 MR2 Hunting (New Post, please read and give thoughts), NEED YOUR HELP ON NEW POST |
 Sep 3, 2009 - 2:49 PM
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Anyone know what price range a SW20 MR2 goes for? Any recommendations for the AW11 vs the SW20 if you maybe suggest one over the other? I want a sexy daily driver that I can have for a later project (because even just a stock GT-Four in the future is good enough for me as far as a complete project goes, unless tempted to take it beyond that), and I want it to be a Toyota.
Why am I looking for another car? Well here's the deal. Today I did a compression test today in class and discovered that my car has a dead cylinder. All the readings were an average of 190 with one cylinder giving me a reading of 25 and leaks. So on Tuesday, I am going to run a wet test to determine if it is the valves (which I am praying for) or the piston rings (which will make want to get another car so I can park my car and take my time on it without having to make repairs of daily driving for exterior damage and such as it is very expensive and I can rebuild the engine, this is my only car). So what do you guys think? This post has been edited by Random_Stranger: Oct 1, 2009 - 3:38 AM -------------------- 91 MR2 Turbo SW20, 92 MR2 Turbo SW20, 95 Celica GT ST204
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Sep 3, 2009 - 3:13 PM
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You don't want a SW20 for a DD - they require some fairly regular and exstensive maintenance
A friend of mine just sold his MR2T cause he just can't bear to fix it anymore AW11's are less powerful but alot more reliable for DD [you can speak to Ripley about that] --------------------  ENGINE: '93 RC 3S-GTE/WRC CT-20b [18-20PSI] PERF: TRD/HKS/ARP/NGK/MSD/ACT/Blitz/STRI/APEX'i/TwosRus/GReddy/Magnaflo/KOYO SUSP: Tein/Bilstein/SusTech/ INT: SS-III SEATS/Toyota Hyper Sports EXT: WRC/TRD/404 QUOTE (lagos @ Aug 25, 2010 - 10:13 AM)  Its a safety feature so that people like you don't end up killing themselves or everyone around them. Slow down Paul Walker. 6GC Chat - Go there: [url="http://www.griffgirl.com/forum/chat/index.php[/url] |
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Sep 3, 2009 - 3:25 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 20, '07 From Bakersfield, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 10 (100%) |
QUOTE (DEATH @ Sep 3, 2009 - 1:13 PM) You don't want a SW20 for a DD - they require some fairly regular and exstensive maintenance A friend of mine just sold his MR2T cause he just can't bear to fix it anymore AW11's are less powerful but alot more reliable for DD [you can speak to Ripley about that] Thanks. I also heard (just for some debate or comments) that AW11's are actually preferred in drag racing purposes for some reason, which I believe is probably because they might be lighter as I checked on the MR2 SW20 and have discovered that surprisingly, they way in the 2700's (nearly 2800lbs) in weight. But is this an MR2 Turbo that requires more attention? Because I am quite happy with daily driving a 5sfe, as I would end up doing a swap regardless of what engine is in there (a lot further down the road though, my Celica IS my No.1 Priority). This post has been edited by Random_Stranger: Sep 3, 2009 - 3:26 PM -------------------- 91 MR2 Turbo SW20, 92 MR2 Turbo SW20, 95 Celica GT ST204
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Random_Stranger MR2 Hunting (New Post, please read and give thoughts) Sep 3, 2009 - 2:49 PM
95CelicaST My friend has a 91 N/A and he said the only proble... Sep 3, 2009 - 3:41 PM
Random_Stranger QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Sep 3, 2009 - 1... Sep 3, 2009 - 3:44 PM Kwanza26 I have an SW20 for sale... but probably not what y... Sep 3, 2009 - 5:13 PM Random_Stranger QUOTE (Kwanza26 @ Sep 3, 2009 - 3:13... Sep 3, 2009 - 6:08 PM Kwanza26 MR2 turbo 4 you...
http://newcelica.org/forums/sh... Sep 4, 2009 - 11:04 PM Random_Stranger QUOTE (Kwanza26 @ Sep 4, 2009 - 9:04... Sep 5, 2009 - 6:08 PM Bitter i was just about to link that one here, stellar pr... Sep 5, 2009 - 9:45 AM cjh4l22 you might check out mr2oc.com Sep 5, 2009 - 4:05 PM Bitter you want a turbo mr-2 for a daily driver? are you ... Sep 5, 2009 - 7:02 PM Random_Stranger QUOTE (Bitter @ Sep 5, 2009 - 5:02 P... Sep 5, 2009 - 7:35 PM soulshadow AW11, is probably one of the most funnest cars to ... Sep 8, 2009 - 12:19 AM Random_Stranger QUOTE (soulshadow @ Sep 7, 2009 - 10... Sep 8, 2009 - 12:41 AM Random_Stranger Ok guys, a guy wants to sell me a Rolling SHell 91... Oct 1, 2009 - 3:38 AM TiGZ461 I would say pass dude. This is gonna be your DD a... Oct 1, 2009 - 6:30 AM Random_Stranger QUOTE (TiGZ461 @ Oct 1, 2009 - 4:30 ... Oct 1, 2009 - 2:43 PM SlvrCelica09 QUOTE (Random_Stranger @ Oct 1, 2009 - 2... Oct 7, 2009 - 6:59 PM Random_Stranger QUOTE (SlvrCelica09 @ Oct 7, 2009 - 4... Oct 7, 2009 - 10:50 PM Nartanian Salvage cars are nightmares, especially considerin... Oct 1, 2009 - 9:49 AM |
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