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TOYOTA 86 FESTIVAL

I personally went to the Toyota 86 Festival and it attracted more than 500 people to the event. It was a great experience, meeting the other fellow Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ owners. There were also quite a few turbocharged and supercharged 86's and BRZ's in the crowd and it really opened my eyes to the vast modification potential of the cars. In all, the event was highly well organised and entertaining. The 86/BRZ chief engineer, Tetsuya Tada, was present at the event and signed my engine fuse box and dashboard cover. He says it will increase the resale value of the car!

Here is a link to the news article surrounding the events of the Toyota 86 Festival:

http://www.motoring.com.au/news/2013/sports/toyota/86/festival-of-86-attracts-record-crowd-38147

ENGINE SWAPS IN THE 86

People have swapped the stock Subaru-made FA20 engine for much higher horsepower engines such as the 2JZ-GTE Toyota-made twin turbo engine. Is it worth it?

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49039

2JZ-GTE engine in the Toyota 86

FA20 engine in the 86 being swapped out

86 Twin Scroll Turbo Kit

JDLAutoDesign have recently released the first Twin Scroll Turbo Kit for the 86. It is quite remarkable with the horse power that can be achieved with it. Below is a graph of a comparison of an 86 with the kit and without the kit.

The kit comes with:

- JDL Stainless Steel Twin Scroll Tubular Manifold
- Dual 38mm MVS wastegate flanges
- JDL 3″ Stainless Steel Vband Downpipe
-JDL 38mm MVS Stainless Steel Dump Tubes VTA
- JDL Aluminum Intake powder coated texture black for OEM look
- Precision 51mm Billet Wheel Ball Bearing Turbo
- 2 TiAL 38mm MVS wastegates
- Tial Q 50mm BOV
- JDL Short Path Aluminum Intercooler piping (powder coated texture black for OEM look) with all couplers and Tbolt Clamps
- JDL 500HP Intercooler
- Oil Lines and oil pan fitting for drain
- 2 Spal 12″ High Performance Slim Fans
- All Vband clamps needed

Source: http://www.my-86.com/

TOYOTA 86 BATHURST DEBUT

WATCH REEVES RIP IN DURING THE 40 MINUTE BATHURST RACE DEBUT.................

SOURCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QneOTpHJtO8

They're gonna wreck it and make a HYBRID :( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rumour has it that a petrol-electric hybrid variant of the Toyota 86 sports car is nearing an "advanced" stage, though a productionised version is still far from a certainty.

Unlike that other Toyota hybrid, the Prius, the 86 hybrid is widely expected to utilise a KERS-type system to deliver a momentary boost in power to supplement the internal combustion engine.

However in an interview with British outlet Autocar, Toyota's senior manager of drivetrain engineering Koei Saga said that a multi-mode hybrid set up derived from Toyota's other road cars coud also be adapted to the 86.

Citing the Japanese automaker's experience with the PriusLexus hybrids as well as its Le Mans hybrid race car, Saga told Autocar that engineering a sporty hybrid set up would not be a great challenge for the automaker.

The extra weight of a hybrid's high-voltage battery pack would also be offset by the dynamic benefits of mounting that weight low in the chassis, he said.

But although work is already well underway, don't expect to see a hybrid 86 in your local Toyota showroom any time soon - it has yet to be given the go-ahead by Toyota's management.

Yet Saga is confident that should the nod be given, it won't take long for the technology to transition from prototype to production.

Source: http://www.themotorreport.com.au/57315/toyota-86-hybrid-development-nears-completion-report

TOYOTA 86 TO MAKE RACING DEBUT AT BATHURST

THE first Toyota 86 to hit Australia’s race tracks looks set to make it’s racing debut at the Bathurst Motor Festival this Easter – and the team in question hopes fans of the hugely popular new car come along for the ride.

FIND OUT MORE AT: http://bathurstmotorfestival.com.au/?q=uncategorized/toyota-86-to-make-racing-debut-at-motor-festival 

The Pedders Motorsport team is set to be the first to race the new sports coupe’ in Australia – and possibly the world in production-based form - and has organised a drive event at Mount Panorama to help celebrate the vehicles debut as part of the Production Touring Car field next weekend.

FIND OUT MORE AT:http://www.modern sportscars.com.au/driver-profiles/toyota-86-takes -modern-sports-cars 

Chris Reeves of Triple Zero Racing will partner with open wheeler stalwart Bruce Colby in their Toyota 86 for next months Modern Sports Cars Series.

Triple Zero Racing (TZR) was formed in 2009 with the Police VE HSV. In 2011 TZR finished 3rd in the highly competitive Production Touring Club Championship. For 2013 TZR took on the challenge of building and preparing one of Australia’s first Toyota 86GTS circuit racers. The aim for 2013 is to win the Production Car Club Championship. After two rounds at Bathurst and Sydney Motorsport Park, the team is well placed for the assault.