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da_force · 09-06-2009, 06:05 PM

Greetings all!

Been lurking a while

and I would like to share with all of you the story which I'm going trough with my two

So here it goes....

I bought the car couple a months ago, in a poor state with the 3S-GE engine blown.... it was siting like this for almost a year

And so I started working on it, firstly I started washing the engine parts and got the engine head machined and everything preped for assambley of the head

And than I heard about a man that was studying here in my town (he is from Malaysia) and he had an mr2 that was a bit crashed at the front, but the engine was in a great condition, so I bought it for a price of airplane ticket to malaysia

This move vas like a dream because if you would compare how much money would I spend on bringing the old engine to life and some body parts, this is just wunderbar!

saved a whole lot of money and time

The man, the "savior"

So it was time to take the red out and start hard on it

Then I started on the blue 2

After that it was time for surgery

and so the engine was out, & that was a great oportunity to clean it

I took some suspension parts from the blue one

Sandblasted them all

And started painting, first with the paint that prevents rust

In the meantime got the new clutch set

After finishing painting with the rust prevention paint, it was time for finishing painting, so here is how some of the parts turned out like

The sump was also sandblasted, painted with rust prevention paint and then in mat black which endures temperatures of 800 degrees

Also protected some of the body parts from the blue 2

Then came time when I was not able to paint everything by hand so the reinforcements have been used

The result:

Then some more sandblasting was done

I've put the front suspension permanently back on the car so I can move it around and start working on the body

Then choped the front of the blue 2 and took of the same part from the red 2 by drilling the factory welded points, so when I put the new front on and weld the same spots It will be like from factory if not better

And for those who were not amused by all this so far, the rims were a bit bent so that was taken care off, after that they were sandblasted and newly painted

After that I went on a one month vacation, where I started polishing some of the parts for the old engine

And now most of the work that is being done is mostly bodywork, just cleaning, brushing, fixing and so on, will post some pics when I collect some more interesting pics

Well I hope you were not bored by the long read, and hope you were amused a bit, from now on the posts will be shorter

Have a nice evening all !

Cheers!

09-06-2009, 06:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
da_force Stance Seeker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Croatia, Zagreb Posts: 140 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	MR2 Senor Dos PROJECT Greetings all! Been lurking a while and I would like to share with all of you the story which I'm going trough with my two So here it goes.... I bought the car couple a months ago, in a poor state with the 3S-GE engine blown.... it was siting like this for almost a year And so I started working on it, firstly I started washing the engine parts and got the engine head machined and everything preped for assambley of the head And than I heard about a man that was studying here in my town (he is from Malaysia) and he had an mr2 that was a bit crashed at the front, but the engine was in a great condition, so I bought it for a price of airplane ticket to malaysia This move vas like a dream because if you would compare how much money would I spend on bringing the old engine to life and some body parts, this is just wunderbar! saved a whole lot of money and time The man, the "savior" So it was time to take the red out and start hard on it Then I started on the blue 2 After that it was time for surgery and so the engine was out, & that was a great oportunity to clean it I took some suspension parts from the blue one Sandblasted them all And started painting, first with the paint that prevents rust In the meantime got the new clutch set After finishing painting with the rust prevention paint, it was time for finishing painting, so here is how some of the parts turned out like The sump was also sandblasted, painted with rust prevention paint and then in mat black which endures temperatures of 800 degrees Also protected some of the body parts from the blue 2 Then came time when I was not able to paint everything by hand so the reinforcements have been used The result: Then some more sandblasting was done I've put the front suspension permanently back on the car so I can move it around and start working on the body Then choped the front of the blue 2 and took of the same part from the red 2 by drilling the factory welded points, so when I put the new front on and weld the same spots It will be like from factory if not better And for those who were not amused by all this so far, the rims were a bit bent so that was taken care off, after that they were sandblasted and newly painted After that I went on a one month vacation, where I started polishing some of the parts for the old engine And now most of the work that is being done is mostly bodywork, just cleaning, brushing, fixing and so on, will post some pics when I collect some more interesting pics Well I hope you were not bored by the long read, and hope you were amused a bit, from now on the posts will be shorter Have a nice evening all ! Cheers! Last edited by da_force; 09-06-2009 at 06:20 PM..