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Chris, I know about that car, and the change in the settings, Two of my best mates who went to the RR session with him where at my house today. lets just say you only have half the info :-) I would disagree re my ECU, The technology for the first gen GTE was out dated by the time the 205 came along, for example no AFM on the later car. The stock ECU just over fuels to hell, safe to a point, but also increasing wear in the engine though bore wash . Toyota themselves had to retro modify the cooling system expansion tank after launch, so they do not always get it 100% right even with their millions. What about the stock manifold?, it has an design flaw that leads to cracking, unless you re weld, a better option is replacing it with a different one. The mapping can be as safe or as good as the mapper, just as a stock part fitted to a stock car can be compromised by poor fitting by a mechanic. New technology enables one to achieve more, but if it is fitted by an idiot the results will still be bad. Any modification done badly and without research can damage a car, that's a given. but people should not be put off by that, as sure as eggs is eggs if you neglect a stock car you can kill it just as quick. plus in some cases, Toyota will no longer make or stock the correct OEM parts for older cars, therefore forcing you at times to consider taking other action.

Everything on a car is a question of a design compromise, performance, economy, longevity, cost etc. My view point is that I own a car that is late in its life, components are worn and need replacing, ergo I replace them with parts better suited to my requirements. A stock car has to be so many things to so many people, my car has to what I want it to. 're the r&d stuff I don't agree. The technology that was current when for example a 165 was built and now is hugely different, from tyres to ecu. The single best mod I did to my 165 was replace its brain. It transformed the car. Technology moves at a frightening pace, why not take advantage of that?

er yes.. was great to catch up with Ben too.. one day CJN will have to make it up here. Ben said it was like being with the "A Team" lol made my day lol

no he was okay lol, to be honest Lou spotted some light damage from leaking behind the plastics, so I will go over to Steve soon and take the boot trim out and get some rust preventer and treatment going. Lou is now on the case re the braces

mini meet at mine today. Ben collected some wheels, and Doug fixed his Horn lol, Steve brought his 162 for Lou to make an gen 4 template rear strut brace up and I fitted my new front strut brace, and we talked Celicas non stop. Few pics to enjoy.

That Gen 4 is a real legend car, belongs to a guy called Ricky, sadly he has not been that well over last few years so car has sat, but it was a proper weapon in its time

Looking forward to reading it. Did they do a buying guide or is it a feature?

surely a performance exhaust is more efficient as it allows the engine the engine to expel its exhaust gases in a more effective way? Good Luck again

Unless you are mega unlucky and some tyre fitter has had his air gun maxed out to something stupid, they should come off fine. Remember to check your wheel nuts again once you have had the wheel on and off. Just to make sure they are all as tight as they should be. When you undo and do up the nuts I like to in do the locker first and do it up last. Also good general practice to tighten etc opposite nuts to, so the wheel sits squarely.

wow, oh dear, me thinks that they are not going to know what hit em!

Thats the wheel chock.

Good on you mate. Agree on the number plate issue. I got off a parking ticket as the reg had been taken down wrong, was a big faff, but in the end it was sorted, even got my costs paid for, parking wise

Still slow as though... :-)

Well at least we are talking about a new sporty ish toyota! Something a few years ago we could not do.

We will see, If I had 24k for a sports car, It would go elsewhere. A good Caymen S for example. I applaud the concept, but IMO a cars charactor and appeal has a lot to do with its engine. esp a "fun car" and from reading up from the press, EVO magazine for example bemoan the engines lack of power. Still, kudos to the old gen 6, its just as fast as the modern sporty Toyota!!

Do not disagree with above, however I do wonder, why for a sports car, they made it so tepid. I am sure on the right roads etc it will be amazing. But in everyday life, motorways town etc, that lack of comparative grunt must be annoying. Esp considering what you could get on the used market. There are amazing light small turbo engines being developed at the mo, with good mpg and emissions, cannot help but think that would have been a better choice.

I would want more go for my 24k, I tell ya!

Unless this guy I had a run with this morning had an issue with his car, I was suprised and even shocked to see that it just is not that fast. I know all the motoring press is going gaga re its rwd handling etc but to be honest I really though it would be faster. Both of us one up, clear empty dual carriage way with multiple round abouts, I was driving along after collect some bits from my Autospares place, he comes up behind me, then pulls alongside and gives it the big un. I go after him, catch him at the first roundabout and then am all over him coming off the roundabouts. Maybe I will run out re top end compared to him, but from 30 - to the legal limit(ish I was quicker? Now my GT is not in the best of health, its running rich and all it has is a induction kit, which tbh prob robs some power, so it aint fast at all. Not driven one, so will test drive one, but honestly thought that they were faster. Most modern TDIs can blow me into the weeds.

So pleased with this!

Ist part of the front end facelift

Maybe he was colour blind lol

I wave when I can, even did a double back on myself once to see if I could catch up to a black 6 gt that was modded I saw in solihull, but to no avail. Never really get waves back though

I waited til the drive got re done and then while it was hot, jacked the car up front, sides and rear. Result, 4 perfect slots for the jack to locate in on the drive, and more clearance on the Jack / car interface. **Warning** I achieved this by luck and In no way is the wife at all upset / cross / pissed off about the holes in the nice drive we have, no sir, not at all!! I use a low slung twist and up Clarke one, great, but very heavy and big for side of the road stuff.