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Hey Bryan,

Earlier this spring (before I revived my car) I saw a MK1 here in town with LED brake lights. The main brake lights.

So I've been searching around and can't find anything yet... Was this something custom the guy did? Have you ever seen a website regarding this?

The lens were the stock rear MK1 tail light lens, 87-89 style, but he had like 4 or 5 rows of red horizontal LEDs, maybe 10 or 15 LEDs per horizontal row.

Thanks
Mike

:D

Here are some links I've collected recently. Please feel free to add your own favorite MR2 links to the thread!


Matti Kalalahti's Tech Site -- http://www.kalalahti.com/tm_index.html

1986-1989 MR2 MKI Supercharged Registry -- http://www.mr2sc.com

Automotive main page -- http://www.kalalahti.com/tm_index.html

RPM Lab - MR2 MK1 Design and Engineering -- http://www.rpmlab.com/design.html

aw11mr2's Photo Gallery -- http://www.pbase.com/aw11mr2/root&page=all

Toyota MR2 Wiki and FAQ -- http://mr2wiki.com/MKI/DIY

MR2MK1Club -- http://www.mr2mk1club.com/_newsite/index.php?currPage=mr2mk1

MR2 Mk1 World Community - MR2 MK1 Club North East Region -- http://www.michael-sheavills.co.uk

MR2 Nutt -- http://www.mr2nutt.com

85-89 Toyota Mr2 Parts at Andy's Auto Sport -- http://www.andysautosport.com/toyota/1985_1989_mr2/


Japanese:

AW OASIS -- http://page.freett.com/brp2/main.html

Forest Rice -- http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~fos4416/

HIGH-GEARed -- http://nabeck.web.fc2.com


German:

Toasted Online MR2 -- http://mr2.at.tt

This list is a work in progress

Variant	1	2	3
Approximate Dates	1983.05-1987.07	1987.08-1989.08	1989.09-1992.05
Compression	9.4:1	9.4:1	10.3:1
HP	112	115	130
T-VIS	Yes	Yes	No
Intake Port Size	Big	Big	Small
Piston Wrist Pin (mm)	18	20	20
Connecting Rod Big End (mm)	40	42	42
Crankshaft Main Bearing (mm)	48	48	48
Other Features	3 rib block	7 rib block, stronger bottom end larger con rods HP gains f/ remapped ECU	External oil drain, Different ignition system, Smaller diameter spark plug cords, Oil squirters for pistons

Engine	Cam Cover	Power (kW)	Power (HP)	Torque (lb-ft)	Year	Car Models
4A - GZE	No Colour	120	165 @6400	152 @4400	91.6 - 95.5	AE-101
4A - GZE	No Colour	120	161 @6400	152 @4400	90.10 - 91.6	AE-92
4A - GZE	No Colour	108	145 @6400	137 @4400	87.5 - 90.9	AE-92
4A - GZE	No Colour	108	145 @6400	140 @4000	86.8 - 89.10	AW-11
4A - GE 20V	Black	123	165 @7800	120 @5600	96.6 -	AE-111
4A - GE 20V	Silver	120	161 @7800	120 @5600	91.6 - 95.5	AE-101
4A - GE	Red	100	134		89.8 - 92.8	AT-170
4A - GE	Red	100	134 @6800	1105 @6000	89.5 - 92.4	AE-92
4A - GE	Red & Black	88	118		88.5 - 89.7	AT-170
4A - GE	Red & Black	88	118 @6600	100 @4800	87.5 - 89.4	AE-92
4A - GE	Blue & Black	88	118		85.8 - 88.4	AT-160
4A - GE	Blue & Black	88	118		85.8 - 87.8	AT-160
4A - GE	Blue & Black	88	118		85.8 - 87.7	AT-160
4A - GE	?				85.6 - 89.10	AW-11
4A - GE	Blue & Black	88	118 @6600	98 @4800	84.6 - 85.5	AW-11
4A - GE	Blue & Black	88	118		84.10 - 87.4	AE-82
4A - GE	Blue & Black	88	118		83.5 - 87.4	AE-86

