96 Toyota MR2 GT

[Sh4dow]

Hi everyone!

Finally got something worth posting about! Traded in my corsa and got an MR2, been searching for the perfect next car for a few months, looked at everything from Astra VXRs to 330CIs to RX8s, but with a new job I am slightly uneasy about getting a loan for anything expensive.

Yesterday I saw an ebay ad that said anything PX for a beauty of an MR2, so straight on the phone (was unlikely that many othr places would take a corsa C with bucket seats, alloys etc), he said he'd take that plus a tiny cash amount in exchange for the mr2.

So went to look at it last night and deposit was left! Picking her up on wednesday.

Still a tad sad I never got to finish the corsa, I had a 1.8 engine I was going to drop in her alongside loads of other performance goodies, coilovers, full cat back exhaust and eventully a turbo. I did want to see her on the track but she became a money pit and I got to the end of my tether with it.



So! The MR2, just had MOT and new cambelt, 100k on the clock, drives like a dream and is spotless inside and out. Still not sure how I got it quite so cheap!












Thats all for now! Don't have much planned for it, the obligatory PH sticker on the back and possibly a decent exhaust system + a remap.

Cheers

Shadow

[johnyboy1976]

Cant remap the standard ECU on these mate

[Sh4dow]

johnyboy1976 said:

Cant remap the standard ECU on these mate

Doh! Spending too much time around hot hatches methinks.

[RobCrezz]

johnyboy1976 said:

Cant remap the standard ECU on these mate

This is true, you will need a Apexi Power FC or other ECU. However, the turbo models are quite adaptive to mods so you can get away with good bhp gains without needing a remap - not sure about the n/a.

Looks good though, much better than the corsa!

[Shenanigans]

Get a hold of a standalone ECU and youl be sorted I see you have a thing for black on black lol...Nice upgrade from the corsa!

[Sh4dow]

Haha yeah I do love black on black, still the most bl**dy difficult to keep clean though!

[Mastodon2]

Is it turbo or not?

[Jam Spavlin]

Now that looks a very tidy mister two! Well done sir hope you enjoy it.

[willfinch36]

Nice, this is my turbo one running about 285bhp!

[mini1380cc]

N/a by the looks of it (no turbo engine cover, no half leather). Still 170bhp is still good fun.

[Sh4dow]

Yes NA, wouldn't mind getting it to 200bhp, but I can't afford to spend a great deal on it at the moment. Hopefully later next year I'll be able to get some performance bits for it.

[BlackCircles91]

Sh4dow said:

Still not sure how I got it quite so cheap!

Maybe because the more sought after models are ones without sunroof's? For track purposes. ofc you could weld it up.

Nice car though mate.

[danjama]

Lovely jubbly! Seems a bit suspicious to take a Corsa for it though. Did you do a HPi? And decent mechanical eval??

Just a bit worried for you (probably unjustified though).

I'll be honest, went from a 1.4 Fiesta to my MR2, and it still blows my mind every time I drive it. Careful in this slick weather and low temps we've had though. Do not lift off the throttle on a quick roundabout, and keep an eye on the road for ice! These cars bite, evidently.

[Sh4dow]

MOT'd less than a month ago, full history, went through every MOT certificate for the last 10 years and only ever had 1 advisery, which was a small chip in the windscreen. Always serviced at toyota garages etc. And cambelt fitted less than 100 miles ago.

[wackojacko]

Nice. Love the black on black.

[HughesR1]

Good choice mate!

You've been bitten by the bug now, once you have one MR car nothing else seems to do

[Sh4dow]

Argh picking her up tonight! Have a feeling work is going to drag. Tempted to see if I can sneak off early (we're relatively quiet this time of year).

[Baryonyx]

Sh4dow said:

Haha yeah I do love black on black, still the most bl**dy difficult to keep clean though!

It's not, my MR2 Turbo was white on white. It looked fantastic but it was a pain in the arse to keep clean!