My MR2 MKII

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:45 pm

Incredibly sad this but I used to fly radio controlled helicopters, loved them much more than the fixed wing versions.

To me the greatest helicopter is still the Apache....its such a menacing looking beast !!

rayman gtir · Post by **rayman gtir** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:21 pm

love the mk1

my dad used to be in the army air corp, and used to fly the lynx. but he has been out of the army now for about 7-8yrs and he is one of the pilots for the suffolk air support unit based at RAF whattisham.

apache's are based at whattisham now and they sound awesome.

BrianGT4 · Post by **BrianGT4** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:32 am

86AW11 wrote:Pics of the MKI interior. The seats are from a 93 MKII. Swapping them was fairily simple, I merely removed the sliders from the old seats and welded them on to the newer ones.

She looked mint inside and out,a credit to you mate :notworthy:

It must have broken your heart to sell,it would have if it was me!

86AW11 · Post by **86AW11** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:17 am

I hated to see it go as I had put alot of time and effort into the car. The guy I sold it to is also an enthusiast so I know it will be taken care of and enjoyed.

ian · Post by **ian** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:34 pm

very nice mate
dont see many examples as good as your mark1 about
top marks :P

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:26 pm

can you give me more info on the "supercharged" MR2?

1) what make was that?

2) was it on a stock engine?

3) what figures did it produce?

4) are there any other engines that would fit into a MK1?

ta.

86AW11 · Post by **86AW11** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:57 pm

1) 1988 Toyota MR2 (AW11)

2) The Supercharged engine(4AGZE) was not original to the chassis. The chassis was produced with a normally aspirated engine (4AGE) I purchased a factory SC car that had been wrecked in order to swap the drivetrain in this chassis. The factory SC cars were all t-top(leak like crazy in the rain) and a bit heavier than the tin top/sunroof cars. I ended up using the SC motor with the NA transmission. SC trans (E-51) have taller gearing to take advantage of the increased torque)

3) Never dyno'd the car,(factory rating 145 hp 140 torque) but compared to others with similar mods it should have produced 175 hp.

4) Common motor swaps into the NA/SC chassis include: 4AGZE(SC) which include: Early model with AFM and later types with DLI/MAP(JAP market only). 20v variants ----blacktop/silvertop. 3SGTE(2.0 turbo from Celica/MKII MR2. Toyota V6 variants. An d one brave soul who is installing a 4.7 Cadillac Northstar engine http://www.racingstrong.com http://www.v8mr2.com/