"Nonster" (noahnic)
04/21/2015 at 10:30 • Filed to: None
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"Nonster" (noahnic)
04/21/2015 at 10:30 • Filed to: None | 4
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Sunday was the first autocross race of the year for me and the MR2. I haven’t gotten to race it for the past year or two thanks to the engine swap and being busy with work and grad school. I was very eager to see how well the 20v motor would do compared to the tired old 16v it used to have.
The forecast called for 100% torrential downpour, but I got lucky and was in the first run group and pulled off my 6th and fastest run right as it started to drizzle.
First run I got lost, second was clean but slow, third took out some cones, fourth was clean and a little better, fifth was gonna be fast but I overcooked it and nearly spun out, and the sixth was the money maker.
Here’s a video of the fourth run
Would have done a lot better if the nut behind the wheel wasn’t hungover #racecardriverexcuses.
Then I got to stand out in the wind and rain to work the corners and retrieve the countless cones that got mowed down when nearly every car inevitably spun out.
I need to redo the exhaust since the 16v manifold on a 20v is corralling some of the ponies and I also really want a set of Hoosier A7s on some 13x8 wheels now so I can try to catch up to the Elise that took first in class
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Nonster
04/21/2015 at 10:38 |
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Neat :) 20v Mk1 MR2 sounds like an absolute blast.
What sort of power do you think you’re making?
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Nonster
> BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
04/21/2015 at 10:53 |
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Not really sure, but probably in 130-140 whp. After I redo the exhaust I’m gonna try to get it dyno’d
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BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Nonster
04/21/2015 at 11:29 |
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Nice :) should be an absolute rocketship :)
I’ve got a bit of a plan to stick an Uno Turbo engine into a Fiat X1/9 and head for 175bhp at the crank. Would be pretty comparable to yours :)
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Nonster
> BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
04/21/2015 at 13:42 |
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Hell yeah, you don’t see many Fiat X1/9’s. I’m pretty sure Toyota copied a lot from it for the MR2 haha.
I might get around to getting some hotter cams and a standalone ECU for the 20v. I’d love to get up to about 160 whp.
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BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Nonster
04/21/2015 at 15:56 |
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They certainly copied the drivetrain layout :) the X1/9 was the first car to use a full FWD drivetrain relocated to the middle to make it MR. They even used the steering arms as radius arms on the back :)