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PROJECT: SW20 Turbo. **UNDER CONSTRUCTION**
« Thread Started on Dec 24, 2005, 12:36am »

As you go through the posts, i update the cars progress with pictures. So dont forget to look on all the pages!

I'm going to be featuring my own car and the adventures i take it though in this stickied post, for a few reasons.

The first reason is i just like talking about my car. Anyone that knows me can verify this annoying trait.

The second reason is, i always forget about my cars past, because my memory is extremely shitty.

And the last but most important reason is, i LOVE teaching people. I love providing people with knowledge so that they can learn easier than i did.

So lets get started!!

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Sometime in March, 2003, i was driving my uber sweet 1992 Dodge Dynasty home from work when i noticed a 1991 Pearl Black Toyota MR2 Turbo sitting at some hole-in-the-wall violin repair shop. So naturally, i slammed on the breaks and made an immediate left into the shop. I walked in, and there were only 2 people in the entire shop, making it easy for me.

I said "who's MR2 is that out there?"
A guy reluctantly said "Yeah, thats mine."
I responded "....Want to sell it?"

The rest as they say is history. The previous owners name was Brian, he was the original owner. After he sold it to me, he let out a few tears (no joke) and walked back to his house on foot, he refused to accept a ride... It must have been hard for him.

Here are a few pictures of right when i first brought it home.

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As you can see from the pictures, it was TRASHED with dirt. After only a little TLC, i got it to look like this:

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But then, roughly sometime in June, one of my fuel injectors clogged causing me to run on 3 cylinders. I figured the turbo had finally gone bad, and that i was screwed because turbos are obviously expensive.

After some testing in a friends shop, we concluded i was running on 3 cylinders. I had all the OEM ignition components changed, and still nothing. The only thing left was fuel injectors. So i purchased a set of 4 side-feed 440cc injectors from RC engineering.

This was the point that i said "fuck it", and decided it was time to stop being a pussy and just spend the money to Build up my MR2 Turbo.

In this section, i will closely document (with pictures) the progress i make on my MR2 Turbo build.

PARTS PURCHASED/INSTALLED SO FAR ARE AS FOLLOWS

* = Completed shipping

*ATS Racing LSD transmission + LSD Axels (installed)
*Steel braided clutch line
*Exeedy Stage3 organic clutch (installed)
*Bronze shifter bushings and Brass shifter base bushings (installed)
*All new OEM ignition components (installed)
*KYB AGX 4 way adjustable dampers (installed)
Eibach Pro-Kit progressive rate Springs
*KYB upper pillow-ball mounts (installed)
NGK Spark plugs
*KORacing EGR block-off plates
*CNC Machined 2.6'' Throttle Body Inlet (installed)
*RC 850cc high impedence fuel injectors
*Wolfkatz CNC machined high flow top feed conversion fuel rail
*T04E T3/T4 Turbocharger
*Tial Wastegate
*XS Equal-length tubular exhaust manifold
*HKS hiper Cat-Back exhaust
*HKS hiper B-pipe
*HKS FCD (fuel cut defenser)
*93 wheels/tires (installed)
*Powerslot front/rear rotors
*New Black Leather Center console (mine was cracked)
*JE 8.5:1 Forged Pistons
*Greddy type OS Front strut bar
*Greddy type OS Rear strut bar
*VMAX Anti-Torque Bar (connects transmission to subframe)
*XS Power Intercooler & 2.5" Upper intercooler pipe kit
Momo Race-Air Leather shift knob
*Downpipe Support Bracket (keeps downpipes from cracking due to engine movement)
*XS Downpipe with external Wastegate support.
*TRD Short Shift Lever (installed)

PARTS TO BE PURCHASED

HKS 264/264 Cams
Megasquirt V2 EMS
Brake pads, rotors.

TUNING PLANS

Megasquirt V2 EMS (complete with sensors), Wolfkatz high-flow topfeed converstion CNC machined fuel rail, 850cc injectors, warlbro 255 fuel pump, aeromotive fuel pressure regulator.

SOME MR2 TURBO FUN FACTS
*1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo, Black.
*Chassis Code: SW21 (aka SW20)
*Engine Code: 3SGTE
*Engine Specs:
-Size: 2.0L Turbocharged
-HP/TQ: 200hp/200fTQ
-Factory Intercooled
*Engine located "Midship" (behind driver, and theres a trunk behind the engine.)
*Rear Wheel Drive
*98% of them are 5speeds, however they did make some N/A MR2's in automatic, although extremely rare.
*70% are T-Top. They did make some Hardtop MR2's, which are also rare.
*Engine is extremely responsive to modification. Due to its weight and modification responsiveness, it does not take much money to send an MR2 Turbo into the 12's. Like a Supra, its a BPU responsive car.
*Extremely crisp handling, due to its short wheelbase and MR (mid-engine, rear wheel drive) layout.
*Innovative "Twin Entry Turbo" system. One of the first cars to use secondary runners on the intake manifold to provide torque at low RPM's and horsepower at high RPMs.
*Since the engine's in the rear, it does not use a driveshaft. It uses a Toyota Front-wheel drive transmission. Whats this mean for you? You lose less horsepower through the drivetrain, and the wheels themselves see more horsepower.

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