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And today the MR2 has been picked up ready for its new life up north with Phil ( JB21 ) and ends my 2 years with this little gem Car all loaded up and ready to be picked up by transport . The car has been transformed from when we picked it up as a stock 1ZZ Mr2 back in 2017 to the 2ZZ...

DTD come in at around £ 2500 off list price . With paint option , B&O , LED lights and PP come in at around £ 23K .

Come in at around 28K i think and TBH i thought it would be a bit cheaper .

I must be one of the few who likes the stock wheels :)

the Geo set up is now much more forgiving and less snappy and i was enjoying steering from the rear a bit more at Bedford . K20 is good in them but the dials and other bits do not work with the Honda engine and ECU so for 10 ish BHP more than the 2ZZ is a lot of work .

This one is running the stock K20 Honda engine but not sure i could ever drive that quick :)

Might look to go back to Castle Combe next but need to sort a few things out first .

Yeah this was my thinking as well the day was great and well done by Javelin and everyone was working well together i thought . I must say i did really like the track but took me most of the day to learn it . Think you were making the most tyre noise at that chicane and was thinking you had...

I like them and make the steering more responsive . The hard top does make the car stiffer and much better IMO .

Yeah that was hot and stayed at the numbers all day .

24 front 26 rear was a really good set up i found .

Yeah it is a + that the car is so light . AR1 are mega so much grip .

Some pics from the track day at Bedford .

On Saturday i had my first track day of the year at Bedford GT track . The car drove spot on and we had a great day . There were some really nice cars and very friendly people and the weather was great nice and warm and dry and sunny . Noise test was done and was ok at 95 DB Random...

I will have one on order next month to replace mt MK 7.5 ST .

Yes i was not sure on the wheels first but love the look of them now .

I was looking at lightweight bonnets but as the stock front and rear bonnet are all ready very light weight there was not much of a weight saving to be had and they are not cheep to buy . Looking at the stock units there is some webbing that can be removed to save a few Kg . Rear engine...

At the weekend i did some last bits before the first track day of the year at Bedford next Saturday . First was to change the oil again for some 15W-50 grade . Then to change , flush and bleed the brakes with some Motul 660 fluid . Old brake fluid Then to change the shift...

You just doing the afternoon or all day .

Is this on the 24/05/19 as Goodwood is on my list this year .

I will be getting an ST3 on order next month and selling my MK7.5 so would be goo to see what you think of it . I know Revo have just done there stage 1 250 BHP and 270 LB/FT so there are loads of good things coming out if you want to fiddle .

Every Clio I have seen on track is f*cking rapid so will be good to see how I get on now .

Another small update . With running a 15 inch on the rear and a 16 inch for a wet set up I have adjusted the rear coilovers to cope with the two wheels sets . Dry set up at the rear with the 15 inch wheel Wet set up / road driving at the rear with the 16 inch wheel The fronts are...

In the right hands its around BMW M4 pace on track I am told but sadly I will be driving it so might be more like Nissan micra pace . I cant wait till the 30/03/19 and will try not to bin it on the first lap . Still think I should have kept it stock until I had done more than 3 track days but...

I does look very nice but looks are not on the top of the list and im sure they will get banged up on track :) Next I have a custom exhaust being made for me now then 6 point roll cage , bucket seats and harness . It did start off as a cheep track car but I think I have got a bit carried away .

They were £ 474 all in so not too bad . Should be loads better than the Nankang NS2R 180 for grip . Good shout that I did not even think about this and will check .

As I had a day off yesterday I got round to yet another upgrade in the form of wheels and tyres . I have planed to run two sets of wheels this year one dry set and one wet / road driving set and was looking at used Toyota wheels in the face lift staggered format 15 front 16 rear . After not...

Thanks it really has and i have had fun getting it to this stage now all be it my bank account has taken a pounding :) Will post up some vids after Bedford and try not to bin it on my first lap .

Just booked the first track day of the year at Bedford autodrome on the Saturday 30/03/19 as it is one track that I have wanted to do and will be a good place to start the year off and get a feel for the car in its new set up .

Time for another update . I have been after a hard top for the MR2 for a bit now but wanted to do the other bits first . First up the cost of the hard top is not cheep and they come in at around £ 500 and then another £ 200 for the fitting kit and £ 20.00 for the de mist cable so it is a £...