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by qwakers
Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:42 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: My first Mr2 project
Replies: 60
Views: 12204

Re: My first Mr2 project

this site has the diagram for all the polybushes for the mr2.

https://www.driftworks.com/powerflex-bu ... 89-99.html
by qwakers
Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:39 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: My first Mr2 project
Replies: 60
Views: 12204

Re: My first Mr2 project

you can cut the rest of the bolt flush with the crossmember and then once the arms are off you can weld a nut to the remainder of the bolt and wind it out so that part isn't a issue. you can buy the bushes separately but only if you want polybushes you cant get oem ones. so now is as good a time as ...
by qwakers
Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:59 pm
Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
Topic: Is a little whining noise from gearbox normal?
Replies: 33
Views: 4453

Re: Is a little whining noise from gearbox normal?

its hard to say.. ive never driven one with a exhaust that quiet so mine might sound like that for all i know :lol: personally i would only start to worry if your oil changes start to look like you've been panning for gold/
by qwakers
Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:46 pm
Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
Topic: Is a little whining noise from gearbox normal?
Replies: 33
Views: 4453

Re: Is a little whining noise from gearbox normal?

if the oils new and it just whines a bit then yes. replacement boxes are cheap enough.
by qwakers
Fri Mar 24, 2017 1:46 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

after working 3 16 hour shifts on the trot this week i had a early day today, so being too tired to be ar$ed to crawl around under the rusty one i decided to do the resistor mod to make my v6 ecu a manual one. this will stop it stalling when approaching the lights. that went well, methinks :mrgreen:...
by qwakers
Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:10 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

i just used the belt off of the 3s ge engine i nicked the alternator from. and changing the alternator, by the way, is p1$$ easy with the crossmember and rhs suspension removed, which was nice :mrgreen:
by qwakers
Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:40 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

yeah it runs quite nicely now :mrgreen:
by qwakers
Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:13 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

over the last 3 days ive done a lot of wirebrushing, a lot of kurst applying and a lot of undersealing and stone chipping... suspension and crossmber sorted ( suspension just stonechipped crossmember stonechipped and waxoyled. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/freelance111/mr2/mr2%20no2/image_z...
by qwakers
Sun Mar 19, 2017 7:46 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

after spending a couple of hours putting the inlet of the engine back together i though id get back to the rust... because it was so bad i spent most of the day just taking the rear crossmember and rear suspension off then i found a few more mot failures.... http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/fr...
by qwakers
Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:49 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

i am still on rust removal. rear x member and all suspension componants being removed as we speak to get at all the surface rust, plus it has a siezed alternator, so ill be putting the one off the 3sge on it when ive got that far...
by qwakers
Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:38 am
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

and the ticking, by the way is a exhaust leak, ill get round to it :)
by qwakers
Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:37 am
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

https://youtu.be/KDBGBIc_x3Y

refurbed injectors and fresh fuel and wouldnt you know it. :mrgreen:
by qwakers
Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:25 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

st austell, youre weldome to drop by. :mrgreen:
by qwakers
Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:17 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: David's Mitsubishi Evo 6 Import
Replies: 97
Views: 53937

Re: David's Mitsubishi Evo 6 Import

before you spend a load of money id change the oil and drive it for a couple of hundred miles, then drop the oil again and run it through a coffee filter.
by qwakers
Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:26 am
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

trouble is its all in one thread now, unless a mod wants to split the thread for me...
by qwakers
Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:24 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

the v6 conversion is very worth it. approx £600 for 200 (ish) hp its mental. but really i should spend a few hundred more on a LSD and taller 5th gear. :mrgreen: gotta get that on a dyno :twisted: no this thread will be a amalgamation of any mr2 i have now and in the future. it seems only right to k...
by qwakers
Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:16 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

have fun :)
by qwakers
Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

a lot of CAD was involved in the drivers side i can tell you...

(Cardboard Aided Design) :mrgreen:
by qwakers
Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:31 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: welcome to my basket case.
Replies: 305
Views: 85330

Re: welcome to my basket case.

well been busy busy busy 8) so got all the welding done on both sides. only took pics today so the story starts halfway through somewhat. but you get the idea.... passenger side http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a220/freelance111/mr2/mr2%20no2/image_zpsbnhht0hn.jpeg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums...

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