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hey people

how did I not know about this engine when I owned a tubby ? how comes its not a swap carried out a lot in the uk ?

and why was it put in a family wagon lol

how does it compare to a gen 2 3sgte or a rev5 mr2 tubby tuning wise



any info appreciated

Steering Fogs? What year had these? GT models had them my rev2 turbo had them and they worked lol How do i know if mine has them? Not sure if you have the switch up or down But drive next to a wall so the wall is in front of you and make sure the steering wheel is straight Turn the switch (up or do...

cabrioman wrote:Steering Fogs?
What year had these?

GT models had them my rev2 turbo had them and they worked lol

This must be a common fault on rev2 turbo ecus

Had it happen to TWO of mine

And seen it number of times on here

Odin_S wrote:Nope he had a Apexi power FC

Oops I stand corrected

I'm pretty sure jimgts used the rev 3 ecu not a programmable one If you can fork out for a rev3 conversion do it and use a rev 3 head as they have better air flow.. It's been so long since I had my rev2 turbo I can't remember what boost levels it can handle with a metal hg.. Might be worth investing...

Lee H wrote:I've never had an issue with grip on mine when it's dry. Running 1.1 bar on a rev 3 engine with 195 tyres and it doesn't even wheelspin in 1st on hard launches at the drag strip or when having fun on the roads.

A rev3 turbo in a MK1 with 1.1 bar must be mental

My rev2 turbo with a good launch used to do it in 5.1 seconds iv heard of rev3's doing them in 4.7 with breathing mods and slightly higher boost

Cold start injector switch

It's a genuine item and going home from work and all of a sudden I hear this whistle type noise coming from the turbo. Opened the lid and revved the car and the noise came from the bov suspected diaphragm split. Has anyone else ever had this problem? also wanna say thanks to luke at pacific works f...

I cant post in the sale section ... sold my tubby over 8 months agpo and want to get rid of a few nice bits ?

been using my rev2 turbo everyday as my beemer is off getting fixed. cars standard except for , air filter and mbc set at 0.8 bar. car starts runs and drives great actually enjoy it more than my bmw and its better on petrol somehow !! any way the car seems to pull fine but lacks the kick up the ar$...

Biggest reason for alternator failure on MR2s is oil dripping onto it from failed cam cover gaskets. Furthermore, many "reconditioned" alternators are nothing more than cleaned up and repaired. NOT fully reconditioned. What guarantee period did you get on your previous ones? My guy guaran...

Right changing my alternator for the last time on my rev2 tubby... cant believe this is the 3rd that's going in it defiantly the last one.. im going to do the rocker cover with it and belt so that should be the end of that (hopefully) but apparently all these recon alternators from tcb parts and eba...

alfa_wax wrote:I've got an old school HKS BOV for my two.

Just wanted to know where the plumb ends connect to? It has two...

I have this bov best sounding 1 by far

danthevanman wrote:I had my heaters just blowing hot after I put my dash back in, turned out to be a white multi plug was fully mated below the steering wheel on the LHS.
Might be worth a go.

Dan

ill have a look cheers buddy

Try taking the ecu apart and inspect the electrolytic capacitors for leakage onto the PCB below - They are prone to failure at this age. Spot on, one of the resistors has leaked and corroded through the contact. New ECU required then. Cheers. seems like this is a common fault when they hit this sor...

Hey people a few months ago I broke my heater valve in the funk when I was changing my heater pipes.. So I bypassed the system for now... Yesterday I put the heater valve in bled everything and all works but it's stuck on the hot (open) position ! When change it to the cold it doesn't move the metal...

Sorry for the double post iPad error

Chris wrote:Blitz/Mines ecu will gain little if anything. They are crap.

at a bar of boost i think they do some difference.. my car definatly drives better off boost with the blitz ecu