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Originally Posted by 3sgtepower
Christ, how can you even own a 3sgte and not know it had updated versions of it, much like any other motor like the 5.0's in mustangs changing to fuel injection, or LT1 to LS1 Camaro's.
Did you even know they continued to make the MR2 after they quit importing them after 1995, much like most other Japanese sports cars?
The gen 3 was a major upgrade over the gen 2, theres a video on here of a stock JDM gen 2 mr2 running 14.2 and a stock JDM gen 3 mr2 running a 13.3 in 400m (8ft shy of a quartermile). They didnt sell them to America in 1994, probably because it couldnt pass certain states strict emissions testing, plus the car was getting discontinued from unfavorable exchange rates as an import, and they would have to retune or lower its timing to allow for the American states taht only sell 91 (ugh!) octane fuel.
Although I will admit that when I took my gen 3 motor to the emissions place with a catyltic converter on it, I got less than 1/3 of the emissions requirements on 2 of the tests, and half the limit on another requirement, mine had an easier time passing emissions than my USDM gen 2 did which came very close to failing (but that was a 140k motor, and my gen 3 prolly around 50k)
The next generation of MR2 is referred to as the MKIII MR2 to help clarify that there talking about the MKIII MR2 and not the 3rd gen 3sgte.
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gen3 is still OBD0 where as cars sold 96 or newer had to be OBDII compliant.... that's most of the reason behing them discontinuing them.... along with sales, prices, exchange rates, etc.