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Haha I’m ready for my honorary engineering degree pls

I’m kinda rounding but that’s just what the car had out of the factory. They have a little bit of negative rear camber and it’s not adjustable. Most people get rear lower control arms to add more.

The pan is designed around the stock header. Verus is accepting headers or 3D scans of other headers and still has some latitude to tweak the design if small changes allow it to fit other headers. We think that oil is in a combination of places: valve cover and timing housing. I'm definitely interested in a passive drainback from the head. One thing I'd love to know is if the FA20 valve cover (aluminum) bolts onto the FA24 (in place of the plastic valve cover). I assume that change was done for cost reduction, but it makes it harder to add a bung for the drainback. If we could fit the FA20 valve cover, then we could easily modify it to add a AN bung.

@@900BRZ I have a set of FA20 valve covers that I will send to anyone (free of charge) who might want them for test fitting to a FA24.

@@brianlambertp.t.6499 Oh I’d love to try this. I don’t have an out-of-commission FA24 to try it with yet but I could try to convince my local dealer to let my try to swap them on a display FA24 they have to at least see if they bolt up.

@@900BRZ Pass my offer on to Verus or anyone who might want to try a passive drain back system.

@@brianlambertp.t.6499 Will do, thanks!

If you really want to know the ideal oil change interval, used oil analysis is the only real answer. I have a friend who tracks a lot and does annual oil changes. The oil I use does shear down a bit, so I do a change every 4-5 events. We're just receiving the oil pans now, so we're getting ready to install and hopefully do the final round of testing before it can go into production. I don't have an exact ETA. I think having this pan on if you were to take it in for warranty coverage would not be a good idea.

Changing the pickup requires removing the timing cover, so people are generally not pursuing it

Thanks! Currently we haven’t tested with aftermarket headers and Verus hasn’t scanned any AFAIK, so still TBD.

@@900BRZ Thx for that update. Hopefully Versus can take that into consideration. Appreciate what you guys are doing! 👍

@maintenancethrottle thank you!

I would not hesitate to run 5w30 ultra platinum over factory oil! Thanks!

@@900BRZ ok nice the new 2024 white ZD8 should take well to it. Again down south lol Maybe after 1000 miles I’ll run that oil 🏁💪🏼 keep up the great content for the BRZ86/GR86 🇺🇸🇯🇵👍

For daily driving, just make sure your oil level is at the full mark on the dipstick and check the level every other refuel.

I looked some more at my data after uploading this video. Looks like 2nd is strictly better. I was using 3rd all day but when I compared to my previous track day, there was not a single lap where I beat any hot lap where I used 2nd. Next time, I should definitely try using 2nd again. Thanks for the feedback on the camera angles! Enjoy your Sonoma track day-it’s such a great track! Get your braking done early through T10 so you can get back on throttle to stabilize the car and don’t lift mid-corner!

Thank you!

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@@900BRZ I did I may get it I'm getting the GR 86 and I'm in Maine so there's no tracks nearby but doesn't seem like a bad idea anyway

@@900BRZ just earned a sub

For now on the street, you should be good with the stock setup. Just check the oil level frequently and the powertrain warranty should have you covered if you are unlucky.

@@900BRZ sounds good I am picking one up

That’s natural, everyone starts there 👍

This car has the prototype pan I’m helping develop with extra oil capacity

They just need to also come out with a proper aftermarket dip stick so there is more consistency in regards to balance between safety and aeration. At a minimum, I hope they satisfy RS4 Tire levels of grip on 225.

Stock engine (no boost). FA24 has a decent amount of intake noise, and he has an extra microphone under the hood for intake noises.

@@TimurIskhodzhanov I know about the mic. I drive a FA24 BRZ as well. I’ve disabled fake sound and so as this man. Just curious what’s causing the whine at high RPMS, it’s very distinctive. Very turbo

Timur is correct. I don’t have any mic in the cabin so you can’t hear ASC even though it’s still enabled. You’re hearing intake and cam sounds.

