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Kenno's Mount Fuji GTS 6M

*Updated the title, it's a manual*
Oh hell yes! Just picked her up, quick stop home to change into driving shoes then back out on the road :D

Very big thanks to Bruce, Ciara, and Mike from Southside Toyota! :thanks:

TEIN Monoflex go on next Thursday, more pictures when I get home from driving tonight. Then more pictures once the coilovers are on :D

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Nice!! The QLD plate looks to fill the holder better too!!

Looks awesome. Grats and welcome to the club :-)

Nice!!! look forward to more pics!!!!!

Awesome!
Love the plates

Congrats, enjoy whilst some of us look on in envy

Wrong plates mate, should be GTS86!

Don't worry, I'll take care of them for you!

Congrats Kenno!! I hope to have the same in a few months.
With number Plate Q FT86 ..lol

BTW Where did you get your Tein's from?

I think he is getting Tein from Fulcrum.

Nice work mate - if you could do a comparison on comfort & performance on how it handles with the new coilovers that would be REALLY appreciated - I actually live in Balmoral and the roads around here (espesh lytton rd) are absolute balls. want mine lowered but worried about it being too stiff and uncomfortable for a daily on these roads...

jelly as

I live just down the road from you in Hawthorne, let me know if you want to have a look. I drive on these same roads so will definitely let you know :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by MarkMash (Post 310622)

Yes, this is correct. I am getting the Teins from Fulcrum.

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Originally Posted by Nardi330 (Post 310526)

I think he is getting Tein from Fulcrum.

Gah!! Pics aren't working :( Congrats dude!
If you don't mind, do you think you could take me for a bit of a drive once the Teins go in??

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Originally Posted by Nafe (Post 312261)

If you don't mind, do you think you could take me for a bit of a drive once the Teins go in??

hey get into line lol

mini meet FTW!! :thumbup:

Hey mate!

Looks great! Congrats!! Are you thinking of opti-coating? Seems to be the thing to do but unsure if anyone in Brisbane has yet. . .

I live just off Riding road, will have to catch up when I get mine! (Nov) Would love to see how it sits on the coilovers!

Cheers

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Originally Posted by Kenno (Post 310667)

I live just down the road from you in Hawthorne, let me know if you want to have a look. I drive on these same roads so will definitely let you know :thumbsup:

haha nice - little south side 86 club happening here - will have to come round after work sometime to check it out - will give you a pm. cheers

Was gonna say that delivery bay looks mighty familiar lol

To the 4171 homeys....

Saw a white 86 today @4pm in front of woolies [Oxford] and also an orange one on Riding Road the other nite.

Who's in here?

haha, unforch not me! - damn you october!

"It's all just a little bit of history repeating"

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Tein MonoFlex go on this Monday.

Awesome, the front plate bracket is perfect for the slim line plates! wonder if that's a QLD standard plate bracket size or aftermarket buy?

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Originally Posted by Kenno (Post 343834)

Tein MonoFlex go on this Monday.

cant wait for your comment and possible ride!!

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Originally Posted by lokvo (Post 343855)

Awesome, the front plate bracket is perfect for the slim line plates! wonder if that's a QLD standard plate bracket size or aftermarket buy?

actually the front plate holder is too big for the slim line and you can see the gap above and below the plate.

You will get a better fit moving the nuts behind the plate and redrilling with a standard size plate.

actually the front plate holder is too big for the slim line and you can see the gap above and below the plate.[/QUOTE]

My bad, your're right they actually are. However I've seen way worse, that fitting wouldn't bother me that much. Just wondering if those are the standard sized plate brackets here in QLD though.

Those are the standard front plate holder for all Aussie 86.

Congrats on the new car mate! Can't wait for my GTS in same colour to arrive. Hopefully in January.

For the front slimline plate I remember seeing a thread in the forum. You can just take the bracket out altogether, drill mew holes in the plate to match the ones on the front bumper and mount the plate directly with some spacers in between so that the plate doesn't touch the body and mess with your paint or anything.

Also for opticoat I've heard Detail Evolution being recommended from some fellow forum members in Brisbane.

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Originally Posted by ub78 (Post 345113)

Also for opticoat I've heard Detail Evolution being recommended from some fellow forum members in Brisbane.

Kim did mine yesterday and he did an excellent job!!

Picked the car up this afternoon from Fulcrum. I cannot speak highly enough of Adam and the guys at Yeerongapilly Fulcrum, they looked after me extremely well. I'd recommend them in a heart beat. This was the first MonoFlex kit they have done for the 86 in Brisbane.

I have not driven the car all that much as I've just gotten home. But the initial feeling is very promising. The front and rear are set on 8k/8k and the ride is not overly harsh. You are aware of the bumps, but it's more like the suspension is just letting you know they are there, as opposed to raping your spine. To be honest, the ride quality is not all that different from stock.

The balance of the car feels great, and the turn is wonderfully responsive and direct. The car is still legal with the lowest points front and rear being 110mm and 108mm respectively.

The guys from Fulcrum took a heap of photos of the build and will be emailing me them, so as soon as I get them, they will be up here.

What did u used to adjust rear camber?

Thanks

So, it has now been 5 weeks since I took delivery of my 86 GTS 6M on July 12. How have these 5 wks been? What's the car feel like after decent time behind the wheel? What's the difference with the MonoFlex coilovers on now?

