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I havent updated my thread for a while but I have been busy doing a few bits so thought it was about time First of all I have been trying to make the interior a bit less bland Installed a Momo Race steering wheel, Stainless dial surround and White dials http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd113/brumm...

matt-mr2 wrote:is this still for sale

any more pics please

No sorry went this weekend

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd113/brummies3/Race%20Wars%202011%20-%201024/P7245006.jpg I bought this when my MR2 Turbo self destructed as a stop gap however this decided to self destruct 15 miles after purchasing it :lol: Anyway since then I purchased another engine and swapped it over which...

Interested aswell

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to Nathan for all the hard work he has put into my MR2 to get to the stage it's at after only about 3-4 weeks! Even with quite a few additional jobs including collection of the car and the MOT he still kept the labour the same as originally agreed :) I'm really...

So after about 3 week of Nathan having the car it was ready for collection last night so I'm now busy running it in and really enjoying the nice new rebuilt engine :) I also purchased a few additonal parts for the build: - ARP Main studs & Bolts - ARP Flywheel Bolts - Exedy Stage 1 Organic clutc...

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd113/brummies3/MR2%20Turbo/8eac4010.jpg Quick update, car went off to Nathan last week. This week Nathans took the motor out and stripped it down ready for machining, he found it was actually head gasket that had gone not the rings :o However he has said that the...

Thanks guys

Got most of my parts now for the rebuild and decided to go fully forged in the end Wiseco Pistons http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd113/brummies3/Engine%20Rebuild/PC155507.jpg Eagle rods http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd113/brummies3/Engine%20Rebuild/PC155509.jpg http://i221.photobucket.com/a...

That's an awesome looking 2 mate

Bought some more goodies today ready for the rebuild

- ACL Race bearings
- ARP Head studs
- Cometic MLS Headgasket

Cheers mate, my thoughts exactly just not looking forward to picking up the bill

Neil_turbo wrote:That's the spirit! Good luck with the build!

Thanks mate

Ok so first the bad news :( I have put in a lot of effort on the MR2 and this a couple of months ago I dropped the car into Nathan at Century to have the following: New alternator and belt, Aircon removed, decat fitted, oil and filter change, fuel filter, FCD and finally the Apexi AVCR fitted :) So ...

What area are you from mate?

riot68 wrote:Superb, my plan for winter is to sort the engine bay, think matt black maybe the way to go, did you hand paint the lettering or is it a badge?...

No mate it's not paint, I filled the letters after the paint had hardened

RedMR² wrote:That looks fantastic mate! all works well. Nice job

Thanks mate

Excellent work, looking forward to see the end result

Another update, I have now changed the thermostat and put everything back together. I'm happy with how its starting to look now under the bonnet :) I ran it tonight to get it up to temperature however it still wont go above a 1/4 if the way on the temperature guage even after 20mins :( so I'm guessi...

Mike 'MR2' McHugh wrote:What paint did you use on the rocker cover ? I want to do my heat shiled that colour and finish

I have only used Halfords High Temperature paint