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As an aside, my 26 AT has the normal diff cover. I specifically checked before buying it since people had been mentioning that some 26's had gotten the smaller finned part.

Agree with Ren, RA lends itself well to some pretty awesome photos. One of my favorites was from One Lap when I went in 2023. Speaking about T11, the trick is to get full track left and almost touch the curbing on the way down after going under the bridge before turning in for 12. The car...

Without running a true vacuum gauge, it's hard to tell because the readout on the MHD gauges doesn't seem to show much below 1 bar absolute. Most other engines I've worked with will be running around 3.5-5 psi or that .3-.4 bar absolute. It'd be an interesting test to see if the gauge is right...

I think you missed the point. Under vacuum the boiling point or evaporation point of a LOT of fluids gets lower. There is water condensate in your crank case, not coolant. The old adage of getting oil to 100C to boil off impurities is from the era of when manufacturers had vent to atmosphere...

Given the stock turbo on E40-E50 can hit 500 whp, a much improved turbo like Pure800 sized "should" hit those power figures without E blends. I'm not as familiar with what the stock fuel system can handle on regular pump gas after turbo swaps though. Reading your post it sounds like you're...

Why do you think they're too low? The crank case is usually under vacuum from the PCV system, and water boils at a lower temp as pressure is reduced. I run my car in sport cooling mode all the time and the oil is still over the boiling point of water just toodling around (assuming you're not...

To me the GRC harkens back to the 2004-2007 STi. Something that had reasonable daily usage, needed to be wound out to really go quick, and had a fun personality. Neither platform was able to get a ton of power without opening the engine up, both needed some suspension to really do well on...

Full tread ECS or PS4S at a track day that's hot do have a chance of chunking or delamination. It's highly dependent on pace and ambient temp along with tread depth itself. As the tread depth gets lower they become much more resistant to damage from tread squirm. The delta on track between a...

Ran with SCCA Targa this past week and reset my personal bests at each track despite the heat. Charlotte Motor Speedway (Charlotte NC) - road course - 6/10/26 - 1:35.6: NCCAR (eastern NC) - counter clockwise - 6/11/26 - 1:31.2: North Wilkesboro Speedway (western NC) - 6/12/26 - 21.8...

As anecdotal data, I'm familiar and have tuned with Haltech, Cobb, and HPTuners. Going from tuning NA V8's, especially ones without VVT, to the B58 using MHD is very different. I would suggest this being an instance of paying someone to get you the tune you want on the fuel you want and making...

I've ran the new RZ against the A052 and generally prefer the RZ. The Yok is fine in cooler temps, or for a single flying lap. For most other scenarios the RZ is better, and now comes in a lot more sizes than the RS. The wear on the RZ is also pretty awesome with several people I know running...

Glad to see the thread recover and become about automotive enthusiasm vs being a dick for no reason. It's enjoyable to see people be happy about their car purchases. Any time someone gets to buy (one of) their dream car(s) it's a good day.

The answer is the same no matter what transmission you have. Do your burnouts in 1st. The second modulation/brakes question is one I'd suggest finding a very secluded parking lot and practicing.

I think I mentioned it in PM, but I won't be there. I will be at the CMP TT with SCCA in June though.

There are anecdotes about several OEM's using pads that were very similar to the DS2500, and lots of stories about people able to use OEM pads to get through a session or two as well. As mentioned, Brembo makes the OEM Supra pad. They've had some pretty good compounds lately since I know the...

The newer ones still have adhesive (mine is a 2026 and had it), but I imagine the lower amount of miles/time means it's less hateful.

I’ve left them on for over a month now and they’re quiet for the most part. More quiet than the Pagid’s were. If they stay this quiet I might not need to go back to the stock pads this winter.

I mount/balance all my own tires, and there's a pretty direct correlation to amount of lube used and amount the tire will slip. The RS and RZ are both somewhat stiff tires so if the shop had trouble mounting them they may have used more lube. Nothing bad, and not much you can do about it other...

I didn't when I swapped them in. That said, I had some shudder in the first session when I went to VIR last month. I had tried doing some basic pad bedding before, but evidently didn't get enough heat through them on the street to do a clean/bed. I had gone from Pagid to stock to PMU 999's...

This. -3.6 with zero toe front works for me, but if I could I'd run -4. I will say I might go down from -2.5 and .2 degrees of toe in per side rear to -2.2ish and .1ish degree of toe in per side. The wear on the tires from VIR showed I wasn't using the rears as much as I should have, so I'd...