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This piece was just waiting for a lower carbon fiber cover to be added.Ĭraft Square carbon fiber mirrors are an expected addition to any Japanese time attack build. Some parts, like the front splitter, were already fitted. Seeing the kit laid out on the ground made it easy to understand what it’s all about and the parts it’s comprised of. I was in the right place at the right time to witness a pretty cool part of the process – the cutting of the front fenders.
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Mechanics were laying down one side of the overfender kit as well as fitting and laser-adjusting the dry carbon rear wing on its two stays. When I visited HKS HQ a couple of days ago, the 86 was a hive of activity. This of course means that HKS’s supercharger and turbo kits need to be revised, and with them the supporting accessories – including electronics – that allow everything to function. For the short-term though, and with the demo car’s Tokyo Auto Salon debut just around the corner, HKS is concentrating on how it looks. That’s because the refreshed Hachiroku comes with a stroked version of its original flat-four engine, the additional 400cc of capacity bringing a 30hp bump and, more importantly, +45Nm to the midrange. This is a new R&D platform for a refined HKS product range, and the car will likely be used for the next few years in order to the test the limits of 86/BRZ tuning. But in the case of HKS and their new Toyota GR86 demo machine, it’s actually a bit more involved than that.
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This goes for a lot of other shops and big parts manufacturers in Japan too, because with the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon now only a couple of weeks away (if Omicron doesn’t spoil that party), there are final touches to be put on demo cars that will serve as promotional tools for their products over the course of the coming year. Even though we’re in the holiday season, there isn’t much rest happening over at HKS.