My Blue 2002 MR2 - Meeerrk's Track car build (LOCKED)

cabbydave · September 23, 2015, 18:27

Unless your box was a corolla box then you will have to either buy or modify your gearchange shaft. Strange that all the work that was done on the gearbox was perfect and it made a noise? Must have been dodgy secondhand parts supplied to the builders. As for you bracket breaking off I would buy some new torque mounts for your car or don't rag the a... out of it or it will break again. Sorry to sound like I do but we have to deal with all sorts at work I once had a woman complaining her door trim pad was still marked from a cig burn after we had replaced the door. She thought the insurance paid for a complete new door and all the internals and trim, not just the accident damaged parts.

Anonymous · September 23, 2015, 19:34

Quote from: "cabbydave"Unless your box was a corolla box then you will have to either buy or modify your gearchange shaft. Strange that all the work that was done on the gearbox was perfect and it made a noise? Must have been dodgy secondhand parts supplied to the builders. As for you bracket breaking off I would buy some new torque mounts for your car or don't rag the a... out of it or it will break again. Sorry to sound like I do but we have to deal with all sorts at work I once had a woman complaining her door trim pad was still marked from a cig burn after we had replaced the door. She thought the insurance paid for a complete new door and all the internals and trim, not just the accident damaged parts.

Yeah dodgy parts that I supplied to the builder, how did I know that was coming....

cabbydave · September 23, 2015, 20:03

I'm not going to get into a argument but there isn't another answer. Unless that dodgy Patrick swopped you mint parts for some dodgy old secondhand rubbish and passed them off as yours. I don't think for one minute that happened do you?

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headcase · September 23, 2015, 20:30

cheers dave but we leave it as it is mate , mark you know what i think in the txt i sent you . (Reason for edit you can help some people)

shnazzle · September 23, 2015, 21:21

Awww look. We're all friends s:)

s:) You guuuyyss... Welling up.

It looks like there's a proper end in sight to uour issue Mark. Good stuff

Anonymous · September 23, 2015, 22:15

Sorry Patrick (head case) I didn't receive any texts from you.

Dave, I'm not having a go, I'm just getting a little fed up of every time there is a problem with the car the initial response is " you must have supplied dodgy parts" - as if there was NO WAY any human error occurred.

The fact is I bought an engine and gearbox solely on the opinion of a trusted mechanic, who said that they were good, and, well we all know how long the engine lasted and the gearbox also has its issues.

I'm past the point of pointing the finger, you may notice I haven't mentioned anything along those lines., and I'm not about to start either.

All I want is my car working, and after the time, effort, and money I've put in, can you really blame me for being disappointed and disheartened about it all?!

MrStev3 · September 24, 2015, 10:19

I can't blame you for feeling disheartened and I'm not getting involved in who did what or whatbparts were what but all that money you spent and the fact you had removed a strong 1zz even with high miles at least you got to drive it and have fun.
Not to mention you wanted the 2zz swap so much and there's nothing worse than excitement turning to dispare but fair play most people would of thrown in the towel but you will get your rewards matey.
You project was part inspiration onine when I joined here to build just a track car and I always looked to reference yours if stuck.
You'll get there and when done keep that passenger seat for me to go for a spin around whatever circuit we meet at

Wabbitkilla · September 24, 2015, 11:14

I appreciate the disheartening effct lots of effort and money spent and something goes wrong ... I've been there.
Remember you have a great handling car and wit a bit more effort it will get there.

This circular thinking and blaming isn't doing you any favours, sometimes we just have to cut out the cause of an issue and move on. You just end up winding yourself up again and it's never productive.

Anonymous · September 24, 2015, 11:18

Quote from: "Wabbitkilla"I appreciate the disheartening effct lots of effort and money spent and something goes wrong ... I've been there.
Remember you have a great handling car and wit a bit more effort it will get there.

This circular thinking and blaming isn't doing you any favours, sometimes we just have to cut out the cause of an issue and move on. You just end up winding yourself up again and it's never productive.

I completely agree, and got to that point months ago.

