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Kirkosaurus Motor Mount Installation Video – Full Resolution – 52MB windows media format. Right click and save as to view.
Some pictures from the video, are presented here, but please see the video instead for the how to.
Here is the front motor mount on the MR2 Turbo. Remove [...]
MK2 Miscellaneous
Kirkosaurus Motor Mount Inserts
By Joseph Obernberger
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AC Conversion
By V6'er
The “proper” way to do a conversion is NOT the only way.
THE reason that you have to remove all traces of R-12 in a system is because the introduction of R-134 turns the R-12 traces to glue. This is in fact, a good thing, as hoses now become sealed up, instead of leaking even more [...]View the original content on International MR2 Owners Club
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MK1/MK2 OEM & short shifter comparisons
By Ncturnal
I was organizing some parts today and decided to do a side-by-side comparison of the various shifters I’ve come across over the years. I’m a big fan of the B & M shifters, although they are getting hard to find these days. Here’s my experience with the various shifters listed below. Please reference the image [...]
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Removing the Fuel Pump
By Joseph Obernberger
Removing the fuel pump on the Toyota MR2 requires that the fuel tank be removed. Once the tank is removed, the rest of the process is very straight forward as compared with removing the tank! Here is a diagram from the service manual showing the layout of all the pieces. The service manual pages for [...]
Tags: drain, drop, engine, remove, service, shifter, spring
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Fuel Line Upgrade to AN Fittings and Braided Lines
By Pat Signorino & Shane Craddock
Fuel Line upgrade to AN fittings and braided lines.
Parts were all ordered from Summit Racing.
For the section between the fuel tank and stock fuel filter, I used 21.5 inches of -6 AN braided line.
1 EAR-300106 Fitting, Hose End, Straight, -6 AN, -6 AN Adapter, Aluminum, Red/Blue. This goes from the stock tank fitting to the [...]View the original content on MKII MR2 Mod Project
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Fuel Pump Swap
By Pat Signorino & Shane Craddock
Here’s some info on how to swap out the fuel pump in a MKII MR2. This took me at least 8 hours of actual work. I broke it up over a period of about a week and a half though. It was not my favorite job. In fact, this was probably the worse job I’ve [...]
Tags: belt, drop, ECU, engine, filter, install, removal, remove, service, swap
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Alcohol Injection Information
By Pat Signorino & Shane Craddock
Pat recently added an SMC Enterprises Alcohol Injection kit (originally designed for Turbo Buicks). Dan Bryant was the first MR2 owner known to use this kit (his kit has a larger alcohol bottle!). Alcohol Injection can drop EGT’s 100 degrees, and raise the value of fuel octane to 104+. The system waits for an adjustable [...]
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ECU Indicator Lights
By Pat Signorino & Shane Craddock
Special thanks to Bill Wotschak (billwot) on the message board, and Joseph Obernberger.
The 3SGTE Toyota ECU uses the Turbo VSV to control the amount of boost pressure the Turbo can produce. When the Turbo VSV is not energized (by 12 volts from the ECU), the turbo can build up to 7 PSI (basically whatever the [...]Tags: bleed, ECU, engine, shifter, spring
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