the story so far ! 3 weeks ago i got a call off a fellow mr2 owner . he asks me whether i want to buy a tubby ! i said nah m8 , i am skint . he then tells me about this mr2 turbo at a house he is working at ( he's a painter and decorater ) its a 1993 gt turbo done 50 k and is totally standard and a perfect untouched example. now i am listening he says its been owned by a woman since 2002 ! and has passed away and her husband just wants rid of it now ! how much are my next words ?? maybe around £2000 probably a bit less so within 10 mins i arranged to go have a look . soon as i saw it i just knew , its the genuine thing ! being a painter and having a trained eye i inspected closely and i was impressed ! believe me when i say i am fussy , i am not a lover of black cars because its such a hard colour to keep on top of so to speak , but this car is fantastic for its age . next i hear it run , and from cold sounded smooth and no smoke [thumleft] the interior is half leather and swade which i really like . it has abs brakes , them fog lamps that steer , air con , a sub behind each seat that work . at this stage i hadnt drove it and wanted it!. but soon as i got into 2nd gear i was having the car everything checked out and i was having it ! i got talking to the guy and he showed me receipts for work his wife had done etc , and he said whatever it wanted , she got . it failed its mot on the brakes and it was due to the pads worn down. so she put new discs and pads all round. i was looking at the receipt for the turbo ! aparently it was smoking slightly and she had it reconditioned and had a large bill . so i bought it for £1700
the first pic i taken of the car doesnt have the standard wheels on because i did a deal with someone and did a swap. i was going to put the wheels on off my n/a and i didnt want to put standard wheels back on the n/a because i figure it looks better on after market wheels as i am now selling the n/a.

stock rev 2 turbo minus the wheels






since buying this car ive set about it ! a bit !
ive put a rev 3 rear light conversion on it and done the quad lights .
ive put a japspeed exhaust on and gutted the cat



the gutted cat



momo steering wheel and lockwood white dials




its had cam belt and all other belts done now. the speedo has been converted but the mileage was still reading in kilometres. when working out what the mileage would be it turned out to be 49636 miles .

i was gonna up the boost to 0.9 but it was already at 1.0 when we checked !
i had a look at the reciept for the turbo repair and called the company up to find out what exactly had been done . i explained i had just bought the car and was trying to find out as much history about it . its had the full monty and is strongly built ! the bill was for £490 so i am pretty chuffed its like new.

future plans , not sure . but i will lose the toblerones and put the uk strip in place . dont know whether i want crystal clear or smoked sidelight/indicators ???


some pics from yesterday

Looks awesome matey, a great find! Looking forward to seeing it develop into more of a beastie

looks quality mate. good find

that looks mint mate, well done, looks like you dropped right on there.

Have heard about these engines aving headgasket issues when the boost pressure has been turned up, so jus tkeep an eye on that. Im sure mike will be able to explain things abit better

Look forward to watching this develop

head gasket has already been done it was done when the turbo was fettled along with stem seals i think .

Very nice mate when you say the headgasket was done, which gasket has gone back in? if its stock toyota then your brave you want ideally some ARP headstuds and a metal headgasket to run 1bar boost

Wow, what a bargain mate

I'd go with smoked indicators and repeaters, IMO looks ace on back cars, but its your motor and your choice

cheers mike ! not sure if its a stock head gasket , i am trying to find out .

smoked indicator/sidelights for sure . i am gonna lose the toblerones as well

looking good marc. will be having a mooch at it on monday if your attending the meet???

is that a trick question

nice find dude.

needs to go lower or back on standard wheels its waay high up

its got kyb adjustable dampers all round and although the wheels are over sized it handles superb ! ive got stock wheels and 16" wheels which are fav with 2 owners . ive tried them all out and it was best on the 16" wheels but after a mess about its as good as it can be on the 17" wheels now. it helps having lsd also i think for winter use i will use the stock wheels .

Top purchase Mark, top car!

having done a few jobs now i have started the detailing process. every time i clean it i am doing more and more and she is starting to look something like ! ive got some crystal clear side lights on order next which should be this week


here is how she looks tonight after another clean up operation

Looking forward to seeing this in the flesh! Hopefully we will organise a ride out soon.