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Originally Posted by Lonewolf
I'm bitter with Toyota's reluctance to truly improve this platform over time (a touchscreen head unit and shark fin is hardly groundbreaking),
C'mon Toyota, balance my ass...the car should be a tad faster. Change the final drive, tweak the ecu, make the heads freer flowing, we don't need 40 more hp, just something a bit more from the factory...  |
The addition of the touchscreen is sort of going in the opposite direction.
I think they could get away with remapping or possibly slightly larger displacement...
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Originally Posted by Tromatic
Longest "refresh-rumor" post ever.
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I thought you were on my side, lol
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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise
Nice writeup - I learned a few things. A couple of minor comments though:
1) Our cars don't actually reach 53/47 weight distribution without a driver and passenger.
2) The part about having a lower CD than a 458, while true, is a bit misleading. The 458 was designed to produce downforce at speed (140 kg downforce @ 200 kph). I believe the 911 turbo produces downforce as well. In comparison, the BRZ produces slight lift at speed (25 lbs F / 35 lbs R @ 70 mph). Designing downforce usually introduces drag, so the CD numbers for the Ferrari and Porsche are partly a product of design compromises.
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Thanks for adding this, I'll fix the weight distribution to include the occupants. Is it just the driver, or does it include the passenger?
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Originally Posted by AsianStyle
I agree. The stock pedals are horrendous for heel toe.
The brakes need to be lowered and the gas pedal needs to be longer and extend to the left more.
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On the 86, I believe the gas pedal is longer extending lower to the floor, but the US models get a smaller pedal.