Motors Pics of my MR2 turbo - spring time sun!

Time i put some pictures of my MR2 up - took it out today in the lovely yorkshire sunshine with my wife.

Weather was really pretty good so the t-bar came in handy





Car is running beautifully...

 

nice clean car outside of the stupidly huge wing

without that, it'd look pretty nice

 

*hands you a pile of books for the bookshelf*

 

Reminds me of a porsche

 

Dunno whether it was you or a previous owner, but someone needs a good hard smacking for that wing. Otherwise, nice pictures of a brilliant car.

 

It's the alloys, right? http://www.aspsoft.com/images/porsche/PorscheDriverSide.jpg - the first thing i thought of were the alloys in that pic

 

Actually, the MR2 needs all the down-force it can get :/

 

True, but that wing is a little too far for normal ones imho. Other than that, nice car.

 

The wing looks fine, let the guy have his wing.

 

Wow! That wing has made an interesting conversation point hasnt it It was on the car when i got hold of it and initially i did intend to put it back to the standard rev3 wing but its kind of grown on me and im in 2 minds - it does probably get a little too much of the wrong attention - then again people dont seem to expect the performance of the car when almost 300 horses are put down on the road Its actually a replica of the TRD 2000 GT wing that toyota put on their TRD 2000 GT -> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/7177/trdmr2.html This a quote i pulled off the web:

SW20 TRD2000GT
In 1998, Toyota Racing Development [2] offered an official kit body conversion and tuning program for MR2 owners to transform their existing SW20 MR2 into a widebody TRD2000GT kit replica car. This was to pay homage to the wins by their TRD2000GTs in the GT-C Japanese racing series, the TRD2000GT racing series cars were based on the SW20 floorpan. Toyota also did the same with their Supra Twin Turbo model, offering a conversion service to transform these cars into a TRD3000GT[3].


In order to ensure exclusivity, a high price tag was charged and total of just 35 factory car conversions where completed by Toyota Technocraft Ltd. Each official Technocraft car converted was made using lightweight fibreglass components (in place of heavy steel original parts: front fenders, trunk lid extension, rear quarter panels, gas door, front and rear bumpers, 3-piece wing) and re-classified as completely new cars (with their own specially numbered TRD vin plate riveted to the body to indicate their authenticity and rarity).

All Toyota Technocraft Ltd. TRD2000GT's had a 60 mm (2.4 in) wider front and rear track (due to the addition of wider wheels and tires) which improved handling considerably over the original equipment. Virtually every car converted also had other TRD parts fitted too including extensive changes to both the suspension and engine. Most cars left the factory making more power due to TRD bolt-ons, some cars even left the factory boasting up to 500 PS (493 hp/368 kW) and less than 1100 kg (2425 lb) for a very impressive power to weight ratio. While TRD Japan only offered a small number of kits with all body parts required for third-party conversion, Toyota Technocraft Ltd. offered complete car conversions.

Only 3 complete Toyota Technocraft Ltd. cars are known to have been shipped into Europe with only 10 complete cars allocated to TRD USA for the entire American market. This makes these officially built Toyota Technocraft Ltd. TRD2000GTs the rarest of all MR2s and ultimately the most sought after and difficult to find. It is unknown how many original Toyota Technocraft Ltd.(non factory replica) cars still exist today, but it is known that a small number of conversion kits were imported from TRD Japan into the US for USDM Conversions. In many respects the extended body can be compared to that of a Porsche Turbo widebody. The car track width is extended and body dimensions dramatically changing the cars overall visuals, giving the car a "supercar" look, and also better handling and weight reduction. Very little is known about these cars outside of Japan.[4]

Phew thats it! Crazy and RTT - note the porsche reference, nice comparison! But a real TRD 2000 is an absolute beast of a car

Thanks for the coments guys!

 

Nice 2 Are you on IMOC? I know a few guys off there.

 

Nice 2
The wing looks good, keep it, unlike all the little barryboy Saxo's, the 2 actually uses the downforce.

If you do decide to change it, ship it my way, but paint it red first

 

I would daudt that wing would add much downforce myself. just increase drag

 

I like the look of the MR2 and I think the wing looks fine.

L J

 

Looks like it does if the Toyota Racing team used it.

 

yeh the one they use will be a proper wind tunnel designed one with all the nessacary renforcements. while a bet that ones just some fibre glass with four bolts holding it on.

What do you think the racing one is made of and how do you think it's attached?

 

What are your times for that thing? Nice

 

The wing isn't to my taste, not unless you've got the full widebody kit to go with it.

Otherwise, very nice. Still haven't got round to getting the orange plastic off the front of mine. Must do it soon.

 

I've always appreciated good looking MR2s and that is one sexy MR2

 

Nice car, reminds me of my old Turbo.

Black is the best colour but i really don't like that spoiler. Don't like the crystal clear fronts either, they look cheap and nasty to me. Also did you have new UK front wings put on or are they modified? I prefer the original jap side repeaters myself. Where are the side 'Twincam 16 turbo' decals?

Nice wheels though