking about about my car?
If so, thanks
If not, then ignore my waffle below...

It's mainly a track car, so it's not pretty close up.
Mooi van ver, maar ver van mooi.
I don't actually like stickers, but I do like sponsor's stickers - a lot!!

It stinks of oil, brake fluid, and rubber because there's always lots of those things in it.
And it's never clean at the track because my nearest track is almost 300kms from home, so it gets pasted with bugs and road grime on the way there

But it goes like stink, and I love it dearly

If you'd like a spin on track, just say so.
I enjoy taking passengers out when it's not a competitive event, and nobody's died yet
Last passenger was @GeeTee86 and he's still alive

yeah i was sorry for the late reply, i usually go to zwartkops and just do the skidpan, havent tried the track yet, just got a new set of back tires and their not the most grippiest ones iv had, their Pirelli P7's .. compared to the ones before which were good year efficient grip which stuck me to the road with no tyre squeal.. how do you get sponsors by the way?

[Fish Eagle]

Originally Posted by rocket12

how do you get sponsors by the way?

Obviously you're offering them advertising space on your mobile billboard in exchange for something of value to you. Try to start with a "no cost" option for the sponsor initially to get in the door. eg: A tyre shop can give you free fitting, alignment and balancing at no cost to them in their quiet times. And if they never had your business before, then a discount on tyres also doesn't cost them anything - because they haven't been making anything out of you. That's how you start the relationship which you then work on cultivating and growing into a meaningful sponsorship. Offer a "win/win" arrangement.

[sav]

Originally Posted by rocket12

yeah i was sorry for the late reply, i usually go to zwartkops and just do the skidpan, havent tried the track yet, just got a new set of back tires and their not the most grippiest ones iv had, their Pirelli P7's .. compared to the ones before which were good year efficient grip which stuck me to the road with no tyre squeal.. how do you get sponsors by the way?

I've had a set of P7's on my car for a short while - I reckon they had about 3/4 the grip of the OEM Michelins.

[Cheddaa]

Originally Posted by Silver86K

Anyone selling any parts? Aftermarket

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I just received my Laile beatrush master cylinder brace yesterday . Have 2 extra at cost - pm if interested.

[Fish Eagle]

It's wonderful that we have two parts suppliers, and can play Toyota and Subaru off against each other.

To date, I've found Subaru between 30% and 60% cheaper than Toyota, but that's very few instances because my car has hardly cost me anything...

But now I've got a case that's the total opposite.

I'm replacing my fuel pump and filter, the one in the tank.
Subaru price R3919 incl, Toyota price R2160 incl.

WTF???

[86 South Africa]

Originally Posted by Fish Eagle

It's wonderful that we have two parts suppliers, and can play Toyota and Subaru off against each other.

To date, I've found Subaru between 30% and 60% cheaper than Toyota, but that's very few instances because my car has hardly cost me anything...

But now I've got a case that's the total opposite.

I'm replacing my fuel pump and filter, the one in the tank.
Subaru price R3919 incl, Toyota price R2160 incl.

WTF???

I wish I could figure out how the hell these people work out their pricing...!? It's not logical or doesn't follow any kind of pattern.
Shows you that it pays to keep checking!

[86 South Africa]

A nice addition to the thread i hope...

I was lucky enough to do a couple of sessions today with Fish Eagle at redstar- and man what fun. Nice to meet a couple of guys from this forum too.

The 86 is such a great chassis that with some sticky tyres, better brakes, an open track, and a driver with a good few track days under the belt ... it is really the only way to get maximum value and enjoyment from the car.

Such great fun and thanks to fish eagle for the ride (I hope you nailed your lap times later on!?). I'm seriously tempted to join a track day sometime soon!

[Gregore]

Its our Anniversary, I bought my Emily on 3 Dec last year.

I wanted a rear wheel drive car, to learn to drive properly. My 86 has taught me so much... I love it even more now, because I know how to use it. Well sort of

I have learned a lot here on this forum, So thank you all! Especially Fish Eagle, you are a legend and your advice helped me enjoy my car a whole lot more.

I have put nearly 30,000kms on my car. At least 5 trips to Durban and back, at least 10 skidpan days, and lately 4 track days. She has not skipped a beat, and I drive her hard

The best advice I got was from Fish Eagle, who suggested I go out on the Skidpan before the track. So I went to Zwartkops and had more fun than I imagined. I only missed one skidpan day after that all year. Its low speed, easy on the car and tyres, mostly its very safe. This is where I really learned a lot about the 86. If you new to the 86 or haven't yet been the skidpan, do yourself a favour!

After a few sessions I decided to mod a few things:

Got a extra set of rims for Emily (for the race tyres), I chose A-Line bandits. They are cheap and heavy as stock but they were cheap... I fitted Bridgestone RE002s. They grip like hell, you lose some playfulness in the rear but they feel like rails.

Next I added bushings for LSD, and transmission. Very kindly done by Lee. Sharpens the gears that little bit more, and really transforms the way the car put its power down, you can really feel the extra torque that used to be lost.

At this point I had done a lot of skidpan and I wanted to track a bit, I put in some Motul RBF660 (Again Fish Eagles wise advice), went to Redstar and did a nice 2:30.800 I was very careful on the stock brakes though, at least 2 cooldown laps etc. This was on my street tyres which are Michelin PS4, (I ruined my Primacy HPs pretty quickly). It was amazing the 86 is so responsive on track, I was in love again...I needed more!

I wanted more trust in my brakes than I had in the stock ones, I checked them and after 60,000kms they were still pretty good so I went back to Redstar twice more and managed a best time of 2:25.900, with a lot of 2:26s.

This ruined my rear brake, no pad left at all... Luckily I had done my research and was ready, Powerbrake to the rescue. I fitted Powerbrake discs all round and Endless pads up front with Ferodo DS Performance at the back.

Finished bedding them in yesterday and so far they feel fantastic but only the track will tell the final story.

Which brings me to today when I got a SAV tune for Emily's anniversary

I really look forward to next year as I am gonna try and do the Michelin cup and Gymkhana SA

Thanks again and I hope you all have a great holiday season and even better new year

[Fish Eagle]

Nice write up, and thanks for your kind words.

Registrations for Michelin Cup 2018 opened on Friday, and you'll see I'm already entered
http://michelincup.co.za/Home/Registrations

Actually, there are already more than 30 entrants, in only 2 days!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...73&single=true

[sav]

Was also about to say - nice write up, and as for the car you're doing it right!

[tm86]

Nice post @Gregore.
It reminds of the things I had planned for my 86 but never did

[sav]

Originally Posted by tm86

Nice post @Gregore.
It reminds of the things I had planned for my 86 but never did

It's never too late.