The true meaning behind the 86/Frs

[Rampage]

Originally Posted by Hanzo

Did you gut the cats or got an aftermarket header? If you haven't done either you probably want to do it.

Headers, TRD exhaust. Original car had 138HP at crank. I am around 145-147. At 2200LBs it is still pretty quick, has some of the best brakes ever put on a production car and handles like nothing else in its price bracket. I have also owned a 280Z, Mazda RX-7, 350Z and a lot of American "sports" cars. None of them will corner like this thing.

EDit: MR-S cost $23098 MSRP 12 years ago. That is why there were not a lot of them sold in the US. If the FR-S comes in at around that price I guess it would be a real bargain.

[Hanzo]

Originally Posted by Rampage

Headers, TRD exhaust. Original car had 138HP at crank. I am around 145-147. At 2200LBs it is still pretty quick, has some of the best brakes ever put on a production car and handles like nothing else in its price bracket. I have also owned a 280Z, Mazda RX-7, 350Z and a lot of American "sports" cars. None of them will corner like this thing.

Good to hear, yeah it was a great driving car, I loved driving it. Good luck with it.

[switchlanez]

I miss my MR-S. Had bracing all around, C-ONE quad exhaust, TRD air inlet, TRD catalyzer, TRD headers. Like the FR-S, you could enjoy the sporting feel at daily commute speeds. My G35 that replaced it felt numb in comparison.

Before I sold it, I parted everything out, bought a stock header, and gutted the pre-cats as a courtesy to the next owner to prevent engine failure. Not smog legal in CA but they never check.








Scion head units were a popular plug-and-play mod. On mine, I programmed a custom .gif animation of the Techno Pro Spirit MR-S (shown in pic) captured from a Best Motoring episode.

[Quentin]

There was a yellow MR-2 for sale in my town not long ago. I should have test drove it, at least.

[tripjammer]

I never like the look of the mr-s, but the old mr2 was awesome, especially the turbo ones. Hopefully Toyota will bring back the mr2 and the supra.

[The Robot Cow]

Those are some nice and clean Mr-s'.
I forgot where i read it but i think it was Tada-san that said that they wanted to build a model both below and above the 86.

[switchlanez]

^Thank ya,
I do remember hearing about that too and someone pointed out it the lower model is the iQ. Serious enthusiasts say it's a really fun car to drive.