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I had an mr2 gts turbo a few years ago very very fun to drive like a big go kart and very tail happy, would love to see the handling on that with a 3litre engine sitting behind you,

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The car is mid engined Brad, all the weight is spread between the two axles, you could (theoretically) drop a V12 Merlin in there and it wouldn't upset the distribution.

 

I know it's mid engined but even as standard they are more arse end happy than a TT supra! So slipping this in will surely make things worse??

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JohnnyG has one of those, turbo'd.

 

Pretty sure he got rid of that when it tried to kill him and Ryan?

 

MR2s are not in any way shape or form tail happy. They grip like they are on rails but the limit on them is a very fine line between driving heaven and driving death. If you push them even the slightest bit over the edge they will snap on you and spin you into a ditch. The Supra lets you know it's about to give and then gives you a couple of tenths to get things in order before trying to kill you.

 

MR2s are excellent track cars.

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MR2 V6 was made by Mr. T and he sold a few but they didn't handle very well, only sold in Japan.

 

Really? I've never heard that before. Did a google search but couldn't find anything on it.

 

Any links to the info? Would make an interesting read :)

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MR2 are great cars nice to drive fast and handle really well (i would not say they are arse end happy) but likse Scott said they can bite. I have never seen or heard of a V6 MR2 from Mr T. Theres a guy up north somewhere he does good converstions think he is call paul woods or somthing.

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I know it's mid engined but even as standard they are more arse end happy than a TT supra! So slipping this in will surely make things worse??

 

Not worse, just different!

 

MR2s are never happy with their arse out. They are a grip configuration and the only time the rear is happy is when it is following in the tracks of the front tyres, usually at a pace that would scare the bejesus out of you.

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MR2 V6 was made by Mr. T and he sold a few but they didn't handle very well, only sold in Japan.

 

That was in the MK1 MR2 and I didn't think it ever made it into production, just prototype stage. I've never heard of a MK2 MR2 V6 outside of those that have been converted.

I'm happy to be proved wrong, but I don't think a JDM V6 MR2 existed dude ;) :)

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production MR2s in SW20 guise for the public were (unless TRD specials 2.2 na etc) all either 2l NA 3SGE engines or the 2l 3SGTE turbo engines. All changed slightly through various revisions, power went up etc but they remained 2l.

 

the 3L used int he conversions is usually from the Toyota Camrys seems very popular, said to have the same power as a stock rev 2 turbo.

 

I miss my MR2, it really was a lot of fun on track, as long as you didnt make any major adjustments mid corner it was fine lol.

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I recently sold my MR2 Mk2 Rev3 G-Limited. The tail snappy rumours were true with the earlier versions but as Rev editions evolved the snappy tails declined. 4-Wheel alignement and Yoko tyres also helped !

 

As for MR2's with V6's, tubby is right. They did come from Camry's. Generally it was a straight forward drop it in job and could be done for about £1.2K at most. There was recently one for sale on Pistonheads and they did a feature on one: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=24125

 

Great cars MR2's ;)

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