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    Quote Originally Posted by retardrift View Post
    N/A's look the same as turbos apart from the engine lid...its just the performance thats
    A car doesn't need power to be quick

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    I have to say I'm really impressed with the combination of the pillowballed Tein Superstreets and Whiteline ARB's. I've got both front and rear ARB's set to the firmest now, the preload on the superstreets set to the Tein recommended 25mm from the bottom of the thread to the bottom of the adjusting rings and the damping slightly softer than half way. And in this dry one minute, sopping wet the next weather we have at the moment the grip and feedback is very very good. The understeer in the wet is gone and the balance is really good, got a really good feel for what the car is doing and can let the back go lose on corner exit, knowing what is going on and how much right foot the rear tyres can take.

    Still got to sort out my crap MPG though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jem View Post
    A car doesn't need power to be quick
    yeah weight is key too and the MR2 is a heavy b@stard.....1370kg or something if you have fully specced with A/C etc.....Not knocking em as I have had 4

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    Certainly is a good looking car, I've always liked the way SW20s sit.

    Any pictures of it and your Tuscan together? Would make for an interesting comparison.

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    Quote Originally Posted by retardrift View Post
    yeah weight is key too and the MR2 is a heavy b@stard.....1370kg or something if you have fully specced with A/C etc.....Not knocking em as I have had 4
    They are near as damn it the same weight as a S14. Mine doesn't have A/C, whats the point when you can take the roof out?

    Quote Originally Posted by Yakko View Post
    Certainly is a good looking car, I've always liked the way SW20s sit.

    Any pictures of it and your Tuscan together? Would make for an interesting comparison.
    Not yet, the Tuscan is currently in bits having a winter spruce up.

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    Not bad for a 15 year old, 115,000mile 2.0L non-turbo with just an intake and exhaust






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    Nice! Although the second pic looks like it has a milk crate on the roof

    Sweet looking car, I'm looking for a black one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sprout View Post
    Although the second pic looks like it has a milk crate on the roof

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    I didn't realise it was the non-turbo one fella, so that sounds like a healthy output

    Excuse my rather sarcastic reply by text last night

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    hehe, i did the sarcastic text reply thing last night too! sorry!
    mine may have involved comments about scissors and hairstyling products...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jem View Post
    Not yet, the Tuscan is currently in bits having a winter spruce up.
    What are you doing to it? (Worthy of a project thread?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomM View Post
    What are you doing to it? (Worthy of a project thread?)
    Full strip down and rebuild, mainly to galvanize the chassis

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    Been off work this week, so had a chance to get some bits done on the MR-2.

    Firstly I've replaced the exhaust manifold as two of the three downpipe studs were missing. One of the stud holes did have enough thread to hold a bolt, but the other one as missing totally. It wasn't blowing, but I wanted it to be right, so I got hold of a used manifold, fitted new studs and also tidied the gas flow into the manifold at the head end with a dremel (there was a slight lip at the end of the tubular pipe inside the cast flange). I was considering getting a stainless manifold made, until I saw the standard one. Ok it's not stainless, but I doubt I could better it performance wise, it's a really nicely designed manifold I also changed the downpipe because mine had a small hole in it that was sealed with exhaust paste and a tango can So now the exhaust is all sealed and sorted



    Then came the fun bit of fitting the TEIN EDFC wish has been sitting in a box since November Part of the reason, other than finding the time, I hadn't fitted it was because I couldn't decide where to but the control box. I'm a fussy fecker, and didn't want it obviously on display such as on the dash, but I didn't want it hidden away out of easy reach. I also wanted it to look as factory fitted as possible. I couldn't put it in the unused half of the double din hole, as I have a double din satnav/dvd. So with a bit of thought, I removed the foglight switches and the headlamp height control, cut the three switch holes into a hole big enough to accept the EDFC and made a blanking plate to cover the hole left at the top. Then with the aid of some metal strips and hotglue, held the EDFC in place

    Wiring was easy, with a unused grommet in the front firewall, and one either side in the rear into the engine bay

    My missus has already told me off for playing with it because the noise the motors make is cool





    Also somehow I achieved 770mph according to the Satnav

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    Did have a bit of brain fade this weel and was wondering why the ride was smoother on 'softer' damping than 'hard'. Then realised I'd forgotten that '0' in the EDFC is hard and '16' is soft

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    Bit off topic, Aint the turbo easy to get power out of?

    350bhp is easy apparently?

    I have fancied a turbo for a while now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gonzomagic View Post
    Bit off topic, Aint the turbo easy to get power out of?

    350bhp is easy apparently?

    I have fancied a turbo for a while now.
    I was talking about this with a mate last night. Yeah I could drop the turbo rear clip in and have 350ish bhp fairly easily. I may do one day, but for the moment I'm happy with the balance 175bhp gives.

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    You've not got your EDFC in 32 step mode Make it so

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    The EDFC looks as if it was there all along, good job mate. Did you relocate the fog switch and headlamp control or leave them off?

    Jut

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    Really liking the MR2 update on this. ALways tinkered on having one of these. Appreciate your forward thinking on balance of the MR2 N/A setup regarding handling/power and fun on the limit, rather than all turbo balls out power.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vez View Post
    You've not got your EDFC in 32 step mode Make it so
    I changed it very soon after those pics were taken


    Quote Originally Posted by Infinity View Post
    The EDFC looks as if it was there all along, good job mate. Did you relocate the fog switch and headlamp control or leave them off?

    Jut
    Cheers, I did want it to look as 'ment to be there' as possible.

    At the moment they are just behind the dash panel. I will either find somewhere for the foglight switches to go (front and rear) or I do have a few small round rocker switches in my toolbox which I could easily slip in somewhere nice and discreet. The tell-tales are on the instrument cluster so they don't need lights in the switches for the MOT

    Quote Originally Posted by Cosy View Post
    Really liking the MR2 update on this. ALways tinkered on having one of these. Appreciate your forward thinking on balance of the MR2 N/A setup regarding handling/power and fun on the limit, rather than all turbo balls out power.
    Yeah I can see that having a lot more power would upset the balance of the car and make it less fun to drive hard
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