I bought this car coming from a long line of Honda Integras. In fact, every car I had owned in my previous 17yrs of driving, was a FWD Honda (I did own a Rover Vitesse 416i, but that was just a re-badged 4-door Integra). Why Honda you might ask? Well, that can be answered with a little history lesson in F1 and just two words: Ayrton Senna. This is something I will explain later on.

So, this was to be the first RWD car I had ever owned. I had ordered the Tein MonoFlex around the same time I took delivery of the car, so I knew I had about 2.5 weeks to get used to the car and explore it stock.

Traction control on, traction control off, VSC Sport mode, I wanted to know everything about the car's handling and dynamics. After two weeks of constantly exploring the cars limits, I was impressed with just how tactile it was. The precise and informative steering combined with the progressive nature of grip, was just something I never experienced in the Integras, well, not to this high level anyway. I quickly fell in love with the ability to steer the car with the throttle as well as the steering wheel.

I believe coming from NA Integras gave me a 'heads-up' so to speak on how to get the most out of the engine. With 147kW and 205 N-m of torque I am almost exactly playing with the same power as my Type-S Integra's 154kW and 194 N-m. They even almost weigh the same too, the Integra was around 1230kg. Keep them in the correct powerband and you'll be rewarded. And here we find one of the downsides to the 86, noise. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the note of the boxer, but it just cannot compete to the K20Z1. As they say, "Life begins at 5700rpm". The other downside, is the box. The shift in the Type-S is just much more slick. Oh, and the Integra has much better rear-quarter visibility too.

So now, the MonoFlex have been on for about 2.5 weeks. This is still with the stock wheels and tyres. If the stock setup was like a knife, now it's like a surgeon's scaple. Sharp, direct, precise, focused. Now we must return to those two words I mentioned earlier: Ayrton Senna.

I'm 34 now, the exact same age as Senna that fateful day on May 1st, 1994. We almost share a birthday too, with Senna's being 4 days after mine. I was lucky enough to grow up in one of the truly great periods of Formula One racing. Senna, Mansell, Prost, Piquet, Patrese, etc. It was the time of insane turbo Formula One cars without the nanny safety rules of today. The only thing that comes close, is perhaps the Group B rally cars of the same era.

Senna was, and still is, my idol.

Screw your Jordan's, your Gretzky's, your Phelps, your Federer's. Senna gave his all and put his life on the line every single time he got behind the wheel. And he did not just have this approach to racing, it was how he lived his entire life.

Do I think I'm Senna when I get behind the wheel of the 86? Hell no. There is only one. Do I drive the car like Senna when I get behind the wheel of the 86? Hell no.

Whenever I drive, it's always a constant pursuit of perfection. Whether it be on the track, or on suburban roads. Finding the right line through a corner, making perfect shifts, etc. I'm a car enthusiast, and I love driving. I get angry at myself whenever I miss a shift point or an apex. The day I am too old to safely drive anymore and hand in my license, will be a day I will just not be able to comprehend.

Back to the topic at hand. As Chris Harris mentioned in his latest web video review, the 86 is a car you can drive at 10/10ths and will reward you all the way up through that scale. With the MonoFlex, I now have the car that allows me to truly pay homage to my idol. It's so direct and focused, it's like you are one with the car, one with the road. It is unlike anything I have ever driven. And I've driven plenty of cars over the past 17yrs, not just the Hondas I have owned.

So now I await impatiently for my Work Kiwami's to arrive from Japan. Sure, they are much larger, wider, and will provide a tonne of grip over stock. But this will only provide me with more challenges, and the pursuit of perfection will start again. Haha, it's not like it's something that ever goes away anyway, honestly ;)

And herein, will lie the fun. I just hope Ayrton looks down on me with an approving smile.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhQLkAD7_t0"]Ayrton Senna - Famous Speech - YouTube[/ame]

Thanks for the post. As an aside, if you ever decide you can cope with one of the few alternative views on Senna seek out Crashed and Byrned. It is a somewhat fun read.

And BTW, apropos Honda/Senna, driving this car very much reminds me of driving a Honda NSX.

And I'd like to comment on your approach of seeking out more grip. I'm interested in your thoughts on this as I have to say that after 3,500km the only time I could imagine wanting to add more grip is if I add more power (or I find myself in a one-off emergency threshold braking situation). I suspect it probably has too much lateral grip already for public roads.

GTS looks good in red
Agree with sentiments on Senna
Grew up watching him
He stands head and shoulders above the rest
His exploits in inferior cars in the wet, were dazzling

I recognise the red AE86... That's Cassian's car. Well it sued to be, does he still own it?

Huge fan of Senna here! He was the man, he was a demigod on the track. I miss the gold era too.

Another Senna fan here too :happy0180:
I look forward to reading you write up about the Work Kiwami's :thumbup:

Nice write up - How does it go on old lytton and riding rd? - spine cracking? comfy?

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I recognise the red AE86... That's Cassian's car. Well it used to be, does he still own it?

I'm not sure, I've forgotten what the owner's name was.

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Nice write up - How does it go on old lytton and riding rd? - spine cracking? comfy?

Not too bad. I wouldn't call it spine cracking, but it's also not exactly comfy either.

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And I'd like to comment on your approach of seeking out more grip. I'm interested in your thoughts on this as I have to say that after 3,500km the only time I could imagine wanting to add more grip is if I add more power (or I find myself in a one-off emergency threshold braking situation). I suspect it probably has too much lateral grip already for public roads.

I suspect your inclinations will prove to be right as well. It will be interesting to see the difference with the new wheels and tyres.

nice choice on wheels, what rubber you putting on ?