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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 26 August 2005 09:12
 
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meh either way i dont think itd make a huge difference
I think when the turbo goes on the bigger discs will be a must as the standard ones will heat soak pretty quickly i think
btw toof the sticker arrived today Sonnta hhahah did i leave a g off the end of my name in my pm
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 26 August 2005 09:18
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fair enough !
I appreciate the comments, i can understand it would make it feel more sure footed especially on dodgy surfaces.
Let us know how the new set up works keen for the feedback.
I especially like the idea of it stopping HEAPS harder, may be good for the track. We will have to test them out once we get the skid pan day organised 
I also agree with your comments about the machining i am not so sure about that i would be getting an expert to have a look at that. Its all fine to just bolt in new bits but machining things out can have some disasterous effects, i know its only 1mm but its much better to be safe than sorry. at the end of the day brakes are the most important part of the car IMO, closely followed by the steering.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 26 August 2005 09:23
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hehe naa you didnt put your name in yor pm. that was what came up on my netbanking statement,
the extra 20mm diamater and extra 3mm thickness is fairly significant.
more importantly there is a far greater choice of pads and rotors avaliable.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 26 August 2005 11:08
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| toof wrote on Fri, 26 August 2005 19:23 |
hehe naa you didnt put your name in yor pm. that was what came up on my netbanking statement,
the extra 20mm diamater and extra 3mm thickness is fairly significant.
more importantly there is a far greater choice of pads and rotors avaliable.
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yeah thats the reason why im doing it over the twin pistons
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 26 August 2005 14:18
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hey toof thanks for the sticker, looks hot
although they are a pain in the arse to get off the wax paper, they were cut a bit deep and when i tried to pull the sticker up, i was peeling the top coat of wax off the paper, almost wrecked the sticker, putting it on was the easy part. people be warned 
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Fri, 26 August 2005 15:54
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When i said my car goes broom, i was refering to all your technical talk about cars, alas the joy rides wont commenece untill next weekend.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sat, 27 August 2005 00:50
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| Spanktown wrote on Sat, 27 August 2005 01:54 |
When i said my car goes broom, i was refering to all your technical talk about cars, alas the joy rides wont commenece untill next weekend.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sat, 27 August 2005 02:27
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| Spanktown wrote on Sat, 27 August 2005 01:54 |
next weekend.
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Such a common phrase when you build a car......
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sat, 27 August 2005 03:22
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hah, isnt that the truth. Well, I know for a fact everything is done. Ive been told every weekend for the past 7 weeks or so, oh well.
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Newcastle
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:15
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HELP ME PLEASE....
I've got drama's with my beloved AW11. My body control module (the white box in the upper right of the drivers foot well)has busted leaving me with no headlights or gauges. Toyota only sells it with the entire front wiring loom for $2500. If anyone has one or knows anyone with a written off MR Email me PLEASE. If I don't get one soon I'll be trading it in. Please help me otherwise I'll be forced to buy a Falcon or a Commonwhore even worse maybe a Nissan.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:25
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easiest way to make what you want there ^^^ is to get yourself some urethane foam, glue it to the original lip and then shape it to how you want it with 80 grit sandpaper. (i am cetain the orignal buddy club lip was shaped off a standard lip, hence the simularities to the original one).
then fibreglass over the urethane shape when your happy, sand, sand, lil bit of bog, sand, prep, prime, sand, prep, paint.
then make the mold of it like i showed you in our lil tutorials.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:29
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| SHINDIG wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 22:15 |
HELP ME PLEASE....
I've got drama's with my beloved AW11. My body control module (the white box in the upper right of the drivers foot well)has busted leaving me with no headlights or gauges. Toyota only sells it with the entire front wiring loom for $2500. If anyone has one or knows anyone with a written off MR Email me PLEASE. If I don't get one soon I'll be trading it in. Please help me otherwise I'll be forced to buy a Falcon or a Commonwhore even worse maybe a Nissan.
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NewCastle eh.. we'll see if toof will PM you olds address, then you can go around and 'borrow' his from his 2 while he is sleeping..... 
seriously i am not sure where you can get one, best to hope someone has one they are wrecking or parting out. try starfire, not sure what he is doing with the one he was unfortunate to smash (if he still has it).
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:40
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| feral4mr2 wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 22:25 |
easiest way to make what you want there ^^^ is to get yourself some urethane foam, glue it to the original lip and then shape it to how you want it with 80 grit sandpaper. (i am cetain the orignal buddy club lip was shaped off a standard lip, hence the simularities to the original one).
then fibreglass over the urethane shape when your happy, sand, sand, lil bit of bog, sand, prep, prime, sand, prep, paint.
then make the mold of it like i showed you in our lil tutorials.