Valves	16	16	16	16	20	20
Cam Box Colours / Lettering Colour	Blue & Black on Silver background	Blue & Black on Silver background	Red & Black (previous motor still in USA)	Red on Silver background	Chrome on Silver background	Black background
Car Model	AE82/AE86	AW-11	AE-92/AW-11	AE-92	AE-101	AE-111
Year	83/5-87/5	84/6-87/5	87/5-89/5	89/5-91/6	91/6-95/5	95/5-
TVIS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Intake port size	Large	Large	Large	Small	4 Throttle	4 Throttle
Gudgeons	18 mm	18 mm	20 mm	20 mm	20 mm	20 mm
Conrod Big Ends	40 mm	40 mm	42 mm	42 mm	42 mm	42 mm
Main Bearings	48 mm	48 mm	48 mm	48 mm	48 mm	48 mm
Injection Type	MAP (Japan/UK)	AFM (US/Europe) MAP	MAP (Japan/UK?)	MAP (Japan/UK?)	AFM	MAP
EFI	D-Jetronic	L-Jetronic	L-Jetronic	D-Jetronic	D	D
No of block ribs	3	3	7	7	7	7
Oil Cooled Pistons	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power (kW)	88 @ 6600	88 @ 6600	88 @ 6600	100 @ 7200	120 @ 7400	123 @ 7800
Power (HP)	118 @ 6600	118 @ 6600	120 @ 6600	140 @ 7200	160 @ 7400	165 @ 7800
Torque (kg-m)	14.5 @ 5200	14.5 @ 5200	14.5 @ 5200	15.0 @ 6000	16.5 @ 5400	16.5 @ 5600
Bore x Stroke	81.0 x 77.0	81.0 x 77.0	81.0 x 77.0	81.0 x 77.0	81.0 x 77.0	81.0 x 77.0
Compression	9.4	9.4	9.4	10.3	10.5	11
Octane	Low	Low	Low (USA)	High	High	High

Sources:
http://www.ae92gts.com/ae92gts_engine_type.html
http://webspace.webring.com/people/xu/um_10670/4ageengines.html
http://www.kalalahti.com/dataBySubject/GasolineEngines.html

I really like 6-spoke wheels, and one wheel I've been considering if the Rota Grid -- because I can afford them. Here are some examples:

I spent soooo much time reading through this thread I wanted to mirror and share it here. This is the sort of build I want to do to a 1985 MR2 someday. From the frame-up, complete build like this

The goal of this project:









Target weight will be 800 kg (1,764 lbs)

The original thread is over 16 pages long.
I'll cut through all the bullcrap and just post the important stuff :D

Here is the 300-horsepower AE86 used in the GT300 series

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BUTTONWILLOW APPS DUE NEXT SATURDAY (25 SEPT)
Heads Up: Signups for the last West Coast race of the year (that'd be December 4-5's LeMons Arse-Freeze-Apalooza at Buttonwillow) are due at midnight next Saturday, the 25th of September. This one combines cold, wind, a fast track, and the romantic lure of rural Bakersfield (Lord help us).

To register, click here; for more event details, click here.

Best &c--JL

John "Jay" Lamm, Chief Perpetrator
24 HOURS OF LeMONS
5675-C Horton St, Emeryville CA 94608
510.655.5980 x23 (Jay direct)
jay@24hoursoflemons.com

OUR RIDICULOUSLY FULL 2010 SCHEDULE:
-WEST: Phoenix (23-24 Jan), Infineon (6-7 Mar), Thunderhill I (8-9 May), Thunderhill II (7-8 Aug), Buttonwillow (4-5 Dec)
-SOUTH: Carolina Motorsports Park I (6-7 Feb), Carolina Motorsports Park II (22-23 May), Carolina Motorsports Park III (25-26 Sep
-MOUNTAIN: High Plains Raceway (10-11 July)
-GULF: MSR Houston I (20-21 Feb), Circuit Grand Bayou I (1-2 May), Eagles Canyon (5-6 June), MSR Houston II (11-12 Sept), Circuit Grand Bayou II (20-21 Nov)
-EAST: Summit Point (19-20 June), Stafford Motor Speedway (24-25 July)
-MIDWEST: Gingerman I (17-18 Apr), Mid-America Motorplex (28-29 Aug), Gingerman II (9-10 Oct), Autobahn (23-24 Oct)
-24-HOUR SEASON ENDER: Palm Beach International Raceway (30-31 December)

Hey Bill,

Check this out: http://www.theturboforums.com/intercoolers.php

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Hey guys,

I've been looking around at some overlay systems for our in-car video that we'll use for the LeMons race. Bryan, what sort of systems do you see people using? Do you have any friends who would let us borrow their system for a couple races?

Here are some resources I've come across from a small amount of searching around:

Video VBOX Lite http://www.videovbox.co.uk/index.php/products/video-vbox-lite
Example video:
http://www.youtube.com/v/StBB6l4Q6Gk?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1

ChaseCam http://www.chasecam.com/catalog/25/dashware
Example video:
http://www.youtube.com/v/tD6OghRwqnw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1

Of course these systems are thousands of dollars. There has got to be something really simple that just shows G Forces, like the PDR100 from ChaseCam, but even still it is very expensive ~ $650:
http://www.youtube.com/v/EV99BA4TovQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1

Isn't there something really simple for like $200 or so??

