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If you're taking it out the bottom, you don't have to remove the rad, etc. But i always like to leave plenty of room, and whipping calipers off etc takes 30 seconds.
Out the top is my preference, but f you have a ramp/air tools, subframe down is probably quicker. The clips for the subframe bolts always snap for me, and that's a bit of a headache.
List of parts to remove:
Battery
Airbox
front bumper
slam panel
arch liners
upper inlet
drain coolant
rad & fan...
Yeah, no need to remove the box from the bay for a clutch change. Just have to make sure the clutch plate is 100% in the middle or the box won't go back on.
Really, it all depends on how handy you are with the spanners, but it's not hugely difficult.
Oh, and if you've never done it before, get...
Possible without removing exhaust manifold, but it's fiddly.
Airbox out. Battery out, upper inlet manifold off. Sm heatshield off.
13mm copper nut holds the loom to the SM. Also a tiny spade connector.
3x 13mm bolts at far side of the gearbox hold the sm on.
Should wiggle out.
Trickiest bit...
Jack is best because it keeps it level. Engine crane will make it wonky.
Isn't any quicker doing them at the same time tbh.
Upper engine mount is 10 mins work.
Upper gearbox is 20 mins,
No offence taken Princess.
If this conversation was down the pub, I'd still have the same view.
Chasing grams is utterly pointless for a trackday car, racing I can see the point of as time matters, but for trackdays, it's all about fun. It's about having a good day.
Ultimately, the only...
Why is making it as light as possible the be all and end all?
Racing, I can understand.
Trackdays, like f**k does 10kgs here or there make a difference.
General consensus is avoid Toyosport like the plague,
But you never listen to anything we say anyway, so crack on, buy it, complain it's knackered after 3 months and buy another exhaust.