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New brake setup!
In preparation for a upcoming tack day I installed all new rotors and pads on all 4 corners. For pads I chose the winmax W3 pads due to the information on this thread http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68486 To me it seemed like the W3 pads were the best all around for a DD/street vehicle that does spirited drives on the weekends and occasional track days. They supposedly make very minimal noise and have some bite even when cold. I paired these pads with DBA T2 slotted rotors to try them out on the track and see how they perform on the street as well. Also, the T2 are almost half the price of the T3 2 piece DBA rotors.
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Thunderhill West 2 mile track day! 10/29/17
On 10/29/17 my girlfriend had purchased a track day at Thunderhill Raceway for my birthday. (Pretty awesome girlfriend am I right? :D :thanks: )
Anyway, we did the West 2mile configuration with Exclusive Track Days organization. The day went very well and the car behaved very well with no hiccups throughout the whole day.. until the last session.. but I'll get to that later. Brakes were doing great, tires were performing tremendously, and had great weather with no overheating problems at all. My fastest time of the day was a 1.32.00 measured with Harry's Lap Timer. I felt that was a pretty good lap time but I also feel like I could've gotten a better time.. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/pictu...ictureid=11215 http://www.ft86club.com/forums/pictu...ictureid=11214 http://www.ft86club.com/forums/pictu...ictureid=11213 http://www.ft86club.com/forums/pictu...ictureid=11212 http://www.ft86club.com/forums/pictu...ictureid=11210 http://www.ft86club.com/forums/pictu...ictureid=11211 all of these photocreds go to my GF. here's a raw video clip of my 5th session. Unfortunately the 6th/final session had my fastest lap. Some of the laps in this session had multiple 1.32.xx [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bttcIRsAng&t=6s"]Thunderhill West 10/29/17 FR-S (Driver POV) Raw footage Session 5 - YouTube[/ame] Anyways, during the last session on the last half of the last lap the driver behind me had noticed some smoke coming out of the rear of my car. After pulling into the paddock he had informed me what he saw and my GF had gotten up out of her chair because the car was smoking so bad she had thought I caught fire. We inspected the car and found that the driver's side axle had popped out of the diff and flung axle grease and diff fluid everywhere. The smoke had resonated due to the grease and fluid hitting the exhaust pipe that runs right under the driver's axle. After a quick call and some diagnosing later, we decided to pop the axle back into the diff limping the vehicle to a gas station near the track and then rechecking for more grease/fluid. We didn't find any new fluid so we limped the car 130miles home with a fellow Norcal86 member who was at the track day and was willing to caravan behind us on the way home. |
FT86SpeedFactory Lightweight Battery kit
After a couple of early mornings where the vehicle would barely start and with some no starts I knew the car was due for a new battery. Instead of going with the same stock 30lb battery from Toyota I decided to go with the FT86speedfactory lightweight battery kit. I went with this kit/setup because everything is direct bolt on and FT86SF claims to see 19-20lbs worth of weight reduction. This kit includes a Braille 11lb battery and FT86SF's own battery tray and battery tie downs. The tie downs were somewhat of a bolt on.. It ended up fitting in the end but one of the tie down rods, the one that screws into a pre-existing hole in the chassis. It did not want to screw in and required quite a bit of fiddling and plier/lube to finally get the rod in, I almost had to resort to drilling out the hole a bit bigger just to get it to fit. The threads on the top of the rod cut up my fingers due the force/fiddling I had to do to get that rod securely in but kind of my fault for not wearing gloves.. The battery tray itself was a ok fit, the little rubber grommets that are supposed to go into the preexisting battery tray holes were a tad too large causing the battery tray to not want to seat perfectly. With these being noted after installing the battery and tightening it down, It does seem secure. It doesn't seem like it's going to tip over or move so that's a plus.
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Monogram/10 series/RS1.0 USDM headlights!
I finally was able to find a great deal on some used USDM Monogram/10 series/RS1.0 headlights. They actually came off of a RS1.0 that was parting out. Anyways, they were a pretty simple bolt-on that required some modification. First off I had to buy the female 8pin connectors and repin the wires from the stock 6pin into the 8pin connector. Good thing I had a friend of mine help out with the wiring because I am not that experienced when it comes to wiring. After everything was wired up correctly the headlights worked properly just as if it was on a monogram series frs. Only difference is that my base frs does not have the level adjuster dial on the interior of the vehicle which is alright due to there being an adjustment dial on the back of the headlights. These totally change the look of the vehicle and look way better than my faded/oxidized stock headlights!
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This looks perfect
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I will probably consider this in the future since I basically have nothing else to do to the car anymore haha. Oh yeah...and nice build :) |
Damn! So many update so quickly! Keep it up!
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Hey everyone,
I know I haven't updated my build in awhile but I've added a couple of things to Miyuki's rear end. One in particular I have been waiting for since the beginning of my build back in 2015.. Finally got my TRD Release Series 1.0 rear bumper lip painted and installed! Before the "NeEdS qUaD tIpS bRo!" I have the RS1.0 quad catback just waiting on new gaskets plus hardware. Also I had installed a Seibon CSL carbon fiber trunk. https://i.imgur.com/RF9AOlg.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qfXgQYj.jpg https://i.imgur.com/hz6V4BK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/feSeUb7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/clHSUff.jpg https://i.imgur.com/H6GXDsE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wutJ8qY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/leuH13S.jpg absolutely in love with the rear end now and finally the rest of my TRD parts are coming together nicely. |
Are you going to paint-match the new TRD bumper/rear lip?
Looks awesome, but it's pretty easy to tell in this pic that it's a different blend/shade of white... Edit: clearly I’m blind because you did get it painted. Guessing that’s just a trick or the lighting in the picture. My bad. |
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More photos of the build from a recent small photo shoot that my GF took of my car for Wekfest San Jose Application. Also 1 of the pictures is showing off my new TRD carbon fiber aero fins.
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Finally installed my JDL Catless UEL header with black ceramic coating
Video of a "cold start" about high 60's outside with the car sitting for approximately 4 days. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3dqLe57Ye8[/ame] |
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