[Buddy Club]

Here are some various pics of different air dams

Here are some pics of the Japanese Buddy Club air dam

I really like the red car in the 2nd pic below. The pic where the air dam is all red. That is close to stock and looks great

[4,100 foot gain in only 14 miles]

Ok guys,

I'm gonna run HWY130 on my way home tomorrow. Click here to view the map on Google. Should only be about an hour detour.

I'm gonna leave San Jose tomorrow evening around 6pm and head up the hill. This is the tallest peak in the Silicone Valley Area.

A rough estimate via Google Earth looks like it will be a 4,100 foot gain in only 14 miles GIDDY UP!!!

WOW check out this jewel I found last night:

http://home.comcast.net/~mr2_sc_dyno/dyno_page.htm

Hey guys!

My co-worker Chee finally bought himself a MR2! He picked up a sweet 1986 1987 MR2 in great running condition for just $700!

It needs some TLC and Chee has a bazillion plans for it. He wants to start with the suspension, going to get some coil overs, and then build an ultimate normally aspirated engine.

Chee will have to get in here and introduce himself to the forum. He has owned a lot of Turbo cars including a Turbo Miata, Talon, and an older Nissan Z-car, like a 240Z I think.

Enough with the chatter, here are pics of his new baby! :D  So how do you like the MR2 Chee? Unlike anything you've ever driven?

MONTEREY CONCOURS d'LeMONS THIS SATURDAY!
Leaky Carbs, Bad Design to be Honored:
9am-4pm, Toro Park Monterey (5 minutes past Laguna on Hwy 68)

Remember, heap-car lovers: Concours d'LeMons sullies Monterey this weekend, 9-4 Saturday, at Toro Park on Hwy 68. (That's five minutes east of Laguna Seca--just keep driving.) And what the hell is the CdL? It's... Umm... Well...check out the '09 show in MT, The New York Times, and Hagerty.

As always, LeMons drivers can enter their racecar (or anything sucky) from 7-9am at the gate; all CdL entrants receive a Get Out of Penalty Card for their troubles, redeemable for the race screwup of their choice.

For more deets and general krapwagen love, cruise over to www.concoursdlemons.com; hope to see you there, assuming my GTV makes it that far--Best, JL

This topic has been moved to Project and Build-Ups.

http://bigmike.marlincrawler.com/forum/index.php?topic=97.0

WOW What a drive this is!

When you turn off of Tollhouse Rd onto Burrough Valley Rd, Get ready for a great ride! The road immediately starts off with some really tight corners and continues all the way until you get about half way to Watts Valley Rd. The road is okay, I'd give it a 7 out of 10, there are some choppy sections here and there. Soon the corners begin to open up as you pass through valley after valley. The cool thing about this section of road is that you'll have a long wide 50-60 MPH corner followed immediately by a series of 30 MPH corners, then then again another long wide 50-60 MPH corner, and this repeats 3 or 4 times. It's AWESOME.

Before reaching the T at Watts Valley Rd, there is a looooooooong downhill straight that I got up to 90 MPH in the dark on before letting up. The straight levels out and has a couple rises with blind straights beyond them. If you knew this road and had suspension to soak those up, you could easily do 130 MPH or so flat-out with enough power.

Once you get to Watts Valley Rd, say bye-bye to the yellow & white paint: it's undivided. Trimmer springs is a mere 5 miles to the left, or turn right to head back to Fresno, which is what I did.

Well let me tell you what, if you have watched any Best Motoring International Touge battles on YouTube, such as this one, man this road is a PERFECT place for them to come over here and do some Touge battles on! Because this road is undivided, I recommend doing it after sunset so you can see oncoming headlights. Also Bill tells me there are sometimes wild bore on the road, so watch out!

Wow I'd say this is the BEST road I've EVER driven in my life. It is WAAY better than Mammoth Pools road. The pavement is MUCH better here, VERY smooth everywhere. There are SO MANY TECHNICAL corners I was SUPER AMAZED. I know I've driven this road once while chasing Kevin in his AE86, but that was uphill and I was following someone. WOW what a difference going downhill while leading. Traffic was non-existent, however there are some houses along the road so I'd expect there to be some traffic the next time I drive this road (hopefully very soon!)

There a so many spots where the corners go right, left, right, left, even a couple times they are very close and without any braking needed, full on slalom style! Since it's going downhill, my brakes got right up to their operating temperature and worked AMAZINGLY well. I can't believe how great my brakes are. I never felt any fade and I worked them HARD. This road is just so great, wow, I just want to drive it again.

