The boyhood dream || Project: ZN6
 

Welcome to my take on our beloved ZN6/ZC6 platform

Mod list

Exterior

J-Blood carbon weatherguards
Cleib carbon side mirrors
Seibon TS-II carbon bonnet
Grazio black Toyota badge (rear)
Auto Revitalization front indicator + DRL (smoked)
Valenti reverse light bar (smoked)
Valenti Revo (v2) sequential tailights (smoked)
Valenti side indicators (smoked)
Varis Arising II front bumper
Varis Arising II side skirts
Varis Arising II rear bumper
Varis Arising II carbon lip guard
Varis Arising II carbon lip cover
Varis Arising II carbon side skirt underboard
Varis Arising II carbon rear air shroud
Varis Arising II carbon rear diffuser option
Varis Arising II carbon fender garnish
Voltex Type 2 carbon wing (1700mm + GT86-specific mounting hardware)

Suspension + Handling

MCA Blue Coilovers
Cusco strut tower bar
Cusco brake cylinder stopper
Cusco lower control arms

Engine + Exhaust

Greddy Evo GT mid pipe + catback
Greddy intake snorkel
Apex'i flat panel filter
Perrin silicone inlet tube + sound tube delete
Cusco radiator cap

Wheels + Wheel Accessories

Rays Gramlights 57DR semi-gloss black
Kyo-ei Project Kics 11mm spacer
Kyo-ei Project Kics 15mm spacer
Kyo-ei Project Kics Super Leggera gloss black wheel nuts
Bridgestone Potenza RE003 tyres
Tredwear tyre lettering

Miscellaneous

Thinkware F750 dashcam
Thinkware F750 rear camera attachment
Custom number plates: ZN6

On order

Valenti headlights (black housing)
Valenti headlight bulbs
Varis carbon trunk
SSR SP3 wheels Super Black Coat x Black Anodized Dish
Advan AD08R 255/35r18
Craft Square carbon side mirrors

Wishlist

Endless braided brake lines
Cusco front sway bar
Cusco rear sway bar
HKS dual resonated decatted front pipe
A.C.E. B250 header + over pipe combination
Raceseng reverse lockout
Raceseng Ashiko shift knob

Inactive + previous mods

Cusco front tow hook (red)
Grazio front Toyota emblem (black)
TRD canards
Toyota Nur spec side skirts
Toyota Nur spec rear pods
Toyota Nur spec diffuser
Toyota Nur spec front bumper lip
Toyota Nur spec wing spoiler
Valenti tail lights v1 (smoked)
Custom number plates: 86HYPE

Reflections

As you can tell, most of my work thus far is cosmetic. I guess I want to really grow as a driver along with the car - at the time of writing this, I've had the machine for 8 months and prior to picking up the car I had zero experience driving manual. Stalling all the way home from the dealership is definitely one of my fondest moments with her.

I feel I'm not at the point where I deserve to play the numbers game regarding power, nor do I feel the urge to go forced induction. I can see where others are coming from regarding the desire for more power and I totally respect that viewpoint but it's not the path I'm looking to take for myself.

In saying all that, I do want to smooth out the torque curve and take a naturally aspirated FA20 as far as it can go (within reason). I know it's a lot of money for very little gain but I feel the car will be truer to me that way.

I'm a big believer in nothing but genuine parts, however I don't look down upon people who run replicas. My outlook is if people had the means, they'd support the companies that do the extensive R&D - they're just not in a position to do so at this current point in time.

TL;DR - Found a lifelong friend in my car and I'm looking forward to growing alongside her and documenting the progress to share with you all

Recent snaps

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Journey from the start to the current point in time in visual form

Apologies for the random iPotato snaps!

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Very nice... you are off to a good start on your build... The Varis Arising aero kit is in my opinion the best looking kit available for the 86...great choice! Looking forward to more updates!

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Thanks for the kind words Zeal! I've been a long time fan and admirer of yours and it's an honor to have you drop in on the thread ^_^!

Hopefully I can start filling her up with more substance like yours sometime soon - driver modding might be required first though haha

Aww you ditched the giant nur spec wing!? :(

Good stuff to want to build as a driver more! Too many people start by building power first and then skill. Any plans for more power though?

Absolutely beautiful.

I was thinking about your Varis Arising aero kit... I can't recall seeing one installed on a factory blue 86...I know there are probably some out there I just can't recall any. Huh...I guess that makes your 86 a bit more unique.

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Haha, the nur spec wing is a bit more common over here in Australia so I wanted to set her apart from the rest a bit. In the most populated state where I reside there's only five Voltex Type 2 wings XD

I'm at the stage where I'm starting to really enjoy her properly with the rev matching and heel-toe techniques so hopefully soon I'll know what more I want from her in terms of performance. Being new to the hobby, I don't quite have extensive mechanical knowledge but I think I want to be a bit different and pour resources into an NA build to see if I can at least keep up with a Stage 1 forced induction set up.

There are multiple touge type roads all within a 25 minute drive that are full of hair pins, blind corners and width for only one car at times and on a spirited drive just a bit more torque would be nice

Thank you sqd! Hopefully future progress will continue to garner your approval ^_^

Yeah I think there are a couple of wide bodies floating around but I can't recall one that just runs normal size. With the modification laws in Australia being quite strict, wide body isn't really an option anyways