Mr 2 Mk3 Roadster To Do List Help?

[tinky1]

Hello Guys

I am new to the MR2 and this site, but i must say both are great....

I have a 2000 MR-2 Mk3 and have been reading all the helpful tips and posts.

I have a couple of questions which there seems to be a few schools of thought on.

1 - Air Induction kit or quality panel sports filter?

2 - pre cats removel will this affect MOT?

3 - Mod chips - any good or just a way to shorten your engine life?

4 - any thing else go wrong on these? allready have the MAF sensor issue which this site quickly diagonsed.

Thanks

Andy

[cfc1]

1. If you want noise, Induction kit, If you want better performance a good panel filter such as TRD is the best option... although the difference in performance will be very little.

2. Not in the UK, the pre-cats were put in place so that the car can pass the stricter American emissions tests, I don't know what the limits are in Luxembourgh.

3. Depends on the chip and the tuning, I had a Unichip which gave me an extra 15bhp or so, a good tune and the life of the engine should be fine. There are many different Mod Chips out there, another name for them is piggy back ECU.. I currently have an Emanage Ultimate which was installed as part of a turbo conversion.

4. O2 sensors can sometimes fail, but an easy fix. There aren't really anymore common faults that I know of (other than those mantioned) the best thing to do is check your oil on a VERY regular basis.. at LEAST once per week, more if possible, oil consumption is the first sign of magor problems with these engines, it's also worthwhile changing your oil every 4 or 5K miles.

Hope you enjoy your car.. brilliant fun in the sun