Hey guys i'm new to the whole mr2 thing. I bought a 1993 gt-tbar on friday and the thing was absolutely mint. I got a folder full of reciepts from when the car was born and a full toyota service history. There is not a scratch on it and it is totally standard, so the question is without messing up the sleek lines what can i do to improve on perfection. Any advice guys would be much appreciated. Cheers

hello and welcome

best mods for you to start with would be a performance exhaust, decat, and induction kit..

beyond that, your looking at ECU replacement etc... that will make the most out of your car without too much expense.

However, were heading for winter, so my advice is make sure you have a decent set of rubber on the wheels!

Thanks fidgits for the quick reply. I have the rubber sorted the car came with brand new michellin pilots all round so i'm very happy. As with the parts you have mentioned does the toyota owners club have anyone that supplies goods only for MR2's??? When i had a 200 sx we apex performance. Is their anything like this.

www.fensport.co.uk

www.mtte.co.uk

www.roguesystems.co.uk

www.twosrus.co.uk

and me if you want to beat most of their prices.... but im low key

Welcome mate... hope you're having fun with your new motor... sensibly of course *cough*.

for mods to get more power have a look at my garage section mate. Beyond this, you're looking at internals and a larger turbo.

[quote name='jimlad' date='Oct 13 2004, 08:20 PM'] for mods to get more power have a look at my garage section mate. Beyond this, you're looking at internals and a larger turbo. [/quote]
... plus chargecooler, plus water injection, plus larger fuel injectors, plus higher flow fuel pump, plus fully mappable ECU, plus gearbox...

yeah... lol....

plus 2.2 stroker kit....

was just giving hte chap an idea... lol. Didn't want to freak the bloke out!


Jesus... why a fully mappable ECU ?? I'm planning on everything you said but am gonna be sticking with the unichip.

shaf do you sell exhausts? if so pm me some details please

Just gives you more flexibility for introducing anti-lag, water injection control, boost control through gears and so on and so forth.

A lot of piggy back units can do this stuff between them, but you can't beat a fully mappable ecu. I'll be going that way when the time is right!!!

Welcome chap!


Hope you enjoy your stay at planet MR2!

[quote name='Jesus' date='Oct 13 2004, 09:08 PM'] Just gives you more flexibility for introducing anti-lag, water injection control, boost control through gears and so on and so forth.

A lot of piggy back units can do this stuff between them, but you can't beat a fully mappable ecu. I'll be going that way when the time is right!!! [/quote]
I'll stick with the unichip until it cant do what I need it too... makes sense.

[quote name='jimlad' date='Oct 13 2004, 09:17 PM'] [quote name='Jesus' date='Oct 13 2004, 09:08 PM'] Just gives you more flexibility for introducing anti-lag, water injection control, boost control through gears and so on and so forth.

A lot of piggy back units can do this stuff between them, but you can't beat a fully mappable ecu. I'll be going that way when the time is right!!! [/quote]
I'll stick with the unichip until it cant do what I need it too... makes sense. [/quote]
Makes perfect sense mate.

Just thinking in advance when you get the engine work and stroker kit fitted etc.

It'd be better to look after the 600bhp!

yeah true...

I'll query dastek when I'm next there...see how far the unichip could take things.

Welcome to TOC mate

reason being jim that you probably dont wanna run that much power all the time. It'l be cool to have a few preset's to switch between, you can have daily drive, motorway, race mode... etc. etc.!

-Z

Thanks for all your help guys. Hopefully it'll all go plain sailing from here. What sort of power increases am i looking at getting if i do said mods bearing in mind the car is just 2.0 non-turbo??

With an air filter exhaust, de-cat and an ecu,
you would be around the 200bhp mark

Cheers for that mate. I'll have to get that sorted quickly. Any type of ECU that anyone would recommend??

Dastec seams to be very popular and reliable.

It can be remapped to suit any changes you make to the car and is around 450 to 500 including a rolling road setup

There's also the Greddy E-manage which apparently can do the same job for about half the price of the Unichip (not sure if anyone on here has one to confirm this though )

[quote name='G200' date='Oct 14 2004, 11:43 PM'] Any type of ECU that anyone would recommend?? [/quote]
Motec you got big pockets??

Cheers
KiwiMR2

Welcome mate.

Thanks for all the replies guys i'm going to have to get the power sorted now.
I just like to say that it is great the way i've been made feel welcome. I like that in an owners club.
Can anyone tell me how i join the club??

This a very cool club with loads of cool people that are always willing to help

Click the link below mate


[url="http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/membership.php"]Go gold here[/url]

Yeah welcome to TOC mate. Gold membership is even better!!

I have just signed up for the gold membership guys but i'm wondering how long it takes until i get access to the gold members forum and also get my members pack anyone got any ideas?? Cheers

you could be on later today

the pack is despatched 1st class so expect it soon


Oh and hello, welcome to the Club. lol

welcome mate

-Z