Pistols MR2 stories... MK1 and 2zz MK3

[pistol pete]

Thing are moving on..

cage is in and welded in .. Happy days very chuffed.. coded welder from work came down and done the welding for me.
after it had cooled put on some seam sealer let that dry then refitted the cage




Also big news... ALL of the exhaust manifold bolts came undone... big shocker.. wasnt expecting that!!
so will be getting on with that and the gearbox this weekend..
awaiting patrick to get back to me about what clutch options he has.. Hurley have also been helpfull with clutch selection.. we shall see what i order this week..

wifey ordered a steering boss for the Paj (she didn't like the huge wheel).. so now has a new wheel in that



Also test fitted one of the mirrors.. could not believe how much the olds ones weighed
looks good will just make a small plate up to cover the other holes left (functional not for looks)


Also order something for the front off of here..

jobs for this weekend.. torque up the cage.. refit the seat, wheel and extinguisher

Get exhaust off and start dropping gearbox ready for new TRD LSD box..

[2mad]

Steering wheel looks uber rad ....



... ow and cage too

[pistol pete]

got some nice lightweight lights arrive today so can get rid of the heavy pop up lights..


i am sure they are rubbish road lights but my car never sees the road or the dark


so will get them fitted, might not do the gearbox dependant on monies for clutch and lightenend flywheel.. we shall see..

[JD]

that's very nice, Pete, but your butt-man sticker is upside down

[jimGTS]

got some nice lightweight lights arrive today so can get rid of the heavy pop up lights..
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i am sure they are rubbish road lights but my car never sees the road or the dark


so will get them fitted, might not do the gearbox dependant on monies for clutch and lightenend flywheel.. we shall see..

if not used in the dark, couldnt you have just ditched the oem lamps, and kept the oem covers?

[2mad]

got some nice lightweight lights arrive today so can get rid of the heavy pop up lights..


i am sure they are rubbish road lights but my car never sees the road or the dark


so will get them fitted, might not do the gearbox dependant on monies for clutch and lightenend flywheel.. we shall see..

Looks mint .. watch out zombies

[Ben]

got some nice lightweight lights arrive today so can get rid of the heavy pop up lights..
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i am sure they are rubbish road lights but my car never sees the road or the dark


so will get them fitted, might not do the gearbox dependant on monies for clutch and lightenend flywheel.. we shall see..

if not used in the dark, couldnt you have just ditched the oem lamps, and kept the oem covers?

I may be wrong, but I believe the car needs to be nominally MOT-able for the sprint series. Either that or "because carbon"

[pistol pete]

It still needs working lights...

Buttman was bought and stuck on by my daughter at a car show as she thought it was batman.. i wasn't going to tell her what it really was..

[2mad]

Buttman was bought and stuck on by my daughter at a car show as she thought it was batman.. i wasn't going to tell her what it really was..

Hahahahahah good for you mate .. nice way to own it

[JD]

It still needs working lights...

Buttman was bought and stuck on by my daughter at a car show as she thought it was batman.. i wasn't going to tell her what it really was..

[pistol pete]

Well after a hecting couple of weeks.. i have managed to actually get back onto the mr2

So instead of playing with the headlights some more i wanted to get back on with the exhaust..
so off with the of wth the old manifold and on with the nice new HKS
manifold.

this mean full removing and blocking up the EGR system

the centre section needs replacing to a earlier (rev 3 model) which i have but the lambda sensor needs changing again to earlier model, so new sensors and lambda on order
but at least manifold is on.. can't wait to run it again and 16th cannot come quick enough









not going to get time to do gearbox now.. but i will be getting me one of these on order. and a lightweigh flywhee

[super]

About time you got an ECU on there to get the best out of those mods.

[pistol pete]

Indeed but that's lots of the monies...

When I do ill be getting my mate to do a full race loom with digi dash tc loose all the wiring weight out of the car

[ayresyboy]

Great stuff pete

[fred130111]

Would love to see a dyno of this, just to see how much difference these mods make. ( I have very similar mods but car is still off the road )

[pistol pete]

I might do at somepoint .
ill be interested too..

Its more responsiveness i and mid range grunt than outright power..

would love to get an ecu on it too at somepoint with custom harness and get rid of the dizzy

[fred130111]

I did see a dyno a while ago of someone using piper cams with a fairly decent improvement considering N/A & standard ecu, will try and find it

[pistol pete]

yeah cams on my list too if i ever find some at right price

[pistol pete]

Just finished fitting the front lights..
not the worlds best fitting lights.. but lets be honest its not about the looks..
lots lighter now

[craig]

You need my fibreglass bomex front now Pete.