Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Wed Nov 23, 2016 11:06 pm

Got it all together with about two weeks to spare. Drove it around a bunch and it felt great. We were planning to leave for Toyotafest on a Tuesday and the friday I was making a trip to Blaine and it popped out of 5th gear on the highway. I put it back it, and it popped out again, and then it wouldn't go back. It also wouldn't go into reverse. I got it hope and took the 5th gear cover off to find that the snap ring on the input shaft had removed itself and had bounced around and taken a few of the teeth on the 5th driven gear with it.

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In a mad panic I called up Ross and asked if I could borrow the 5th gear from the old transmission that I had just sold him. I got the parts on Sunday and put it together that day. So I had to take it for a spin,

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Changed the oil again on the Monday and fortunately it all worked well, so off to Toyotafest 2016 she went!
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:36 am

Here's a selection of random Toyotafest trip pictures,


Travels
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Pool time
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At the show
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Angeles Crest Highway drive
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Malibu Canyons,
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Hwy 33
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:36 pm

Long overdue update,

I went down to the TSL (toyota-Scion-Lexus)Day car show at Pacific Raceways...

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Took home some hardware!
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That's Andrew, he's also from Vancouver. You might have seen him around at a couple of shows. He has a blue widebody with a big turbo. Ironically, us Canadians took the 1st & Runner Up trophies. Sorry America, I'm sure one of these days you'll be great again :Canada:
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:39 pm

Here's a couple of random pics after mounting new rear tires last summer,

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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:45 pm

Steering rack rebuild time. It's a bit of a pain. Several parts are special order and a couple of bearings are discontinued. If you go to a bearing supplier you can find an equivalent.

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Discontinued bearing and it's replacement;
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Back together;
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:51 pm

Randoms
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Header collector gasket needed replacement;
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Auto Up & Down windows! You can see my write up here if you are curious
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:58 pm

2 the Beach 2016!

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part of the scavenger hunt
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Beach pics
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A little pre-bonfire meet up with Steve and his 4C. We took each other for rides and had a pretty good time,
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:11 pm

and then winter came along. I've been chasing some seemingly minor issues regarding cam to crank timing. Since I have the time, space & tools, I figured the easiest thing to do was to pull the motor and dig in.

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Timing cover off
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Chain guides look pretty good and are well within specification,
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The VVTI cam phaser wasn't responding to ECU commands, so I took them apart;
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Plenty of scoring inside. This was the worst of the set. The other intake phaser was alright, but did show signs of scoring as well. Both exhaust phasers looked fine.
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:24 pm

Now, to finally get to what I wanted to do this winter, brakes!

Out with the old '93T stuff!
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Some stuff;
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Pads. I went with Wilwood BP-10's. They sound like they will be a good all around pad. I'm sure I'll experiment with different compounds later.
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Rears:
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Fronts:
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Boo, wheels don't fit over the big calipers! You can see where it was interfering. That's just a little scrape there, but it's going to need spacers up front.
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Spaced out,
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby oasis » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:12 am

Nice!
1989 Supercharged MR2 (Turbo Inside)

"Got Boost?"
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby Morgin » Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:31 pm

Looks great!
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:05 pm

I decided to try and spice things up for Toyotafest this year, by adding a little colour in the form of vinyl graphics per the old TRD IMSA racecars,

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The original,
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:19 pm

Toyotafest 2017!

Washing up from the long drive down,
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At the Toyota museum for the final time before it's moved to Texas,
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MR2's at Toyotafest. I think there were 55 cars there this year,
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Martin's "Oh what a feeling" photo op,
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Martin & I after the show,
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Two Japanese guys asked me to stay after the show for a photoshoot, but I don't think it went anywhere,
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Re: Russ' 1994 Hardtop 2GRFE V6 MR2

Postby immorality » Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:47 pm

Some more randoms from the last year,

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While installing the trunk prop, I noticed a water leak, so I pulled the carpet and has some surface rust. I blasted the with a wire wheel and then a coat of POR-15 for rust prevention and then some truck bedliner.

1st round of POR-15
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Most people don't notice, but there's a little green LED that illuminates the keyhole on the driver's side handle. It's quite dim at the best of times and then gets covered in dust. One day I decided to pull it out and replace it with a random LED I had in my electronics box. I wasn't even sure what colour I had until it lit up.

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I also finally got back around to this, a new wrap on my steering wheel. I've been sitting on this for a while. It's from Redline Goods and although the material feels really nice, the template seems a little off. There are a couple places where it doesn't quite meet up perfectly, and a few places where there seems to be excess material.

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