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 New to board AW11 owner
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Mon, 23 August 2004 03:15
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Greetings all.
Just wanna say "hi!" and a short intro. I bought an AW11 MR2 about five months ago from a yard in Kirrawee. Since then I have discovered that its quite rare. It's a hardtop supercharged model with a factory LSD and a 176mm crank pulley, the blower pushes 12lb. Myself, I'm an old fart (41) whos into motorsport and mechanical contrivances, bikes cars, planes etc. I bought the MR2 to get involved in club motorsport and to that end I joined the NSW MR2 club and have gone on one run. The beast is in at present getting a gearbox rebuild, I already did the suspension up with urethane bushings and new track rods. I look forward to participating on the board and learning as much as I can.
Ben.
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Mon, 23 August 2004 03:50
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hi ben,
there are a few of us aw11 owners on the board - doubt anyone ownes a stock one!
mine is an aus delivered that now has a t-bar roof & the mechanicals out of a '94 "bathurst" in it - just slightly modified!
T
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Bundaberg, Qld.
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Mon, 23 August 2004 09:31
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hi Ben, good to see you have great taste in cars.. 
welcome to the forums and i hope you enjoy your aw11 as much as i have over the last 9 years.
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Mon, 23 August 2004 13:49
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welcome to the Forums Ben. I hope you enjoy your stay, and enjoy the life of being a Toyota modifier! 
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Location:
Ballarat, Vic.
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September 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Tue, 24 August 2004 09:11
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Yes.......... another aw11 owner
Pics pics...... must have pics!!!
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Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Tue, 24 August 2004 09:57
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Hi Ben,
Welcome aboard and congrats on getting a nice Toyota.
Planes are cool - way cool. If only Toyota made an ultralight.
seeyuzz
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Location:
Adelaide
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February 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Tue, 24 August 2004 13:12
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| Clown wrote on Tue, 24 August 2004 18:41 |
Yes.......... another aw11 owner
Pics pics...... must have pics!!!
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I SECOND THAT!!!!! (to both statements) 
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Location:
NSW Australia
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August 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 06:40
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Thanx for the greets all
I have heard many opinions on wheel diameter for the AW11. Consensus is 15" for best handling. Maybe I'll get some S/H 15's and try them out. The 16" ROH "Blade" wheels were on the car when I bought it, not my taste actually but heh! they'll do!
See my thread "My AW11 in High Performance Imports Mag" for pix.
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Location:
Melbourne, Australia
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July 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 06:43
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Just somthing I heard someone may be able to clear up, but aren't all Factory GZE AW11s targo tops?
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NSW Australia
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August 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 06:51
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I believe that all the American delivered SC cars (88 or 87 on) were "T" top and at the same time all the high equipment spec Japanese cars were the same. Mine is an early SC from Japan and unusually has a hard top. I have the book by Mr Noble which covers the AW11 in great detail and I havn't found any specific mention of my car the way it's built. I suspect it might have been converted from a low spec (hardtop) in Japan but that's a long shot. More likely the option then (86) was a sunroof and this car just didn't have one.
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Location:
Newcastle
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April 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 08:41
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| Hirogen wrote on Thu, 26 August 2004 16:43 |
Just somthing I heard someone may be able to clear up, but aren't all Factory GZE AW11s targo tops?
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We just bought (another) AW11, supercharged form Japan and it isnt targa.
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Location:
Melbourne, Australia
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July 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 08:41
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Ah well, looks like i was mis informed, wouldnt be the first time, thank you both for clearing that up.
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Location:
sydney
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November 2003
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 10:52
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I guess the only question left is......Are you going to make it go faster now?????
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 12:24
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i have also been under the impression over the years that all factory s/c models where t-tops. plus i thought that the 4agze didnt come out until 1988 in the aw11's, but there seem to be quite a few 1986 model aw11's being imported into OZ with 4agze engines in them, and the last one i looked at seemed to be very factory looking (4agze 1986 hardtop)..
wierd. 
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Location:
Adelaide
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February 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 12:34
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they started making sc in '85 i believe.
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I believe that all the American delivered SC cars (88 or 87 on) were "T" top and at the same time all the high equipment spec Japanese cars were the same.
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my '87 is a hard top and it is the high spec jap model.
before i got mine i though that all sc's were hard top cos there is a website which says that "All sc models came out in t-top", which obviously isn't true 
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Location:
Adelaide
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February 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 12:36
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they started making sc's in '85 i believe.
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I believe that all the American delivered SC cars (88 or 87 on) were "T" top and at the same time all the high equipment spec Japanese cars were the same.
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my '87 is a hard top and it is the high spec jap model.
before i got mine i though that all sc's were hard top cos there is a website which says that "All sc models came out in t-top", which obviously isn't true
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Location:
Adelaide
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February 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 26 August 2004 12:40
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before i got mine i though that all sc's were HARD TOP cos there is a website which says that "All sc models came out in t-top", which obviously isn't true
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woops, i meant t-top
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Sat, 28 August 2004 12:00
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| pjaw11sc wrote on Thu, 26 August 2004 22:36 |
they started making sc's in '85 i believe.
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where did you get this imformation?
i still find it strange that the s/c model apparently also comes in a hard top from factory, it just goes against all the research i have done on aw11's over the years.
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Coffs Harbour
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September 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Mon, 30 August 2004 16:56
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The confusion comes from U.S.A AW11SC spec VS JAP AW11SC spec.
The JAP spec AW11SC was available from 1986 and was available in targa top mainly but also some tin tops were available.
The U.S.A AW11SC was available from 1988 and was targa top only.
I personally own a Jap spec 1986 AW11SC and a 1988 Jap spec AW11SC both of which are targa tops.
Regards Superaw11.
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Location:
Adelaide
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February 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Tue, 31 August 2004 14:25
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i think you mighthave hit it on the head, the more i think about it the more i think i was confusing myself with that '85 build date, sorry guys
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Location:
Ballarat, Vic.
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 02 September 2004 11:38
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1986 factory S/C here. umm i was under the impression that all S/c's were T-tops aswell.
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Location:
Adelaide
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February 2004
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 02 September 2004 12:58
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Don't believe the rumours people!! I own an 87 factory sc hardtop!
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Inside a giant turbo (syd...
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June 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Thu, 02 September 2004 13:49
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November 86 factory T-top here
The damn yanks confused me too...
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2002
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Re: New to board AW11 owner
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Fri, 03 September 2004 10:10
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Me is March 1987 JDM AW11 SC. I have targa.
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