JLee's 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo build thread

[jme5343]

Nice, I'm with the others, I'd like to have a 2nd gen someday.

 

[exdeath]

I want to see you posting a pic like this down the road:

 

[jlee]

I want to see you posting a pic like this down the road:

yeeesh! I'd have to live in a nice dry desert first, where it would never see water

Speaking of clean...any recommendations on how to remove all the oil and grime without dropping the engine?

 

[exdeath]

Disconnect all the harness and electrical stuff, move everything out of the way like you're doing a engine bay tuck, then soak it down with a couple cans of engine degreaser then hose it down with a pressure washer. Actually, pressure washer alone is probably sufficient, but you can use degreaser and a garden hose.

That pic is all fresh paint and aluminum parts scrubbed with aluminum cleaner (and then painted?) though. Not getting that without a rebuild and hours of detailing.

 

[jlee]

Disconnect all the harness and electrical stuff, move everything out of the way like you're doing a engine bay tuck, then soak it down with a couple cans of engine degreaser then hose it down with a pressure washer. Actually, pressure washer alone is probably sufficient, but you can use degreaser and a garden hose.

That pic is all fresh paint and aluminum parts scrubbed with aluminum cleaner (and then painted?) though. Not getting that without a rebuild and hours of detailing.

It's in my garage and it's 15 degrees outside...that's not happening anytime soon.

 

[punjabiplaya]

It's in my garage and it's 15 degrees outside...that's not happening anytime soon.

excuses

 

[MotF Bane]

It's in my garage and it's 15 degrees outside...that's not happening anytime soon.

Wimp.

 

[exdeath]

Hey JLee, do you know of any side mount 3S manifolds that push the stock turbo toward the rear of the engine? I need more room for a downpipe to clear a 5S hydraulic motor mount and bracket

All the custom jobs look hacked to death with a very inefficient tight S shaped looking down pipe, might as well do it right the first time.

Also considering flipping the turbo and running the downpipe on the opposite side, but it would basically require a generic turbo with a standard downpipe flange and external wastegate, but we are talking adding the cost of a new turbo...

 

[jlee]

exdeath- not offhand, but you could give ATS Racing a call and see if they have or could make anything for you.

Wimp.

I suppose I could turn my neighborhood into a sheet of ice..../shrug

 

[punjabiplaya]

does the 20g bolt up to stock Toyota mani? or are you getting a new mani and/or flange?

 

[jlee]

does the 20g bolt up to stock Toyota mani? or are you getting a new mani and/or flange?

T3 adapter off the stock manifold.

 

[JulesMaximus]

yeeesh! I'd have to live in a nice dry desert first, where it would never see water

Speaking of clean...any recommendations on how to remove all the oil and grime without dropping the engine?

Ship it out to me. I'll take good care of it! I promise!

 

[JulesMaximus]

It's in my garage and it's 15 degrees outside...that's not happening anytime soon.

Dude, two words: kerosene heater

 

[jlee]

Dude, two words: kerosene heater

An 80,000 BTU propane convection heater will be here tomorrow. The kerosene fumes bother me after a while, so I went with propane. That doesn't solve the freezing water problem, though, unless I hope the drain in my floor doesn't freeze, and just run the heater all day 'till the floor dries (and hope I don't flood the street).

 

[PricklyPete]

Awesome thread Jlee...can't wait to see how it all turns out.

 

[Kirby]

Ricer! :awe:

 

[exdeath]

It's only a ricer if it's a 5SFE 2.2L with a huge 4"+ exhaust. D:

 

[punjabiplaya]

HAHA, I was searching for that pic with the mr2 with the huge turbine exhaust, but I found this: You need a new front end jlee

 

[jme5343]

Hey, more work, more pics, less messing around! I'm living vicariously through your work on the Mr!

 

[thomsbrain]

I took a tour of Blacktrax Performance the other day and they are working on a 1st-gen MR2 with a custom TWIN-charged setup. It will use a supercharger and a big turbo, and the supercharger will help to spool the turbo before a valve dumps all the boost in together. The whole thing has been fitted with Honda sensors so that it can run a Honda CPU and Hondata EMS. The computer thinks it's a Honda, but really it's a Toyota engine.

 

[Howard]

I took a tour of Blacktrax Performance the other day and they are working on a 1st-gen MR2 with a custom TWIN-charged setup. It will use a supercharger and a big turbo, and the supercharger will help to spool the turbo before a valve dumps all the boost in together. The whole thing has been fitted with Honda sensors so that it can run a Honda CPU and Hondata EMS. The computer thinks it's a Honda, but really it's a Toyota engine.

The supercharger is not allowed to idle after a few kRPM? In most twincharged systems the supercharger pulley is no longer driven after turbo has spooled up.

 

[IcePickFreak]

Noice. A winter car project always helps the winter go by a bit quicker.

 

[jlee]

Hey, more work, more pics, less messing around! I'm living vicariously through your work on the Mr!

Heh sorry, I've driven to Florida twice in the last 3 weeks. Work will resume soon.

 

[jlee]

It's starting to get warm and it's time for me to stop being lazy. I'm hoping to make some progress this coming weekend..I have four days off, so if it's above freezing, something had better get done.

 

[Sunny129]

just now noticed your build thread...from one fellow Toyota owner to another, keep up the good work :thumbsup:. btw, perhaps i missed it earlier in the thread, but what kind of numbers are you looking to make?