I moved to Dublin in November, 05 which is in the northwest Columbus area. I still have the car, but I don't drive it much, honestly. I put a total of 800 mi on it in all of 2007. I have since aquired a 2007 BMW 335i coupe. I have not done a whole lot modification wise lately. I added an upgraded intercooler about a year and a half ago. I also have some other parts sitting in my garage for whenever i get around to it. Prior to the intercooler, I put a new KO Racing downpipe on after the old downpipe I had cracked.

anyways, after the last update i had a little "incident" involving the new downpipe. evidently, my stock turbo had slowly been dying, and the new 3" downpipe sped up its death. ...it took about a week. i was cruising down the highway and started seeing a large amount of oil smoke coming from the exhaust. i got off the highway and it was getting worse and worse. i limped it home and left a smoke-screen all the way through my neighborhood. it was obvious that i had blown an oil seal in the turbo. the car was down for a while after that. i then bought a turbo from a guy in japan.

***** 3/1/05 *****
First update of the new year. its been a while. i installed a Berk Technology 3 inch downpipe on the MR2 a few weeks ago. i took it out for a test and it MOVES now. the power and torque increases are very noticible. it pulls extra hard in all gears. the only negative is that its frickin' loud as hell now. i think im going to have to put the silencer in the exhaust. other that that, there is nothing else really new. i need to get new brake rotors because i warped the hell out of the current ones last year. i already have new pads ready, i just need to buy the rotors.

here are some pics of the car in my new garage. notice the keg of molson in front. ha.

also, i replaced both factory subwoofers with a pair of 5 1/4's by Image Dynamics. they are 100W 2 ohm midbass drivers. they sound awesome! check that carbon fiber cone! my factory subs were blown and sounded terrible.

***** 4/6/04 *****
Well, nothing really too new. i put new tires on the front today. Yokohama AVS ES100. i have had good luck with these so far, so i'm going to stick with them for now. I had a bubble on the sidewall of the right front tire, and was getting a low drone at certain speeds, so i figured i should replace them. it turns out there was mud inside the wheel! oh well, now the drone is gone, and i have new tires on. I also replaced the NGK copper plugs the other day. They had about 3K miles on them. oh, i just hit the 75K miles mark.

the new 94 gloss black front spoiler.

***** 2/16/04 *****
I have a few more parts being delivered this week. I bought a HKS FCD and a GReddy oil catch can. now that i will have the FCD, i will be able to turn the boost higher than 12psi. which i am definitely happy about. ill take some pictures after i install the stuff. I took the car out for a little drive the other day. first time since thanksgiving. it was realllllly nice. i am pumped for springtime.

***** 2/6/04 *****
Ever since i bought the car, the 2 stock subwoofers have never worked. So i finally just started ripping the interior apart so i could take the subs and stock amps out and try and do some investigating. but i found a harness which i hadnt seen before. it was just hanging below one of the amps, which happened to have an empty harness socket on it. so i plugged it in, and it works now! im happy that i actually have bass now. just highs and mids sucked bad. the only thing i can think of is that the lady that owned the car didnt like bass and had it unhooked? who knows. another thing...i am going to try to attend at least 2 car shows per week this season. so if anyone in the northeast ohio area would like to join me, let me know!

***** 2/1/04 *****
Well, nothing really too new. i did end up getting a new winter car. it is a 1986 BMW 325e. its not bad at all. anyways, started my car up today for the first time in over 2 months. i thought i would share a new photo with you.

***** 1/4/04 *****
Happy New Year everyone. i got my taillights delivered the other day, and i installed them. They look killer! as you can see in the picture, the center panel is just painted black right now. but come spring im going to have it painted body color. i think it will look a lot nicer. i have had people say it looks good in black though...who knew? this picture is really bad because its taken in the garage at night. as soon as i get a better picture ill put it up.

***** 12/20/03 *****
Well, i bought myself a christmas present last night. Took the plunge and ordered the 94+ taillights. im pretty damn excited about it too. It'll give me something to do while the car sits in the garage... ill take some pictures when i get them!

