I gots me a car.... :D

[Yaggus]

Well after talking about it for so long I finally went out and got another good car. No it isnt a Z hence why this is in off topic. I did in fact get a 1990 toyota MR2 turbo. Normally I wouldnt consider getting a MR2 this old or with as many kms on it as it does (220,000kms) but this one was different. It is FUCKING IMMACULATE!!! Anyway, thats what made it catch my eye initially. But at $24,000 it was kinda out of my price range. As the used sports car market has fallen on its ass in Australia atm I slowly watched his asking price fall... 22k...20k... 18k........16k..... At this point I was getting kind of interested in it. Not only was this car frigging perfect looking, it also has a MONSTER ENGINE in it. We are talking:

*custom forged, shotpeened, polished, HP coated rods and pistons
*custom cams and camshafts
*ported, polished and flowed heads
*2.2L stroker kit.
* the works

The guy that Terry bought the engine off had apparently spent over $25,000 on this engine getting custom parts made up in Japan and getting them sent over... Like he went to town on the engine. This engine put out 480hp on 21psi on pump fuel, and is built for 30psi or 25psi and 100 shot of giggles. Good stuff.

It also has:
*550cc Injectors
*Heavy duty clutch
*Machined Flywheel
*High flow turbo
*BOV
*3" going to twin 2.5" exhaust
*Haltech E6X
*Apexi AVCR Boost Controller
*Autometer boost guage
*Lowered King Springs Front/Rear
*Bilstein Struts/Shocks Front/Rear
*After-market Strut Braces Front/Rear
*17inch Advanti Rims
*plus all MR2 options

Decent mod list. Nothing too over the top. They guy only had it set to 12psi so it didnt get hammered.

The only probs with the car are that the front brakes need machining and that recently its started blowing smoke. He got it checked out and was told that its was prob the valveguide seals or the ring seals and was quoted $3000 to fix this problem. Tristen quoted me $70 for parts and he would help me out with the labour ie next to nothing.

The price for this wonderous beast I hear you asking????

$11,000 AUD

FUCK YES!!!!!!

Admittedly it will cost about $1000 to get it shipped over from the other side of the country, but I feel I made out like an ass pirate of Penang on Mardi Gra night.

I am well happy. So happy, I am even going to post pics.









Well that about does it... I am a very happy man....

[DeleriousZ]

scoooore!

[ExTrEmEDrIfT]

looks sweet man good job ... im sorry but you have to do something about that little hot air intake you got in there lol ... get one of those that come up through the hatch and get direct air those look pretty sweeet .. otherwise car looks awesome.

[DeleriousZ]

you know what i just noticed that's awesome? no mph in the speedo!

[k3smostwanted]

very nice...it is one of very few cars that you and I actually agree on! lookds very clean and well built/cared for.

good luck! and that price is a steal even for the US.

[DeleriousZ]

lol i don't think you're going to be so happy when he tells you his plans k3 :P

[Yaggus]

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

lol i don't think you're going to be so happy when he tells you his plans k3 :P

Whaaaaaaaaat.... The plans for it arent that bad. It just involes it being demodified somewhat. I really dont think Janine would appreciate the work gone into the engine, so she wont care that it will have a stock engine in it. I, on the other hand, WILL appreciate the engine. So, I intend on dumping it in a GT4 and turning it into a monster

10 seconds sounds pretty good to me... if I also buy the GT4 I am looking at, the ony mod it will need will be a big turbo. Everything else will be done. But, I dont know which will come first. 10 sec car or a house. Not sure which :P

[DeleriousZ]

haha well i like the plan, but i'm sure k3 will have something along the lines of "celica's suck" or something...

i say go for the house so i have something to stay in when i come down there

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

i say go for the house so i have something to stay in when i come down there

agreed...i was actually thinking about scheduling a trip to austrailia as soon as this summer.

anywho...celicas...bah. i dont like the plans at all. so what you are saying is...you are gonna take all the mods out of the tribute sports car and install them on a sporty economical car and make it a 10 second car. it makes sense in your case and in your case only beings your girlfriend probably doesnt need a insanely tail happy MR2 to try and drive around.

i dont think all celicas suck. the older GT4s are pretty badass. i personally would never buy one because i think they look like poo but they can be made into monsters.

do whatever makes ya happy. as long as it doesnt involve eclipses and GTO's, you wont hear much from me.

[Yaggus]

Rofl.

I will end up buying a house regardless so you guys have no need to worry. There will be somewhere for you to crash

Sporty economical??? Celicas DOMINATED the rally scene in the early 90's how could you possibly class that as a sporty economical?? My plans make perfect sense. I am going to take a hideously modifed, uneconomical engine out of the MR2, drop in a standard 3s-gte in it, and dump the modified block into something that has a chance of getting traction with it. Makes perfect sense to me.

That way I will have a stupidly fast car and my girlfriend will have a clean reliable car that won't try to axe her in the face the first time she puts her foot down.

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by Yaggus

Rofl.

I will end up buying a house regardless so you guys have no need to worry. There will be somewhere for you to crash

Sporty economical??? Celicas DOMINATED the rally scene in the early 90's how could you possibly class that as a sporty economical?? My plans make perfect sense. I am going to take a hideously modifed, uneconomical engine out of the MR2, drop in a standard 3s-gte in it, and dump the modified block into something that has a chance of getting traction with it. Makes perfect sense to me.

That way I will have a stupidly fast car and my girlfriend will have a clean reliable car that won't try to axe her in the face the first time she puts her foot down.

i still find the ideas foolish. just leave the MR2 and insanely modify the GT4. makes more sense than swapping motors and all that jazz.

it is a sporty economical car, noted in the same class as the 240sx. 2 door coupe with a 4 cylinder motor. i dont care what it dominated, it was built for to be sporty and economical. it just so happens that they built it so that it is a great platform to be modified, same as the 240sx, integras, and civic si's.

[Yaggus]

Originally Posted by k3smostwanted

i still find the ideas foolish. just leave the MR2 and insanely modify the GT4. makes more sense than swapping motors and all that jazz.

Well unfortunately I dont have a spare 25k to dump into a gt4 so instead I will just use the motor that I already have modified.

Originally Posted by k3smostwanted

it is a sporty economical car, noted in the same class as the 240sx. 2 door coupe with a 4 cylinder motor. i dont care what it dominated, it was built for to be sporty and economical. it just so happens that they built it so that it is a great platform to be modified, same as the 240sx, integras, and civic si's.

Do you class EVOs and WRX's sporty economical cars?? No, you dont. It is the same type of car just an earlier model. GT4s are no where near the same as a Celica SX. Different engine, different suspension, different drivetrain, different brakes... etc etc. The shell looks the same and so does most of the interior but that where the similarity ends. Plus the GT4 starts off with a decent 2 liter turbo engine where as the 240sx, teg and civic dont. ie the same 2L turbo engine thats in the MR2 turbo...

[DeleriousZ]

actually the jdm '240sx' does

[Yaggus]

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

actually the jdm '240sx' does

Thats not a 240sx

Thats a 200sx which is a whole different car altogether

[DeleriousZ]

never heard of a 200zx.. i have, however, heard of the sylvia, which is of the same s13 chassis... and there was no japanese 240sx.. hence the 'jdm'... same car different front end, as far as i'm concerned lol