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Bought a straight, untinkered standard Toyota Rev5 NA with full leather and 21k on the clock in 2001.
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Driving this car reminded me of
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My 2 went in for the
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But it didnt stop there, I wanted more power and after reading loads and many late
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A long list later that included forged pistions, Piper 264 cams, Radtec chargecooler, KO Racing R1 zorst, TRD ARbs and strut braces, carbotech pads etc etc, my car became a beast with 352 ATW at 1.4 bar
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Then after pouring a lot of time, money, thought into that mr2 and getting it to the stage of just needing one more remap to tweak the power to 400 bhp,.
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Then after one hell on earth, doomed lecherous relationship ended with me kicking out my cheating Ex to the kerb, and lost all interest with my mr2 before meeting many months later, my wife to be.
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We got engaged, needed the money and sold it to Rash from RA Motors in March 2008 to fund getting married and buying a
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Then as Rash drove off in her I could still hear her on the motorway as he gave it some beans
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Rash then advertised her for sale.
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Fast forward a few years and I wanted an MR2 again and bought Jimgts REV5 in March 2012, so a deal was struck and I bought her
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But although this was a great modified mr2, I missed my old 2 and a chance conversation with Peter and he told me that he still saw my old 2.
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In fact he flew out there every few years to work on my car, service it, clutch change etc.
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