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Hello everyone,
We figured we would start an actual thread on my newly acquired AW11 MR2. We picked this up last weekend from a guy in Michigan who bought the car from a woman who was the sole owner. She was the first, and original owner since May of 85’. The car transferred owners at 51k, and had the top end rebuilt to due an alternator failure that led to the 4A-GE over heating. The gentleman we purchased the car from bought it for his wife, but she didn’t want to deal with the stick. (Sounds like a fun gal..)
Anyways, to the build itself. As some of you may have recognized the name, I work for QuickTrick Alignment. For 2018, we decided we were going to build a car to take to all the track events we’ve been attending recently. We had been doing a lot of search initially for a newer chassis with decent aftermarket support. Through waiting, and searching we came across this hard top 85’ MR2. My experience with road racing is limited, so after scouring the forums, and hearing multiple testimonies to what a great beginner car the MR2 was. We decided this was it, this was going to be our faithful steed. So for the initial maintenance, we’ll be swapping the fluids, fixing broken plastics, going over vacuum hoses, and refreshing the ignition components, blah, blah. Basically everything that a 30 year old car needs to be track ready will be done. Over the next month we'll be doing some cleaning up of the paint in preparation for wrap, which I've attached a picture of the rough draft. I’ve attached some photos of how the car sits currently, and will do my best to ensure this thread stays to date. – Gil
We figured we would start an actual thread on my newly acquired AW11 MR2. We picked this up last weekend from a guy in Michigan who bought the car from a woman who was the sole owner. She was the first, and original owner since May of 85’. The car transferred owners at 51k, and had the top end rebuilt to due an alternator failure that led to the 4A-GE over heating. The gentleman we purchased the car from bought it for his wife, but she didn’t want to deal with the stick. (Sounds like a fun gal..)
Anyways, to the build itself. As some of you may have recognized the name, I work for QuickTrick Alignment. For 2018, we decided we were going to build a car to take to all the track events we’ve been attending recently. We had been doing a lot of search initially for a newer chassis with decent aftermarket support. Through waiting, and searching we came across this hard top 85’ MR2. My experience with road racing is limited, so after scouring the forums, and hearing multiple testimonies to what a great beginner car the MR2 was. We decided this was it, this was going to be our faithful steed. So for the initial maintenance, we’ll be swapping the fluids, fixing broken plastics, going over vacuum hoses, and refreshing the ignition components, blah, blah. Basically everything that a 30 year old car needs to be track ready will be done. Over the next month we'll be doing some cleaning up of the paint in preparation for wrap, which I've attached a picture of the rough draft. I’ve attached some photos of how the car sits currently, and will do my best to ensure this thread stays to date. – Gil
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