Toyota MR2

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:07 pm

cheers Mike, very wise words indeed

hopefully when they are bedded in i should be able to take the piss a bit more with late braking rather then my old pads overheating then fading. i remember where i was getting closer and closer to a bmw into esses with no room to move, that shit me up a bit.

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:36 pm

Daniel wrote: i remember where i was getting closer and closer to a bmw into esses with no room to move, that shit me up a bit.

He must have been on a cool down lap

Get it on the weigh bridge Dan...........it's all about the power to weight ratio.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:11 pm

stuart wrote:He must have been on a cool down lap
Get it on the weigh bridge Dan...........it's all about the power to weight ratio.

already have mate, was 1128kg like i told you on Saturday

when i meant getting closer Stu i meant his brakes were working and mine wasnt

really was an eyeopener that one. hopefully now things will be different, no more "oh fuck" moments

so i fitted them on tonight, and they do look good.

however the drivers side didn't go totally to plan :/ everything went on okay and the passenger side was just as smooth, but then when i took it up the road and back, it was like an old fighter plane on fire with the amount of smoke that was being kicked out! took it all apart again to find that the carriage locked up because someone forgot to regrease the bloody thing and that i forgot to remove some of the fluid from the resevoiur

so all is well now, if it smokes tomorrow i will punch myself in the face

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:34 pm

So 1128kgs and how many horses?

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:46 pm

shouldnt get brake fade with them brakes they look well cool mate.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:00 pm

stuart wrote:So 1128kgs and how many horses?

meant to be 175 mate, but we'll see what Gary counts on the 10th

still pulls very well though so it shouldnt have lost many.

Bart wrote:shouldnt get brake fade with them brakes they look well cool mate.

lets hope not mate, i may get carried away and just stand on them from corner to corner

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:19 pm

Right, made a shopping list today of the bits and bobs i want to sling on the car before putting in some track time

new rear tyres (yep still going hardcore with the ditchfinders)

lower hardened springs
new front dampers
new ball joints
grooved rear discs
front tow strap

and maybe some carbon sheeting if it's cheap enough

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:00 pm

Okay so i bought more bits today on ebay

i have bought;

Ultra Racing rear brace;

TRS front tow strap;

Rear grooved discs;

and a decat;

So that's my wallet empty again

plus this weekend i'll have the front bumper off and look into brake cooling because i can see that they're going to need it

Post by **Ben** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:23 pm

Dan - sorry I've missed something here ... are you now keeping the MR2?

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:26 pm

haha yeah for the time being mate

in time though the high value items will be removed and sold on