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Plenty of people have ran full e85 on the stock fuel system. My car made more power on E85 than pump gas because my pump gas fuel quality is low. So it doesn't automatically mean that the car will be slow like some people think. Especially if you're in california etc. and stuck with 91. I...

Ok then you guys just party different then ? My track car is my auto and my fun streetcar is my manual. Perfect combo for fun vs lap times. Yep, thank you.

That's not the case at all. You don't see a bunch of people swapping street cars for sequentials because it is "fun." It's usually if you're at the limit of the trans and no upgrades are available, then you go to something that can be built and handle the abuse. Have you seen a 400hp car with a...

the annoying part is some other dealer is probably getting more allocations due to their volume, and they're just rolling the dice on specs. meanwhile an interested enthusiast is out waiting.

sports car production always has a steep downward slope. Crazy sales the first 1-2 years, then it tapers off exponentially. Toyota is doing a great job of adding something every year to keep sales up as high as possible. I personally think that's why they waited to add the manual until it made...

E85 is no different than any other fuel. It doesn't automatically mean you're making more power. It's all about having a good tune that's within the limits, whether it's your fuel system, turbo, transmission, etc. Full E85 and 600whp without any aux fueling or controllers to worry about sounds...

The way I see it, if you're looking to stay stock trans or just in general around 600-650whp, DI will be king. It's the reason the Gen 1 is so fast so easily. Downpipe, HPFP, and turbo gets you very far. The most unfortunate thing about gen 2 is the injector limit is so low. So you need to...

Uniden R3 here still going strong but the new units are even better

To be fair this isn't a Toyota thing. Even my 2009 Volkswagen had one. They've been in german cars for a while. I definitely agree on reporting it though. Even if you don't think it'll be covered under warranty, they won't get any data unless owners actually go to the dealership for diagnostics.

Yeah not sure what that was all about. It's like he read the first line of each post and responded accordingly. Cool that they confirm the stock is single disk, so that answers some questions. Hopefully this helps people that will be putting a lot of heat into the clutch.

It's not just low rpm but high gears. Not sure what your Type R gearing is but if the gear is below 1:1, I always downshift to accelerate (i.e. more than 50% throttle) and use the over drive gear(s) for cruising and normal driving. That's also why the clutch tends to slip in high gears first...

Being the devil's advocate - how low are the rpms? Accelerating in High Gear/Low RPM scenarios is a recipe for a bad time. It's almost always better to downshift. 5th gear is 1:1. The goal is to slip the clutch a bit to wear away any high points so that the materials have as much contact...

Going to double back on my original comment on the CDV Delete as well. If you plan on driving your car hard it absolutely helps mitigate excessive slip on fast shifts.

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That's assuming the 2020 DMEs have the capability to support the new engines. There are a lot of other changes with the electronically controlled vanos system, PI, etc. We'll see

Universal code readers are useless on these cars. Get a BMW scan tool for the 6 digit code.

Yep this was confirmed a few months ago. I made a video with an X7 at a local dealership showing it. The biggest benefit is OEM control with higher flowing injectors when it's put in a lighter platform. However, There is a brand new DME 9 encryption that isn't currently supported by the Femto...

This is the key. the clutch can hold torque, but if you're doing a lot of burnouts/slamming gears/etc it wears out fast. in that case it makes more sense to get a beefier clutch with material that can handle the heat.

The nice thing is if you're replacing the whole thing then you don't need to mess with all that. Most kits would come with their own pressure plate anyway.

Hmm, ok guess that pic was just for reference then. In that case I'd fall back on the 335is clutch or equivalent.