Toyota 86 featherweight build
 

Just bought a new 86 last week got rid of my 16' Mazda 6. Looks like ive been a member for a while but this is my first post. Also own a C5 corvette which I have been building up. Must say I really love the lightness and tossabililty of this car and have been driving it more then the Vette. I must confess I am a weight reduction addict in relapse already took out rear spare and tools and will be looking for a lithium battery up front to keep the stock balance. Anyway heres my first pic from the dealer.

http://i.imgur.com/9Ybdm8X.jpg


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Current Weight as of 12/18/2019
2354 LBS
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Will be looking for new shoes in the meantime painted these with a graphite wheel paint found in pepboys. The quality of the paint came out great just wish it was a darker shade, has crystals in the sunlight OK for now.

Primer
http://i.imgur.com/H3oHZ7P.jpg
Finished
http://i.imgur.com/h6ZUbtc.jpg



Also had some old G2 Caliper paint around looked like a darker shade of red. Not one to normal draw attention to such small brakes but will keep them looking good for now.

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Trust me Just getting started
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Love wrapping interior pieces. Heres a pic of my my vette with a combination of Alcantara, Leather, and CF vinly


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Had a roll of Brushed Black Metallic wrap left never used. Gives a suttle look anythings much better than the crappy silver paint. Still have to do the Hvac sides and want to do the center vent.


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Just started on wrapping the console in alcantara I had leftover very close match to the granlux used by the factory. Still need to add some trim to cover the area where the cupholder area is since that will stay plastic.

http://i.imgur.com/xYr5Bdk.jpg

Finished wrapping today was waiting on new can of 3m Primer


Finished the center console with trim around the cup holder area and got an 86 badge

http://i.imgur.com/mGoane1.jpg



Wrapped the silver where the HVAC controls are

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Wrapped the center vent but in hindsight I would leave it alone. Was not able to completly cover it. Just made a very clean cut around the border


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Steering wheel finshed with the useless buttonless plastic is covered in Alcantara to make it comfy. And a TRD badge for kicks
http://i.imgur.com/0IdJwkJ.jpg


All put together

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Cheap silicone hose came in from aliexpress. Very nice quality for the price.


Had fitment issue with the resonator had to taper with a dremel to fit

http://i.imgur.com/4mzUrYL.jpg



Every thing else fit very well but it pulls a bit to the right. Could be differences in the '17 box.
http://i.imgur.com/0OZuhWv.jpg


Just waiting on Blitz filter to finish off. Didn't cap off the cabin tube yet as I want to hear the sound with new filter

Just got in my Blitz air filter for the MT '17. has a nice stainless mesh to it and it fit in perfectly.


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The Perrin tube would be a good upgrade down the line. Doesn't have holes for the sound tube or resonator to disrupt the airflow. The removal of the resonator is actually better sounding and louder than the sound generator with resonator.

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Looks fantastic so far, love the changes to the interior!

I love the custom wrapping job. One thing I don't like about the '17 compared to my '13 is the interior seems really dark in the new one.

I like my red stitching accents!

Nice work on the interior. Has a Porsche feel to it.

well I was reading old search links where the car still gained a hp with the resonator. Not so much the sound tube


Have done a lot of personal research on Helmholtz resonators and wave cancelations. I believe when the throttle body shuts that air rushing in needs somewhere to bounce back too. Stored in the resonator like a reservior. Then is released when you open up again. Of course I could be wrong.

Yeah my corvette has red stitching in the interior and it looks great. But I want this car to be different and am happy they made it white/grey. White means I can also dye the stitch any color I want in the future if I get bored but I think it looks classy this way.


The car looks darker with the silver accents wrapped with the brushed black as well. I thought about a matte white or grey cf I guess I'm trying to grow out of the boy racer look now that I am getting older. Plus its the color I had laying around from a few years ago so basically Free to me!

tomorrow morning starts the beginning of the $$ mods.


