2015 Toyota GT86 Giallo D4-S

[adamd]

Over here at least, as far as I know Toyota agreed that Subaru would cap sales so as not to take as many from the Toyota. Except the Subaru never got anywhere near that cap.

[oppositelock]

Hope you don't mind if I share, too.







BTW, I just installed my first mod, polyurethane tranny mount insert. Best $30 I've ever spent on a car, highly suggest getting one as the stock mount is poop. I'll be prepping the car for SCCA STX class autocross, wheels, tires and coilovers should be going on in the next few months.

[T16]

You should make your own thread

[adamd]

BTW, I just installed my first mod, polyurethane tranny mount insert. Best $30 I've ever spent on a car, highly suggest getting one as the stock mount is poop.

Out of curiosity, do you have any bother with 2nd, especially when cold? I find that mine is quite crunchy and refuses to go down into it for the first few minutes of driving. Does this help with that at all? Is there any noticeable change in vibration through the car with it fitted?

[oppositelock]

You should make your own thread

I thought about it, but it seemed silly having two threads for essentially the same car.

Out of curiosity, do you have any bother with 2nd, especially when cold? I find that mine is quite crunchy and refuses to go down into it for the first few minutes of driving. Does this help with that at all? Is there any noticeable change in vibration through the car with it fitted?

I've never had a problem with second, but I live in a warm climate. I have, however, occasionally had problems downshifting from fifth to fourth and upshifting from second to third. Clutch fully in, but the shifter just hits a brick wall and won't go in. A lot of guys recommend changing both the trans and diff oils as soon as possible. When I dumped them at 12k miles the fluids were dark and there was enough metal shavings on both magnetic drain plugs to fill an Etch-A-Sketch. So far it seems to shift smoother, but it's only been a week so I'm not 100% sure it's solved the issue. There is a very slight increase in vibration with the mount insert, but I don't find it objectionable at all. Much less annoying than having the shifter flop all over the place when driving. You can see how much the driveline actually moves in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzMO6_ZNHk

[adamd]

Yeah, the shifter flopping about does raise questions from passengers. I even had one hold it still because it was annoying him.

I also get the 2nd to 3rd problem, but mine tends to crunch or feel like it's being pulled out of your hand, as if you let the clutch out too early. I get the wall thing when changing from 3rd to 2nd when cold, say if I'm slowing to a junction.

Did you replace the oils with standard spec or did you upgrade to something else? It sounds like something I need to do soon, I've got just over 4k on the car and if anything I'd say the shifting is getting worse.

[oppositelock]

I went with Redline MT90, but it's known for being a little thick at low temps so it's probably not the best choice for you. Probably hard to find it in the UK, anyway. Some guys on the FT86 forum suggest going down in thickness, from 75W90 to 75W85 or even 75W80, but I can't vouch for that.

[saad89]

Nice one

[adamd]

Coming back into this thread has made me realise just how filthy the car is currently. It's getting cold and I do a lot of miles between washes...

Also, picked up another set of standard wheels with winter tyres on this week ready for next month. I don't know if all these weird weather things in the rest of the world mean we're going to have a bad winter or not but after having winters on the Prius, I had to get some for this.

They're Hankook winter i*cept evos, has anyone tried them out before and are they any good? I've only ever had Kumho winters which were reasonably good, as they came on the Prius.

[np1993]

what is the difference between the GT86 Giallo D4-S and 'regular' GT86/FRS/BRZ ? :-p

[adamd]

Giallo has special paint, special graphics, and special seat embroidery, and a plate telling you which number of 86 it is. Otherwise, normal GT86.