MR2 V6

[bulletproofbob]

i'll pencil you in

It might be one of those self erasing pencils

like your car at the 999....

my mate at the impreza photographic society commented on how tall you are...

[owelly]

He's only tall when he's stood next to short fat blokes....

[tommi]

i remeber trying to do a head gasket on a 200,000 mile mr2 once, it would of been quicker for me to drop the engine out the back then the back ache it caused me. i hope you get the engine fully sorted before you stick it in the car because i bet its tight working on it after

[TeamTotalWankel]

Good progress made this weekend. Old 4 pot out of car and collected by new owner in exchange for 250 beer vouchers Started stripping the V6. Took me about 4hrs to get one head off!! Loads of wiring, pipework etc etc (and I was a bit hungover )Certainly wouldn't want to do this when it was in a car. Anyway, its looking good inside - all nice and clean and the bores are perfect However, I think it's safe to say that the headgasket had gone-

[Relentless Rob]

A bit of silicon and it'll be fine.

[TeamTotalWankel]

I'm fairly sure this engine has done high miles but it's impressively clean inside, so looks like it may have had a pampered life-



No sign of bore wear either-

[tommi]

pistons look epicly clean. you dont think maybe it was run a little weak/hot. whats the head like ?

[TeamTotalWankel]

Head's nice and clean too, looks spot on.
Yes it was running hot, that's why it ended up in the scrap yard. They'd gutted the 'stat to try and cure it but gave up after that. Looks like I've found the issue though.

[owelly]

HGF often leaves shiney piston crowns due to the steam cleaning they get!

[TDC]

Jeeeeesus, TTW don't mess about, that V6 screams torque, and in an MR2! it'll shift alright and handle like a go-kart!
Just upped the stakes boys, and the layzee auto probably never seen 5k,rpm!

The engine looks in very good shape, esp with the HG failure sorting the overheating problem, dead handy, and i wouldnt want to work on that bloody great thing in situ in an MR2, contortionist i'm not!

[TeamTotalWankel]

Jeeeeesus, TTW don't mess about, that V6 screams torque, and in an MR2! it'll shift alright and handle like a go-kart!
Just upped the stakes boys, and the layzee auto probably never seen 5k,rpm!

The engine looks in very good shape, esp with the HG failure sorting the overheating problem, dead handy, and i wouldnt want to work on that bloody great thing in situ in an MR2, contortionist i'm not!

Oh it handles alright, had some great fun at the 1/2 dozen or so track events we've done this year. Been a laugh when people kept coming up to tell us our Turbo went well, when it's an N/A and a £250 one at that
It'll go well with the V6 in but realistically the most it's going to have is 230bhp, if I do an amazing job of the head porting (which is unlikely!! ) It would probably have won this year with the V6 (instead of 2nd) but I think the competition will be much hotter next year due to the good and early date announcement. It's not been built to win, it'll be off to the 'Ring and many other tracks hopefully before it arrives at the Pod. We're only keeping it under budget cos I like this 'competition' (and most of the competitors ) so much.

[TDC]

Likewise, thats why i'm sorting the old G60 lump instead of dropping a 1.8T into the old mk2!

230/240bhp in the MR2 with no lag, bags of torque and Kart-like handling works for me mate, and i applaud your commitment to the cause!
I told steve today in work that i could've sold him my roadcar for, say, £1500, bought it back for 900 quid, won the comp and made 600 notes off his crap mathematics!!!! LMFAO!

[Lowrider]

Ha ha, mark, but we could've saved alot of bother!!!
i rate this, it came 2nd in the handling and i reckon it'll be 1-1.5secs quicker down the strip with this V6, TTW are in with a shout i reckon!

[tommi]

isnt understeer a problem? if its wet....... which lets face it, we where lucky last year, understeer is gonna become a bitch. mr2's are brilliant till it gets wet.

[TeamTotalWankel]

isnt understeer a problem? if its wet....... which lets face it, we where lucky last year, understeer is gonna become a bitch. mr2's are brilliant till it gets wet.

Swapping ends is more of a problem in MR2s in the wet, believe me I know!! It's a fine handling car especially in the dry and it's hard to predict the weather for Sept 2011 at the mo' too mate