MR-2

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What a beauty and that car color suits perfect <3 I also just modded SW20 seats to my EP91 with EP70 rails, so pleased for that modification

Too noisy for me, nice flames

Oem vs Honda, very close...

Previous owner had this shit, horrible noise, thats why rather Honda muffler, at least some noise desing Now driven with oem muffler...

Making 4-2-1 header without catalyzator and 2" pipe with Honda rear muffler. Do You recomend to use middle muffler also, how Your n/a sounds are with or without muffler? Aiming to get quiet sound without "power" loosing, do I just survive with rear muffler. And don't know Honda sounds yet, maybe horrible, that why I ended almost normal muffler, not aftermarket tuning muffler. Also gona use this exhaust partly after turbo conversion, 2" should be enough in the rear of car.

Looking good by far, massive transformation from n/a look

When I bought this car last summer, previous owner had changed tuning rear muffler, horrible sound and axle was hitting to pipe all the time, so I changed it to oem muffler what came with car. Hate this cutted hole in bumper. So I bought brand new Honda Civic Type R oem muffler for 70 euros, now when I'm building new full 2" exhaust anyway and have to think sounds also for n/a and future turbo setup. Not easy to find small semi quiet muffler, so started to watch other cars mufflers. Should be ok for Starlet, same size almost and in/ex pioes are right positions. Abo

I have new Tein lowering springs waiting, very curious also to hear why those are not so good? Everybody knows, that with oem old schocks car won't become racecar, but rides lower. Compared to other brands, those can't be any worse or most worst springs with 40-55mm lowering

Steering wheel column problem solved, added three washers, aprox 10mm is max lowering oem threads.

My friend welded flange wit Tig, better result than me and Mig. Wanted extra support bracket also. 4-2 header weights 3,7kg. Have to clean header and make some heat shield also, before installing. Rest of pipe had to make later, so can get right curves and lambda sensor positions...

You (she?) did it, congratulation

My EP70 Starlet seats, MR2 SW20 covers modded. It was time to take these out for weight reduction. Almost bolt on EP70 rails to EP90, only inner rear bracket needs some patents. And seat belt locking system. Much better, now rest of interior looks horrible :/ Seats are so low that I can see my time clock, but steering wheel is now too high, have to lower steering column maybe with washers...

Purhased Glanza spoiler for 50 euros, not bad att all. Paint was bad, but same as mine. Little cleaning with these and almost like new. Drilled three hole to a n/a boot. Also led brakelight working. Perfect for my car, almost invisible. Lower corners I used two side foamtape and upper corners are attached with bolts.

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Moved my spare engine to my friends garage, Starlet with twin engine Easier to make header. Found this second pipe as well, very hard to find it cheap. Cutted flanges and brackets away, some parts were touching the block and oil pan. Almost perfect fit, except outer pipes. Little bending and perfect fitment Then old exhaust seal for mould. And later got three stainless and five normal steel plasma cutted flanges. Later coming few turbo header... And few 2" exhaust parts, now have to get time to finnish this project.

Finally got time to prepare for the summer, still snowy winter here :/ Little bit fatty tyres, but maybe good rides coming some day.

My MR2 had had problem with topmount nut losening, solved with Nordlock washer. Some annoying sound still coming sometimes from inverted monotube bearing, whic is inside lower tread pipe top. Coilovers are Apex N1...

Weird, maybe few washers are different. I have euro EL54 Paseo and both Toyota kits seems to fit, 95/08 on was fitment. Only big difference can be head gasket, what is offered two different thickness, 0,5mm to 1,4mm or something. Some aftermarket gasket have measurement what I have seen here at forum info and Wictor Reinz brand gasket sets for example. Also intrested T9 hear if somebody can explain something about gasket kits, have to order one set at least...

Where to find 31mm front arm bush, POWERFLEX? Can't find product number for that and only SuperPro make those maybe, but all other bushes are Powerflex, thats why All I find is 34mm bush and it is wrong for EP91 and EP70. PRODUCT NUMBER, anybody? https://www.powerflex.co.uk/road-series/product-details/Front+Arm+Front+Bush/1933.html This is wrong 34mm.

195/50R15

Easy to cut it little bit, so lightning area comes bigger...

Fits to n/a signals and cheap from Toyota, buy there...

I have ignitor plug/connector problem sometimes in my 3S-GTE MR2 after washing engine or heavy rain wheather, almost same igniter as in Starlet. Somehow water goes in the plug and all dead after that, problem goes away when taking plug away, some pressure air and WD40. I have greased and oiled it several times, but sometimes problem comes back, wery weird thing. I have checked wires and plug several times and everything look okay always. So very sentive plug, but You propably have cheked it for sure, I was giving earlier other ways. Keep on eye on that plug, sounds more possible reason than kn

Damn that TRD, very harm that most of old parts are not more available. I have broken those also in my MR2, now having few Powerflex bushes in front and rear, sides are still TRD.