What did you do to your 2nd gen BRZ today?

[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by Lelandjt

I thought the aftermarket lighter spring eliminated the slop that occurs with no spring. Damn. So he only way to have no slop is leave the stock spring alone?

The mtech spring for the old car removed the slop at the top of the pedal caused by no spring. Unless something about the geometry or the master/slave cylinder changed pretty drastically that should still be the case?

[fredzy]

Originally Posted by Lelandjt

I only put about 1000mi a summer on the car this is replacing and I might only be keeping it one summer. I don't think I'll be able to wait more than 200mi before fully enjoying the engine. Is break in supposed to be 500 or 1000mi?
It just occured to me that the average person doesn't do any break in with their new car and Kelly Blue Book doesn't ask when selling used, so....

I'm in same boat, takes me a couple months to put 1000 on my DD, let alone this thing (though I hope to use it like a DD in the summer... assuming I get it this summer...)

I plan to go for a nice couple hour drive to get the break-in out of the way. My process is to wait until the engine is fully warmed up before goosing it, then plenty of hard (50%) acceleration and engine braking events with plenty of time in between to avoid elevating oil temps, keeping it under 4k. No idle, minimal highway cruise. There is no further bedding in of the rings happening after 150mi.

[PBR]

Another "feel" purchase. Not a fan of weighted shift knobs. Like to feel all the tactile feel of the shift. Duracon STi shift knob

[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by PBR

Another "feel" purchase. Not a fan of weighted shift knobs. Like to feel all the tactile feel of the shift. Duracon STi shift knob

Nice! Is it really light?

[Panda Grahams]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

The mtech spring for the old car removed the slop at the top of the pedal caused by no spring. Unless something about the geometry or the master/slave cylinder changed pretty drastically that should still be the case?

Unfortunately, I can confirm the MTEC spring on this gen. creates some unwanted slop at the top of the pedal throw. Removing the spring entirely also induces some slop.

[mr.whiskers]

I got used to the MTEC spring don't really notice it after a while

[Yoshoobaroo]

Sounds like the slave cylinder swap is the way to go then for the 2022s.

[MikeNSX2]

Ordered a set of Bumper Plugs.

[azndavepgh]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

Nice! Is it really light?

I really like mine. It's lighter than stock, but I'm not sure how it compares to other aftermarket ones.

[22 BRZ]

Originally Posted by mr.whiskers

I got used to the MTEC spring don't really notice it after a while

Yeah same, I thought the MTEC spring stiffened the clutch up, and gave it a bit more feel.

I ran very briefly with no spring, and there was a lot of slop in the pedal at the top end, but it seemed to go away once I put the MTEC spring in. Maybe I'm just used to clutches that have some slop in them, because I don't think its that bad to use. Although the bite point is another subject....

[PBR]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

Nice! Is it really light?

Yes it is fairly light. Not as light as you'd think but definitely lighter than stock and doesn't insulate the the shift action as much.

[joemysterio]

Originally Posted by 22 BRZ

Although the bite point is another subject....

What are the thoughts on that for the '22? I haven't really seen much on it unless I've missed the threads on it. Personally I'm having a hard time feeling it. I'm mostly driving by muscle memory at the moment because of that.

My mtec spring came in the other day, I was hesitant about it but now I'm thinking I'll give it a try anyway. Maybe it will help me feel the bite point better? we'll see.

[DeeAich]

First oil change at 2969 kms.

Finally got MySubaru working, been trying since December. Turns out my salesmen entered my email wrong...pretty crucial. Took multiple calls to Subaru Canada to get sorted. Now I have to do the same thing with Sirius.

[22 BRZ]

Originally Posted by joemysterio

What are the thoughts on that for the '22? I haven't really seen much on it unless I've missed the threads on it. Personally I'm having a hard time feeling it. I'm mostly driving by muscle memory at the moment because of that.

My mtec spring came in the other day, I was hesitant about it but now I'm thinking I'll give it a try anyway. Maybe it will help me feel the bite point better? we'll see.

I do think the MTEC helped a bit finding the bite point.

I never had a 1st Gen car, so I can't do that comparison, but I am going to investigate adjusting the pedal (I think I've read that was a thing on Gen I). I don't want the bite point to be so high up - I'd rather it was closer to the firewall.