Cant wait to try the MeisterR coilovers. So far has good reviews and they look to be of nice build quality. The rubber coated coils on the spring should keep noise at bay. And the softer spring rates in the rear should make daily driving still nice.

http://i.imgur.com/A4VsAdm.jpg



went with Racer X for their LCA's. Really works of art. I went with these over others because they are supposed to be easy to adjust while still attached to the car. Don't really trust any local mechanics so wanted to make it easy as possible to get right.

http://i.imgur.com/dFlICeD.jpg

More importantly
http://i.imgur.com/cWCHxVx.jpg


Coating everything in this and letting soak in overnight. Recommended by others on the board to keep the rust at bay.
http://i.imgur.com/bB0A3W7.jpg


And will be rolling with the stock wheels for a bit until work bonus comes in mid summer. Really doing this to see how much offset looks right on these cars WITHOUT POKING OUT! Really getting annoyed at reading all these wheel threads where people keep saying "wheels fit great!" and they stick out a half inch. Sorry not trying to drive around like this / \ -Rant over
20mm front, 25mm rear.
http://i.imgur.com/IjLP7ck.jpg

This will just show the spacers on stock ride height. Wanted to get some baseline measurements before installing coilovers.




Like how the spacers have a removable center for hubcentric area. Should be able to get a new center if you change wheels later on with a different bore.

http://i.imgur.com/1D54QmW.jpg


Think this car can handle a little more poke but not much more. 20mm front, 25mm rear seems dead on. This changes the stock calculations to 7" wheels +28 front, 7" +23 rear when I punch #s into wheel offset calculator.
http://i.imgur.com/KnbyCHg.jpg


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Now for the install spent all day yesterday on this 6am till 8pm with adjustments. Started off in the rear since that would be the most time consuming with the LCA install
http://i.imgur.com/bnyrOPe.jpg


Mine has the leveler for the headlights here with Racer x has a hole for. However the stock bolt is not long enough to get a good bite. The zipties were temporary, drilled out the stock bolt this morning and replaced with a longer bolt with lock washers.
http://i.imgur.com/K4iDrDm.jpg


Eventually got to the front I screwed up a little with the front endlink as I height set it Before I lowered it on the drivers side. Fixed that later on as well.

http://i.imgur.com/yJCQCwz.jpg



The moment you've been waiting for eyeballed the alignment for now have an appointment Wed.


Stock height measured from the ground to center fender was 26 6/16" front, and 26 10/16" rear.


Set it at 24 13/16" front both sides, Rear 25" DrR, 24 15/16" PasR. It seemed like the Dr R side too a lot more turns that the others to get lower was getting close to running out adjustment.
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You are correct, the intake resonator adds torque at certain rpm. All modern engines have these somewhere in the intake. They can be quite small or fairly large relative to the intake tract volume but they are there for a reason.

The sound tube is a resonator as well, it dead ends at a flexible diaphragm which actually generates the intake rasp that is fed into the small hose going down to the right hand footwell. Whether this does more than make noise is impossible to tell without taking it off. When I took mine off it was to fit a Supercharger. Intake resonance becomes pretty much irrelevant with a Supercharger as Edelbrock deletes both the factory intake resonator as well as the sound generator.

Loving your build so far. The new 17 interior is leaps above the 13 interior. Really like what you did with the brushed metal wrap makes the whole interior look that much better :thumbup: Curious to where you found that TRD badge for your steering wheel and have any more pics of it? :D Keep up the good work

My original research came from someone on corvetteforums who made a mufflerless exhaust with just different length Jpipes capped off. At certain RPMs the bad droney sound waves would cancel out leaving the higher pitched exotic.
I'm sure similar knowledge is used and tested on our intakes. Sometimes the factory does get it right.

Thanks for the compliments. Think I got those particular ones from aliexpress or ebay there are tons of options to make your own special edition TRD steering wheel haha :party0030:

Nothing major went to get my alignment done at NTB but there computers were updated to read the '17 obdii. So they are having a tech update I will go back on Tuesday.




