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Originally Posted by pissonlotus
in US, some MR2 from late 87s were equipped w/ 4agze engine bottoms
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Not really. There were some changes made, but the GZE got different pistons. There is nothing in the GZE engine assembly itself that would make more power in a naturally aspirated engine.
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Originally Posted by pissonlotus
also some MR2s were manufactured in light weight form(bit more than 2000lb)
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I don't know where you read that, but there were no "lightweight versions". Some cars got fewer options and thus weighed less, but they were base model cars, not special cars, and they would not be all that much lighter than the others.
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Originally Posted by pissonlotus
and maybe 1st owner add racing clutch/ lightweight flywheel and LSD..?>?>?>?
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I don't know why you suspect those things...I mean, it's possible, but pretty unlikely...
A "racing clutch" won't make the car accelerate any faster, and a stock clutch can handle the power a stock engine produces.
A stock engined AW11 does not need an LSD, or really even really benefit from it until power levels get very high. These cars have good traction to begin with. An LSD will not make an MR2 any faster in a straight line unless one tire is on dry pavement and the other is in vanilla pudding.
A light flywheel will help, but most of these cars don't have them. Most of them are not even owned by enthusiasts. If your car looks stock, I would bet large dollar figures that it does not have a single aftermarket performance part on it, let alone one that requires removal of the transmission to install.
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Originally Posted by pissonlotus
my guess is that i m the lucky bastard w/light bodied MR2 mk1 NA w/ 4agze bottom... well who knows.. but one thing i can tell you is that if this thing weights 2500lb and has only 120fwhp it would not stand chance aganist cars i have run aganist..
07 civic SI and 2002 wrx turbo(not sti) i wasnt killing them or anything but i had faster launch, and was pulling on them cars until i hit almost 100mph
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Mid-engine layout helps with the launch, but that sounds exceptionally unlikely...as in physically impossible, unless the other cars were out of gas, had two flat tires and were being driven by a corpse. But anyway, street racing is not clever and not admired, so if you're doing it, you might want to keep the stories to yourself. Meanwhile, let's see some pics of that engine bay and see if we can sort out what's going on with your car. Something is fishy. I hope you are being honest with us (and yourself) and not just telling stories
