NEW MR2!!!

[BigMike]

Actually, I thought about cutting out the trunk.

Then let's do it!!


Hey check this out, the guy claims this weighs 650 pounds!

[kdogae86]

and ours is missing more body pieces than that,like left rear fender

[Sirdeuce]

I'll show you too old you litt...... OW OW OW finger cramp

[Sirdeuce]

Let's lose some weight, chop chop!

[BigMike]

Here are some interior roll cage pictures I have from various MR2s:



No cage here, but it shows a good view of the back firewall


Notice the sleeves on the top bars. This is a bolt-in kit that someone sells apparently. Of course ours will not be removable and thus won't have sleeves.












Here are some more "stripped down" images:
















And here is a very simple exhaust setup. Now just image only having one of those pipes. That is VERY light in the rear of the car where we don't want weight:

[BigMike]

This is what I had in mind, a simple direct exhaust. I plan on doing something similar to this except I won't use this rice-rocket muffler:



Of course to be even more simplistic, we will just avoid the last bend and have a center exist exhaust. Least amount of pipe = least amount of weight.

[BigMike]

oooooo! Here is a great example. No cat, no flex (we'd want a flex for durability).

What do you think Bill? We could maybe fit a couple glass packs in there. I just don't want the thing to be too loud. Helmet or no helmet, having to put up with an excessively loud exhaust for 8 hours will wear me out.

[BigMike]

We can add this front lower a-arm brace to help keep the car rigid. Simple and effective

[BigMike]

I forgot to mention that the rear struts that are on the car right now are in really good shape, but the front struts are either not installed or they have a family of squirrels living inside them. I bet we could get the front end bouncing enough to lift a tire.

So before we Autocross this baby, we need to at least get some front struts installed

[BigMike]

Big-K says it fires right up, purrs like a kitten, and has great throttle response. We need to get a new throttle cable.

Got quotes from Toyota today for a new Genuine Toyota Cable. Are you sitting down? Retail is $178.03 and my price is $123.37.

So I vote we get a good used one, and if needed, a spare. I will call TAP tomorrow to see what they want for one over-the-counter. I know TAP has a bad rap, but the Fresno TAP treats us really well and we buy a lot of the hard to find parts from them. Of course a 1/2-off sale wrecking yard would be the cheapest...

[Sirdeuce]

I have a set of KYB gr2 shocks at our disposal. I like the brace on the front. Excessively loud exhaust + earplugs = 0 problem. Save a little weight on the exhaust and use a single freeflowing muffler.

[BryanH]

I has throttle cable.  From '87 MR2 4AGE.  The rubber grommet at the end is mangled up but I assume that's no big deal...

[Sirdeuce]

Woohoo, now it can be revved with the foot! As was nature's intent.

[kdogae86]

probly try to get that cable from bry maybe this weekend? ran into a little snag today. left front wheel lug nut has stripped.
will need to grind off the nut now damn it.

[BigMike]

Did it damage the stud or did it round the nut? If the later, then we have a kit to extract stripped and damaged lug nuts!!