Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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If all is well, im buying one of these tonight...
Imported 4 months ago by a friend of a friend... 66k... WRC spoiler.... White OZ wheels... HKS BOV.......
Have got a good mate of mine coming up to look the car over, he works on MR2 turbos all day every day, so knows the engine side of things inside out (MR2 and GT4 use the same engine, which is hand built by yamaha apparently  )...
I know a few peeps on here have owned them, so is there anything I should be looking out for??
Cant wait for my first 4WD experience... been in a mates scoob, and a tuned Evo 8.... but never driven anything 4WD before.... 
(actually, I drove my dads Audi TT, but that was cack in a sack!)
[Edited on 12-09-2005 by Ditch]
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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All i can say is the engines in these are a GEM, you can get HUGE amount of power from them, and to start with a good power increase wont cost the earth
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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I dorve one of these not long ago absolutely loved it So much torque everywhere
Only cost £2.5K as well
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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Correct about having the same engine as the MR2 turbos...only difference is that in the GT4 the engine faces the other way...
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
I dorve one of these not long ago absolutely loved it So much torque everywhere
Only cost £2.5K as well
Now imagine driving all that torque through the rear wheels of an MR2 in damp conditions...
Now thats
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
quote:
Originally posted by Fad
I dorve one of these not long ago absolutely loved it So much torque everywhere
Only cost £2.5K as well
Now imagine driving all that torque through the rear wheels of an MR2 in damp conditions...
Now thats
Yesh i have felt this and it felt pretty shit scary in the passenger seat doing off the clocks on the a127
MR2 tubbys are for people who have no will to live anymore IMO
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
Correct about having the same engine as the MR2 turbos...only difference is that in the GT4 the engine faces the other way...
And pushes all four wheels 
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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Power increases are silly easy to obtain.
my mates MR2 tubbie ran a 12.9 qtr with minimal mods... just electronic boost control and a zaust system
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Teddy
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Registered: 19th Jul 04
Location: Northampton Drives: VW Bora 1.9TDi pd130
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Shame but good cars!
Does it have the ST185 or the ST205 lump?
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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Whats a shame young Teddy?
Selling the Astra?
I will be keeping the GTE name going...
but instead this car has a 3S - GTE (engine code) giving 242 @ 6000rpm
[Edited on 12-09-2005 by Ditch]
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