So over the past 3.5 years I have been restoring my MR2. I bought it for $900 as a rolling chassis. I purchased it from MR2Source aka Artur in Texas and had to convince him to sell it to me. He thought it was junk and was planning on taking it to the scrap yard the next week but I convinced him otherwise as I saw a diamond in the rough. I received it and found that the interior overall was in great shape save for the seats and carpets. To catch you all up here are the previous threads incase you do not know of my cars history while I have owned it...
Resurrecting from the dead Part 1 (56K teh suck!)
Resurrecting from the dead Part 2; Revived (56K STILL teh suck!)
Then here is the most recent/up to date thread with the newests pics/mods at the end
MR2 Owners Club Message Board™
So now that you are caught up for the most part over the past 7 months I have been tinkering away...okay so I have gotten overly carried away but the end result is going to be completely bad ass. I could go on for hours on everything I have done but I'll just have the pics speak for themselves with a short explaination....Long of the short, basically everything is brand new on the car....literally. It's nearing completion so this is a thread of the progress of it will post updates as they come. End product will be a nasty 600whp on e85 pump gas MR2 that is essentially like new....
First off here is the most current mods list that's just a brief run down, there is so much more...Wire tuck to the extreme!!! Honestly, there is a ____ load of new stuff that it would take too long to list out lol
~Engine and tranny/performance~
-Dedicated-Matt (a.k.a. ATSMATT) built "Big bore" bottom end
.......-5sfe block (stronger than the 3sgte block)
.......-Wiseco moly coated forged pistons,
.......-Crower Billet rods,
.......-ACL thrust and main bearings and ITM rod bearings
.......-micropolished 3s crank
.......-balanced assembly
-ATS high volume oil pump
-ATS Prototype top mount tubular exhaust manifold (ceramic coated)
-44mm tial WG
-v-band dp(ceramic coated)
-Precision dual ball bearing Billet 6262 .63AR with a custom 3" vband turbine outlet ceramic coated
-Dedicated-Matt straight runner intake manifold
-70mm TB
-Apex Power FC w/ commander, datalogit, and boost control
-Custom Engine harness built by me
-Trick Flow adjustable FPR
-ATS TFFR
-FIC Bluemax 2150cc injectors
-Two (2) New Walbro 255lph fuel pumps
-Earl's prolite fuel lines and all earl's anotuff black fittings
-1zz shimless buckets
-Crower titanium retainers and valve spring
-ATS Engle valve springs
-Kelford Gen3 High lift cams (10.5mm lift 268 duration)
-1mm O.S. Ferrea valve intake and exhaust with bowl correction
-ATS Cam gears
-ATS ARP L19 head studs
-Toyota MLS '98 5s head gasket
-Trunk Mount IC using a high density core (24x12x5), 3" aluminum piping, CT worm gear clamps etc
-Tial Q 50mm bov
-Berk 3" dual exhaust (ceramic coated b-pipe)
-MSD 6al-2 w/ integrated 2 step and rev control
-MSD Blaster 3 coil
-MSD 8910 Tach adapter
-4" aluminum intake that I built with a AEM dryflow filter
-Blitz turbo timer
-'93 shifter
-CRW upgraded axles
-Transmission Bronze bushing inserts
-Custom Clutchmasters dual diaphragm clutch
-Competition Billit light weight flywheel
-kirkosaurus solid motor mounts
-Dedicated Motorsports Anti-torque bar
-two's r us valve cover bolts
-Brand new Mishimoto radiator
-Every gasket replaced with Toyota OEM from the dealer
-Moroso Track oil pan 6.5qt capacity with trap door system
~Suspension, brakes~
-Full Wilwood BBK kit in the front
-'93T rear brakes in the rear with Stoptech slotted rotors and Porterfield R4S pads and completely rebuilt with Toyota rebuild kits
-Tein's new MonoFlex coilovers with EDFC control
-EMSPowered front and rear strut bars
-ST sway bars
-Strut endlink mount reinforced in front
-Highntight Endlinks front
-unknown beefy rear endlinks
-Full H&T Polyurethane Suspension Bushing Kit
-Brand new OEM ball joints
-Brand new OEM inner and outer tie-rods
-All brand new wheel bearings from the dealer
-Everything suspension-wise has been powdercoated including the hubs, spindles, etc etc..
~Wheels and Tires~
Street:
-18x8.5 and 18x9.5 rims with Hankook RS2 215/35-18 front and Bridgestone RE01r 265/35-18 rear
~Interior~
-Leatherseats.com black leather w/ red stitch seat recovers and leather with red stich door panel inserts
-'98 JDM leather w/red stitching steering wheel
-Redline leather w/ Red stitching shift boot and e-brake boot
-'98 JDM leather w/red stitching shift knob
-Redline leather w/ red stitching e-brake boot
-ashtray pod with AEM UEGO and Prosport electronic Oil pres. gauge
-Omori Stock location boost gauge
~Audio~
-Eclipse touch screen TV/DVD/Navigation/AMFM head unit with ipod control
-New Kicker componants and crossovers
-Tang Band foctory location subs courtesy of EMSPowered
-SoundStorm 4f400 4 channel amp
-Soundstorm 2f200 2 ch. amp
~Exterior~
-Rev6 Low-rise kit
-Retro-Solutions Full digital slim 55w 6000k low beams and 5000k highs
-Toyota/Lexus Spectra Blue Mica
-'93+ front lip
-'94+ tail lights
-'94+ wing and trunk lid
-'98 jdm low profile trim (installing once painted)
-JDM rear quarter glass (doesn't have the dot matrix like USDM)
-JDM Back glass (doesn't have the dot matrix)
-JDM OEM clear corners
-20% tint
Noowww the pics start...please forgive me, some of the pics are from my cell..For all of the pics view this album
Josh Putthoff's Photos - Guy stuff...3 | Facebook
It all started when my clutch finally threw a spring, bound to happen as I was launching hard on it with slicks (best 60' of 1.47).
Motor out and stripped
Pics of a few of the parts. The 3082 in this pic is not the 3082 I am using, I have since bought a new one which you will see on down...
new GT3082r with vband housing
Ceramic coated now....Comp side soon to be mirror polished
