J03
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Buy a litre of phosphoric acid & water it down, that's all these branded rust converters are
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Work looks cracking mate. Can you overhaul all 4 engine mounts for the mr2 roadster?
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I have a theory that cars in the UK suffer more corrosion on the right hand side due to surface water puddles in gutters which can stretch out onto left hand side of the road, and when driven though the splashing [on what is often only the passenger side wheels] washes the salt back off of the left hand side of the vehicle.
My Corolla was more rusty on drivers side, and my present Celica too plus rear right hand side spring rusted though and broke at 11 years, and 51k miles.
Sound theory. When stripping down the MR2 it was terrible on the driver's side compared to the passenger, did make me wonder.
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Ordered a set for the Auris yesterday, £47 ish per corner 225 45 17
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What about these... They come in 17x8 - ET33, gloss black with a polished lip.
http://www.jdmdistro.com/shop/16-wheels/jr-wheels-jr-12-16-17/
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What style of wheel do you like buddy?
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Thanks for the replies guys. If I went with 4 8.5J wheels would that be better? I really don't want to mess up the handling & I certainly don't want to roll the arches.
8.5J ET25 would still require some arch work unless you ran a decent stretch on the tyres & some extra camber. Your best bet would be something with an ET35 offset, ET30 possibly, to avoid arch rolling/extreme tyre stretch.
Anything above 7J is going to start compromising handling, unless you have the car setup to account for it.
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You'll need some serious camber/tyre stretch & an arch roll to fit that 10J ET20 on the rear, possibly even coilovers so that there's more suspension clearance (if you haven't already got them)
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That being said; Torque = drivability / Horsepower = a twitchy choccy starfish adrenaline rush.
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Torque is king. The Rickshaw has 335bhp, but a general modern (healthy) 2.0tdi with 150bhp will hold it off in low rev acceleration all day long............ I'm sorry to say
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That's nowt mate, get it fitted
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No contact at Toyota anymore, I'm f#cked!
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How dooo Summerskill, just in the nick of time...price for every nut & bolt on a 02 mr2 please mate
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"Having acquired one of the very first cars in the UK, we methodically tested the standard car, highlighted its shortcomings and then started the development work on the improvements"
"We slapped a supercharger on it" -
"On my last MOT, the guy did say the rear brakes barely passed the requirements"
Probably the best place to start bud
I've had 2 sorts of clunking & thudding over the last 6 months - first up, the rear calipers were fubar & made an horrendous noise until I replaced everything. Second, in the process fitting said replacements, I threw on a Whiteline rear ARB & new droplinks. Again, an horrific clunking sound developed a week later which turned out to be a droplink nut that just simply needed nipping up.
Worth noting, that in both instances it sounded like the chassis was falling to pieces & "felt" like it was coming from the front :rolleyes:
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God bless the front mount intercooler
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Yes sorry, I shouldn't say it's better full stop. The Vpower stuff usually shows the same figure, but on occasional blasting I have seen it nudge low 30's. The Momentum hit 28 & didn't budge. Knock is all that matters to me.
In comparison, with the Texaco 97 it took very little right foot action & the readout was all over the place. 42 only revving to 5k & the day I hit 69 I hadn't even pushed past 6k revs. It was only the stock knock sensor flashing that made me shit it & back off.
If I drive the car like a vicar, then the 97 does fine, but any hint of having a bit of fun & it's actually scary.
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Tested the Tesco Momentum fuel this evening - rock solid 28 maximum knock after a good thrash. Based on that I'd go as far as saying it's better than the Shell stuff.
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Those pleats in t-sport leathers makes them look like an old woman's skirt
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True! But £300 vs £3. That's what the question is!
And the answer is, one option looks like 300 nicka worth of seats, the other, 3 quid's worth of pen work
I looked at the same technique when I had t-sport seats in all fairness, but once you see GT seats in the flesh, there's no substitute. Aside from the Alcantara centres / red stitch, the outer leather is a different shade to the t-sport & matches the facelift plastics much better.
The t-sport seats also tend to sag & develop that god awful pleating/arse creasing to them, whereas the alc centres hold their shape & give a higher quality look. No sliding around through hard corners either.
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GT seats VS coloured in stitching
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Amend to the Texaco stuff, I registered a seat chewing 69 on the knock readout yesterday. Suffice to say, dont use Texaco fuel, it's shit.
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Aye, it's all about the knock. The difference I've seen on the Apexi readout, between vpower & texaco premium is ridiculous. On vpower the knock level never goes above 27 when pushing, but on Texaco shite it doesn't take much at all to get her into the mid 40's. I'll have to test other fuels see what the craic is.
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your plans for over winter ?
in General Celica Discussion
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Hopefully get the MR2 sent over to Se7en for a pony or 2 adding.