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Sweeeeeeet
yep thats exactly what i planned on doing....obviously the tutorials haved payed off
only prob so far is getting the urethane foam, every place i have called or gone to just says "go to clark robber" but they dont have anything suitable...its all that soft crap
could you ask your local guy about his source
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:40
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how exactly do you mean busted??? has the plastic cracked/broken, are things (fuse, relay's etc) blown, has some of the wiring come out of place? is it fixable at all?
I don't know of any being wrecked, but with a little more info we maybe able to help you.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 13:50
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Any canberrans willing to volunteer there ZE AW11 in a week or two for me to take a peek at in case i cant work out all the Vacuum lines etc once this engine gets back together after a full rebuild
I thought i would remember but im starting to worry myself hahaha
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 20:40
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didnt you label everything?
masking tape and a texta are your friend when you pull an engien out.
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Toronto, Downtown
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 21:05
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| 1200det wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 23:50 |
Any canberrans willing to volunteer there ZE AW11 in a week or two for me to take a peek at in case i cant work out all the Vacuum lines etc once this engine gets back together after a full rebuild
I thought i would remember but im starting to worry myself hahaha
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i have the supercharged mr2 workshop manual i should be able to send you some pics from that if you want
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 21:09
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| GUN METAL 87 SC wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 21:36 |
Just got a serious offer on the NA.
The offer is $ 7750, what do ya reckon should i take it ?
The offer was with the 16s i was asking $ 8500
give me some feed back
also what do you guys reckon about this buddy club lip.
I am thinking of making one similar, maybe a bit deeper etc.
I rekon it looks a bit tougher without being over the top.
There was a guy selling one a while ago and wanted like $500 for it, so i am sure i can make one cheaper than that
bloody reckers want $ 200 for some crappy torn up one....what a joke, last time i got a quote from toyota they wanted $ 350 for each 1/2 
Feral has been nice enough to give me some tutorials via correspondance so i am going to give it a lash.
Let me know if you are interested. If there is sufficient interest i may be able to do a run of them.
If i get my skills up to speed i may even make some carbon fibre ones....what about it Martin.
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hrrm offer dosent sound too bad scott guess its what you feel comfortable with.. I would say that its better off to have the cash than have it sitting in your garage for another couple of months but thats me.
As for the front lip im in if your gonna make a few!!! Ive remodeled my front lip a couple of times and im in need of a new one .
Carbon fibre sounds wicked but might not be ideal seeing that its very britle you may end up smashing it to pieces on the first driveway you bump into... you could allways use carbon with glass fibre (fiberglass) and therefore making it light strong and flexible
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 21:12
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btw GUNMETAL ive seen one of those front bars on a aw11 driving past my work looks great alot better than in the pics
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 23:49
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| 4agte wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 07:12 |
btw GUNMETAL ive seen one of those front bars on a aw11 driving past my work looks great alot better than in the pics
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Sweeeeet !
Ok the guy has just called back and offered the full frieght of the $8,500. Theres no backing out now 
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Sun, 28 August 2005 23:58
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woohoo ahh well its time to move on man good to hear you got the full ammount you were asking for then again its one clean mr2!!! hope you dont have too many withdrawal symptons...
Atleast you have some money to spend on the eaton m90 now
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 00:03
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| 1200det wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 23:50 |
Any canberrans willing to volunteer there ZE AW11 in a week or two for me to take a peek at in case i cant work out all the Vacuum lines etc once this engine gets back together after a full rebuild
I thought i would remember but im starting to worry myself hahaha
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I've got a factory manual and all the photos I took while I was pulling mine apart. You know the number.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 00:07
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nice to hear he is paying up the $$. pitty to see one less gunmetal grey aw around although it is one less that looks better then mine lol
that front lip im definantly interested in. just as we need a replacement for erin's car and its not easy finding a stocker one. so yeah chalk one up for us.
the polyurethane engine mounts worked a treat. put them in on sunday and it drives heaps better and is no longer shaking around in the mount at the front. i suspect ill do the same to mine in the near future just to strengthen it up.
i used sikaflex 291 just casue i couldnt get 255 looks like its doing the job just fine. ill get some photos up soon.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 00:09
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| SHINDIG wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 22:15 |
HELP ME PLEASE....
I've got drama's with my beloved AW11. My body control module (the white box in the upper right of the drivers foot well)has busted leaving me with no headlights or gauges. Toyota only sells it with the entire front wiring loom for $2500. If anyone has one or knows anyone with a written off MR Email me PLEASE. If I don't get one soon I'll be trading it in. Please help me otherwise I'll be forced to buy a Falcon or a Commonwhore even worse maybe a Nissan.
