1993 MR2 2GR swap

Coilovers have been installed. alignment needs fine tuning.. waiting on 5mm spacers for the wheels to get the proper +35 offset that i need to make it all work comfortably. and longer ARP studs. intial alignment is good enough for now. goals 3 degrees of camber out back with minimal toe in, ~7 degrees caster up front with 2.5 degrees camber and minimal toe in. as it sits. this things on rails now.
Before coilovers

After coilovers

 

Might dabble with running .10 toe in on the rear. it is a wee bit twitchy on the highway. also need to swap bump steer spacers and play with that a tiny bit to change the toe curve.... but i do believe that i can now hang with the 911s

 

well. after ALOT of near misses with other cars. apparently a deer is what hits my shit. need to find a new fender, headlight motor assembly and the marker light.... luckily i was able to slow down enough from 40 to like 20. but no where to swerve with oncoming traffic and no shoulder

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7YZy4N8aW_w

 

sorry and that sucks. Twice bitten on body damage due to circumstances. I feel for you on that.

 

Had the same shit happen to my Supra a few years back. Luckily it only hit the fender and side marker. Sucks when this happens since parts like that for these older vehicles are becoming harder and harder to find. Good luck finding the parts!

 

Nabbed some goodies for the other mr2. Project for later, but you nab things like this when they come up

CSS 2ar block, modified 1ar crank to use chevy small block rods, beefy pistons


These are parts leftover from papadakis 1000 whp corolla

 

A big chunk of the parts for the spyder swap are here. LSD, body controller, etc. waiting on a header and I have to get the ECU tune.

engine is getting parts planned. As of right now the plan is to stroke a 2ar to a 1ar (2.5 to 2.7) custom 12:1 pistons, and custom cams with a custom intake plenum Marc sells. This combination based off other previous attempts should be near 300wheel on a dynojet.

 

Dealing with the deer damage and hanging new doors…

 

Whilst waiting for some parts, assembled the new rear diffuser. A splitter is also happening in the future to go with it. Car will be almost flat under neath now.


As for my other mr2s. Lots of progress on my spyder. Pauter rods on order, CP 12:1 pistons, new short blocks in, new heads in, head is getting some port clean up and tossed together shortly. Goal for the spyder is north of 300 wheel from an n/a 2.7.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoBpHxGfIzg&ab_channel=DanK.


waiting for summer.... missing this thing... video from west virginia tunnels last year to tide me over. LOl

but in other news, painting soon. debating doing the roof in black and the rest white.. but we shall see.

 

Bought a trailer, drove 1600 miles, picked and brought home an 93 mr2 hardtop shell. Assembled it to a full roller at the dudes house. And now I have twins at home