I like finding fun things on aliexpress for like a $ dollar shipped. Got these door bolt covers.


Before
http://i.imgur.com/pu2Wl6h.jpg


After


http://i.imgur.com/k71C3K3.jpg

Another couple bucks mod from Aliexpress



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Also put my order in for Konig Hypergrams 17x8 +40 16.3lbs , Hankook evo tires that are 19lbs stock size. Should take about 6 lbs of rotating mass per corner and look good enough to DD

I just got the Meisterr coilovers too, hoping to install them soon. How are you liking that blitz filter? I was eyeing it, just not sure if it's worth the moula. Coupled with the uprated tube you must feel a bit of a difference?

Really love the MeisterR coilovers highly recommend for street use haven't done any track yet.


Cant say Ive felt much difference with the intake but I don't have a sensitive butt dyno.


I will be installing lightweight pulleys today stay tuned!

Here are godSnow pulleys installed.


Stock Pulley set up weights 6.25 lbs
http://i.imgur.com/psIy9mt.jpg


New pulleys weight 1.3lbs
http://i.imgur.com/0ZSolpq.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/zrEPUIq.jpg


To get the old pulleys off I kept the belt on first to get the bolts on the Alt, And Water loosened. I did not need air ratchet on the Alt bolt using this method. I need my trusty 4ft Iron Pipe over my breaker to get the Crank loose. Pulled so much I got the wheels to move slightly then it finally broke

http://i.imgur.com/rHH4M9o.jpg

Forgot to take pic with air intake out of the way.
http://i.imgur.com/jQA69EG.jpg


Great way to save nearly 5lbs reciprocating mass. And I don't see the need to spend any more on namebrand pulleys. Overrall quality was very good some slight nicks on the outer edge but everything on the belt drive areas where smooth.

My day is not over just installed these Perrin Control Arm Braces got them on the Perrin Garage Sale on ebay $35. Otherwise I wouldn't spend big money on something like this.


Perrin 10.3 oz
http://i.imgur.com/0CvvdD3.jpg


Stock 15.2 oz
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Simply jack up front. Unbolt old ones, Slide on new ones, Red Threadlock, bolt to spec



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Don't know if they will do much but seem more robust and 5oz lighter at the same time.

Sneak Preview For Tomorrow


Konig Hypergrams 17x8 showed up. Slightly Heavier than advertised about 16.8 lbs vs 16.3 advertised according to this scale.


http://i.imgur.com/3sV1ULw.jpg


And tires are here and nice and light as advertised 19.3lbs

http://i.imgur.com/drrR8e9.jpg

will be 36.1lbs total good for an honest 5.4lb rotating mass loss!!!!! Cant wait to get them mounted

drooling over your center console wrap job.

Thank you.

Here are my Konig Hypergrams 16.8lbs. Also Hankook Evo2 tires stock size weight 19.3 lbs! People forget tire weight is more important being farthest on the outside. Went with this setup for lightweight performance over stanced oversized look. I went big with my Vette as its easier to make power on the ls motors. I'd only do big wheels and BBK on this car if I went forced induction.


Also did lightweight pulleys at the same time and waited to drive until they were on the same time. Man it pulls so much quicker and the revs climb faster!


Enjoy!


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Damn!!! Want to wrap my interior?! looking awesome!

Thanks kinda interior burned out spending 3 years on the vette and my first week of ownership on the 86. Of course if you lived nearby and flashed the cash...

very nice, I really like this build. Both the alcantara and trim wrapping are a really nice touch. Makes me consider doing it to my car.

OK I will chalk this up as a lesson learned you get what you pay for. The GodSnow crank pulley has not worked out for me. I was starting to wobble at idle. Ive read just about every thread on what could be wrong . I ordered new crank bolt and oil seal to make sure. Torqued it just like instructions 14.5 ftlbs then another 90 degrees. Still same results.


