Project Lucifer (MR2 TURBO)

Nice bit of advertising there james lol.

I think black would look good.

Anthrecite looks nice agaisnt red bodywork.

Adam86 wrote:

Yeh it'll be a dark and quite flat bronze l think. When refurd time comes ill see whats on display at the shop

I'll let you be the guinea pig then, and if I like it on yours I'll copy when I get my Enkeis

Ryangti6 wrote:

Nice bit of advertising there james lol.

I think black would look good.

I try my best! It's the only pic I've got with them wheels clean

Yeh anthracite looks good against red thats why i chose it aswell lol.

So a few things done.

Charge cooler was loosing coolant from the cap so replaced it with a Blitz one to match the engine coolant cap. Also fixed the problem.




After parking next to my dads car it gave me the idea to spray the lower grill under the rear bumper. Silverish rather than red.





Then l popped one of the standard subs behind the seats. No surprize really im not using the toyota amp and had them turned up by using the head unit through a bose amp. So replaced them both with the below. Only 5.25in and actually hi-fi subs but they fit and do the job perfectly.




Wheels turned up so got busy with the painted and ordered a new set of rubber. Proxie T1R's as usal.





Then it was time for the strips that run along the bottom of the glass. After 18years a bit of paint satin black worked a treat.






One of the biggest faults with the drive of my car had always being the notchy gear change. Caused by the quick shift. They are poopoo on mr2's! So finally got round to replacing it with the standard shifter.


What a difference! Its like the box has being rebuilt!!


That'll do for now

Next jobs are to remove the A/C pump as l no longer have an A/C rad since the charge cooler rad was fitted. Replace or tighen the altenator belt.

Nice update Ad.

Really like the wheels, and the silver rear grill makes a hell of a difference.

Keep it up!

Is the problem with the wheels is all sorted now?

Love the wheels, proper subtle touch looking good as ever!

Yeh the wheels are fine now. That grinding we did at mallory stopped the rub and l got them re-balanced. Asked if they could get them perfect seeing as the cars so sensitive to balancing. Rather than "that'll be ok" lol.

Wow, looking so good now Ad

Looking real nice matey, good job keeping the work up

Well it get looked after thats for sure lol!

Ed, could post this up on the Integra forum please? Being meaning to ask you for ages lol.

Do you want to know what the Japanese says? I'll ask my mate who's over there teaching English at the moment

Yeh if you could please. It would be nice to know where in Japan the car lived

Just sent him the photo, he said he thinks it's a parking sticker and it's from Saitama prefecture, which is where he lives!

Yeh that sounds about right l know its a parking permit of some sort. Think its basically the Japanese version of a tax disc. You must have one. I'm going to Google Saitama

Cheers mate!

So just north of Tokyo then. It's nice to finally find out


Saitama Prefecture is Tokyo's neighbor to the north. Much of southeastern Saitama, including the prefectural capital of Saitama City, are considered suburbs of Tokyo, while its western parts are mostly rural and mountainous and include parts of the Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park.

Thought id test out my new camera mount today. Headrest frame with mount & camera attached. Worked well so just need to buy a decent video camera now. Although maybe not so well when passengers are fitted

Quick Vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qCvgJ9jqPw

Woop mr2 won me a Trophy at Japshow today. RWYB Group B winner :-) (Toyota/Lexus)






Did a total of 14 runs.

13.30 @106mph
13.57 @ 107mph
13.29 @ 107mph
13.46 @ 106mph
13.17 @ 107mph
13.23 @ 106mph
13.14 @ 109mph
13.04 @ 110mph
13.14 @ 103mph (odd speed)
12.9503 @ 109.26mph (Last year was 12.9414 @ 111.13)
13.25 @ 106mph
13.29 @ 107mph
13.14 @ 109mph
13.20 @ 107mph


A few vids

vs 200zx


vs CTR


vs Skyline


vs Micra Turbo - had me worried when l missed 4th gear!


vs MR2 Turbo - close one but managed to hold him off.


vs Prelude



Funny thing is l wasnt even going today. Was going to an airshow but the weather wasnt looking great. So changed my mind and went Santa Pod instead lol

Congrats again mate, really impressive!

