GR Yaris What did you do to your GR Yaris today?

micsub said:

Fitted a cooling duct to the MAP sensor on the intake manifold. Inspired by TGR Rally-2 and TGRR endurance thanks to Tonic's post here : https://www.gr-zoo.com/threads/reverse-engineering-the-tg-rr-gr-yaris-part-1-–-engine-bay.9819/#post-135618

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You may find that running without the plastic engine cover also helps keep temperatures lower.

Love is ... 2nd gear AWD drifts on wet tarmac.

Michael Knight said:

Love is ... 2nd gear AWD drifts on wet tarmac.

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Pics or didn't happen.

Morning exercise: replaced rear pads for Yellowstuff. I'd say there is at least 20t km in them still (they have done like 40k), but dealer wanted to replace them 2 years ago already. I guess somebody already noticed the small scraper on the inside pads which is probably the acoustic wear indicator.
Pistons went back easily by hand. 30 mins + 15 min test run.

Swapped plugs at 18k to Ruthenium HX. The old plugs are still fine, if not a little rich (to be expected). I'm going to consider 30k miles as more optimal than 20k. Not noticed any improvement in driving behaviour at all.

New winter 17’s arrived. Was not expecting so much dish from other Braid 17’s I have seen!

17x7 et30. 9.1kg - Not bad for a flow formed rally wheel.

I drove mine but I’m furious with Autoglass as there’s a big rattle from somewhere behind the dash when I hit bumps. Im certain it wasn’t there before the windscreen was replaced and when they left all the crap from the old one all over the place without cleaning up after themselves. Might need to wait til next service and ask the dealership to take the dash apart and see if anything fell down there. I’ve had everything out the glovebox and it’s not from in there, it’s like it’s coming from where the screen is mounted. If you are in the M4 corridor area and need a windscreen replaced then I’d avoid the Swindon branch like the plague.