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Fussy08X · 05-29-2012, 09:31 AM

thanks for your review. It was a good read and provided good info . congrats on your car, hope you enjoy. Cant wait til i get my own. bloody australia.

5hairpins · 05-29-2012, 10:50 AM

Outstanding CB. Glad you are enjoying the ride. Can't wait for our cruise.

Guff · 05-29-2012, 11:11 AM

Awesome, man! Has your dad driven it yet?

Saibot · 05-29-2012, 11:41 AM

i thought u wernt suposed to take the engine to high rpms during brake in???

Exhaust · 05-29-2012, 02:10 PM

Sorry im late, congratulations man!

carbonBLUE · 05-29-2012, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saibot

i thought u wernt suposed to take the engine to high rpms during brake in???

Highest rpm ive been to is 4800 and our was only once, my shift
beep is set at 4k

RRnold · 05-29-2012, 02:18 PM

Cheers bro!! The silver looks good!

carbonBLUE · 05-30-2012, 11:10 AM

Update, rained last night and this morning, went out and hooned around, stock tires grip really well on concrete, but on blacktop roads, forget about it, practice driving at low speeds because the tires lack grip on smoother surfaces,
when my Bluetooth is streaming music to the head unit I cant control the volume through the head unit and only through the phone
The only time I can control volume is when the phone isnt synced with headunit
Sound system is fantastic for stock, cant wait till my sub comes in for deeper bass
Limited slip is great for the roads, really hooks to the roads amd gradually slips into a slide just like the reviews, currently averaging 33.6 mpgs as ive put more miles on the car, at 427 miles on my 3rd day of ownership, got almost 400 miles on one tank with spirited driving/ daily commute

learning the cars limits quickly, car is becoming more planted as the tires break in

SUB-FT86 · 05-30-2012, 11:30 AM

It looks terrific Carbon. Enjoy!!

Want.FR-S · 05-30-2012, 03:48 PM

Cool story. Congrats to you.

3 days with 400+ miles? You must be driving a lot in that thing. You will finish the break-in in no time. Good for you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by carbonBLUE

...gradually slips into a slide just like the reviews,

Can you elaborate a bit more on this part? Thanks.

KevinDuMa · 05-30-2012, 03:52 PM

Were you on Spring Valley earlier in the rain? If it I was I saw you!

carbonBLUE · 05-30-2012, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Want.FR-S

Cool story. Congrats to you.

3 days with 400+ miles? You must be driving a lot in that thing. You will finish the break-in in no time. Good for you.

Can you elaborate a bit more on this part? Thanks.

The car doesnt snap what so ever but it is easy to encourage a slide in the rain, commit to the corner and the gas pedal, giving light increases in throttle and the car behaves, in the rain I was at 50% throttle or less, on asphalt you can use about 25% throttle with a flick of the rear end and the car will rotate,
Stability control and traction control also work very wel when you are trying to keep the vehicle planted, but the car still goes where you want it with small amount of oversteer,
Everything off, its a buttery dream

carbonBLUE · 05-30-2012, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinDuMa

Were you on Spring Valley earlier in the rain? If it I was I saw you!

Yeah that was me, lol did you see me playing around a bit? I was putti.g the tail out around a couple steetlights lol

carbonBLUE · 05-30-2012, 04:08 PM

Ohh yeah and also im going to jotech to get a base line dyno done for free

Big thanks to them! Currently researching a tuing solution for the FA20 for them, if I can find one im going to ask for free tunes

I really do hope I find something!

05-29-2012, 02:18 PM	#21
RRnold 2 wheel member Join Date: Feb 2010 Drives: JZA80, 997.1, Taco Location: SoCal->NorCal Posts: 4,330 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 938 Times in 480 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Cheers bro!! The silver looks good! __________________

05-30-2012, 11:10 AM	#22
carbonBLUE Reverse Burnouts Join Date: Oct 2011 Drives: 2013 Argento FRS Location: dallas!!! Posts: 2,894 Thanks: 707 Thanked 1,257 Times in 592 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Update, rained last night and this morning, went out and hooned around, stock tires grip really well on concrete, but on blacktop roads, forget about it, practice driving at low speeds because the tires lack grip on smoother surfaces, when my Bluetooth is streaming music to the head unit I cant control the volume through the head unit and only through the phone The only time I can control volume is when the phone isnt synced with headunit Sound system is fantastic for stock, cant wait till my sub comes in for deeper bass Limited slip is great for the roads, really hooks to the roads amd gradually slips into a slide just like the reviews, currently averaging 33.6 mpgs as ive put more miles on the car, at 427 miles on my 3rd day of ownership, got almost 400 miles on one tank with spirited driving/ daily commute learning the cars limits quickly, car is becoming more planted as the tires break in __________________ 2000 Carbon Blue Toyota Celica GTS 152000 miles (wont forget you) 2013 Argento Scion FR-S 2011 Infiniti G37x

05-30-2012, 04:08 PM	#28
carbonBLUE Reverse Burnouts Join Date: Oct 2011 Drives: 2013 Argento FRS Location: dallas!!! Posts: 2,894 Thanks: 707 Thanked 1,257 Times in 592 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Ohh yeah and also im going to jotech to get a base line dyno done for free Big thanks to them! Currently researching a tuing solution for the FA20 for them, if I can find one im going to ask for free tunes I really do hope I find something! __________________ 2000 Carbon Blue Toyota Celica GTS 152000 miles (wont forget you) 2013 Argento Scion FR-S 2011 Infiniti G37x

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05-29-2012, 09:31 AM	#15
Fussy08X Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Toyota GT 86 Pearl White Location: Sydney Posts: 151 Thanks: 81 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	thanks for your review. It was a good read and provided good info . congrats on your car, hope you enjoy. Cant wait til i get my own. bloody australia.

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