***** 12/18/03 *****
Well, its been a while since the last update, but its winter, and nothing much is new. The MR2 is in the garage for the winter. I put some new foglight bulbs in because i was not happy with the light output of the stock bulbs. I put PIAA Ion Crystal bulbs in. They give off a bright yellow light...i used yellow because it is the best in bad weather. and isnt that what foglights are good for? I havent driven the car yet with them, so i will give my impressions later on. I will be ordering my 94+ taillights here shortly. Other than that, the car will just be stored for the next few months. Thats all for now.

***** 10/23/03 *****
Installed some NGK copper spark plugs today that are one step colder than stock. hopefully it will help the car run a little smoother. i also bought a new cap and rotor, however toyota gave me the wrong one...figures. so i have to go take those back and get the right ones...which my luck they will have to order. haha. oh, also put new rear tires on yesterday. i got Yokohama AVS ES100's. Havent really had a chance to test them out because of the crummy weather, however they seem to stick pretty well. thats all for now.

***** 9/18/03 *****
Nothing too new since the last update. I am pretty short on funds right now, so dont have much to spend on new mods. I did, however, replace the rubber intercooler hoses with silicone ones from turbohoses.com. i discovered the rubber hose to the throttle body had a 2 inch gash in it. that was where i was losing boost pressure at high rpms. the new hoses solved the problem. the car now pulls super strong at high boost. :)

***** 8/26/03 *****
Well, i finally got my exhaust installed! it was a major pain in the ass getting the stock exhaust off. we ended up having to cut it in 2 places to get it off. but the Blitz NUR Spec went on without a hitch. I am so pleased with it. Fit and finish are second to none. To top it off, it sounds AMAZING. I can definitely tell a performance difference too. The turbo spools much faster and throttle response is better. Also, while i had it on the lift, i changed the gear oil with Red Line synthetic oil. It shifts like butta' now! Oh by the way, i also installed my boost controller ;)

***** 7/27/03 *****
I installed some autometer ultra-lite gauges on the A-pillar. Boost/Vaccuum and Air/Fuel. It was kind of a pain in the ass, but i had fun doing it. I'm still waiting on this damn exhaust. My goal before the end of the summer is to have the exhaust and downpipe on, buy my 94+ taillights, and have my boost controller installed. Im waiting to put the boost controller on until i have the full exhaust on, because the exhaust itself will raise boost pressure about 2 psi. So i dont want to mess with too high of boost levels. Just to be on the safe side.

***** 7/16/03 *****
Well, the columbus meet was great fun. I can't wait to do it again. I installed the shift kit...HUGE difference. I recommend this kit to anyone with a MKII mr2. it is a great upgrade. As far as the boost controller goes, i cant install this until i get some gauges obviously. so hopefully ill have those in the next few weeks. i'm in the process of finding a downpipe right now...that way i can install that at the same time as my Blitz exhaust when that comes in. I'm hoping to have that in about 2 weeks or so. i bought some Redline MT-90 so i can change my gear oil when i have the car on the lift for the exhaust. i heard this was the best stuff you could get for the MR2, so of course i bought it :)

***** 7/8/03 *****
I ordered a couple things today. A Twos R Us manual boost controller, and i also got a Jon O. shift kit with the RSe drop plate. So hopefully the shifter will be a little more precise now ;) I decided on the twso r us MBC for a few reason. one was price. a electronic controller is so much more expensive. second, is the fact that this MBC was made just for the MR2, so you know its tested and works on this application. this saturday im off to columbus for a little mr2 meet. should be a good time. thats all for now.

***** 7/4/03 *****
Installed the intake this morning. Took about an hour, including the break for some breakfast. hehe. It looks great and performs even better!

***** 7/3/03 *****
Here are some new pics i took a few minutes ago. The UPS guy dropped off my A'PEXi intake and my TRD oil cap. haha. I also realized i havent posted an engine pic yet! notice the TRD radiator and oil caps. haha.

***** 7/1/03 *****
I ordered a Blitz Nur Spec cat back exhaust today. Im pretty excited about that. 18 proven hp to the wheels! i should be receiving my A'PEXi intake on july 3rd along with my TRD oil cap. haha. So that will give me something to do over the holiday weekend. The only other thing ive done is steam clean the carpets (looks awesome now) and put a TRD high pressure radiator cap on. It holds 1.5 bar instead of the stock 1.3. oh well, haha. Thats it for now. ill get some pictures of the intake install and post them up.