Gary's Track Day/Fast Road Weekend Car 1zz Turbo.. Now Built 2zz Turbo with E153

Started by Gaz2405, March 11, 2019, 20:39

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inigopete

Sounds lovely! I thought the laptop was some sort of aero fin at first...!  :o

Gaz2405

So the car has been on the back burner for a little while.

We've been doing the drive, which has been a mammoth task.

Our house sits on a hill and has a natural spring running through the drive and round the side of the house. So we've had lots of ground drainage put in.

It's had over 120t of bad ground removed and back filled with 75mm, 50mm and 25mm stone. The end is in sight now with tarmac in the next couple of weeks.








This has meant the two has been seriously neglected.









I was pondering what to do with the rear arches as they're in quite bad condition and have been rolled and pulled to within an inch of their life.

I'd contemplated rocket bunny arches and wider wheels.

Ended up spotting a post from Jspec, just had a new sable in fro breaking.

Some beer tokens later and two new rear quarters and a new engine lid are. Ow on their way down to me.

Plan is to put the car back to as standard as possible in terms of looks.

I hate the term OEM+, but something like that or the GT3 RS track spec vibes.

Essentially if Toyota had done a big power track spec version.

I suppose Roadster GR spec. Which is quite apt as they're my initials too.
1zz turbo. Home built and home mapped.

Now 2zz turbo. Home built and home mapped

Build thread https://www.mr2roc.org/forum/index.php?topic=67004.0

Gaz2405

So the drive is now done! Which meant I could pull the car out of the garage and look at some bits on it.

I'm still not 100% satisfied with the gear through and it returning to the middle with enough vigour that it may potentially cause an issue money shifting from 5th to reverse.

I played about with various springs and rubber bands to try and get it somewhere near but it would have just been a bodge, and whilst I'm generally happy to bodge most things, this is just too much of a risk.

So I've bitten the bullet and bought a new set of gear cables and ........the RZR shifter.




https://rzrfactory.com/product/mr2-shifter

Can't wait for it to arrive and get it fitted.
1zz turbo. Home built and home mapped.

Now 2zz turbo. Home built and home mapped

Build thread https://www.mr2roc.org/forum/index.php?topic=67004.0

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