Thinking or returning to the MR2 scene

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Rory
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Thinking or returning to the MR2 scene

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Hi guys - It's been a while..... Lots of new names on here that I dont recognise - Ive been away from the MR2 scene for a few years now - Thinking of returning and finding a nice Rev3+ Turbo - Would like t-bar in black. Will keep my eye on the for sale section here and ebay. PM me please if anyone is thinking of selling their motor.

Last MR2 was Rev 2 and had some good mods taking to 280bhp at the wheels. Last fast car was Evo 8 running 380bhp and the same torque. Evo has now sold and ive been driving a range rover the the last year. Now im looking at something with a bit of speed again :twisted:

Any of the old skool guys still around that remember me?
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craig
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Welcome back dude!

Good to see you coming back to the MR2 scene!

I'd go for a hard top - No leaks! :wink:

All the best with your search :thumleft:
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Rev 3 Kris
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how did you find the evo as im going the opposite way now splittin mr2 and going for nice evo 7
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jimGTS
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na, go away rory
:eye: :mrgreen:
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Rory
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Lol Jim. Nice to see IMOC is still as friendly as ever!

Kris - My evo was quick. After exhaust, fuel pump and remap on stock ecu with switchable maps it was transformed. Way quicker than my MR2 in the straights. I could also take roundabouts and lanes whilst accelerating at full throttle without the worry of spinning out. You should be able to get about 380bhp on an evo 7 with less than 1k on parts/mapping. Wish I had never had sold the evo now but I did. Can't justify spending 10k plus at the moment on another good evo 8 so I'm turning back to an MR2 for fun.
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2barGee
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Welcome back mate!!

What power you aiming for this time??

My mate bought an evo 260 and 1k later it was running 360/360!! Nice!! It felt awesome!!

when I was running 350 I would still pull on him though :wink:
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Rev 3 Kris
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cheers Rory its been killing me stripping my mr2 feels like im killing one of me kids but keep thinking no more spinning round in circles coming off roundabouts :thumleft:
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Rory
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Gee Man wrote:Welcome back mate!!

What power you aiming for this time??


Thanks man - I plan to buy something with stage 1 mods already. Not planning on spending thousands this time round.

Got a very nice Rev3 lined up to view this sat - Fingers crossed it will be as good as I think it should be. I may be a MR2 owner again very soon :thumleft:
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Rory
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Good news! Put a depost down on a very clean Rev 3 today. Details and piccies to follow next week once collected. Im almost officially back in the MR2 scene :D
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craig
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Rory wrote:Good news! Put a depost down on a very clean Rev 3 today. Details and piccies to follow next week once collected. Im almost officially back in the MR2 scene :D


Excellent! Advert pics? 8-[ :mrgreen:
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Moo
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Welcome back to the fold :wink: :thumleft:
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Rory
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Piccies all in good time lol. Couple of guys on here know the car.
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Rory
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Well i picked up the motor tonight - Drove back all the way in the rain along the M25 with a massive grin on my face - A few little things to get checked out by Skywalker at some point but it drives well. A real credit to previous owners who have been club members - Some of you may notice it as Brys old car. I have seen a lot of MR2s over the years and there arent many in this condition. Very good. Piccies below from Bry on here. Will give it a polish at some point over next few weeks and get some new photos on my profile. I'm now officially back in the MR2 world and looking forward to meeting up with some of you guys in the future.

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craig
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Nice car fella! Saw it advertised on PH :thumleft:
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jimGTS
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2 lots of Brys old cars now, lol

liking the wheels.
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Bry
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Re: Thinking or returning to the MR2 scene

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That car is a nutter :twisted: Prefered it to my silver one
Watch out OZ here I come !!
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craig
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Re: Thinking or returning to the MR2 scene

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Bry wrote:That car is a nutter :twisted: Prefered it to my silver one


Getting another one Bry or is that you done with MR2's now?
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Bry
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RedMR² wrote:
Bry wrote:That car is a nutter :twisted: Prefered it to my silver one


Getting another one Bry or is that you done with MR2's now?


Sold that one a while back now, Rory bought it off of they guy I sold it to. I've had an S2000 for about 18 months now
Watch out OZ here I come !!
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Moo
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Re: Thinking or returning to the MR2 scene

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Looks mint :thumleft:
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