Well this is how my story starts I bought this 87 mr2 from a co-worker for 150 bucks it was running on 2 cylinders because he got water in the spark plug valley so he thought it had a blow motor. it has 130,000 miles so I really couldn't complain , but its NA and auto BLAH.
Here's a couple of pics of it the first day I started doing body work.
Nothing more fun then a day with spray primer and truck trim paint.
I deff got my 150 dollars worth out of this car, it's not an eyesore but it had sat in the sun for a 2 years so the interior deff took a beating it was nasty tan color anyway.
I dont think there was more then one peace usable from the dash everything was cracked.
But being the car is 20 years old I knew it was in need of an overhaul everything on the car was from 87 the plugs and sparks that I pulled off were also from 87 it was bad,
But then I saw a For sale add on a local Drift forum for an mr2 shell for 350 bucks all he stated was that the title was good it was 5 speed and it was missing a hood and steering wheel.
Surprisingly the car came with decent wheels and tires Hankooks. also note the brakes are upgraded stainless steel lines drilled n slotted rotors and it turns out those aren't the same calipers I have on my 87.
Interior shot
This is what the car came with it was stripped to become an autoX car and the owner ran decided to let it go so now I have a car that has all the ac components ripped and sound material removed making this light car even lighter.
Turns out it has a momo hub so instead of pulling the wheel from the other car I ordered a 6-bolt wheel off ebay.
Rear shot of the car also came with the supercharged engine lid and had a supercharged tranny another plus there more stout then the NA one.
After separating and organizing all the boxes and parts inside the car I found a braille racing battery (One of those tiny ones.) and urathane bushings boxes so that adds to list of mods I found.
And the Huge puzzle begins.
New rear sunshade from toyota that I found in the trunk.
Now the removal of a mid engine motor really sucks compared to something like a Supra or of RWD car.
Stupid random shot the flash scared me. Also shows How high we need to get this thing to remove the motor.
5 hours later its finally out the 4age MONSTA.
More PICS n Progress soon.
Here's a couple of pics of it the first day I started doing body work.
Nothing more fun then a day with spray primer and truck trim paint.
I deff got my 150 dollars worth out of this car, it's not an eyesore but it had sat in the sun for a 2 years so the interior deff took a beating it was nasty tan color anyway.
I dont think there was more then one peace usable from the dash everything was cracked.
But being the car is 20 years old I knew it was in need of an overhaul everything on the car was from 87 the plugs and sparks that I pulled off were also from 87 it was bad,
But then I saw a For sale add on a local Drift forum for an mr2 shell for 350 bucks all he stated was that the title was good it was 5 speed and it was missing a hood and steering wheel.
Surprisingly the car came with decent wheels and tires Hankooks. also note the brakes are upgraded stainless steel lines drilled n slotted rotors and it turns out those aren't the same calipers I have on my 87.
Interior shot
This is what the car came with it was stripped to become an autoX car and the owner ran decided to let it go so now I have a car that has all the ac components ripped and sound material removed making this light car even lighter.
Turns out it has a momo hub so instead of pulling the wheel from the other car I ordered a 6-bolt wheel off ebay.
Rear shot of the car also came with the supercharged engine lid and had a supercharged tranny another plus there more stout then the NA one.
After separating and organizing all the boxes and parts inside the car I found a braille racing battery (One of those tiny ones.) and urathane bushings boxes so that adds to list of mods I found.
And the Huge puzzle begins.
New rear sunshade from toyota that I found in the trunk.
Now the removal of a mid engine motor really sucks compared to something like a Supra or of RWD car.
Stupid random shot the flash scared me. Also shows How high we need to get this thing to remove the motor.
5 hours later its finally out the 4age MONSTA.
More PICS n Progress soon.
