Project: My new trackday toy (56k beware!)

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Hi everybody! Wave

I haven't posted much in here, mostly done some reading about other peoples projects. But finally I'm ready to start my own hatchi project since my mr2 has been on the road for a little while now. Thumbsup

I bought the car about a year ago, and it has just been standing around waiting for time and money since then. (I actually had one trackday with it last year and managed to destroy the crankshaft.)

Btw, this is a long term project, so don't expect an update every day on this Puh

First some pictures of the dusty car.

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Every good project starts with a quick wash?

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Check out the beautiful color combinations inside! (brown and red, what the hell was Toyota thinking Crying or Very sad

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Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Some disassembling was started to check for rust. Bonnet, front, wings and sideskirts removed.

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

4 spots found that needs welding so far, however the rear hatch might just be swapped with a FRP one or something. I am also waiting on bonnet and wings in kevlar, but as I have been waiting for about 5 months now (6 weeks was quoted when I ordered) I am starting to loose hope that they will ever arrive. Confused

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject:

they look much beter after wash Smile

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

hallo

nice car and nice wheels you have.
i see that 510 datsun behind, have you more fotos?

btw: the best color configuration for interior, i trade it for blue one Smile

if you want. Very Happy

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject:

Damn, those side skirts and rear bumper add-ons from the "euro sports pack" look really hot on a 3-door! The wheels also make the wheelarches look really wide, I think. What size/offset of the rims and tyres?

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:03 am Post subject:

Very nice. Smile

I understood that Norway never had any Hachis delivered, so where did you buy the car from? Blonde question

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject:

Judging by the "Big Wheels" sticker ind the rearwindow - ill say its originally from Denmark. Big Wheels is a shop that deals... big wheels Very Happy

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:31 pm Post subject:

Takumi Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 242 Location: barbados

are those compomotives ?

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

The smallport engine going into the car. This will get some smaller modifications before it's mounted though. Wink

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Had a "little" accident with my MR2 right about the time I was starting on this project, causing me a bit of a delay (and a huge hole in my pocket...) Confused

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Eventually the car was back om the road looking like this (wheels borrowed from a friend as I was still waiting for mine) Thumbsup

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject:

N1 mr2 i love your trackday car looks nice

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject:

Auch! how did you manage to do that?!? Sad

Good to see the MR2 fixed, nice front bumper!

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

So now finally its back to the Hathi fun Wave

Update sofar is this: the ugly rust holes has now magically disapeared. Cheerleader

Engine is also almost ready to go in. A local engine guru has been helpful with a full overhaul. What has been done sofar is:

honing and new piston rings
balancing and weight adjusting of pistons, and rods
balancing of crank, flywheel and pressure plate
ARP rod, main, head and flywheel
TRD 0.8mm headgasket
King rod and main bearings
head porting including valve job
shimless bucket conversion
shimming of block and head for increased compression
the old TRD cams in earlier pic installed (if the measurements add up they are 288in/272ex)
T3 cam gears
OS Giken 3.6kg flywheel
T3 ITB adapter and trumpets

I am inclined to use the blacktop ITB's instead of the more usual silvertop ones, but not 100% decided yet..

Oh, and the plan is to run this by a Megasquirt when everything is ready. Smile

The bonnet and front wings also showed up eventually, and man do I love the weight of that bonnet! Thumbsup

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Wataru Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Location: Norway

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:08 am Post subject:

well at least you didn't completly destory the mr2 though Smile

do you have the fram re-inforced and whatnot?