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Decided to start a thread now as hopefully things will start to get a bit more interesting with the car now.
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Decided to have a change from my mk1.5 as fancied something a little newer, never liked the mk2 so went straight on to a mk3.
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Now I know the mk3 can look a little feminine so it had to be a black one.
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Complete with ditch finder tyres as most of them are and in need of a good polish.
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Had the standard wheels powder coated and fitted new Toyo's.
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Then I cut down the plates slightly and fitted a hardtop.
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Then I bought these mounts off a guy in the states to fit a 3SGTE into a mk3.
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Bottled it as not much info out there on the swap and bought this.
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Decided I didn't want this either as 190bhp wouldn't cut it.
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Also bought another car to crave my fast car needs as can be seen in the above picture.
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320ish bhp but still not as fun as the MR2.
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Decided to pull my finger out and decided the 3SGTE was what was needed.
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Also bought an updated radiator.
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And fitted along with the chargecooler rad.
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Trying to do as many of the small jobs as possible to minimise the time the car is off the road although I expect to be without it for a few months at some point.
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