1989 rev1 twin entry turbo

[loudandproud205]

I had one of these


someone made an offer on it so we parted company leaving me this


with out much thought process someone linked me to this on piston heads


needed a little work, short tax and test, so drove 150 miles and collected for the pricely sum of £900

bit of tech

imported in 1998
1991 toyota MR2 3S-GTE T-bar
twin entry turbo
standard engine with dump valve (althou its had an after market air filter at some point as the adapter was in the boot)
turbo timer
trd leads and hks spark plugs
lowered about 45mm
17" alloys with bridgstone tyres
toad ai606 alarm cat 1 with lots of toys on it
half leather interior (scruffy)
painted consol
hks steering wheel
razo gearknob
sony double din cd,tape, radio
sony speakers (fit for the bin!)


hole hog of history with it,
engine and gearbox replaced in 2008 with a 80kms unit
new track rod ends
just had £400 service!!

every mot from import, and import documents

only prob is the owners manual is in japanesse and my jap is isnt as good as it used to be

[loudandproud205]

i since found out it was a december 1989 model not the 1991 as he stated

not the end of the world,

quick plans

tidy up the shell as paint is just starting to fade on the roof
good clean inside
have engine checked to make sure its 100%
have chassis checked make sure there is a nice clean platform
change clocks to 140 mph units (make sure its limitor has been raised)
japspeed quickshift

should be able to decide if i want to strip it or not after first track outing, main thing putting me of is the dash, and upseting weight balance

sorted 1 or 2 niggles out that were annoying me like
rear fog light, wire had broke somewhere so replaced the wire wors fine now, but what an ass of a job,
you need to unclip the side relflector to get at the retaining screws for cluster, then remove plasics in top of boot to get the inner retaining screw, cluster can then be removed, then there is the getting it from the boot throught the engine bay, and firewall removing all interior panels to try find suitable gromit, also double skined really didnt help, tyurned in to quite a long winded job.

got the turbo timer working correctly to now but interferes with alarm, so just have to either let it alarm its self which it does after around 5/6 mins or leave it for a min then alarm no effort really

got cd player and other speaker working as that was driving me insane

did give it a good wash and polish, but tyres have never been shined before so the application wasnt as sucessfull as id hoped, so its got more, gonna give it good polish again this week seems it didnt get done for trax it was filthy

while at trax did a 0-60 run and also decided it was a safe place to check if it was limited to 112mph still,

impressed ish with results for a first attempt 6.48s 0-60

(thanks titch)

and i can report its not limited thank god saved me £180

however really looking for new steering wheel now as the hks one is doing my boobs in, but there was nowt took my fancy at trax

also found passenger side brake caliper to be binding causing pad to wear faster than normal, so awaiting new pads and see what i can do with caliper

(i have shiney pics of it when it was waxed being uploaded)

[loudandproud205]

front passenger side pad was bindin so i replaced them, only went ebc ultra as i plan to upgrade to rev 2+ versions

so i gave it a good wash (excuse camra phone pics)


so went to a nice quite spot for some pics

[loudandproud205]

tried to be less homosexual today, by removing a bit of its fat!

not to much just yet, but both boots are now empty, also had a little look at the old owners attempt at audio and quite frankly he xxxxxx fails on epic levels,

brainstorm lets disconnect the 6 speaker system and sub, and fit 2 master bates ass sony co-axils in the doors that cut out crackle and are in general xxxxxx nasty, oh and dont fit, so he had brainwave to fit them with washers WTF!!!!

so gonna have a think about what to do about that,

also put little deposit down on some new seats,

won boost gauge and adjuster on ebay






bought fresh wheel from aidys mate, as the one thats in there is doing my boobs in and wasnt D shape so one of them should be on its way to me soon, fingers crossed its same mounting as the one i have,


also mister barnes has sorted me some lovely seats out, which kinda puts a predicament on things fixed back carbon kevlar side mounted jobbies lovely small issue on mounting them thou, sure il sort it but may have bit of pondering.

also leaves me an issue on losing carpets and what not, not sure if am ready for that just yet as am enjoying a bit of comfort and refinement lol



ordered some more stalks as ive lost main beam, its there when i flash just not when i push slalk forward, strange it is

[loudandproud205]

fitted the new wheel and boost gauge couldnt decide perminate loaction but i like it in the vent so proberly gonna make it more perminate fixture there

[loudandproud205]

bad times
on sunday of my mishap on a1 thanks to some willy in a lorry catching standing water/swerveing or doing something he shouldnt and ending up in my lane with out any warning leaving me no where to go and caught a xxxx load of standaing water which put me in the barrier,

lorry driver behind me said god knows how i kept it there with out tw@ting in to all the other people on the road, police and highway agency were alot happier it being single car incident, but the bill for damage is going to exceed 4k

and well the cars xxxxx tbqfh




so from this at trax in september

to this on 1st of november

[loudandproud205]

that was at the side of a1 in p1$$ing rain, got it back home, no chassis damage althou tracking is a bit out, but its creased the door shut.

unsure what to do with it yet

but need a full set of wheels as finding 1 the same as i had will be next to impossible as there discontinued around 5/6 years ago,
slam panel,bumper, fogs, drivers side head light, wing, door, and a very good panel beater lol

[loudandproud205]

so i built up the enthuisam to sort it out and make it something again i set about on the hunt for wheels and body parts

spotted some enkei racing s 2 peice split rims under a bad listing on ebay,
won them for £80 with good tyres on, so treked from my house to essex to collect them


traked down a front bumper
nipped to hull to collect that

[loudandproud205]

after to much mulled wine i forgot i bid on this

only small problem.............

ermmm its meant for a 275gtb ferrari!!!!! opps only paid £35.10 delivered so not all bad seems it cost original owner £2000 fabricated and fitted!!

not sure what on earth am gonna do with it!!