I just want my car to work s:(

s:(

Anonymous · September 24, 2015, 11:19

Quote from: "MrStev3"I can't blame you for feeling disheartened and I'm not getting involved in who did what or whatbparts were what but all that money you spent and the fact you had removed a strong 1zz even with high miles at least you got to drive it and have fun.
Not to mention you wanted the 2zz swap so much and there's nothing worse than excitement turning to dispare but fair play most people would of thrown in the towel but you will get your rewards matey.
You project was part inspiration onine when I joined here to build just a track car and I always looked to reference yours if stuck.
You'll get there and when done keep that passenger seat for me to go for a spin around whatever circuit we meet at

Cheers buddy, we'll chase each other round a circuit at some point soon!

jonty · September 24, 2015, 11:34

I'll do my best to join you guys some time next year I hope, once I get another car sorted for everyday use and this MR2 can become the uncompromised weapon as it was always intended to be... Keep your chin up Mark!

Anonymous · September 24, 2015, 12:10

Thanks Jonty, i enjoyed the mr2 day at Blyton park last year so hopefully we can do more of that next year and beyond.

Hopefully once the car is running again things will be ok. As said, my mate is dealing with it at the moment which is a big shift for me, he has his own workshop where he runs his garage business but I've always tried to keep our friendship as just that and never before asked him to work on my cars - I didn't want to be that mate that always calls because he needs his car fixed! But at times of such strife, I know I can unreservedly trust him so I've explained the situation and being the good friend that he is, is more than happy to help get the niggles fixed.

tomaky · September 24, 2015, 12:27

Like to think i will also be on track with you lot s;)

s;) ive some re learning to do with the turbo.

jonty · September 24, 2015, 12:47

That sounds useful Mark, it's always helpful to have friends like that!

I'll be really keen to do an MR2 day if another can be hosted - the only trackday I've done in mine I was the only one, and even more surprisingly it was also the only trackday I've ever been on without a single MX-5... there were only 2 cars I could stick with, which was a bit tedious!

It'll be interesting to see how a the turbo cars go on track Tom - I did a cone dodging day with Nathan and D!ck, but there was no room for Nathan to stretch the cars legs so very hard to get an impression of it...

Jrichards20 · September 24, 2015, 13:45

Il be there, in 4 months or so s;)

s;)

We should pencil a February/March one in the diary! MSVT 2016 calendar gets released end of October so I will keep my eye out s:)

s:)

tomaky · September 24, 2015, 13:55

It was probably Dick's car as nathans hardly moved with the turbo kit on it sadly. rom our days on the short circuit at wigan. Id say as N/A i might even have an edge over him i seemed to catch him but ive made positive changes to the car since then but ssh dont tell him haha.

jonty · September 24, 2015, 14:48

Quote from: "tomaky"It was probably ****'s car as nathans hardly moved with the turbo kit on it sadly. rom our days on the short circuit at wigan. Id say as N/A i might even have an edge over him i seemed to catch him but ive made positive changes to the car since then but ssh dont tell him haha.

It was quite a long time ago mate, prob 2013!

Quote from: "Jrichards20"Il be there, in 4 months or so s;) s;)

We should pencil a February/March one in the diary! MSVT 2016 calendar gets released end of October so I will keep my eye out s:) s:)

I'll be up for Bedford in my 200sx provided my budget calcs are correct... I have 6 months paternity leave coming up and need to somehow not run out of funds before mid June!!

tomaky · September 24, 2015, 14:58

s:)

s:) i will get him out this coming year id imagine s:)

s:)

Anonymous · September 28, 2015, 21:39

My gearbox is back together and ready to be refitted, and my exhaust welded up and also ready to be refitted.

Hopefully pick the car up this week and do a bit of driving to check it all out over the next week or so.

Also got a spare gearbox in my garage now so I'll be looking to get it rebuilt with an mr2 LSD over the next few months and have it as a spare, or fit it and have my current as a spare.

CrazySX · September 29, 2015, 22:17

Good to see you are back on track Mark s;)

s;)

Anonymous · September 29, 2015, 22:22

Got a message from my mate earlier, It's had another engine swap

s:D

Jrichards20 · September 29, 2015, 22:46

ive just done things over this picture that I'm not proud of s:oops: :oops: s:oops:

StuC · September 29, 2015, 22:51

Now that's some nice mischiefin'! s:lol: :lol: s:lol: s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

jonty · September 30, 2015, 00:06

Do it, do it, do it!

Anonymous · October 2, 2015, 11:29

My little Mr2 is already to be picked up. Gearbox noise still present but exhaust welded up and the idler pully has been replaced because it was very "wobbly" apparently.

Anyways hoping to pick it up this weekend, and I'll book a track day ASAP