MR2 Turbo

[Turbo T]

if anyone is after one, my mates 96 car is up for grabs. I think he's undervalued it, so someone may get a bargain?

www.pistonheads.com/sales/125903.htm

[wadeski]

please, please tell him to sell it in May when i will be looking for one.

because that is f*cking gorgeous!

Edited by wadeski on Monday 15th January 19:42

[AndyB_WRX]

That looks stunning. I agree on price, I would of expected it to be a bit more

[MrFlibbles]

Now that, I like!

Almost makes me want to go back to MRT ownership!

Is it reliable?

[Turbo T]

it's his everyday car, and it's a Toyota

[MrFlibbles]

Turbo T said:

it's his everyday car, and it's a Toyota

I had a couple of bad experiences with mine

[turbo-tastic]

MrFlibbles said:

Turbo T said:

it's his everyday car, and it's a Toyota

I had a couple of bad experiences with mine

Really???




That one does look nice though

[Top Trump]

The 5zigen exhaust is definitely loud. One of the loudest aftermarket exhausts for the MR2, louder than the Nur Spec.

Nice looking car and in quite a rare colour too.

[Turbo T]

I didnt know that colour was rare.

I drove it approx 1 year ago, andIt certainly went well enough.

[_Batty_]

Gazboy said:

5Ziegans rot too.

Terry YHM (in a bit)

like my Apexi, mild steel, coated.

*cough* 5Zigen

Edited by _Batty_ on Tuesday 16th January 15:33

[_Batty_]

not after an Alfa is he

[greg_D]

what has he done fuelling wise to compensate for the Blitz EBC, there is no talk of any sort of programmable piggyback or ECU upgrade, dangerous.......

Greg

[Turbo T]

Greg I have no idea bud, shoot him a line. He has had the car for a good while like that though. From my experience Toyota maps can accept a moderate increase in boost as they are generally on the rich side, but I have no intimate knowledge of MR2 turbo's.

[Andy Mac]

The stock ecu can do the job up to 1.25 bar/18 psi. As long as you run below that you should be good. You can also get a unichip, which should see you good also.

[steve bowen]

yeah rev3 stock ECU has map upto 18psi, rev 1&2 only have map to 12psi, then it just goes to max fueling and spits flames everywhere, the heat from the CT26 will cause det before it'll actually run lean.

[greg_D]

Interesting,

you learn something new every day.

therein lies the benefit to having a car that was turbo'd out of the factory.

Greg

edit: what does 18psi with stock turbo and injectors equate to in RWHP (just curious)

Edited by greg_D on Thursday 18th January 10:14

[Dakkon]

As a very rough guide when I owned mine I seem to recall every 1psi increase over stock gives you around 10bhp, this assumes same or hybrid turbo

[Mr E]

Gazboy said:

greg_D said:

edit: what does 18psi with stock turbo and injectors equate to in RWHP (just curious)

230-odd I think.

Should be something like 300 at the fly - so depends on the drivetrain. If I'm getting 200-210 to the wheels from the same engine, I'm very happy.

[greg_D]

not wishing to be controversial, but does the MR2 engine flow badly, it's just that from 18psi, i would expect more power than that, is the turbo a T25/T28 type or is it significantly smaller (that may explain the bigger boost/HP if it is struggling to fill the cylinders.

As a comparison, my turbo is a T28 hybrid on a 1.8 running C10psi and my fly hp is 260-270 (lower end guesstimate as no dyno sheet) with 18psi, mx5's are getting 320+ WHP and the mx isn't renowned for it's flow characteristics, maybe slightly better than average, no more.

Just interested, that's all

greg

[Andy Mac]

greg_D said:

not wishing to be controversial, but does the MR2 engine flow badly, it's just that from 18psi, i would expect more power than that, is the turbo a T25/T28 type or is it significantly smaller (that may explain the bigger boost/HP if it is struggling to fill the cylinders.

As a comparison, my turbo is a T28 hybrid on a 1.8 running C10psi and my fly hp is 260-270 (lower end guesstimate as no dyno sheet) with 18psi, mx5's are getting 320+ WHP and the mx isn't renowned for it's flow characteristics, maybe slightly better than average, no more.

Just interested, that's all

greg

The rev 3 is 245 at the fly stock, at, if I can remember 12 psi? It is also damned reliable at that. At 18 psi you should be 290-300+ bhp. They say 25% transmission loss, so whatever that works out at. It's not bad at all.