[loudandproud205]

so with change of heart i decided it was time to put ones hand in his pocket and pull some upgrades out

so bought
hks powerflow filter
stainless decat
rev4 clear front repeaters with markers
5zegin cat back exhaust


time to ease up and fit some parts

[loudandproud205]

rare bit of progress
bumper fitted, with help of my persuader


then a bit of a clean as its not seen any shampoo since before november

[loudandproud205]

then the diet kicked in again



at some point this will either be skipped or sold pending effort required

[loudandproud205]

that leads me nearly to date.
and thinking of this show spec, but audio easy to remove for track/race sessions
what am hoping will be the spec when finished stage1

exterior
bomex front bumper
border side skirts
border rear spats
rev4+ clear indicators
toms air scoop
low rise headlights/or 6x4 gto headlights
possible T bar glass covers replacd with fibr glass cover

interior
omp wheel, momo boss
corbeau seats
3" harnesses
2" harness bar
all interior carpets headlining removed, with sound deadening binned

engine
3sgte
boost set around 1bar with power control mbc
hks power filter
japspeed decat
5zeigen flexi
5zeigen 4" tail pipe
xs power inercooler
st205 charge cooler

chassis
rev2+ brake upgrade with mintex 1144 pads
rev1 rebuildabe struts with bilstien dampers and tein springs (possible upgrade to coilovers with pillow box adjusters)
16" enkei racing s split rims
15" track wheels
front and rear upper and lower braces

audio
alpine 7998r with iphone interface
focal poly glass 5.25" (pending some focal poly kevlar 5.25s)
audioson srx4
rockford fosgate bd1000.1
alpine type x daul 4


think that will see me happy for a while

**already done**
**to be fitted**
**to be bought**

[loudandproud205]

right so ive figured out copy and psting images dont work correctly, neither does colours dam it!!!

any way ive lost my camra cable for the pc, but ive bought some 15" track wheels, and won some silcone hoses from ebay

i shall update with pics when cable has reappeared or ive bought a new one

something ive learnt from this is that mr2 exhausts are hatefull things and if it ever needs working on again its going to exhaust and tyre place lol

[DAN_REV1_TURBO]

Nice one mate, I enjoyed reading that! Got to the bit where it looked trashed and thought `oh noooo..`lol. Fair play for keeping it on the road!

[nikaiyo]

Lol thought this was another Mr2 dead from wet roads at the begining!

Looking good man, love the Bomex front bumper & Enki split rims for £80....

[loudandproud205]

few bits i missed last night.

some 15" split wheels designed for track use


cant complain at another set of bargain wheels £50

and some silcone hoses that were fitted today and what a ball ache


ive had to replace every old jubilee clip with brand new ones due boost pressure making old ones loose seal with new hoses fitted.

tided up the engine bay a fair bit.

exhaust system is now on and fully complete sound dee rumble on tick over but jesus its like death when you rev it up and it comes on boost.

just need to sort out that rear drivers side wheel nut now as it wont come of for me to fit the enkeis on the rear, and ive also picked up a nasty vibration from the from when i drive, feels like the wheel nuts are loose.

time for me to get some fresh stock versions and hae a look under it see if anything is a miss

[Mike 'MR2' McHugh]

Nice thread mate, i enjoyed that

[loudandproud205]

thanks for the positive comments

should have done this a while ago as it seems to have pushed me a bit more it the right direction.

and am so happy wit the exhaust, also oee proper motorsport towing eye for the back as am cutting the one of near the exhaust so its sits better and the gonna replace the other one with the motorsport version.

then address body work a little futher, and hopefull have it in paint before end of may

[loudandproud205]

oh and progress, over paid dumb xxxx that dont know what there doing and added specialist that have no idea.

id like to say a big thank you and **** OFF!!!!!

i was having trouble removing the rear wheel bolts on the drivers side, seemed welded of, so what did these so called experts do???? crack all the xxxxxx allen nuts idiots!!!!!!

and then with a ermmm i dont know what ya gonna do pal!!!
you could try remove the hub and replace the whole lot, you cracked the nuts you dick head!!!!!!!!

any way few phones and so refreshed enthusiam xxxxx would come of, wheel needs minor refurb like but its of and nothing else was damaged.

next time i wont think sod the expense and get some other person to do it, il do the xxxxxx myself first time round.

update:
started like this one afternoon


one cat that wouldnt come off!!!


no matter which way ya tried wasnt coming off



oh and the wheel that as far as experts say couldnt ever be removed from hub!!!!


showed what they knew!!!!!!!!
et volia!



NOTE KIDS USE COPPER GREASE OR THIS xxxx GETS REAL!!!!


**anyone know any good wheel refurb place that could do me a small repair on a couple of rims **

so few new bits ordered so ensure that it was right, and on the case for rev2 brakes as the rear caliper is shot and chewed hell out of the pad.