this sub doesn't let me post videos so here's a link to the post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CarHelp/s/wRLrdcVaUj
wondering if anyone else had this issue before I take anything apart. it's been there for a while but it's gotten louder recently.
it's only audible when the car is on but engine off. the car drives and idles fine, could be a little smoother but I blamed that on the tune. is this just a symptom of a dirty throttle body?
I've owned this car for over 10 years now and both the center console and the little cubby under the climate control always seemed awkward to me. I finally did something about both.
The center console has a phone cubby with a built in wireless charger, a now enclosed storage area, and a cup holder.
As for the switch panel, I copied the idea from racecargoburrr, but I wanted to make my own. It's connected to a tracbox (which gives me some fun track day functions), my valved exhaust (this was by far the hardest part of this whole project since I knew almost nothing about circuitry or wiring going into this. I had to convert a simple on-off toggle signal to send out two different momentary signals to open and close the valve).
I've been reading up on these, and apparently the factory v braces reverberate a lot of road noise into the cabin (specifically at highway speeds). I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with these and what their thoughts were.
To be clear I'm not expecting them to reduce noise across the board. I don't mind the NVH from my car at city/cruising speeds, it only becomes an issue at highway speeds. Once I'm around highway speeds there is a sound that feels more ear piercing than the other noises bouncing around on the car.
Sorry for the lack of sound, not sure why my camera didn't capture it this time. This was my first OTD this season, and my first one on some new parts so I'm still getting a feel for their limit. There are a couple sections/turns I know I can make up time in with some more bravery (mainly the turn going into the straight, I'm overly cautious about losing control and going into the sound wall there after seeing it happen to someone else). I'm sure there are other sections I can tidy up as well, and I'm aware that running more negative camber would help on this particular track but would like to avoid that for now. I'd like to get under 1:20 without making changes to the car itself.
Car is an FRS/BRZ/86 (first gen), set up as a track friendly daily.
Mods:
Catless UE) Gruppe S headers
Nvidia high flow catted front pipe
Xforce valvtronic catback
e85 tune
Ohlin R&R coilovers with their solid top mounts
(3 clicks from their stiffest settings)
GKtech LCA
PP Brembo calipers with OEM Brembo pads
DBA street T2 rotors
Continental Extremecontact Sport 02 tires
About -2.3° camber in the front and -1.7° in the rear
noticed this nail in my sidewall, tires are brand new basically so they're still covered and will be replaced soon. is this okay to leave the nail in and drive on it as is for a couple of days?
also these tires have no more than 1000 miles, it should be okay to replace just one tire right?