Future Plans for the MK1 Section!!!

CpuZapper · 03-07-2006, 07:38 PM

Hey MK1 Owners,
I've noticed as of late the mk1 section here is kinda slow, kinda disorganized, and... well... kinda pathetic. I want to make an attempt at improving it. For those of you who don't know me, I'm all about the mk1. I love it to pieces. I love meeting other people who love their cars as much as I do. With that in mind, I want to make this forum friendly, helpful, insightful, and cutting edge.

I am in the process of making some organizational changes. I plan on having a general maintanence area so that its easy to get all sorts of repair and maintanence questions organized and easy to respond to. Also, I want to have NA and Forced Induction threads so, again, its easy to get your question answered. Also, I want to start an FAQ so some people's basic questions can get answered. I'd like to keep the main MK1 area open for general discussions, and start using the new sub-forums as a way to keep stuff organized.

The last thing I want to say is that our mk1 community is pretty dead. I want to challenge all of you to invite new members to mr2board, and I also encourage all of you to be active, talkative, and friendly. I forsee this being a wonderfully helpful area for mk1 owners, and I look forward to talking with everyone.

canadam · 03-07-2006, 09:10 PM

Thanks for the help, Dylan !

The MKI community should be the strongest of them all, the cars are the cheapest, easy to come by, and leave the most money left over for go-fast parts.

It seems maybe some owners are intimated by the big beautiful MKII.

Let's try and change that. Each and every MR2 generation has a very strong point.

TheAmazingDave · 03-07-2006, 10:28 PM

I love my Mk1.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

AceX · 03-07-2006, 10:30 PM

I'm trying, but with my car in the shop and my wallet empty, there's nto a hole lot I can do...

GaToy · 03-07-2006, 10:40 PM

Yeah, i'd like to see this forum take off.

~C.C.~

Mister2.2 · 03-08-2006, 12:03 AM

Cool! One day I hope to get an MK1 again. I know I will be reading up in here myself.

MR-Fixer · 03-08-2006, 09:55 AM

I've made a gazillion mistakes in modding my 87 Mk I over a period of years. Learn from my mistakes: save time and money!

CPU Zapper: I've swapped out struts so many times (and even tried Coil-overs) that I've come up with two tricks which really save knuckles, and backaches. The first is assemble (compress) the front springs on the strut OUTSIDE of the car. Then just hang it in, when assembled. Second: for the rear springs, no need to compress the springs with a special tool. Just put a jack under the rear hub and use the jack to do the needed compression.

By the way, I'm just 200 miles South of you. I attended Zymosis autocross event a couple of years ago.

mr2greasemonkey · 03-08-2006, 09:51 PM

Hey, yr the guy with the twin vents right? If so, i think i met you, i'm the guy that took that stunning sunset pic of you in yr car.

MR-Fixer · 03-09-2006, 01:09 AM

Mr. Moua:

Finally another refugee from the "other" board recognized me! Thanks much! I'm selling the Mk I NA with the twin side vents soon. I have another 87 with an 4agze transplant in it. The transplant car needs a lot of TLC, $ and work. I'm gonna start a thread here on my SC14 upgrade in a few minutes. I still have those pictures, I'll put one up in my garage gallery real soon. Thanks for the photos again. By the way, this new board really rocks! This board makes me feel like I live in a free country!

Al

rainbow_star · 03-13-2006, 03:06 PM

Hey guys, I'm new here! Just bought a mk1 couple weeks ago.

TheAmazingDave · 03-13-2006, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rainbow_star

Hey guys, I'm new here! Just bought a mk1 couple weeks ago.

Welcome aboard!

Shakes · 09-30-2006, 01:28 AM

Hi; I have 2 MKI's. An 85 and an 87. The 85 is going to be twin charged and the 87 is stock. My daughter got hit on the drivers door a couple of years ago with the 87 so it doesn't really to pretty.
I'm going to be looking for an 85 next year so mine can be used as a parts car because it's pretty rusty. It'll be a good project for the twincharger engine to get everything to fit before it goes in a good body.

