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........ will it fit in the mr2 without too much work? i dont wanna spend on an mr2 turbo gearbox if i dont have to......... is it better to stay with the charge cooler setup? or go with the mr2 turbo intercooler setup???.. coz its getting done this week.... IIRC his has a higher top speed due to the ratio's too.matt_mr2t wrote:If you have an ST205 chargecooler stick with it!
If not get one or an aftermarket intercooler.
As for the gearbox, Mark Edwards has one I believe after destroying his Tubby gearbox.
/ higher top speed combo?"And then we come to my history with gearboxes of course. The first one was changed due to a dodgy syncro as Ive said, then I completely mashed 4th gear in the second box due to me being a little over enthusiastic at santa pod one day. That was then rebuilt with new cogs only for me to break the 3rd/4th selector fork. With that fixed and effectively on my 4th box I went to TOTB IV only to wreck the same selector fork again on only my 3rd run, not a good day out really. Which then brings us to its current box. After deciding the rev1 internals just werent up to the job it was time to scrap the box in favour of the stronger and better geared rev2+ box, but before it went in I had a few bit to do to it. First up was the TRD diff as having one of these in the rev1 box. I was very happy with the way it behaves. Also fitted was the higher ratio final drive thanks to massive input from Dino helping with part numbers and what needed to be done. Currently this gives me a theoretical top speed of 186mph, but Ill be changing tyre sizes soon for other reasons, but these will then increase that speed to 191mph. "
...change the oil cooler, the selectors forks, and you'll need the mr2 blanking plate for the transfer box i believe... ... .. think it might have to be either fensport or tdi north..... .. is it worth the hassle to keep the gt4 gearbox???