Well done ad, you had some awesome starts in those vids!!

Nicely done mate!!

Well done on the trophy, Certainly looks like it went well!

Nice mate! those starts are amazing

Well done mate, couple of quick photo's I got of you

Well done Ad. Cracking starts in some of those.
Was expecting a few of them to get away quicker than you aswell.

Love the cheesy grin in the holding a trophy pics.

It was a good day

I believe in Japan they put the mr2 in the 4wd class because it has good traction off the line. I certainly used it to my advantage yesterday!

If l get the launch right im able to full throttle it in 1st once im off the clutch and it'll stick. However its a fine line between wheel spin and bogging down. Traction in second is never a problem its 100% throttle regardless.

Looking forward to the next one already!! Bet my clutch aint

You made it onto the Japshow website

http://www.japshow.co.uk/r_jap2012.php

Lol was wondering where l would find that photo. Wasnt sure if it was taken by Blackett or Japshow/Santa Pod. Found this in the gallery as well



Wish l had'nt left that dam timing sheet on my dash though!

Some stuff....

Fitted a fire extinguisher

Rivited to the sub box lid behind the passenger seat.




Luckily the glass roof panel still fits lol



Then bought some gauges. Oil pressure, oil, water & exhaust gas temps. Also came with a boost gauge so l now have 2. Ill probably swap it for a volt gauge at some point.








Gauges store peak readings and you can set warnings which cause the gauges to flash red and beep incase you fail to notice. Only down side is ive lost my heater vents which ill miss on colder days with the roof off lol.

Forgot the crappy night pic

Not a huge fan of lots of gauges, hense i went to great expense for a digi dash2... but that looks alright actually!

Looking good Ad

That's a lot of gauges! Looks good though mate!!

Looking good, Have you never thought of a scan gauge though or has your car not got 16pin obd being older & jap? Adam has got one on his focus rs & its pretty handy plugs in to the obd port & sits on the dash giving you readings also can erase fault code memory to.

Being keeping an eye out for ages trying to find a Cusco brake stopper. Got bored of waiting so ordered from Japan. At the cost of £82 Turned up, dont bloody fit. Well its the only one listed for the MR2 so i made it fit!

This is what it should look like!




I got this!




So some cutting was required.




Perfect fit eh. But its solid and dont move a mm lol.







Ive recently read a couple of threads about running no bov (dump valve). Just in general not specific to the MR2. Anyway after hearing the noise off stu's pissrat running no bov ive spent hours reading into it. My decision was to block the bov.

Very easy, cut the end off a broom and wrap it in tape.



Connected the hose to hide.




Benefits are a better throttle response on gear change because the charge cooler is still full of air. Same if you have an intercooler. Which is the main reason race cars, wrc and drift cars dont use bov's. And turbo flutter


Couple of vids. Sorry about the odd noises. Just caused by vibrations l think.

Slow drive, just creating boost. Gives more chatter + less exhaust noise.




Flat out. Gives a wooosh then chatter.

Mad f' stalling t' Turbo. Sounds lush though.

Nurburgring, Karussell



That is without doubt my favorite picture EVER taken of my car!


What an AWESOME trip (thanks James) the Nurgburgring is heaven. No other word for it!! I feel like im wasting my life sat here rather than driving it!

This was my final lap recorded by rich. Still didnt really know where l was going lol but the Z4 you'll see was a good guide. I felt comfortable matching his speed so my theory was he he makes this corner so can l...... well im still here lol.



Just an AMAZING track with the cars to match! Never seen so many high performance & track focused cars! Its even greater seeing them get used! Endless 911's, M series BMWs and plenty of others. Corvette’s, Ferrari etc

Awesome pic ad and enjoyed watching the vid although I do feel just a little sea sick now!!

Haha well you can blame rich for the sick feeling

Here's another one taken from the headrest mount. Might as well turn your sound off all you'll hear is wind noise. As if the first vid wasnt bad enough lol

That's a fudging epic pic Ad! Love it!

Havnt seen this thread for ages mate been a long time since i seen lucifer Fair doos mate lush pics at the ring car is looking real good i can see why you said you would never sell her now.