Shakes

trdhawk · 10-03-2006, 12:20 AM

I remember the twin vent MK1. Wasn't your fuel filler in the engine bay? I haven't been around since 02 when I parted out my 85 GZ and went the Volkswagen way. Now that I'm back with an 86 I hope to bring some daily life into this forum. I have a bunch of project stuff im doing that I will have to take pics and show all

Glad to see there is still life in AW11 owners!

Weasy2k · 10-04-2006, 01:57 AM

good work CpuZapper, i hope to contribute to this this forum more soon...got lots of upgrades for this winter and coming up next winter a never before done swap

(if nobody does it by then but im researching more first)

Dmagic · 12-09-2006, 11:51 AM

loving me some AW11 but seriously this is a great forum and the people here are extremely nice

Javier_Mr2 · 12-17-2006, 10:43 AM

It's a pretty good forum, but some people already are on Mr2oc.com, and they go to the forum they are used to. I always check both forums though.

I also can help too if anything is needed.

crusader33x · 12-18-2006, 06:08 PM

Yeah i really like this forum, just that I don't see much activity, technical data, and well, i'm new to the world of MR2's and I don;t know anyone with them on my side of town! (anyone from the south bay in california? hehe) I have a friend who has an AW11 and SW20, but ever since i moved over here, hes pretty far so i lost my "connection" with the mr2 world with him.

EvanB756 · 12-18-2006, 06:19 PM

check out the google map and you can find everyone on mr2 board and where they are located.

Gman · 02-23-2007, 04:38 AM

Finally! other MR2 nuts like me. I've been read'n thread after thread like crazy.
This is awesome!
-87 I think it's N/A (I'm'a noob) got it about a year ago (first REAL car) and I LOVE it!

Weasy2k · 02-23-2007, 02:25 PM

Welcome to the forum man! Once i start working on my MKI ill be posting lots of stuff here too

03-07-2006, 07:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
CpuZapper RallyRacer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 482 Thanks: 7 Thanked 25 Times in 22 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Future Plans for the MK1 Section!!! Hey MK1 Owners, I've noticed as of late the mk1 section here is kinda slow, kinda disorganized, and... well... kinda pathetic. I want to make an attempt at improving it. For those of you who don't know me, I'm all about the mk1. I love it to pieces. I love meeting other people who love their cars as much as I do. With that in mind, I want to make this forum friendly, helpful, insightful, and cutting edge. I am in the process of making some organizational changes. I plan on having a general maintanence area so that its easy to get all sorts of repair and maintanence questions organized and easy to respond to. Also, I want to have NA and Forced Induction threads so, again, its easy to get your question answered. Also, I want to start an FAQ so some people's basic questions can get answered. I'd like to keep the main MK1 area open for general discussions, and start using the new sub-forums as a way to keep stuff organized. The last thing I want to say is that our mk1 community is pretty dead. I want to challenge all of you to invite new members to mr2board, and I also encourage all of you to be active, talkative, and friendly. I forsee this being a wonderfully helpful area for mk1 owners, and I look forward to talking with everyone.

03-07-2006, 09:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
canadam MidshipExpress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 10,399 Thanks: 120 Thanked 142 Times in 121 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (34/100% )	Thanks for the help, Dylan ! The MKI community should be the strongest of them all, the cars are the cheapest, easy to come by, and leave the most money left over for go-fast parts. It seems maybe some owners are intimated by the big beautiful MKII. Let's try and change that. Each and every MR2 generation has a very strong point. __________________

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03-07-2006, 10:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheAmazingDave Cage Fighter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,112 Thanks: 13 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I love my Mk1. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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AceX Alien Face Hugger Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 616 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I'm trying, but with my car in the shop and my wallet empty, there's nto a hole lot I can do...

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GaToy '86 Sunroof Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fort Valley, Ga Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Yeah, i'd like to see this forum take off. ~C.C.~

03-08-2006, 12:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
Mister2.2 Cheese it! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,561 Thanks: 121 Thanked 115 Times in 99 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	Cool! One day I hope to get an MK1 again. I know I will be reading up in here myself.

