Description:
1992 Toyota MR2 Turbo
Super White
Mods as of 6.17.08:
Wheels/Tires:
Stock 14's, Factory Silver (street)
Falken Ziex front, Yoko AVS ES100's rear (street)
Stock 14's, painted black (autox)
Hoosier A6's (autox)
Body/Aero:
OEM Clear Corner Markers
LED Tail Light Bulbs
Spoiler Deleted
Body Kit Burned In Favor Of the Original Lines
Drivetrain:
SpeedSource Brass Shifter Base and Shift Cable Bushings
Custom Built Short Shift Lever
Greddy Shift Knob
Spec Stg.2+ Lightweight Clutch
Spec 9lb Flywheel
GM Synchromesh Tranny Fluid
Engine/Engine Management:
Apexi AVC-R, Boost set to 15.5psi (mounted in factory ash-tray opening)
HKS Open Element Air Filter
EGR Deleted
Greddy Fuel Cut Defender
Apexi Turbo Timer (mounted in factory clock opening)
Interior:
Omori Boost Gauge(psi) (mounted in factory boost gauge location)
MOMO Aluminum Pedals
Headrest Mounted Camera Mount (Home made)
Brakes:
Earl's Stainless Braided Brake Lines
DOT 4+ Brake Fluid
Suspension/Steering:
Vmax/2sRUs Quick Ratio Steering Pinion
Power Steering Deleted
Other:
Air Conditioning Deleted
Stereo System Deleted
ABS Deleted
Airbag System Deleted
Wiring Harnesses Modded-deleted all unnecessary wiring and wiring conponents
Why Do I Own This Car?
It started with the sale of my 1991 Taurus SHO "Plus". A truly badass car, but I wanted a car to race at the autox, the drag strip, maybe the road course, and anywhere else I could. I started looking at race cars, and the one thing they all had in common was that the top cars were all Rear- or Mid-Engined. F1, F3, Cart, Top Fuel, Le Mans and other types of prototype and sports car racing, and even old group B Rally Cars, the best are usually Rear- or Mid-Engined. I couldn't afford a Porsche (unfortunately), an NSX (unfortunately +1), or a Ferrari (unfortunately +2), and Fieros (henceforth referred to as Fiery Arrows), well, to avoid a fight, I'll just say I didn't want one.
The only good choice left was the Toyota MR2. I won't go into the details of how I got mine, but the first time I drove it, I knew I had made the right decision. That was 4 years ago. It has since dropped the crappy body kit, getting better looking IMO. It's gotten better over the years, and now it's about to get waaaaay better.
Last weekend, headed into Milwaukee for an autox to try to defend my SM2 points lead, she started making a very faint but odd gurgling noise. Long story short, this week, compression and leakdown tests confirmed the damage. Damaged #2 rings (possibly more there), and a blown oil seal in the turbo. Thus, she is going under the knife for extensive power and reliability modifications.
The goals:
*Reliability on par with Toyota's own
*~350whp minimum(if I don't hit the number, I won't cry, as long as it's got a good torque curve)on as little boost as possible and no nitrous, running on a race blend of E85
*200whp and 200wtq before 3500rpms
*Power to 8000rpms with a rev limiter at 8500 to avoid shifting at the autox(again, won't cry if it doesn't quite make it)
*Reduced rotational mass in the engine. Revs are good.
So here we are. I'm embarking on yet another adventure with my beloved MR2, one that is likely to last a couple of years, and I wanted to chronicle it all here at CarDomain, hopefully for the benefit of others, as well as my own memory.
Hope you Enjoy!
-Scott
The first day I owned her:
At the 1st autox of 2007:
Some random photos:
