Pick up the car on a low loader with a completely fubard engine and for all I knew
.... any number of other problems. She looked relatively nice and I was happy to pay less than £900 for it. 
Well after a long trip all the way home to Edinburgh from Wolverhampton I set about phase 1.
Phase 1
- Get car on the road:On the way home I picked up a new engine as well so over the next 2-3 months I spent ripping the guts out of the car and preparing the new engine to go in.
At this point I decided to change from Rev 2 to 3 but keep all the decent bits the old owner had left on it.
The new engine on the drive
By doing this in the drive I had to do it slowly due to access and weather issues but eventually the new engine went into the car
From there many many days were spent working out the wiring and hoses and so on, this was more dificult as I had decided to go Rev 3 instead of Rev 2 for the engine.
I finally got to startup stage:
A short vid
And boy was I happy that there was life in the old girl
By then we were looking like this
A few more weeks and the car was engine wise
.... ready for MOT The sills however
- were a state, something I only found out when I ripped the skirts off her.
The old one and the new one I chopped off a breaker.
Car minus the sills after being cleaned up
finally ready for MOT
And finally passed and on the road
All was good at this point for a few months until something went horribly wrong.
I cant say for sure whether it was something I done or something inherited from the old bits I reused but something large and rubber got ingested by the turbo, this destroyed the turbo, and the engine. 
So began phase 2.
Phase 2 consisted of just getting the engine I had just fitted out and another back in.
This was all good and well and didnt take me too long but the engine I had bought from some dodgy Jap Breakers in Birmingham turned out to be knackered too. Camshafts were rattling there nipples off!
So out came that engine back on a pallet to them and the buggers refused to refund me! Simple solution - Visa Chargeback - works a treat for A**SES like that. Now I had my money back 6 weeks later....... I traipsed my ass to the Lake District to pick up another engine and then spent the next month or so dodging rain and miserable weather to get the 3rd engine in. Car eventually made it back on the road befor ethe snow but I put it back off to do phase 3 over the winter Phase 3 consisted of tidying up the interior and changing out some bits for things I really wanted.
..... Away went the BK Racing Wheels to be replaced by Lenso D1R
Away went the Greddy Replica IC to be replaced by an ST205 Chargecooler
Away went the original front brakes
- replaced with S14 Calipers/Supra Discs
Production did stop for a while
....
Away went the old Rev 3 lights
- replaced with Rev 6 lights 
The interior got cleaned up too.
With a new sound system, new mats and leds all round New Sub Driver Amp
- Nice piece of Rockford kit
Infinity Sub
& Phoenix Gold amp 
There are also some nice Kicker Components in the OEM front locations too
The seats are OEM but in excellent condition with no rips, just some slight wear in the usual spot.
Dials were changed to Lockwood with blue LED
An MR2 Eddy triple pillar pod was in order too along with a steering wheel I know not many people like but I do
.... so tough lol The interior looks like this at the minute with a nice Greddy Profec in the centre hole.
Moving on to now, the spec level is as follows:
1993 Rev 2.3 MR2 GT Turbo
Engine
Rev 3 Conversion
(Engine/ECU/Sensors etc)ST205 Chargecooler
Complete KitGarret GT2860RS
Tial 38mm Wastegate with Screamer
Blitz Nur Spec Exhaust with 3 Decat and Flexi
NGK Blue Leads
K&N Induction Kit with Samco Hoses
HKS SSQV Genuine BOV
Blue Hose kit
Air Con Removed
Heater Pipe Replacement carried out
Body
Full Border Kit
Skirts/Nose/SpatsToms Replica Passenger Scoop
Rev 3 Spoiler
Rogue Rev 6 Rear Afterburner Lights
Black Crystal Sidelights/Indicators
Wheels/Suspension
Lenso D1R Alloys
(soon to have a blue rim) (staggered fitment 17x8/17x9)Yellow Bilstein Shocks
Tein S-Tech Springs
TRD Top Mounts
Tein Front Strut Brace
Tein Rear Strut Brace
BBK Upgrade
Nissan 200sx 4 pot Calipers with Supra TT Discs and Brembo Pads
(fr)OEM Calipers with RX8 Discs and Brembo Pads
(rr)HEL Braided Brake and Clutch Lines
New Balljoints/Track Rod Ends/Droplinks all round
Prothane Polybush Kit
(fr & rr)LSD Gearbox
Interior
Half Leather/Half Suede Black Seats
(Bolster intact)OEM Black MR2 Mats
Triple Pillar Gauge Pod
Autogauge Boost Gauge
Autogauge Oil Temp gauge
Autogauge Oil Press Gauge
HKS Boost Gauge in Dash OEM Location
Chargecooler Temp Gauge
Greddy Profec B Spec II Electronic Boost Controller
Lockwood White Dials
Blue/Red Dash
& Heater Control LED ConversionTinted Windows
Black Metallic Dash Panels
Blue Metallic Ball gear knob
New gear gaiter/handbrake gaiter in black with blue stitching
Simoniz Racing Blue/Black Leather D-Shaped Steering Wheel
ICE
Kenwood Piece of sh*t head Unit
Kicker 6.5 Components with tweeters in OEM location
Rockford BD500.1 Sub Driver Amp
(mounted in cubby box location)Bass Controller mounted in dash
Phoenix Gold 2 channel High Range Amp
(mounted behind seat)Pioneer Crossover
Infinity Kappa 100.1se 10 Sub in custom MR2 Box behind seat
And she looks like this
Looking to the future
...... the next batch of goodies will be going in soon Custom Centre Console with Nexus 7 Tablet Mount
Nexus 7 Tablet for Stereo
Custom gauge pod in centre heater vent position to hold 3 more gauges inc Chargecooler in/out temp gauge
Full Respray in black202 with the skirts/sills being repaired to a better standard
Border Bonnet
Vampire MR2 Quad Headlight Conversion
Power FC
I'll keep you all up to date as we go now
