For Sale: '92 built 5sgte turbo, complete car restoration

[MR2_Josh]

Hi Guys,
So with me in grad school I can't be tinkering around with cars really anymore and am selling off all my cars and buying a new car for the next 3 years. With that I'm placing my MR2 up for sale. This car has been extensively redone with either OEM or high quality aftermarket items and it was all done with great detail. I have put my heart and sole into this car over the past 3 years and it sucks to potentially see it go but it's time for me to move on I think.

I have documented about 95% of everything I have done to the car with many different threads on here as well as a folder that has most of the receipts for everything. All of the work was done by me personally in my shop so I know it was done right. ATS did the tuning and built the 5sfe bottom end and looked over everything for me and said it was sound. Anyone of them will vouch for my car I'm sure as they have seen it numerous times and dyno'd it there etc etc. Not only them but all of the locals and many other board members cause vouch for this car. I strived to build a very streetable and respectable STREET car. By that I mean this was meant to be a car that you go out, start it up and drive off. Only maintenance needed was changing the oil (which I only used Royal Purple or Eneos full synthetic with a F1 Toyota filter) and the spark plugs. Honestly that's all I have needed to do since the new bottome end was put it up until recently when my spec clutch threw a spring (very very common) after 35,000 miles. I have a brand new ACT stg3 unsprung disc with the heavy duty pressure plate going in within the next week and a half.

I was extremely anal about this car. As many will vouch. The car made 363whp 322tq at 20 psi with 93 pump and meth and 319whp whp at 15.5 psi straight 93 octane. It now can handle 25-26 psi with methanol and is easily around 400+whp. Here are the dyno's from ATS


I don't feel I need to go into too much more detail as the threads I'm about to post will explain the rest. Mind you there are many many and they are all in great detail with more pics than you can ever imagine.

Restoration threads: (note: the mods lists in these are out of date, the up-to-date one is listed below)

part 1
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part 2
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part 3
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Part 4
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Engine Build threads:
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The mods list consists of.......

~Engine and tranny/performance~
-'93 JDM LSD 3sgte (now 5sgte) clip w/ 30,000 miles
-ATS built "Big bore" 5sfe forged bottom end
.......-5sfe block (stronger than the 3sgte block)
.......-Wiseco moly coated forged pistons,
.......-Crower Billet I-beam rods,
.......-ACL thrust and main bearings and ITM rod bearings
.......-micropolished 3s crank
.......-balanced assembly
-ARP Head studs
-TTE MLS head gasket
-ATS high volume oil pump
-ATS td06 kit (ceramic coated exhaust mani, turbine housing, downpipe, dump tube and b-pipe)
-ATS intake manifold (hand polished by me)
-ATS Phenolic spacer
-ATSMATT heatshield
-ATS Rom tune (2 maps, pump and pump + methanol)
-ATS Cam gears
-ATS FPR
-ATS bored fuel rail
-ATS Engle valve springs
-GSC S1 cams 268 duration 9.7mm lift
-Supra MKVI TT 550 injectors~ Freshly cleaned and balaced by witchhunter
-New Walbro 255lph fuel pump
-AEM Progressive meth inj. kit modified to dual nozzle 500cc & 760cc (1260cc's total)
-Turbohoses stage 9 intercooler w/ custom spearco core with 3" inlet and outlets and mirror polished piping
-KO polished and modified throttle body (not installed yet)
-KO 3" intake polished (not installed yet)
-Berk 3" dual stainless exhaust
-MSD 6al-2 w/ integrated 2 step and rev control
-MSD Blaster 3 coil
-MSD 8910 Tach adapter
-Apex-i intake
-MBC
-Blitz turbo timer
-'93 shifter
-CRW upgraded axle cages
-Transmission Bronze bushing inserts
-ACT stg 3 unsprung clutch
-Competition light weight flywheel
-kirkosaurus solid motor mounts
-two's r us valve cover bolts
-Brand new OEM Toyota radiator, mounts and all hoses
-EVERY gasket/seal replaced with Toyota OEM from the dealer

~Suspension, brakes~
-Top of the line Tein Monoflex coilovers with EDFC that rides EXCELLENT
-EMSPowered front sway bar with custom frame mount reinforcements (will not break away from the frame)
-Full Energy Suspension Bushing Kit
-ST sway bars
-Brand new OEM ball joints
-Brand new OEM inner and outer tie-rods
-FULL TOYOTA alignment to perfect specs (I watched as they did it)
-Earl's S.S. braided brake lines
-Porterfield R4S pads
-factory blank rotors
-ATE super blue dot 4 fluid

