Black 2002 and 2001 MR2 - Tommy Zooms / Hachiroku track car build

[frootloops]

I noticed you've ditched the front foglights tommy, have you replaced them with brake ducts or are they a visual thing? Pretty cool if so.

[tommyzoom99]

I noticed you've ditched the front foglights tommy, have you replaced them with brake ducts or are they a visual thing? Pretty cool if so.

Hi Frootloops

yeah we removed them just to see if we liked how it looked without them and that was 3 months ago so i think they will stay out now  s:) s:)

They do need some work to make them look a bit better, so we want to cut out the bit the foggy mounts to and get some sort of ducting for the brakes might as well make it functional as well as visual.

cheers tommy

[tommyzoom99]

HI All

Been a while since i updated so here goes.

Went to Oulton Park again this time with added coilovers and mishimoto rad and a few other bits, what a difference coilovers make, the car was completely transformed the cornering speed and confidence it gave us was incredible we were so much faster compared to other dry days when comparing the go pro footage  s:) s:)  We even managed to tripod the mr2 through the bends lifting the inside wheel  s:) s:)  fell in love with the mr2 all over again!

Also a good friend (John) of ours turned up with his ginetta race car and his friend in a striker (mike).

Johns a lovely bloke and lets us have about 10 laps each in his  race car which was epic. my first ever go in a race car and it felt great especially once the tyres warmed up.



Mike in his striker



John and his Ginetta





Heres some pics of the mr2

Full throttle up deers leap



Down the back straight into lodge



Apex of Lodge



Lifting the inside wheel on the exit of lodge!!   s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:  



Me in Johns ginetta race car



Exit of Shell Corner



Chicane after Shell Corner







Not sure where this was think it was the back straight



Cheers tommy

[andyno12]

Hey Tommy just want to say that it's been a great read going through your build. Hoping to do something similar next year with mine.

[Topdownman]

Glad to hear the coilovers are a success. Obviously not surprised though!

Some good pics there too.

[inside]

Car looks great. I think this is the best looking mr2 I have seen in stock body form!

Looks fast too  s:) s:)  What kind of coilovers are you running?

[tommyzoom99]

Hey Tommy just want to say that it's been a great read going through your build. Hoping to do something similar next year with mine.

Thanks buddy

Glad to hear the coilovers are a success. Obviously not surprised though!

Some good pics there too.

yeah the coilovers were great, took a bit of fiddling to get them set up how we wanted throughout the day but all worth it, great bits of kit

Car looks great. I think this is the best looking mr2 I have seen in stock body form!

Looks fast too  s:) s:)  What kind of coilovers are you running?

cheers buddy i do like the look of the stock body has some great lines, we are running the Meister R CRD coilovers we brought them from the group buy on the club got a great deal we couldn't refuse.

cheers tommy

[tommyzoom99]

HI All

Went to Time Attack/ TunerFest with a few friends, what a great day, was really busy, the weather was bad in the morning but by 11 the clouds parted and even then sun came out.

There was some great stands and club stands with some really nice cars around. didnt see another MK3 MR2 though.

few pics from the day





really nice RX



i do love a R32



time attack civic





2jz s2000







v8 powered escort



loved this slammed Z car



cheers tommy

[tommyzoom99]

A short Video of me going round Oulton Park

Not my best laps by any means (i will post up a proper lap at some point but this seemed more entertaining mainly cause i spun) but some reasonable sections, got held up by traffic and had a moment into druids, and dipped a wheel on the grass and had a half spin as i ran out of lock and talent, but there is no rubbing on the arches which was nice, and for some reason i was driving round with the window fully down   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  

[youtube:30rvz4a7]EG9m01ybMyE[/youtube:30rvz4a7].

cheers tommy

[tommyzoom99]

Hi All

a bit of a update on the car, we decided it was time to build a custom air intake for the engine as its been a job on the list for a while sooo,

We bought a Car Builders Carbon Air box (great bit of kit by the way and so cheap), i had some spare boost pipe and silicone hose off a turbo car i used to own. So we set about the job

I know a lot of People put it behind the battery but we decided to go a different route, which was to basically copy the stock system but to remove all the restrictions and as we dont need a MAF it made the whole job alot easier.

So we removed the old intake system



The flexi pipe you get in the kit is a perfect fit for the cold air intake from the wing



So we cut up the boost pipe i had and got it to fir where the original intake pipe sat then attached the Carbon air box



We then just attached the intake pipe and air box and then cold air feed flexi pipe to the carbon air box with a jubilee clip






with a bit of bending and persuasion we managed to get the heat shields back on and the system was complete




its basically a copy of the stock system with the air box replaced and a different intake pipe, so we're both really happy with the results and only took a couple hours to do

cheers tommy

[MilesH]

Hi All

I know a lot of People put it behind the battery but we decided to go a different route, which was to basically copy the stock system but to remove all the restrictions and as we dont need a MAF it made the whole job alot easier.

