The BRZ/FRS/86 can pass cars like a motherF'er
 

provided you actually know how to drive.

Let's use this thread to show prospective buyers that the 86 can leave other cars in the dust, when correctly dropped into the upper ranges.
It will also teach current owners who do not understand how to downshift ...how this works.

Please post dashcam clips that demonstrate correct passing. I'll post one in the next day or two.

Actually, most any car is capable of passing other cars on the highway, it's when the car you're trying to pass also puts the pedal down where it becomes very clear just how slow the twins are.

10/10 though, great thread for sure.

Oh boy.

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I don't know, I shift down to 5th and nothing happens lol. I'm kinda scared to go straight to 4th

Wow. See OP's post on learning how to drive :) Time to practice your rev matches.

True that, but if people are gonna be ****s, they're gonna be ****s. If they have 270HP and are preventing you from passing, most likely they'd do the same if we had 240hp. You need 400hp to really be MUCH faster than most things on the road... that's mustang GT territory. Fun car to drive but not really comparable to the twins.. kind of more of a pickup truck feel... though i've yet to drive the newest gen.

can confirm mustang vs driving this totally different experience.

the mustang is like mashing the gas and holding on to a bolting horse while the frs is like feeling as if you are part of the car itself on the road.

Third in any situation involving remotely legal speeds. Practice staying north of 4500 RPM. If you're not a double-clutcher, row your way down to third. (clutch in, 5-4-3, rev up, clutch out) Do not go straight 6-3 unless you have zero respect for mechanical things.

no lie, doing 5k in 4th gear and dropping to 2nd provides a great boost-VTEC kicks in, yo

:popcorn:

i accidentally jammed it into 2nd from 3rd before instead of 4th in my mustang. super glad i didnt fuck anything up

um but how can u beat anyone if u double clutch on upshifts??

My hero!

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i wants the popcorn LOL, but to add my two cents yeah i dont really have much of a problem with passing infact I just went on a 10 car cruise with some friends through the mountains, I am obviously the second slowest car there with the second slowest being a stock focus st, with rx7 and hawkeye being the fastest two there both heavily modified ( 500 hp+)

ANYWAYS... All ten of us were not having an issue and thankfully for me I didnt have much trouble keeping up on our spirited drive. Passes were far from risky and to be fair in the corners when they obviously werent in boost I made up some of the slack, but as soon as those straight aways happened... oh lord, you really realized how slow the twins are.

But damn was it ever a blast running with about 3300HP (total of the cars estimated) give or take a hundred through the mountians.

this reminds me of a video my friend sent me of a naked chick skydiving

Why do you try so hard?

A 2010 civic si is faster then the 86.
Just say'n
I would post a vid tomorrow.

You do not double clutch on up shifts.
Only downshifts.

Stop using 6th. :)

Our highways in the GTA are far too crowded to just cruise...

At "highway speeds" I'd go straight to 3rd! 45 or below I'd go straight to 2nd FFS!

I just spilled my coffee reading this. Well done. :bow:

Ok I don't know MPH so I'm gonna do kph. So I'm on the highway, let's say doing 110, there is a goody goody two shoes citizen in front of me doing 100 on the dot. I'm behind him, have to slow down to his speed, then an opportunity to pass opens up, and I put it into 4th from 6th? How do I blip 2 gears worth of revs? It just seems mechanically unsympathetic to me. Either way it just feels like a decent jolt to the system.

110 is about 65 mph. 3rd would be a bit extreme though it would work 80mph (130kph) is about the red line in 3rd. 4th will work allowing you to continue to about 160kph if the goody two shoes wants a race.

Clutch in, shift to 4th (being gentle but swift), apply the accelerator and lift the clutch as the revs zoom, apply the rest of the accelerator. Shout "WOOHOO!", give the ole bird the finger as you pass.

If you want you can practice the timing so the revs match that required in 4th as the clutch releases but it's less important. However the REALLY important thing is to lift the revs up and be applying throttle when the clutch begins to catch. If you left the revs drop even more and release the clutch you will get a horrid jolt forward and could potentially (in the wet) lose rear traction similar to grabbing the hand brake.

Do Share!!

Hopefully, since you have time, you'll plan ahead. While you're twiddling your thumbs behind the blocker, work your way down the gearbox to 4000 and drop back 50 meters or so. Then, when traffic opens up, accelerate and slingshot them. By the time you're even with their rear bumper, you should be turning 5000 or better and well on your way to 150 kph. :burnrubber:

edit. IMHO these cars are just not THAT slow.

I'm surprised at the number of people who are surprised by the need to pass.

:thumbup:

Nothing surprises me anymore, i'm too old.

If it's a tight gap you can go all the way down to 3rd gear at 100 kph. You just got to match rev it to avoid the jolt. If you're floor it in 3rd gear at 100 kph, you can get back up to the normal flow of traffic pretty quick (120ish). Makes it much easier to get around these slow asses

You can't be shy to hit the redline in these cars. There is no power below 4500 RPM. Keep it between 4500 and 7400 RPM when you need to make a quick pass. The FA20 loves to rev

After seeing this idiot's other threads, I don't think he can post anything dumb enough to surprise me any more.

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:Boy, Oh, boy I sure missed this thread huh....LmfaO!

Will at least he is now down to early morning and late evening when school is out and his mom lets him on the computer. I assume he has to do his homework before he is allowed on. Speaking of which, I bet those essays are a blast to read.

plot twist, ludwig was actually paid off by the mods to instigate as many people as possible :bow:

the forum has been a little slow lately :(

I don't come to forums on the weekend :D, too busy driving!

This thread needs more E-Torx bolts. Seriously, replace each of your bolts with these for +5hp each and fly past everyone else on the highway.

Only if you can get them for 33% of the dealer cost!

"Hitler, Misunderstood Genius" by Ludwig von Miles

Opening paragraph:

Why not just move out and accelerate?

Careful! That would definitely be abuse, because passing people on the highway would be way harder on your car than tracking.