Check the boring things.
Brakes, fluids, tyres, wheel fasteners and anything capable of ending the day before I learn anything.
Toyobaru
My Toyota GT86.
I bought it used, with roughly 180,000 km, a six-speed automatic and enough history missing to make every confident assumption slightly suspicious. It is still close to stock and I want to understand that baseline before turning it into a shopping list.
Current snapshot
What I know about it today
- Engine
- FA20, 2.0 naturally aspirated boxer
- Gearbox
- 6-speed automatic
- Drive
- Rear-wheel drive
- Mileage
- Approximately 180,000 km
- Suspension
- Stock baseline
- Use
- Road car, preparing for regular track days
What I am doing now
Preparing the car without pretending I already know what it needs.
Record the first real baseline.
RaceChrono and RaceBox for position, an in-car camera for context and heart rate for the driver side of the story.
Bring it home healthy.
The first event is for learning the circuit and the car, not proving anything with one heroic lap.
Review before modifying.
I will analyse the video and telemetry at home, then decide which problem is real enough to deserve money.
Blog
Notes about the car
No Toyobaru posts yet. The first one will start with the preparation rather than a made-up back catalogue.