GR86 White GR86 from Singapore

Jianlun said:
12 wonderful years with it.
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That looks awesome!! Nice, you have the JDM fog lights too! :love:

Same as ZN8 I have a soft spot for them! Funny enough you have the only two modern cars that didn't come equipped with an alarm :ROFLMAO: .

Unless of course the Singapore models come with an alarm unlike the UK spec ones!
 
--Rage-- said:
That looks awesome!! Nice, you have the JDM fog lights too! :love:

Same as ZN8 I have a soft spot for them! Funny enough you have the only two modern cars that didn't come equipped with an alarm :ROFLMAO: .

Unless of course the Singapore models come with an alarm unlike the UK spec ones!
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They came with the remote lock/unlock key, but no alarm as far as i know. Or else the previous owner removed it (i bought the car used 12 years ago).

Best runabout i had ever. Its always the dependable, fuel efficient (13km/L) car with low cost parts and straightforward mechanicals (easy to DIY fix) car.

Was my consistent 2nd car while I did my tour (read: buy, drive, had my fix, sold to fund next car, repeat) in a turbo FD1 civic, CT9W Evo wagon (yes the one in the earlier photo), Forester STI, GD WRX STI. Every time outlasting the above "play cars".

Have a built 1.9L engine (Monstersport bore up kit called the M19) inside that has seen almost 200,000 km (car is at 300,000 km now) and still pulls its 950kg kerb weight around everyday like no tomorrow... no leaks no extraordinary blow by.

But i am selling it (handover to new owner in a few weeks) to fund parts for the GR86. Which is going to have to carry the lightweight, responsive, "streetfighter" torch from now on, into the next decade. Cos i figured i am 40+ and need to move on to my last, analogue, ICE, no frills car, before i succumb to buying an EV/Hybrid and drive (unhappily) into the sunset.
 
I had a more modern ignis 4wd as a hire car on my honeymoon. We were in a villa up a really steep rutted concrete road full of switchbacks. I even got my wife 4 wheel drifting it and she has basically zero knowledge or experience driving fast.

It's a funny looking car but a riot to drive on windy roads
 
Got around to weighing the car!

1224kg. Incl about 60% fuel (1 bar more than midway mark, as well as 2x Graco 4ever child seats that weigh about 12kg each. Meaning it might be <1200kg without those seats and at 50% fuel! Happy!

1288kg. As above but with me inside.

Much heavier in the right (it is rhd) than left. But I dun see how I can lighten the right side anymore, unless I get carbon doors for the right and maybe carbon door cards (those flat GR86 cup car door cards look sweet but I dunno how to buy them hahahah. Do tell me if anyone knows!).

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Jianlun said:
They came with the remote lock/unlock key, but no alarm as far as i know. Or else the previous owner removed it (i bought the car used 12 years ago).

Best runabout i had ever. Its always the dependable, fuel efficient (13km/L) car with low cost parts and straightforward mechanicals (easy to DIY fix) car.

Was my consistent 2nd car while I did my tour (read: buy, drive, had my fix, sold to fund next car, repeat) in a turbo FD1 civic, CT9W Evo wagon (yes the one in the earlier photo), Forester STI, GD WRX STI. Every time outlasting the above "play cars".

Have a built 1.9L engine (Monstersport bore up kit called the M19) inside that has seen almost 200,000 km (car is at 300,000 km now) and still pulls its 950kg kerb weight around everyday like no tomorrow... no leaks no extraordinary blow by.

But i am selling it (handover to new owner in a few weeks) to fund parts for the GR86. Which is going to have to carry the lightweight, responsive, "streetfighter" torch from now on, into the next decade. Cos i figured i am 40+ and need to move on to my last, analogue, ICE, no frills car, before i succumb to buying an EV/Hybrid and drive (unhappily) into the sunset.
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I think they infamously come with no alarm.

Ahh awesome, a friend of mine bought on recently and he is currently looking at engine conversions too. I showed him the photos of your leather seats and he was well jealous.

Honestly very tidy and looks like a well loved car. The new owner is going to love it!
 
--Rage-- said:
I think they infamously come with no alarm.

Ahh awesome, a friend of mine bought on recently and he is currently looking at engine conversions too. I showed him the photos of your leather seats and he was well jealous.

Honestly very tidy and looks like a well loved car. The new owner is going to love it!
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Tell him to do the Monstersport M19 piston kit with an M16 lower block. He will not regret. Mine is coming on 200,000km and 10 years (and say 12 autocrosses/gymkhanas) with this built engine and still going strong.

Meanwhile, I did some MOLLE "engineering" and added cable organiser velcro straps to my pouches and created back some storage volumes since I no longer have a glove box.

They are stuck (very well to the carpet I might add) out of the way of the feets. My wife doesn't even know they existed till I told her.