Looks good!

Why no MAF? Are you running a standalone ECU so no need for it? (sorry if i missed it in your thread).

[tommyzoom99]

Hi All

I know a lot of People put it behind the battery but we decided to go a different route, which was to basically copy the stock system but to remove all the restrictions and as we dont need a MAF it made the whole job alot easier.

Looks good!

Why no MAF? Are you running a standalone ECU so no need for it? (sorry if i missed it in your thread).

Cheers buddy. Yeah we run and standalone ECU (DTA S60 PRO) so it's not needed.

Cheers tommy

[tommyzoom99]

HI All

Went to Oulton park for the Gold Cup again this year, what a great day so many classic cars from the 50s right through to the 90s, loads of club stands they said there was over 1500 cars just in the club stands with everything for lotus to yank tanks.

took loads of pics heres just a few.

we got there early and managed to grab a spot right on the start finish straight which was ace.



lots of beautiful racing cars to be found





and a plane  s:) s:)



more cars















and the star of the show which even did some demonstration laps was a lotus 43 F1 car

Was driven by jim clark and graham hill powered by a H pattern 16 cylinder engine









more cars from club stands



















cheers tommy

[J03]

That Lotus   s:shock: :shock: s:shock:    s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:

[1979scotte]

Now that looks a cracking day out

[Bernie]

Petrolhead heaven love all the Lotus Cortina's on the track

[s12vea]

Some great photos

[tommyzoom99]

thanks chaps was a great day out some incredible cars

all that was missing was a MR2ROC club stand   s:D s:D  

cheers tommy

[tomh]

Brilliant work pal, nice motor   s8) s8)

[tommyzoom99]

Brilliant work pal, nice motor   s8) s8)

thanks buddy, its getting there slowly

cheers tommy

[tommyzoom99]

HI All

Small update

After a long search after seeing this item on Bernie's car at ding day 2 years ago i think we finally got our hands on a carbon mods rocker cover, great bit of kit at a reasonable price, makes nice edition to the engine bay and obviously adds 20bhp   s:D s:D  

 

Cheers Tommy

[Jrichards20]

Such a pretty engine bay for a track car!

[shnazzle]

Helen mentioned that in my quest for "what's next" when this engine goes, that I should just build up my 1zz.

Historically this has always been the path I wanted to go down, but the costs just seemed ridiculous.

Don't need specifics but, how far off from a good 2zz conversion is your engine build? Including s60 and mapping.
Do you reckon it's worth it over 2zz?

I love the character of the 1zz...

I'll make a decision on what I'm going to do 1 day before I buy my first part haha.

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[1979scotte]

Add in the cost of a rebuilt 2zz that should make it look more attractive.

[tommyzoom99]

Helen mentioned that in my quest for "what's next" when this engine goes, that I should just build up my 1zz.

Historically this has always been the path I wanted to go down, but the costs just seemed ridiculous.

Don't need specifics but, how far off from a good 2zz conversion is your engine build? Including s60 and mapping.
Do you reckon it's worth it over 2zz?

I love the character of the 1zz...

I'll make a decision on what I'm going to do 1 day before I buy my first part haha.

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HI shnazzle

well depends how you look at it,

2zz conversions can be done pretty cheap if your willing to put a used engine in your car and hope it dont go wrong and if your able to do the wiring and fitting your self this option would be cheaper, i could of fitted the engine but not done the wiring so after looking at the cost if i paid someone to do wiring etc and brought a engine and got all the swap bits and had a the gear box sorted it would of worked out a bit cheaper but not much

me personally if i was to fit a 2zz i would of at least of rebuilt it with stock parts, new oil pump, water pump etc, but knowing me i would of uprated things anyway increasing the cost, i have seen it happen to a few people and the last thing i would want to do is fit a used engine and get it running for it to fail 6 months down the line and have to pull it all out and rebuild it anyway. so if i was to go this route it would of cost more than what i have now. this is what i class as a good 2zz conversion

its hard to get into cost as you can spend as much or as little as you like on either engine and you never really know till you pull the trigger.

as you say i love the character of the 1zz and like the way it sounds the way it delivers the power the response and how it revs now its all built up, and i know i have a solid engine, anyone i take out in it cant believe it only has 180bhp they always think its more as its very responsive and really picks up past 4.5k but think the ecu/map plays a part in that.

dont get me wrong the 2zz is a good engine but i always like to go for something different the underdog you could say, and i felt we could make the 1zz the engine it always should be, for me personally it wasn't about ultimate power figure on a dyno but how it feels, i have had 250/300bhp cars and if i want that i wouldn't of got a mr2, if i had the opportunity to do it all again i would do the same thing and build a 1zz, but thats just my personal opinion.

cheers tommy