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DustyC said:
How about a Mk1? Looks better (IMO!), handles better, cheaper to run ...
Id get the MK1 and have some fun for your year out and then get a turbo rev3 (4, 5 or 6!) later in life if I was you.
If its just for a year that is.
BTW: If you are on a tight budget and buy a car knowing you are only keeping it for a year its not worth modding it as you wont get the money back
I'd keep the car. I'm going to take two years out, probably, and live at home while I finish the degree to keep costs down. Hence me wanting something a bit younger than a MkI.
Gazboy, Theres a very nice Rev4 on www.mr2dc.com for £8495 with 30K on the clock IIRC. Had a few mods already as well.
damn, forget get my MR2 turbo favs for you. I have a useful buying guide at home too.
Other than MR2DC one good site I remember is www.imoc.co.uk
Other than MR2DC one good site I remember is www.imoc.co.uk
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I'd keep the car. I'm going to take two years out, probably, and live at home while I finish the degree to keep costs down. Hence me wanting something a bit younger than a MkI.
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I've put 12k miles in the last 10 months on my Mk1, no problems to speak of. Now at 110k miles. Look after it (or even, don't neglect it too much) and it's virtually indestructible.
Plan is, run it until ... I save up for a Gallardo ..??
I'd keep the car. I'm going to take two years out, probably, and live at home while I finish the degree to keep costs down. Hence me wanting something a bit younger than a MkI.
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I've put 12k miles in the last 10 months on my Mk1, no problems to speak of. Now at 110k miles. Look after it (or even, don't neglect it too much) and it's virtually indestructible.
Plan is, run it until ... I save up for a Gallardo ..??
The MR2T is awesome, I owned one for 18 months, but I bought from a dodgy dealer (Did not know at the time) and had loads of trouble, within a month the turbo died, got that replaced with a stage 3 hybrid from Owen developements in Oxford, with all the extra torque, the clutch could not handle it (Don't get RPS clutche's, they are rubbish for the MR2). As the car is mid-engined and the radiator at the front the coolant pipes run the length of the car, these corroded on mine, they had to be replaced, again it had to fully stripped down, petrol tank off. MR2's have a tendancy to get sticking callipers, and when tuning you have to think of the gearbox, which cant really handle much more than 350Lbs of torque, probably less than that.
All that aside, Millway in Andover and Fensport helped me out a great deal, and a stage 3 hybrid turbo running 21psi you have a speedy car, I ran a 12.9 at Santa Pod last summer. I spent 7k on the car and over 4k fixing it.
Car has to be run on optimax and will not really do much more than 200 miles to a tank.
Rev 3 are the most desired as they have the revised suspension, lights and the smaller higher pressure turbo so they are 240bhp stock rather than 220bhp.
If you buy newer than 95 car then you cant decat unless you put it back for the MOT, a 94 Rev 3 you can drive around decated all the time.
Overall awesome car, loved it to bits, you can own a real street sleeper with no-one suspecting the real potential of the car.
If you add 17 rims you can run 245/35/17 on the back with have an almost identical rolling radius to the stock 15's, you can probably run 255 or even 265's on the back if you wanted, if you had serious power.
If you can afford it, just go buy a turbo, you wont regret it, just check the car thoroughly before you buy.
Biting point on the clutch should be low, if its high, its on the way out. Turbo should pull strongly from 3500rpm, no flat spots till the red line, if its got a stock boost gauge that should point above the + sign all the time its on boost.
All the stuff I can think of for now, hope that helps.
>> Edited by Dakkon on Tuesday 30th March 09:16
All that aside, Millway in Andover and Fensport helped me out a great deal, and a stage 3 hybrid turbo running 21psi you have a speedy car, I ran a 12.9 at Santa Pod last summer. I spent 7k on the car and over 4k fixing it.
Car has to be run on optimax and will not really do much more than 200 miles to a tank.
Rev 3 are the most desired as they have the revised suspension, lights and the smaller higher pressure turbo so they are 240bhp stock rather than 220bhp.
If you buy newer than 95 car then you cant decat unless you put it back for the MOT, a 94 Rev 3 you can drive around decated all the time.
Overall awesome car, loved it to bits, you can own a real street sleeper with no-one suspecting the real potential of the car.
If you add 17 rims you can run 245/35/17 on the back with have an almost identical rolling radius to the stock 15's, you can probably run 255 or even 265's on the back if you wanted, if you had serious power.
If you can afford it, just go buy a turbo, you wont regret it, just check the car thoroughly before you buy.
Biting point on the clutch should be low, if its high, its on the way out. Turbo should pull strongly from 3500rpm, no flat spots till the red line, if its got a stock boost gauge that should point above the + sign all the time its on boost.
All the stuff I can think of for now, hope that helps.
>> Edited by Dakkon on Tuesday 30th March 09:16
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