Pure Motorsport: JDL Turbo BRZ Track Build

[ATL BRZ]

I'm switching to Carbotech XP12 for track pads in the rear to most evenly match the CL RC6's in front.



Thanks @CSG Mike!

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

It's past time for a parts manufacturer to release some decent high performance coils with heat sinks on them.

Whats bullshit is the car ran fine and continues to run fine, no misfires or anything wrong. It didn't throw the CEL yesterday when I was beating on it when bedding in the race pads, and it threw it almost immediately on my first lap of my first session on a cool, overcast morning under very light load. Came in, cleared it, went out again and the CEL persisted. I'm not going to risk tracking the car with a CEL knowing other shit could compound as a result and really ruin my day, so I parked it and got home fine. FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Here's the weird part.

If you swap coils with another cylinder, the code will go away (for a while), but it wil lnever appear in the other cylinder...

[ATL BRZ]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Here's the weird part.

If you swap coils with another cylinder, the code will go away (for a while), but it will never appear in the other cylinder...

Mind blown. Have you guys experienced coil failure in the current CSG BRZ yet?

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

Mind blown. Have you guys experienced coil failure in the current CSG BRZ yet?

Negative, but we've seen it fairly often on customers that track their cars. Swapping the coil is enough to alleviate the problem, and the code is always for cylinder 2 (front passenger side).

[ATL BRZ]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Negative, but we've seen it fairly often on customers that track their cars. Swapping the coil is enough to alleviate the problem, and the code is always for cylinder 2 (front passenger side).

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've searched and understand that #2 is actually the rear driver's side.

Looking straight at the engine it's 1 (PF), 3 (PR), 2 (DR) , 4 (DF)

For the Check Engine Lights, respectively:
P0351 = Cyl/Coil #1 or "A" = Passenger's side front (Most common failure)
P0352 = Cyl/Coil #2 or "B" = Driver's side front
P0353 = Cyl/Coil #3 or "C" = Passenger's side rear (Second most common failure)
P0354 = Cyl/Coil #4 or "D" = Driver's side rear

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've searched and understand that #2 is actually the rear driver's side.

Looking straight at the engine it's 1 (PF), 3 (PR), 2 (DR) , 4 (DF)

For the Check Engine Lights, respectively:
P0351 = Cyl/Coil #1 or "A" = Passenger's side front (Most common failure)
P0352 = Cyl/Coil #2 or "B" = Driver's side rear
P0353 = Cyl/Coil #3 or "C" = Passenger's side rear (Second most common failure)
P0354 = Cyl/Coil #4 or "D" = Driver's side front

Oh oops.

You are correct, I usually see P0351. Brain fart moment.

[ATL BRZ]

Finally received two new coils and replaced the #3 in the nick of time this afternoon.



Ready for some banked Nascar turns tomorrow at AMS!

[ATL BRZ]

Shacked up in the Nascar garages.





Dis gun b gud

[Lawn_Mower]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've searched and understand that #2 is actually the rear driver's side.

Looking straight at the engine it's 1 (PF), 3 (PR), 2 (DR) , 4 (DF)

For the Check Engine Lights, respectively:
P0351 = Cyl/Coil #1 or "A" = Passenger's side front (Most common failure)
P0352 = Cyl/Coil #2 or "B" = Driver's side rear
P0353 = Cyl/Coil #3 or "C" = Passenger's side rear (Second most common failure)
P0354 = Cyl/Coil #4 or "D" = Driver's side front

I got a code for coil number 1 at the track this weekend, didn't notice any lack of power or anything, went away on the drive home.

[ATL BRZ]

Originally Posted by Lawn_Mower

I got a code for coil number 1 at the track this weekend, didn't notice any lack of power or anything, went away on the drive home.

P0351 may still be stored in the ECU's memory if you want to take it to your dealer and have them pull it.

It's a $91 part so you'll want to have them replace it if you can.

[Lawn_Mower]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

P0351 may still be stored in the ECU's memory if you want to take it to your dealer and have them pull it.

It's a $91 part so you'll want to have them replace it if you can.

Yeah I come from the VW world, so I'm familiar with phantom fault codes

I'll hit up my dealer and see what they'll do, the engine is stock so I don't really think it should be too much of a problem. I should probably pull the numbers off before Taking it in though lol

[ATL BRZ]

Very eventful weekend full of new experiences coupled with the hottest air we've had all summer. Saturday I was at AMS and Sunday I went white water rafting down the Ocoee river and had a blast.

Atlanta Motor Speedway was amazing. I loved the facility and being able to use the Nascar garages. The track was a ton of fun. The infield road course was a little bumpy but the new pavement is good at promoting grip. The Nascar oval was just incredible when I got the car up on the high banks and redlining 5th gear at 125mph and taking 6th around Nascar 3 and flooring the throttle and white knuckling the steering wheel.

The new suspension and braking gear worked perfectly. The BBK is amazing and the race pads are loud as hell after bedding with any amount of pedal besides threshold braking. The brakes are now so damn thermally efficient that I couldn't keep heat in them going around the oval and into turn 1. After a few laps I noticed significantly less bite into turn 1 than anywhere else around the course since they cooled off too much around the oval, so I started braking extra early there.

My RCE T2 coilovers and Raceseng shock tops are providing a tremendous amount of mechanical grip at speed and I'm now able to say they are absolutely worth it. The car felt more nimble and capable than ever out there.

I wasn't able to get as much track time as I had hoped for since there were some delays due to a couple fluid spills and one incident on track, but I was still able to have lots of fun in both my car and my student's. I will definitely be back at the next AMS event. It's a great track for spectators as well, probably the best around Atlanta since you can see so much of the track right outside the garages in the infield.

My GoPro footage is uploading now and probably wont be edited together and ready until tomorrow, but I did receive some pretty good photos today so I'll start off with the first 10:

[King Tut]

Pics look good. I still keep hoping NASA will run an event at AMP or AMS one of these years. Might have to take my soon to be track car there to add those tracks to my list.

[ATL BRZ]

Second set of photos from AMS 7/26/14