Limeymk1

Pretty much what Dazzy said. Will be a good learning experience fixing it up. I have a set of TRD ones from Jason to do which are gonna be interesting.

Heat to reshape, bumper filler and/or polyurethane to glue em back together. Don't fibreglass it's a bit too inflexible will crack if bumped again.

When are you going to buy a sensible car?

My old widebody gen 5 had twin pot calipers and 274 discs, same as my gen 6 (I think).

Would be interested to find out how good the Big Red caliper rebuild kits are. I've tried the Brakes International ones and they're ok, but only ok. The slider boots only lasted a year or two because the rubber is a bit on the thin side.

An example of where Toyota got it horribly wrong is the exhaust system on the V6 3VZFE Camry, the Y-connector where the 2 banks comes together is more of a T-joint and is no good for the flow. There have been good gains all round demonstrated by replacement of this part of the system alone. My V6 Surf (3VZE) was the same and if I had of kept it I would have changed that joint for summat better. Re-polybushes they will always be a compromise, but as mentioned if bushes need replacing then it's often the cheapest solution. My MR2 is fully polybushed with coilovers but it won't be used everyday. Celica may be in the future but I'm undecided at the moment.

Went to Coucy-Le-Chateau Auffrique on Thursday then down the road on Friday to Folembray for a trackday. Saturday bimbled back to Calais via Amiens and Le Touquet.

I try to use at least 2 layers of heatshrink on my wires as it makes it almost as thick as the original insulation.

First one was a Gen 4 I won on the bay of E for £10, cambelt had snapped and was a bit of a state. Cleaned her up, fixed the engine and got her running sweetly. Unortunately the rust was beyond my skills to fix at the time. Got a Gen 5 (UK spec hardtop widebody) as a runabout a few years ago, she was totally standard and a joy to drive, I used to lead the IMOC midnight run in her and she went through the twisties better then most of the following MR2s. Current Gen 6 is also my 'runabout' but I've tinkered with her a lot more. Fun on track and comfortable for long distances, remarkably good for a wrong wheel drive car. The reason I keep coming back is that they're practical, well laid out inside and above all a hoot to drive.

New radiator just delivered. Now waiting for hoses and gaskets for the cam cover. Gonna be a busy weekend of bearding.

I remember using some of that stop smoke stuff in my MR2 when the piston rings went, you could feel the engine struggling to rev against the gloop. Lol

A Toyota Manual for the ST202 wiring system, picked up off ebay for £4 delivered.

There was a guy on HJC who had stretched tyres on his 200sx. One of them fell off when he was coming onto the M27. Doh!

Different tuning requirements completely for turblo and n/a exhausts, from what I understand for a tubby you need as little restriction as possible so a big fat pipe is ideal. For N/A it's a LOT more complicated, the length and bore of all the pipework is very important as there is a reverse pulse that travels back up the pipe to the engine and getting this right effects exhaust gas scavenging from the engine. There's more to it than this but I'd have to refresh my memory on the technicalities.

Just had another thought the key may not work in the doors because the locks are seized up from lack of use, so some WD40 or similar sprayed into the lock may help. Otherwise my first thought (as per FB) was a possible electrical issue with the central locking being stuck in 'open' mode. Or as above fob battery if the light's not working on the fob.

New rear disks, handbrake shoes and fitting kit. That's this afternoon sorted. Lol

If you go for a catch can with a return to the inlet make sure it's baffled so the oil has the chance to drop out of suspension. I'd get the same for one running to a filter too TBH.

If the lip's in Leicester I'll grab it on the way back from Brum Ade. If it's in Kettering I can do either. Will drop it off at yours on the way home. I'm getting my petrol paid for the distance to Brum & back so no probs.

Logically it would go pre turbo, as the pressure in the air inlet needs to be lower for it to work and post turbo might result in air being forced the wrong way into the cam covers. The MoT guys only check emissions from the exhaust and removing the input of manky oily gasses will only improve the exhaust emissions.

Ade, I'll be up in Brum from the 7th - 10th April and could easily make a detour to collect in the Celica on the way back. Otherwise I'll be in Bedford on the 15th and could run over to Kettering after my track day if the car hasn't blown up. Lol

I bought my set from Halfrauds and they're okish (only £20 for the set), been on for a few months and not started to rust yet. Lol

I'd trust Mr Woods' judgement on that one. Many bits on Toyotas are interchangable. As an alternative one of the guys on TB suggested this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MG-ROVER-ADU8050-Driveshaft-Inner-CV-snap-ring-/200894593077?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2ec6403835

90520-27091 from Mr Woods.

Ah, gotcha. Profile/cross section not shape, I'm being dense.