Still happy with it. I think for SX2s, it solves the issue. I think the next iteration will have even better performance and hopefully will be well-suited for 200tw.

Thanks!

Thanks for the comment-interesting to have some early mixed feedback on the angles. If you want to nerd out more on the comparison, here’s a screenshot of the data, where you can see I built a big advantage and then lost it in T11: drive.google.com/file/d/11BA7aJFwnsWS1fxrcSezrPgkuw0MtwWB/view?usp=sharing I synced initally by GPS, but because I’m using the a 10 Hz Aim Solo 2, it’s actually not accurate enough. I ended up re-syncing it by hand based on the the reference of the Sonoma banner on the wall on the right side of the start-finish straight.

FWIW, I took the timing off the more accurate 25 Hz Racebox Mini that’s on my dash now but only available in the July 3rd track day, so wasn’t able to use that to sync the videos.

@@900BRZ Ok, the banners on the wall, I see 'em. Thanks! 3:04 Oops, yeah it's me, BioCosmic**Dust. Thanks again.

Interesting, I’ve never even tried Narrow for motorsports. Will have to give it a go.

@@900BRZ wait, didn't you say you used narrow for this one? I might mean normal.

I used Linear for the new lap and Wide for the old one. Narrow is one step narrower than Linear haha

@@900BRZ oops. I think I'm using linear, then.

@grippgoat okay cool, right hand side of the video 🤝

Thanks!

Nope. I think you’re hearing the cams/intake. I mic’d the engine bay and it’s a little whiney.

Awesome, congrats on the new 86! Yeah even though it’s a bit of maintenance to empty the catch cans, I think it’s nice to have an idea how much you’re collecting. Btw, I’ve found the best way to empty it is to suck it out of the dipstick with this syringe: www.amazon.com/dp/B07SMSGWNR

Interesting-I feel like maybe you get a better sense of the balance on the car when it’s wider, but it’s a little easier to see the references on the track when it’s linear. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for the donation and comment! I think a small overfill like you mentioned or even just being super vigilent about checking the oil level and keeping it at or slightly above the full dot is good enough on the street. Any reliability issue given that formula absolutely should be covered under the warranty. Once your warranty expires, I’m confident there will be multiple options for pans on the market given where we’re at now!

Yeah running the first version of the high capacity baffle with a small overfill 1/3-1/2 liter. Pressures look good so not adding more oil!

Yeah, I’m still running the same pan from the last video in the oil pressure series. It’s working great and I’m thinking the next iteration will be even better.

@@900BRZ Heck yeah! Thanks for all the efforts with testing!

@@900BRZ Is this in combination with an overfill?

Small overfill, probably 1/3-1/2 liter

@@900BRZ Sweet, looks like the issue is essentially fixed.

I’m not aware of this as an actual safety issue given modern windows are laminated from multiple layers of glass. Open to being proved wrong though.

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It just sounds different because I have a mic in the rear and one in the engine bay and I’m mixing them.

Not the exhaust note, the induction note. He had a mic in the engine room, explains why.

Ah that explains it. Thank you.

@@900BRZMind sharing some details on your audio/video setup? Mic location, specific mics, audio recorder? I’ve been working on doing a similar setup with 2 mics using Rode VideoMicros. My exhaust mic gets pretty good audio but my intake one just picks up mostly engine/injector noise.

Verus has a new video with a first look and updates: czcams.com/video/DIMl-jgNzZM/video.htmlsi=dQS4q9nXBbgTp7zr At this point timing is still ASAP but nothing specific. We’ll be testing soon.

@@900BRZ Many thanks!

Thank you!

More spring rate? What tires are you running?

Yeah -2.5 deg of camber front and -1.5 deg is not really enough even on SX2. Definitely have excess shoulder wear. In practice my alignment is not quite as those limits (set by the Stock class rules) so I want to change my setup slightly to actually max it out. -4 deg is not unusual for this platform on 200 tw.

I run even wear at -4. On RCE T2s 7k square.