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Nameless Performance axle back (with the dual 5" mufflers): Cold start is fairly loud. Volume level is a 5 to 6 out of 10. Has a really nice tone to it (although not as nice as the HKS). No drone that I've heard. Tips are not as attractive as the HKS or the MBRP (I bought the carbon fiber tips version). MBRP axle back (no mufflers): Cold start is LOUD. Volume level is a 7 to 8. Sounds much deeper than the Nameless axle back. The only time the exhaust sounds bad and has drone is when I accelerate to say 5000 to 6000 rpm and let off the gas and just coast. If I shift to a higher gear, the drone is minimized. At a constant cruising speed, there is no drone. Based on what you want (improving the sound internally and externally, but not being too loud), my recommendation would be the HKS. |
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I got my "Vehicle Order Status/Pipeline" report!
I was so disappointed by the Toyota dealer experience that I placed an order for the BRZ tS a few weeks back... (true story: Toyota has lost 2 new car sales to me this year due to markups and forced dealer add-ons... who is putting up with that BS?)
I now have a VIN and a scheduled build date of 3/12 with an estimated arrival in March. It also has a "Current Location" of 200012, which is pretty funny since it apparently doesn't exist quite yet. Honestly, I have mixed feelings... I really would have preferred a GR86 with performance pack, but there is no way I can justify $5000-$6000 of either markup or added junk. I track my car with minimal mods (tires, fluids, pads, camber bolts) about 20 days/year and I am nervous about the spring rate/sway bar/handling differences of a brz vs GR86. I hate understeer, and supposedly the brz is more tuned for that?
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02-27-2024, 02:49 PM | #1487 | |
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If it still understeers a simple sway bar change could get you exactly where you want to be while still avoiding the Toyota dealer mark ups. |
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02-27-2024, 04:33 PM | #1488 | |
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I think getting a good alignment and the fact you've got camber bolts will really help neutralize a lot of the understeer and you can put off buying a sway bar for a while. |
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I wouldn't worry about it too much. I've got a BRZ with double front camber bolts (-2.5 degrees) and the OEM 15mm RSB off an 86. Those two mods were only ~$100 total and do a good job minimizing understeer on the BRZ for cheap.
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Ordered replacement front wheel bearings, mine are dead
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It's all that damn autocross you do.
*Looks at the 95 events I've done on 200TW tires over the last 4 years* I'm thinking going from 225's to 245's on 9" wheels with coilovers and camber are probably going to shorten the lifespan of mine.
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I have exactly 400 autocross runs on the car and ~18k miles haha
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That's pretty good. I know with the NA/NB Miatas, we killed even the fancy, expensive hubs with RComps at track days pretty quickly.
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Ordered Jan 3, projected delivery by end of April. Sapphire blue, or as Toyota would call it Trueno Blue.
Update: using the allocation tracker I found a Trueno edition @ MSRP about 2.5 hours away from me, so at least some dealerships are not delusional. The dealerships near me are all still asking between $4K and $6K over MSRP in either markups or forced add-ons. If you look on the allocation spreadsheet there is a dealership asking $15K over MSRP for a Trueno edition! "I pity the fool" that buys that car.
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Got it shipped from my condo in Colorado at 10,000ft to my parents' house, where I'm living for a year, at sea level. I'd never driven it below 7,500ft. WOW it makes power down here. I need to recalibrate my foot because I'm lighting up the tires every time I turn out onto a road. Anyone who says this car is underpowered (at sea level) is living in the crazy modern world of overpowered everything and oblivious to speed limits. A blip of throttle in 3rd gear on a back road and I'm in go-to-jail territory.
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