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Hi all, thought id out up a little thread to introduce myself! i have owned a few toyota's before, 5 starlet turbo's and a st205 wrc :) but this is my first mr2 and i LOVE it! its only a rev2 n/a atm but purchased it to see if id like mr2's before splashing the cash on a turbo.. but as i said its br...

looks lovely mate, love the bonnet and headlight cover combo aswell..

just not a fan of the smoked indicators, but thats just personal preference

Skywalker wrote:you could play the guessing game all day long!

Get it looked at and fix what needs fixing, rather than buying random parts and hoping!

Agreed, mine has same symptoms, seems to be dead, i,e no power whatsoever.

will be coming to see you soon luke!

cheers

simon

amazing build, sorry to see what happend!

glad your all okay!

si

Anddddd slight lateral play is fine, it's longitudinal play that is more concerning IMO and indicates wear to thrust bearing bud so might be worth giving the comp a little tug before you drop it off if you were to check.. But once again I'd be surprised!

Ta

Yeh my td05 was the same mate. Sometimes would sometimes wouldn't.

If you concerned just drop the tub of and check the turbine is still there lol, but I'm 99.9% convinced your fine

Cheers

Si

regarding this steel shaft business, afaik, the only steel shafted stock turbo is found on the rare WRC gt4s, no other mr2 or celica had a steel shafted turbo.... Ahh this would make sense, my wrc had the lines into the mani for anti lag.. which app. could be set up?!! but the pipes were blocked.. ...

love it

FWIW I have just had my turbo (CT20b) rebuilt with a steel shaft, steel exhaust wheel, new seals and bearings and balanced for under £350. I don't know what Celica turbos go for but I doubt there are many 17yr old turbo units around that are guaranteed not to have blown seals. so technically simila...

this isnt un normal / common from my experience i think its down to the fact that the engine is not "flowing" enough exhaust gas on idle to get it going. i had a td05 on a starlet back in the day and that sat still on idle. revved it, off it went, then slowed and stopped after it had retur...

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Check your system hasn't any airlocks around the heater matrix first. Also check your coolant system is full and not leaking and also that the water pump is pumping surely if it has an air lock or the pump has failed youll find it'l be over heating ridiculously, coolant temp wise, which indirectly ...

LoL as an ex '205 owner I'm pretty sure the power levels are the same (I always thought I saw more write-ups on big power '205's than SW20's) -but you end up spending so much money on silly maintenence items on the '205 that that seems to be where the money goes. hmmm im ex st205 to.. i tend to agr...

not changed one on an mr2, cant forsee it being hard, itl just be sitting inside the thrmo housing, il have a look at lunch and let you know where its located.

sorry cant say more, only had mine a week or so

never ever ran a bov, love the sound of stall and hate the sound of tshhhhhhh lol.

never once had an issue.

and correct me if im wrong but i was under the impression it was only the uk gt4's that ran steel turbine, thought imports were still ceremaic..

just like the supra's...

ahhh if not then thats awesome!

yeh get it on the weigh bridge

looks great!!

But i loved the look of the gt and pp oil cooler

id agree with thermo mate

jasongtr wrote:i would hope to get my rev1 moonroof with no abs or ps, and light weight seats/wheels down to 1150 if possible - without going extreme or spending silly money on carbon parts

you have got a v6 though mate... thatll add a fair chunk of weight..