Hi All,
I've been a member for some years and originally
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(way back in 2010) wanted tog et an MR2.
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I started saving what little money I had and was making some headway towards an MR2, but the missus had a wedding in mind.
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The fund was depleted and I was sad.
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I did get a Mitsubishi GTO TT from some guy on a GTO forum for
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£181.
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I loved that car, it was ridiculous and due to my strained economic situation it was never going to work out.
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Your fun car cannot be your mainw ay of getting around.
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Today I am much more successful, I can indulge myself!
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I wasnt planning on getting abck into the MR2 scene.
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In fact I hadnt thought of it for a while, I wanted to do some local targa rallying but didnt want a generic fiesta or corsa.
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MR2 91 N/A on facebook for
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£500 seemed like a great idea.
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Unfrotunately the suspension was not the best, it had an MOT and I insured it for
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£116 lol.
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I had a bit of a fun with it but it wasnt right.
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The suspension was a major problem.
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The steering was sloppy and it wasn't really safe.
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I tried to cheap out with a used coilover set but really i just wasted a little bit of money.
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It needed new shocks, springs, top mounts, drop links, bushings the works.
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I couldnt justify the cost on a
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£500 car and my daily driver threw a wobbler and needed a new clutch and dual mass flywheel.
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So that killed any drive to work on the car.
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Some time later I started to get an itch, maybe if I turbo'd it, then I would be happy.
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The N/A has a blue interior which, is different and I didnt like it.
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Eventually I found a candidate.
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No MOT, gen 2 3sgte turbo swap.
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I saw it running and had a good look over the chassis.
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It has an imoc sticker so it might be known.
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I picked it up last week:
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I got it home and was immediately foiled by the immobiliser, a quick call to the previous owner who was a really great guy and I was home free.
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The interior was great, and it was a T-Bar.
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I love the T-Bar look.
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Incredibly important detail.
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My WIFE loves the T-BAR!
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A leaky seal and bad weather between viewing and pickup meant the driver side footwellw as underwater basically.
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Luckily the guy had given me the car cover.
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First order of business was a small service.
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I had oil, oil filter, fuel filter and a replacement for the halfords performance fitler:
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I also replaced the rorot, I would ahve done the distributor but it wasnt in stock.
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Rounded
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(not by me i swear!!) phillips head on the rotor made it dificult.
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I extracted the plastic carefully to expose the bolt and replaced with one from the N/A
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(now known as Doner2.
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I also used compressed air to clear out as much debris and leaves and spiders and other crap as I could.
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There were some other bits I tidied up too.
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When I put it all back together it roared into life.
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It already soudned a lot better.
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So it feels like there is more to come.
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I got ot the point of oil change and fitler.
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Checked the coolant line in the engine bay, its not a great situation.
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I will need to flush it with something.
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First question: Is there anything I can use as a de-sludger for the coolant.
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I'm looking at multiple refills with water? then finally use coolant? Was gonna just follow the chris-fix video.
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Looking at the MOT history its not been run in a while.
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I did take it up and down the lanes around my house, it found all gears fine but there are issues.
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This leads me nicely on to the plan:
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Short Term
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- Get it on the road I need to get it ready for MOT!
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- All brakes need replacing, going to use Doner 2 as a source for new calipers and buy a cheap pads and discs kit.
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Fluid refresh
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(no ABS).
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- All new tyres, it has 15" and honestly I like the way it was handling, so I will just get new tyres
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(£50 or each for half decent tyres).
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- Flush/refresh the coolant.
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- Oil change and filter
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- Speedo is not working at all, gonna fit a cheap GPS speedo for now.
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- Rev counter is way under reporting.
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I noticed when I was braking that the rev counter came to life.
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Probably a connections issue.
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- Fit a cheap manual boost gauge, who knows what is going on back there.
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- New plugs and leads and a new distributor.
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They are crusty.
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- Refresh the rubber seals with conditioner.
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It sits in a garage and wont really be out in the rain.
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Some rust and paint issues to fix before fixing this permanently.
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Long Term Goals
Using the ATS racing
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"the recipe" as a guiide, I want to acruse some parts over the next onths and work my way towards that goal.
http://www.atsracing.net/Blog/View/26
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Fully forged, Standalone ECU, bigger turbo and injectors, replace the intercooler etc.
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I really enjoy build threads so I'm gonna use this to document how I'm doing and where I am coming from.
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I'll try and be better with the pictures.
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