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May I ask if someone be so kind as to help me take a photo of their RHD GR86 OBD2 connector? Right on top of the driver right shin/knee basically. Outboard of the cabin fuse box. Below is mine (i basically annotated onto the photo i took of it). It doesn't seem to be powering/communicating with my usual OBD2 dongle. Wonder if it's cos mine is an RC version and does not have certain pins populated/connected.

Thank you!

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Jianlun said:
Got around to weighing the car!

Much heavier in the right (it is rhd) than left. But I dun see how I can lighten the right side anymore, unless I get carbon doors for the right and maybe carbon door cards (those flat GR86 cup car door cards look sweet but I dunno how to buy them hahahah. Do tell me if anyone knows!).
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Have you thought of a left side only exit exhaust like the Apexi n1 extreme?
There are some Carbon doors in aliexpress, the Japanese ones are very expensive
 
In my country, it is a frigging bit*h to change exhaust. Cos it firstly needs to be TUV/JASMA etc approved and a low enough noise level, and then a physical inspection/measurement etc. And the prices are hugely inflated by the local distributors. So it's way down on my list (nor do I recall the N1 being approved due to noise level). The HKS Spec L2 is prior approved so that would be my go to eventually, just not now.

I losing sleep over this https://www.blackhawkjapan.com/products/trd-trd-00002 https://www.ebay.com/itm/134453510459
Wondering when someone will make one for the new gen. Hahaha.
 
Is not that bad here "yet" but we are going that way very soon. The nanny state
 
This is a feedback on the new Mishimoto Silicone Hose that has the resonator branch for the stock "Kidney" post-MAF pre-ThrottleBody resonator.

I hope someone from Mishimoto sees this.

The kidney is too close to the crank pulley for comfort. About 5 to 7mm away only. So far no rubbing and I hope it stays that way...

The part A cannot be pushed in any more (see it not touching the throttle body cast-in tab). I guess cos the hose has a moulded flare and the open end of the throttle body has reached the end. That's eating at my analness. Would be good if the flare portion of the hose was a little bit longer and touch the cast-in tab.

The biggest bit*h to install is part B. That open end of the hose is waaaaay too small for the Outer Diameter of the stock plastic tube. Took me a lot of force and some help with flat head screw drivers to force the hose over the plastic tube. I do NOT want to do that again. I reckon the Inner Diameter is like >4mm too small compared to the Outer Diameter of the plastic tube (which by the way is 77mm, inner diamter is 73mm if anyone is interested). See how the hose has to "balloon" at the plastic tube. Phew. I guess Mishimoto wanted the Inner Diameter of the hose to match up seamlessly with the stock plastic tube.... but they should have just done a flare there also since there already is a flare on the other side anyway.

Oh well. It's in. Painful.

Same sound same performance from butt dyno. But I am anal and love the smoooooth insides compared to the corrugated (and actually quite heavy) stock hose. So yeah. Recommended. Just need some fighting...

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Oh yes. I deleted the pre-filter resonator and stuffed a similiar shaped foam piece inside.

I have a Greddy duct.

The foam piece flew out after a drive. Wooohooooo Positive Pressure!

Thus the Aluminum tape over the foam now hahaha.

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Stickers time!

Started cos I wanted a sticker for the cabin fuse (since I added a few add-a-circuit fuse taps and can no longer close/mount my cabin fuse cover which had the fuse list/position). Then things naturally escalated since the sticker printer vendor has a minimum order quantity hahah.

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And... I finally bought the HKS Oil Cooler kit. Been circling around it for the longest time...

Why this kit? Cos:
1. one of only 3 kits that do not block the main rad flow. the other is Greddy and the recently launched Nobel kit.
2. only kit that has the oil cooler core at the left side. The other 2 have it at the right.
3. left side closer to sandwich plate ie shorter oil lines ie less pressure loss less weight
4. left side is lighter side for my car. need weight on left to balance out hahahha
5. Because of that, need to relocate the wiper washer with their own little box.
6. only kit with extensive ducting from front to oil cooler core

Just received it. I must say it's really really a high quality kit.
1. The ducting is 1.5mm aluminum sheet bent really precisely and anodised.
2. The HKS logo on the duct is created by masking the rest of the part and sandblast away the anodising. Really effort.
3. The oil cooler core seems anodised. Definitely not the painted/powder coated texture of Setrab/Mocal.
4. The replacement washer bottle is really light. Made of out 1.5mm aluminum and welded nicely, like a good quality header tank.
5. Lots of small brackets and stuff to mount the core and the ducting to the core. Save me all the trouble of measuring and cardboard-aided-design.
6. Everything is nicely packed and vacuum sealed. Really structured, really Japanese.

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