03-08-2006, 09:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
MR-Fixer Censored *** censors Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Censored Posts: 95 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (0/0%** )	I've made a gazillion mistakes in modding my 87 Mk I over a period of years. Learn from my mistakes: save time and money! CPU Zapper: I've swapped out struts so many times (and even tried Coil-overs) that I've come up with two tricks which really save knuckles, and backaches. The first is assemble (compress) the front springs on the strut OUTSIDE of the car. Then just hang it in, when assembled. Second: for the rear springs, no need to compress the springs with a special tool. Just put a jack under the rear hub and use the jack to do the needed compression. By the way, I'm just 200 miles South of you. I attended Zymosis autocross event a couple of years ago.

03-08-2006, 09:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
mr2greasemonkey Once again....yups Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,658 Thanks: 4 Thanked 63 Times in 42 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Hey, yr the guy with the twin vents right? If so, i think i met you, i'm the guy that took that stunning sunset pic of you in yr car.

03-09-2006, 01:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
MR-Fixer Censored *** censors Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Censored Posts: 95 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (0/0%** )	Mr. Moua: Finally another refugee from the "other" board recognized me! Thanks much! I'm selling the Mk I NA with the twin side vents soon. I have another 87 with an 4agze transplant in it. The transplant car needs a lot of TLC, $ and work. I'm gonna start a thread here on my SC14 upgrade in a few minutes. I still have those pictures, I'll put one up in my garage gallery real soon. Thanks for the photos again. By the way, this new board really rocks! This board makes me feel like I live in a free country! Al

03-13-2006, 03:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
rainbow_star No Skills Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Hey guys, I'm new here! Just bought a mk1 couple weeks ago.

09-30-2006, 01:28 AM	#12 (permalink)
Shakes Drive It Like U Stole It Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Hi; I have 2 MKI's. An 85 and an 87. The 85 is going to be twin charged and the 87 is stock. My daughter got hit on the drivers door a couple of years ago with the 87 so it doesn't really to pretty. I'm going to be looking for an 85 next year so mine can be used as a parts car because it's pretty rusty. It'll be a good project for the twincharger engine to get everything to fit before it goes in a good body. Shakes

10-03-2006, 12:20 AM	#13 (permalink)
trdhawk No Skills Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I remember the twin vent MK1. Wasn't your fuel filler in the engine bay? I haven't been around since 02 when I parted out my 85 GZ and went the Volkswagen way. Now that I'm back with an 86 I hope to bring some daily life into this forum. I have a bunch of project stuff im doing that I will have to take pics and show all Glad to see there is still life in AW11 owners!

10-04-2006, 01:57 AM	#14 (permalink)
Weasy2k What is an MR2? Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 8,891 Thanks: 33 Thanked 82 Times in 68 Posts iTrader Rating: (9/100% )	good work CpuZapper, i hope to contribute to this this forum more soon...got lots of upgrades for this winter and coming up next winter a never before done swap (if nobody does it by then but im researching more first)

12-09-2006, 11:51 AM	#15 (permalink)
Dmagic No Skills Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 9 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	loving me some AW11 but seriously this is a great forum and the people here are extremely nice

12-17-2006, 10:43 AM	#16 (permalink)
Javier_Mr2 No Skills Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chile Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	It's a pretty good forum, but some people already are on Mr2oc.com, and they go to the forum they are used to. I always check both forums though. I also can help too if anything is needed.

12-18-2006, 06:08 PM	#17 (permalink)
crusader33x No Skills Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Yeah i really like this forum, just that I don't see much activity, technical data, and well, i'm new to the world of MR2's and I don;t know anyone with them on my side of town! (anyone from the south bay in california? hehe) I have a friend who has an AW11 and SW20, but ever since i moved over here, hes pretty far so i lost my "connection" with the mr2 world with him.

12-18-2006, 06:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
EvanB756 No Skills Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kearns, Utah Posts: 137 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	check out the google map and you can find everyone on mr2 board and where they are located.

02-23-2007, 04:38 AM	#19 (permalink)
Gman No Skills Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kingston WA Posts: 17 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Finally! other MR2 nuts like me. I've been read'n thread after thread like crazy. This is awesome! -87 I think it's N/A (I'm'a noob) got it about a year ago (first REAL car) and I LOVE it!

02-23-2007, 02:25 PM	#20 (permalink)
Weasy2k What is an MR2? Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 8,891 Thanks: 33 Thanked 82 Times in 68 Posts iTrader Rating: (9/100% )	Welcome to the forum man! Once i start working on my MKI ill be posting lots of stuff here too