No techno babble please, but I wanna know how do I......
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Here's a question for you.
I own a bog standard 52 plate MR2. I love it, but...
Can you make these things go faster
I know jack all about making cars faster. I dont get the techno babble and all I care about really are the ££££'s!!! So, in lamens terms, what could I do to the car to make it have more umph
and how much of course.
Thanks.
I own a bog standard 52 plate MR2. I love it, but...
Can you make these things go faster
I know jack all about making cars faster. I dont get the techno babble and all I care about really are the ££££'s!!! So, in lamens terms, what could I do to the car to make it have more umph
and how much of course. Thanks.
Andy Mac said:
Is it an n/a? If so, then you'd probably be best upgrading the brake fluid, pads, and maybe braiding the lines. Get good rubber on it, then look at fettling with the engine.
"Is it a n/a?" What's that? sorry, I am slow
..and what is braiding the lines? As I mentioned, I dont know anything about engines, please explain a tad bit more for me.
Thank Youuuuuu!!!!
You could have a word with Silverstone Performance: www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=47&i=14678
baby_red said:
Thank you. Yes the car is N/A!
So what you suggest relies on working on the brakes and tyres more than the engine?
The other thing I didnt get either is what you meant with fettling the engine.
Personally, before I made any modifications to the engine, I would sort out any other issues. Get the brakes sorted, (pads, fluid, etc), suspension modifications, nice tyres, etc, THEN worry about engine stuff, such as cams, exhausts, decats, downpipes and all that fun stuff. So what you suggest relies on working on the brakes and tyres more than the engine?
The other thing I didnt get either is what you meant with fettling the engine.
The weekends run got you craving more power then!
Pop over to www.mr2roc.org/, theres plenty you can do. But it all costs money, i'd rather save for a while longer and then buy a quicker car, although the silverstone kits do look very good fun.
Pop over to www.mr2roc.org/, theres plenty you can do. But it all costs money, i'd rather save for a while longer and then buy a quicker car, although the silverstone kits do look very good fun.
caddyshack said:
Sell it and buy the FASTER Turbo, why waste money trying to build a faster MR2 when Mazda spent millions designing one for you, then if thats not fast enough chip it and go even faster...NEVER spend money building a car that already exists.
<azda built the MR2? Hmmm.. Yamaha at a stretch, but not Mazda! I agree with the Turbo suggestion, however depending on his/her ability I wouldn't suggest it straight off. The NA is a great car to get used to the mid engine layout. Then he could head off in the nutter mobile direction.
Andy Mac said:
caddyshack said:
Sell it and buy the FASTER Turbo, why waste money trying to build a faster MR2 when Mazda spent millions designing one for you, then if thats not fast enough chip it and go even faster...NEVER spend money building a car that already exists.
<azda built the MR2? Hmmm.. Yamaha at a stretch, but not Mazda! I agree with the Turbo suggestion, however depending on his/her ability I wouldn't suggest it straight off. The NA is a great car to get used to the mid engine layout. Then he could head off in the nutter mobile direction.
Hate to piss on your chips, but its a mk3....Toyota didnt do a turbo.
MrFlibbles said:
Andy Mac said:
caddyshack said:
Sell it and buy the FASTER Turbo, why waste money trying to build a faster MR2 when Mazda spent millions designing one for you, then if thats not fast enough chip it and go even faster...NEVER spend money building a car that already exists.
<azda built the MR2? Hmmm.. Yamaha at a stretch, but not Mazda! I agree with the Turbo suggestion, however depending on his/her ability I wouldn't suggest it straight off. The NA is a great car to get used to the mid engine layout. Then he could head off in the nutter mobile direction.
Hate to piss on your chips, but its a mk3....Toyota didnt do a turbo.
Pah, I'm in the US, can't remember when 52 plate is. Anyway, silverstone peeps do a turbo converion...
ara2312 said:
The weekends run got you craving more power then!
Pop over to www.mr2roc.org/, theres plenty you can do. But it all costs money, i'd rather save for a while longer and then buy a quicker car, although the silverstone kits do look very good fun.
Pop over to www.mr2roc.org/, theres plenty you can do. But it all costs money, i'd rather save for a while longer and then buy a quicker car, although the silverstone kits do look very good fun.
Lotus
Yeah, its on my mind now....but I love my baby red! Was hoping for a quick easy umph boost to install and then that'll be it. I just dont get the technical stuff so the roc info goes straight over my head.
I agree though, save the £££ and just upgrade in time to come
Saturday was alright really, I'm just curious to know what I could do...
Andy Mac said:
MrFlibbles said:
Andy Mac said:
caddyshack said:
Sell it and buy the FASTER Turbo, why waste money trying to build a faster MR2 when Mazda spent millions designing one for you, then if thats not fast enough chip it and go even faster...NEVER spend money building a car that already exists.
<azda built the MR2? Hmmm.. Yamaha at a stretch, but not Mazda! I agree with the Turbo suggestion, however depending on his/her ability I wouldn't suggest it straight off. The NA is a great car to get used to the mid engine layout. Then he could head off in the nutter mobile direction.
Hate to piss on your chips, but its a mk3....Toyota didnt do a turbo.
Pah, I'm in the US, can't remember when 52 plate is. Anyway, silverstone peeps do a turbo converion...
52 is 2002 (Can't remember if its Feb or Sept though???). I will check out the Silverstone info tho.
Thanks for all your help.
vixpy1 said:
Don't bother with chips, induction or exhaust mods for performance, in relative terms your wasting your time.
Do not pass go, do not collect your 200 pounds, go directly to go and get a supercharger conversion
Do not pass go, do not collect your 200 pounds, go directly to go and get a supercharger conversion
but probably a £5k+ route to get it done properly! Dakkon said:
Personally, I would save your money and just buy a faster car.
Pretty much always the cheaper option. What's a 5 year old MR2 worth? 7-8k? Add the cost of a conversion to that to see what's in your price range.
Alternatively - if you do love your roadster too much to replace - modding is always fun but also an exercise in throwing away your money.
For what I've spent on modding my RX-7 I could be driving round in a 911 (993) turbo. Cerbera/Tuscan/T350. M3. AMG Merc. Exige. etc. As it is I have a '92 mazda that'd probably resell for 8k!!!
What a mug
MrFlibbles said:
Andy Mac said:
caddyshack said:
Sell it and buy the FASTER Turbo, why waste money trying to build a faster MR2 when Mazda spent millions designing one for you, then if thats not fast enough chip it and go even faster...NEVER spend money building a car that already exists.
<azda built the MR2? Hmmm.. Yamaha at a stretch, but not Mazda! I agree with the Turbo suggestion, however depending on his/her ability I wouldn't suggest it straight off. The NA is a great car to get used to the mid engine layout. Then he could head off in the nutter mobile direction.
Hate to piss on your chips, but its a mk3....Toyota didnt do a turbo.
The way I read it is he meant that why on earth would you have the MR2 when the MX5 is faster. Not sure about the turbo comments but there are bolt on turbos for both cars. TTE do a rather nice set up IIRC for the MR2. Chum of mine turbo'd his MR2 and did a fine job of it. What's the MRS? Is that not a turbo'd MR2? I don't actually know much about MR2s - does it show?!! lol
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