RE: Toyota MR2: PH Carpool

[Ozzie Osmond]

I still have a soft spot for the Mk 3 as well but you don't see many around. I guess the mass market went to MX5.

[Midshipracer]

Unreal1066 said:

I'm glad you have a non turbo they have a sweet engine. To get the best out of the engine I found was to make it really efficient by this I mean work on trying to keep the engine temperature low, stick an induction kit filter right in the cooling slat. (At idle it sounded like a jet fighter was about to take off because the pipe was so short into the engine.) Exhaust - fit a lightweight aluminium with either no box or a smaller one, just keep the catalic converter. I cut mine off because it was faulty which caused major problems with MOT's. I hated the standard wheels so I fitted small lightweight ones which does make it feel faster.

So you had handbrake problems too yeah mine snapped twice and my stereo refused to play CDs so I replaced it with a double din sized radio which looked great. I loved the interior because it was so focused around the driver.

I always find it's people who haven't driven a turbo say this... I've had both and the difference is nighr and day.

You can drive the turbo like an NA but the difference is when the mood takes you you have the power to back up the fun.

The chassis is more than capable of the power