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- Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:44 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: Turbo mileages?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 671
Re: Turbo mileages?
What you don't know is how they have been treated before you buy it no matter how much history it has!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:04 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: Turbo mileages?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 671
Re: Turbo mileages?
Rev3 80,000 miles 3rd clyinder gone and turbo seals gone!
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:00 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: Insurance V6, Turbo & n/a
- Replies: 19
- Views: 864
Re: Insurance V6, Turbo & n/a
who's oil?
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:52 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: Insurance V6, Turbo & n/a
- Replies: 19
- Views: 864
Re: Insurance V6, Turbo & n/a
I'm being bent over with my insurance to start with I bought a uk rev3 t-bar which had been converted to turbo with a couple of mods which came to just short of £800- was told because it was a conversion it would cost more! Now I am having a v6 put in and when I told them they said " it's alrig...
- Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:50 am
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: Insurance V6, Turbo & n/a
- Replies: 19
- Views: 864
Re: Insurance V6, Turbo & n/a
If you don't mind me asking what's the agreed value and what spec's the car?
- Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:13 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3064
Re: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
"It's great to be able to beat slow-ish times" in "so called sports cars" Some people will always be negitive about v6's no matter what. Shame! :? well done for rearranging what i actually said! why bother using quote symbols when thats not what i wrote. :shock: ](*,) ](*,) ](*,...
- Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:08 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: Turbo,,, reliable? If you've had an engine failure post here.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1428
Re: Turbo,,, reliable? If you've had an engine failure post here.
Rev3 80,000 miles
No 3 cylinder 8 bar after about 6 weeks of ownership- could of been my fault though as I didn't get the boost sorted out quick enough!
No 3 cylinder 8 bar after about 6 weeks of ownership- could of been my fault though as I didn't get the boost sorted out quick enough!
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:34 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1798
Re: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
See what ya mean, mine was a tubby before it suffed up but not sure if it was running right before this as I only bought a couple of months before.
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:24 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1798
Re: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
Whats worng with ya tubby
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:23 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1798
Re: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
Will do, it's had some head work and y piece mod done as well oh and it's a 1mz engine much the same but is all alloy and has a bit more bhp.
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:16 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1798
Re: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
No worrys mate should hopefully have it in a couple of weeks or so its being done at woodsport as we speak.
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:07 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1798
Re: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
Have you ever driven a v6
I'm about to get one myself
I'm about to get one myself
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:50 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1798
Re: First drive in a V6 and a Turbo today at Rogue, woo hoo !!!
You've got me on the edge of me seat wondering what your goin to do now
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:17 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3064
Re: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
Blacklightning66 wrote:antnkel wrote:I've done it because my tubby engine went so I had to spend money no matter what!
Oh and the 100hp/litre it will be close enough quite soon
now that will do the job nicely!!
Well lets hope so as I hav'nt even driven it yet and won't be up to full power straight away.
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:56 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3064
Re: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
I've done it because my tubby engine went so I had to spend money no matter what!
Oh and the 100hp/litre it will be close enough quite soon
Oh and the 100hp/litre it will be close enough quite soon
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:43 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3064
Re: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
noones asking you to ditch the tubby they are a good car just as the v6 is, if you look at these kind of threads it's always the tubby owners making funny remarks
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:30 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3064
Re: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
For starters I have the 1mz engine which is about 200bh stock and has had some head work done as well as a couple of other mods which will see it well over 200hp
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:36 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3064
Re: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
You say the engine from the fto has 200hp thats not much different from 188 is it
- Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:38 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3064
Re: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
For a lazy fe engine it can keep up with the rev 1/2 tubby thats without any mods done.
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:09 pm
- Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
- Topic: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 3064
Re: HELP ! Not sure about V6 conversion
"It's great to be able to beat slow-ish times" in "so called sports cars"
Some people will always be negitive about v6's no matter what.
Shame!
Some people will always be negitive about v6's no matter what.
Shame!