This road is so technical that it will take me at least 10 times to get it down. There are so many blind uphill rises followed by hard & tight corners. One such uphill rise is followed by a sharp left hander right as you crest over one valley and into the mouth of another. If you were to go straight off the road, it would be very, very bad. My skill was tested a couple times as I did not know the road + driving it hard in the dark. Coming over a crest dropping into a hairpin corner that cuts in unexpectedly very sharp while hitting the brakes is certainly a no-no in a mid engine car.

The road is like a wet-dream come to life until you pass the Pittman Hill turnoff, then it suddenly turns into a highway 41 foothill road. They just laid down fresh pavement on the road past this point and it's still not divided except for the temporary flappy markers.

BUT WOW, WHAT A RUSH! There was NO WAY I was stopping for any pictures. I will have to take a bunch of them after I run that road a couple more times. There is even a windy road sign up there; I don't see many of those around. MAN I was so happy when I passed that, I was like, "LET THE GAMES BEGIN!"

Highly recommended for an extremely technical road that should only be driven after sunset for safety purposes.

Here is what I am talking about Bill:



They look similar to this, but they are a bit larger. They come with 4 condoms: Red, Green Yellow, White. The nice thing is that they are solid, nothing moves around like the CHEAP ASS AutoZone garbage switches that only last a couple of months, or even worse, are dead on arrival.



Also, because they are smaller, you can mount more in less space, so it's a lot cleaner than the stupid plastic Chinese garbage switches

Guys

At work I like to listen to movies I've already watched (time seems to go quicker) and so I've began listening to the entire Initial D series again. I am on season 1 episode 5 right now...

...and man... I really want to own a AE86. I can't do this for at least 5 years or so because I want to have 1) my own house with 2) my own garage. I want to build a 1985 hardtop MR2 and a AE86 GT-S Corolla and equip both with M90-boosted 2ZZ-GEs. I'm thinking replace the pistons with 9:1 or 8.5:1 compression and run 20 PSI boost, dyno tuned with a Mega or Micro Squirt of course. Gut the cars completely down, I mean allllll the way down and remove all unused circuits from the wiring harnesses, etc.

I was thinking that it is possible to register them and have them street legal if I use a 2ZZ from a Matrix since it is available with a smog-legal M62 Supercharger. Then slap a M90 on it and just tell the Smog guy it's a M62. I'm sure I can get the TRD logo put on there somewhere. Then run the MicroSquirt stashed in the stock ECU case and wa-la.

Dyno tune to a reliable 300-325 horsepower and have both cars weighing right at 2000 pounds.

Man, how fun would that be. The ultimate sleeper. Wake up each morning.... Hmmmm do I want to take the AW11 or the AE86?  ;D ;D

CONCOURS d'LeMONS GOES BICOASTAL
Shows in Monterey (August 14) and Watkins Glen (Sept 10)
Inflict Rolling Crap on All Americans


Monterey CA and Watkins Glen NY--Sadly for car lovers east of the Rockies, the awful design, bad engineering, and moronic marketing choices revered by the Concours d'LeMons are no longer quarantined to Monterey on August 14th. An upstate New York outing, in conjunction with the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival, will also erupt on September 10th.

Both CdL's celebrate the Oddball, Mundane, and Truly Awful of the Automotive World. The Monterey Weekend show (Saturday, August 14th) will feature such automotive excresences as Renaults, Wartburgs, Hippie Microbuses, and full-race Corvairs; the Dishonored Marques are Ridiculous Huge SUVs and Miserable Minivans. Monterey Weekend's only AutoJumble (that's fancy Limey-talk for "swapmeet") will also cause rancid SU-carb oil to enter to regional water table.

At Watkins Glen (Friday, September 10th), look for only the finest examples from Renault, Yugo, Berkley, cloned Super Sevens, and the sole Saab to last long enough to win a LeMons race. In addition to, you know, the usual boring zillion-dollar race and road cars of the Watkins Glen GP Festival. Yawn.

Concours d'LeMons is brought to you by the same miscreants responsible for Billetproof and The 24 Hours of LeMons. Look for food, judging, prizes, and barf bags onsite. For full details, tickets, and weirdo-car registration information, click www.concoursdlemons.com.


CdL MONTEREY: SATURDAY, AUGUST 14th
Toro Park Monterey (Hwy 68, 5 mins. past Laguna Seca)
click here for event info & registration
Contact: Alan Galbraith, 916.207.4645
agalbraith@ConcoursdLeMons.com


CdL EAST: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th
Watkins Glen Village, Watkins Glen NY
click here for info & registration
Contact: Casey Creamer, 506.546.5887
casey@senecasaw.com