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02-11-2016, 09:50 PM | #43 | |
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Buying and fixing old cars is a passion of love, not a logical time/money investment. If that's a passion for you then do it.
I would honestly buy a well kept turbo version for more $, and go from there. Unless you want to swap it, that 5S-FE is a dog. Not dissimilar from an AE86 SR-5 vs GT-S. If you settle for an SR-5 (non-turbo MR2 in this case), make sure it has pros that any turbo you find will be hard to match for the price savings from buying the NA. Like the white coupe in my sig, it should have no rust, clean history, complete and clean interior, original shiny paint, all accessories working, etc. Just my $0.02 |
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02-11-2016, 11:19 PM | #46 |
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In regards to the FA20, from posts above, there's a hard difference between what a car company CAN produce at a given price range, and what they MUST produce given current regulations.
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02-11-2016, 11:29 PM | #47 | |
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What sucks about mr2 cars is the lack of space to work on them and modding. Get a engine lifter if you buy one. I drove a 4age mr2 for a little over a month and never had issues! Also, because of lack of front weight, it was scary driving 55mph through wet train tracks.
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02-12-2016, 01:37 AM | #48 | |
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80% of all MR2 owner have had "oh shit" moments. The average person would say fuck this car it sucks. But the enthusiast would learn the limits and how to correct the "snap understeer" when it happens. Any other motor is just as good, the problem is you 110% riced it out. Working on it sucks but it's not that bad. You just need the right tools. As much as people say they like the Beams engine the fact is those are super rare engines, I have only seen 3 in California. Pound for dollar, the 3SGTE dominates in relaiablity and power. Even if I had the option of the Beams, I'll still go 3SGTE.
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02-12-2016, 10:17 AM | #49 | |
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Both are mine are reliable for a 20+ year old car (certainly more than my M3 is) and I drove mine with over 225,000 miles on it from Portland, OR to Tampa, FL. Here are my 2s...
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My first one had nothing to do with snap oversteer (I assume you mean that ) but instead had to do with cruise control decided that it really didn't like the set 80MPH speed and wanted to try to set a record and basically floored the car... 275whp can fairly quickly try to propel you into a semi you are following with 4 car lengths between you.. and then you hit the clutch instead of the brake pedal.. car doesn't slow well that way.. offroading at ~90mph in the california desert kinda sucks.
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I own a 91 turbo, bought it like right after highschool as a project car. The car was in pieces, literally. It took me about 7yrs to build it up with some friends help. Took it slow and made sure we didn't cut corners, had to buy some stuff several times because I was learning as I went a long. Taught me a lot but it was a money pit and not an easy car to work on. Driving though the car is great! Not a lot of power but the weight is low and the traction's on the rear tires so it takes off like nothing. My BRZ is super easy to recover if it steps out the rear, the MR2 however is not. Snap oversteer is a real thing. I'm sitting on KW coilovers and autocross this car from time to time and my first event I spun about 3 times in 5 laps, now sometimes once an event. Respect the car and enjoy it, it'll be good to you.
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I went a completely different route then an MR2 not even a car I actually justified it by calculating it out and it pays for itself when you drive it
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