During my initial install I know the crank end part slid out maybe a 1/4" and I slid it right back in. But became paranoid after reading it cant move at all. Marked its location and bravely removed it to check for burrs. Everything looked great and I slid right back in.


Measured the thickness of both the godsnow and stock pulley. It appears the godsnow is about 2mm thinner on the mounting area which probably caused some space between the pulley and bolt.


Anyways put back on the stock pulley and everything is normal again. Going to fork up the bucks and get something proven like a Perrin. The other 2 pulleys (alt,water) Godsnow are fine and going to keep them.

Here is my '17 specific perrin tube installed. Its close to the belt even with me pulling away while tightening down. over 200+ miles with no issues. Does a much better job sealing with the front bumper area.


Old generic intake http://i.imgur.com/fNhuB6z.jpg


New Perrin
http://i.imgur.com/JdE3dnx.jpg
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well got my used raceeng pulley in for $50 bucks. Everything works now and the shade of red matches up with the godSnow pulleys that I kept !


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Gent5 UEL
 

Just wanted to add the pics from my Gent5 UEL header install here:


Here is a review of the Gent5 UEL header + Overpipe found on FRSport.
http://www.frsport.com/Gent5-G1112-G...p_1478692.html




Waiting for the UPS man today got a head start taking off the stock headers and taking some measurements and weigths


First wanted to measure the inside diameter of the overpipe and secondary.
Looks to be 50mm inside or slightly less that 2" WEAK!


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Weights
headers 20.8 lbs
http://i.imgur.com/1EY6z55.jpg


overpipe 4.6lbs
http://i.imgur.com/w5YxqOV.jpg




Then ordered my own heatshield stuff to cover oil pan near the header. Got some OCD and covered some areas of the engine too!
http://i.imgur.com/2D96gYH.jpg
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Really Nice looking welds
http://i.imgur.com/pn8BItf.jpg
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Best pic I could get of the Merge collector looks real clean and smooth
http://i.imgur.com/NC4VWsR.jpg


Then took some weights
Headers 15lbs
http://i.imgur.com/9rTxgoo.jpg
Over pipe 3.5 lbs and the overpipe looks nice as well
http://i.imgur.com/Zcy3ZP3.jpg


Inside Diameter of the overpipe and end of the header flange 58mm or about 2.25"
http://i.imgur.com/KzZgPgf.jpg


Only minor thing was one small section of the flanged wasn't machined the same but the area was still smooth and flat with the rest of the flange otherwise these are 99% perfect
http://i.imgur.com/y6Bhy2Z.jpg


More OCD kicked in And I always cover any flange, seal or gasket with a layer of Acousti Seal which is a tar like stuff. Wanted to extra seal the connecting pipes


http://i.imgur.com/fIzi6Jy.jpg


These were sealed very nice from the factory was able to get them apart about a 1/2" which was good enough to get some tar on
http://i.imgur.com/oV6lAkp.jpg


All back together and cleaned up. A lot of tar got pushed out telling me the stock seal is very precise.
http://i.imgur.com/QwwFdr3.jpg




Stay Tuned Sunday for my install!

Installed this morning man this was the easiest header install Ive ever done. Didn't even need swivel attachments like others have said.


Here are the Siruda gaskets which can be purchased with the headers
http://i.imgur.com/i0r6k9O.jpg


The went to coating every flange with Acousti-Seal. Man I really love this stuff for making a sound/airproof seal, just wear some gloves because it can get messy.


http://i.imgur.com/xIzXmig.jpg
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Installed the overpipe first. Couldn't imagine installing an overpipe with the headers still on the car


Bad pic but loosened the bottom bolt of the stock cat pipe to have some play with the overpipe to rear cat connection.
http://i.imgur.com/IpJnZEc.jpg
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All buttoned up everything fit perfect
http://i.imgur.com/ZtTQTBu.jpg


