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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:22 pm

Tires are in!

http://i.imgur.com/nmDoS0I.jpg

Got lucky that my wheels and tires arrived on a Wednesday since it's my day of. Most importantly, Wednesdays are shop nights are work so I'm not wasting any time getting them on :D
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby immorality » Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:42 pm

So, will you post pics tonight, or tomorrow morning?
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:37 pm

NOW!!!!!!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/ycEVv4k.jpg

Didn't get a chance to do an alignment, ran out of time. Drove more straight than the previous wheels/tires though.


First impressions of wider/better tires; WOW THAT GRIP! Took a couple of corners a tiny bit faster than I usually did and it was so damn planted. Car was pointed in the direction I wanted to right away.
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby Spranger » Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:51 pm

Wheels and tires look great! I'm rocking rpf-1's too! They suit the car so well!
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:42 pm

As some of you know, my hose from hell went. Wasn't as bad as I thought but it wasn't exactly a walk in the park either. I never want to do that again. Found a guide to take the oil cooler off instead of the turbo/exhaust manifold

http://i.imgur.com/Q4AIVSL.jpg

lolwut.

Removed the oil cooler on Wednesday night after the meet

http://i.imgur.com/FD3pDks.jpg

This about sums the whole thing up

http://i.imgur.com/ELlztth.jpg

Picked up the parts on Thursday morning from Gord over at Jim Pattison Toyota Surrey

http://i.imgur.com/YLNktTa.jpg

Removed that sucker from the car. Before and After... yeahhhhhh...

http://i.imgur.com/QcwO56N.jpg

And it's in!

http://i.imgur.com/nmlGiDJ.jpg

Bleeding the system. Will have to do a complete drain and fill of the cooling system some other day.

http://i.imgur.com/oMsWyln.jpg

Cable pliers made taking clamps off in weird places a breeze. Must invest in one of these!

http://www.ntxtools.com/Merchant/graphics/00000001/otc-4525.gif


Took about 5 hours between two nights and another hour or so to bleed and test drive it.

Thanks to Minna for lending me her car on Wednesday/Thursday, Marc for stopping by on Thursday and Gord for the awesome pricing on the parts! If you need OEM Toyota parts locally, be sure to hit up Gord over at Jim Pattison Toyota Surrey!
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:11 pm

Haven't done much recently, polyurethane motor mount inserts

http://i.imgur.com/RsZKhR3.jpg

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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:54 pm

Bored at work so I guess I'll post some updates

Stock shocks blew.. That's what I get for running them with lowering springs. Got a lightly used set of Koni Yellows from Josh. It came assembled with Tein lowering springs, will be switching my H&R's over and Teins will likely go up for sale when that's done.

3 days later, clutch went so gotta take care of that.

Currently how it sits right now:

http://i.imgur.com/eLzpsH6.jpg

Just received this a few days ago. Southbend Stage 2 Daily clutch.

http://i.imgur.com/9BzESIh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zJPpSYm.jpg

Flywheel and all that other stuff will come after the new year. Blame Christmas presents! Still deciding between Fidanza or ACT for flywheel.
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby RePete » Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:53 pm

I hope that clutch works well, my experience is there are so few clutches that last as well or are as smooth as the OEM clutch.

Yup, stock shocks can't take the change to the position of the rebound/compression stroke when ride height changes (especially after 20 years). That's one more thing that's so cool about Konis: you can run them lowered for several years, then go safely back to stock ride height if you want because they are not sensitive to changes in their stroke range - only a tiny handful of shock brands allow that.
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby immorality » Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:27 pm

I've been pretty happy with mine, and there are lots of recommendations on the forums. Are you going to get up and running before Slush#4?
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Sun Dec 14, 2014 3:16 pm

immorality wrote:I've been pretty happy with mine, and there are lots of recommendations on the forums. Are you going to get up and running before Slush#4?

You know it!!! Already signed up, don't want to learn the hard way like you and Marc did with Slush #3 LOL. Will be co-driving my car with Minna.

Haven't done much since I dropped the trans with Marc but finally cleaned it!

http://i.imgur.com/gcnEcQm.jpg

Before and after shots :lol:

Ordered the ACT XACT Prolite Flywheel from KO Racing, should be here within the week. Just have to pick up a few things from Gord @ JP Toyota Surrey then it's re-assembly time!!!
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:50 am

http://i.imgur.com/05iMqz9.jpg

FLYWHEEL IS HERE!!!!!!!! Re-Assembly starts tomorrow :D
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby entrax » Sun Dec 21, 2014 12:41 am

Image

ugh! you and your url links.
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:36 am

I'm purposely posting them as links because they're not re-sizing (never have!) on my end :s
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:40 am

Replaced the clutch and the damn thing wouldn't go in gear! This was on December 21st.

Finally had time to remove the transmission again, wasn't as bad as I originally thought. Took about 2.5 hours? Took 6-7 the first time. Found out I didn't bolt the pressure plates down properly. Was suspecting clutch being installed backwards originally.

http://i.imgur.com/u8pH2D2.jpg

Going to slowly put it back together in the next couple of weeks - transmission is already back on so shouldn't be too much longer.

Thanks to Russ and Marc for helping out.
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Re: 1992 MR2 Turbo

Postby m_b » Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:58 am

RePete, if you're reading this, I can't reply to your PM! Looks like it's been disabled on your end?
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