I’ve been working on this 86 Toyota MR2 now for 11 years. Finally have it reliably driving, last major step will be swapping out the aging supercharger parts for a turbo.
For a lot of it I’ve been trying to keep things mid 90s style as far as mods go, but I’ve taken an exception or two. I chose Laguna Seca Blue for the paint because I have a thing for M3s but since I’m a mechanic by trade I don’t actually want to have to work on it.
Power comes from a 92 Corolla Supercharged 1.6 with a bigger crank pulley for higher boost, air-to-water intercooler, and Megasquirt 2 ECU. It was my autocross engine In a different car so we were doing things as we had to tear it down so it also got Formula Atlantic spec valves. Also has a factory Corolla helical differential.
There’s not much stock left suspension wise, Really just the front sway bar I guess.
Techno Toy Tuning control arms, quick ratio steering rack, tie rods all around. WAT inverted coil overs, Ceika 286mm 6 pot/4 pot brake kit with factory cable operated hydraulic parking brake.
Fun fact: I have 2 children and Andy has 2 Porsches. They cost very similar, but I don’t get to stop making payments after a few years.
So due to budget and my love for weird things, I drive a Janky old Mazda as a track car. There’s a long project thread on Rx7club for people wanting to burn up some time.
'96 Cobra, Kenne Bell supercharged. MM suspension. Crappy old blower. Needs either a bigger blower or a Coyote 5.0. Havent quite decided which. Was set on a Coyote but these cars are getting older so im tempted to keep it a luttle more original since it only has 37k miles.
My 99 Mazda B2500 kart hauler. Essentially a Ford Ranger with Mazda badging. 4” lift, Fuel wheels and only has 132k at 23 years old. I’m pretty meticulous about taking care of anything I own from my cars to my kart. Even my 10 year old riding mower looks like new