~Wheels and Tires~
Street:
-18x7.5 and 18x9.5 rims with 255/35 Bridgestone Potenza RE050 tires for the rear and 215-35 Hankook Ventus R-S2's front. Great tread left on all the tires. (Around 60% rear and 75% front)


~Interior~
-BRAND NEW Leatherseats recovered with black leather
-redone red stitched leather door panels
-Leatherseats door panel inserts with red stitching
-'98 JDM leather w/red stitching steering wheel
-V-Max shifter surround, leather w/ Red stitching shift boot
-'98 JDM leather w/red stitching shift knob
-Redline leather w/ red stitching e-brake boot
-EMSPowered Stock location boost gauge
-AEM 52mm UEGO Wideband and guage in mr2eddy ash traypod
-entire interior has been dynamatted (stock stuff stripped and laid the new stuff down)

~Audio~
-XOVision 7" double din touch screen DVD head unit
-New Pheonix Gold componants all around courtesy of EMSPowered
-2 Tang Band foctory location subs courtesy of EMSPowered
-SoundStorm 4f400 4 channel amp
-(Everything installed is hidden and all looks factory minus the head unit but that is a given. Amp is under the drivers seat, wirin under the carpet, subs in the storage compartments etc)

~Exterior~
-Brand new (yes brand new) '93 windshield with antenna
-'93+ front lip
-'94+ tail lights
-JDM flush side moldings (waiting to be installed)
-JDM OEM clear corners
-aeroware sidevents (waiting to be installed)
-20% tint

[MR2_Josh]

A little more detail, I have put around 6500 miles on the engine since I installed it. The chassis hass 139,000 miles on it and feels very solid. The dash is NOT warped at all. Nothing is sun faded interior-wise. It's all in great shape! I went a great distance to make sure that I got rid of all of the rattles I could. Overall the car feels and sounds very solid.

The exterior is the only issue. The paint is, for the lack of a better word, shot. That's what I'm addressing below as far as the price. (See below for more details)

PICS: It's dirty in most of these pics and I can't really get new ones as it's in my shop at the moment covered in dust so it wouldn't help much...



One where I rolled it out of the shop so I could get another car out


and then just a random one I took a couple weeks ago.


Here are pics of the engine bay but does not shot the new polished KO throttle body nor the KO 3" polished intake that are included.




PRICE: For the price I have a deal. There are going to be 2 prices. One is with the car repainted with the color of your choice (within reason on the color choice) and the other is as is on the paint and you paint it whatever.

Price with it repainted: $14,500

Price as is: $13,000

I know I'm forgetting things on the mods etc and other details but I will fill them in as they come. I'm not in a rush to sell so no low balls at all and the prices are pretty firm. I have faaaaaarrr more than what I'm asking into this not to mention my time which is 1000's of hours. Here is your chance to get a great street MR2 or your chance to get an MR2 that has the potential to have 750whp with a bugger turbo, more fuel, bigger IC and a stand-alone.

I actually daily'd it for the past month with no issues. It gets good gas mileage too if you stay out of the boost. The only issue I had was my clutch that threw a spring but if you search, SPEC is known for that and with the mileage that was on the clutch it was about time. To give example, most people have their spec go around 10-20,000 miles, mine lasted 35,000 but I think that was attributed to me rarely ever launching the car (only times I did was at the track which I've only made around 7 or 8 passes). In fact I don't drive this car hard at all even though it's built to. I mean every once in a while I will do a good 3rd gear pull but nothing where I'm ripping through the first 3 gears etc etc.

But to answer your question, it's very DD'able and reliable. That's what my main goal was for this car as I mentioned above even though I never intended on DD'ing. I built a car that can handle TON's but only utilizing about 60% of it.

Actually, literally 2 days after I got the new motor in I drove it 1000 miles round trip to ATS Racing in Denton TX without a single issue at all. I have no problem getting in the car and taking it coast to coast. Save for oil changes I would bet money that it would do it without a hitch meechanically.

[mr29180]

Wow this is a beatiful car.... Wow good luck with the sale.....

[MR2_Josh]

Thanks! Here is a link to the listing on mr2oc to show some feedback from locals and friends of mine who know the work I have put into it just to show some credibility.

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Thanks to the MOD too that edited the title for me after I asked!

[MR2 Drifter]

Wow, a built 5s turbo and 400hp car, it looks like you took a lot of time and money making it awesome

good luck with the sale

[wagonis]

Very nice, good luck with the sale.

[MR2_Josh]

Thanks guys! Much appreciated!