Plenty of space between the overpipe and suspension. I had added a layer of the insulation on the suspension incase it was close. Not the case had a good finger gap.
http://i.imgur.com/dL1eibY.jpg


Final Top down view
http://i.imgur.com/ftvfctV.jpg






Sound - don't have a good setup to record yet but there are plenty of clips of UEL headers with stock midpipe and catback on youtube.
First cold startup I thought man that's loud but not the case at all. Even without a cat this sounds quiet with the rest of the stock exhaust with a slight change to the rumble.
I could defineantly upgrade to a highflow cat and a more flowing catback but I would still go with something on the quieter scale


Power- NO tune yet but that delay in the middle rpms seems gone. Accelerated more linear. Cant wait to feel what a tune will do. Plus eliminating that cold start non-sense will be on my list.
Also the Blox CEL eliminator seems to be working so far with 100 miles driven we'll see. Time to drive again!

HKS Dual Resonated frontpipe with HKS Legamax premium


I will be installing this weekend but here are some preliminary pics.


BIG box
http://i.imgur.com/tYpCR7G.jpg


Packaging was great as to not get hurt in transport.


http://i.imgur.com/OLc9bJ0.jpg


Hard to see from the pic but the outsite diameter is 60mm claimed. Measured inside diameter is 56mm consistent all the front pipe and rear exhaust. Was hoping it would be exact match to the end of my overpipe which is 58mm inside diameter. Again at least its consistent all the way through to keep velocity high.


http://i.imgur.com/B2EG48T.jpg


Here are the weights (my cat likes to be in every damn picture) :
Dual resonated Front Pipe - 8.25lbs
http://i.imgur.com/eKrihpC.jpg


Midpipe - 13.25 lbs
http://i.imgur.com/D4TUHfv.jpg


axleback - 24.75
http://i.imgur.com/gkMdojY.jpg


So the front should be about 2lbs lighter than stock and the total catback about the same as stock


Nicely polished really like the big tips on this
http://i.imgur.com/Hs6uKew.jpg
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CON: I'm going to say this but the welds do not look clean especially compared to my no name(gruppe-s/ gent5) Uel headers. They are thick and lumpy but hopefully should hold up well. You can see where they burn through to the inner pipe on a few and will need to be grinded smooth
http://i.imgur.com/0EzDjzj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fvwhEUl.jpg
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Explains why the price is nearly cut in half, A nice system if you don't look at the welds. But overall I'm very excited to hear this car roar with this setup. Stay tuned

Started off this morning removing and weighting the stock parts


Front pipe: 12.1lbs
http://i.imgur.com/YAoZ3xa.jpg


Midpipe: 12.5lbs
http://i.imgur.com/f61Bejj.jpg


Axleback : 26.75lbs
http://i.imgur.com/qYqHdDv.jpg






So Final weight Tally
HKS vs Stock Frontpipe: 8.25 vs 12.1
Midpipe: 13.25 vs 12.75
axleback: 24.75 vs 26.75


Total loss with HKS setup: 46.25 vs 51.6 = -5.35lbs


Spent some time with a harborfrieght die grinder to grind down the inside of the welds smooth
http://i.imgur.com/Te3TBJw.jpg


Easy Job used my tar stuff again on the gaskets and bolted everything on. Just match the direction of the flanges exact and everything fit perfect first time! Fitment gets A+


Cat Strikes again photobombing me
http://i.imgur.com/dPGrqg7.jpg


Nice tips fill the hole
http://i.imgur.com/0gGrqxf.jpg


Sound: again I wish I could set something up for clips that will come later
Its very Jeckly/Hyde in a good way. Obviously cold start is loud. While cruising the exhaust is very quiet close to stock. Put you foot into and WHAM the sound volume jump up quickly. Not too low bassy, no drone, more on the higher pitched scale but without the rasp. So flooring its pretty loud enough for me but no annoying sounds just a straight wail.