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mate have you ripped the bit out ? i imagine it will have a part number on it and will interchange between other toyotas. get the number and one of us can look ip up in the epc. local toyota around here never seem to interested in helping out with odd parts. bradstreet parts in kotara seem the best.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 00:33
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Ben thanks for the offer mate
I have just ran into a snag with the rebuild , Toyota Australia dont have a full gasket set to suit the pre 89 AW11 4AGZE in stock so 21days ex Japan although they have the later 89 on gasket sets.
Anyone know what the differences would be with a 89 onwards 4AGZE gasket kit/set ?
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| 1200det wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 23:50 |
Any canberrans willing to volunteer there ZE AW11 in a week or two for me to take a peek at in case i cant work out all the Vacuum lines etc once this engine gets back together after a full rebuild
I thought i would remember but im starting to worry myself hahaha
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I've got a factory manual and all the photos I took while I was pulling mine apart. You know the number.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 02:12
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You won't have to correct gasket for the inlet manifold, but, other than that, you should be right.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 03:08
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yeah what ben said the inlet manifold gasket will be for a small port not a big port
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Toymods Vice President
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 03:10
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1200DET
Contact Warwick from Bowater Toyota in NZ:
Warwick Rogers
Phone: 0011 64 3 546 9269
He's been really good with hard to get bits for me. If they have the gasket set in stock you should get it in under a week and most likely a lot cheaper than Toyota Australia to boot.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 03:59
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| 4agte wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 09:58 |
woohoo ahh well its time to move on man good to hear you got the full ammount you were asking for then again its one clean mr2!!! hope you dont have too many withdrawal symptons...
Atleast you have some money to spend on the eaton m90 now
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Thanks for the encouragement, you are right i need to move on 16 years with one car is a long time. I allready have withdrawals i may take it out for a spin now...just to ease the pain
as for the eaton i dont think so.....not yet anyway
priority is W2A intercooler, race seat and harness, coil overs, brakes then a CAGE ...oh and the aformentioned glass peices.
In respect to the spoiler what to people think about some brake ducts in it as well ? Will start a thread once i get some work under way.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 04:44
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brake ducts sound nice also a little more room to mount a w/a cooler would be nice ?
how did your research into coil overs go ? as im interested in some suspension spruce ups.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 05:46
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| GUN METAL 87 SC wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 13:59 |
In respect to the spoiler what to people think about some brake ducts in it as well ? Will start a thread once i get some work under way.
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yeah the only thing i notice about the mr2 front brakes is that they are allready well ducted from the factory there is quite a big scoop on the brake disc sheild but if you could direct some air right at that duct it would be awesome...
roll cage oooh oooh ive allways thought about putting a half cage into the mr2 mainly for self preservation instead of chassis regidity would like to see how you go about getting that engineered....
Hey scott i wasnt sure if you understood my msg b4 but if your getting rid of your konis or whole strut springs etc let me know as im in need and going to be spending some money on my susspension soon..
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 06:48
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Bradstreet is where I tried (work has an account with them). I pulled it out and theres no part number stamped on it. The fella at bradtreet contacted toyota tech support and they reckon its unique to the AW11 and there is no equivelant.
Whats happened is at some point it has over heated and the circuit has been burnt. My auto electrician has resoldered it 3 times, each time it only lasts a week or so. There is just nothing left for the solder to bond to so the joints just fall apart
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 07:39
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hmmm in that casue *WHY* is it overheating ? perhaps a bung relay somewhere else in the system meaning it is drawing a bucket load of current and as a result cooking this unit ?
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 12:05
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| toof wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 17:39 |
hmmm in that casue *WHY* is it overheating ? perhaps a bung relay somewhere else in the system meaning it is drawing a bucket load of current and as a result cooking this unit ?
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Thats what I'm worried about but the auto electrician assures me that everything is sweet. If I can find a new one I'll make sure the entire system is checked so that it doesn't happen again.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 12:48
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sorry for my ignorance shindig but can you please clarify the item, are you talking about the white box that has all the relay's and fuses in it? if so, is the burning out located to certain items? is it acctually your wires to the unit that are burning out?
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 13:29
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| 4agte wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 15:46 |
| GUN METAL 87 SC wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 13:59 |
In respect to the spoiler what to people think about some brake ducts in it as well ? Will start a thread once i get some work under way.
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yeah the only thing i notice about the mr2 front brakes is that they are allready well ducted from the factory there is quite a big scoop on the brake disc sheild but if you could direct some air right at that duct it would be awesome...
roll cage oooh oooh ive allways thought about putting a half cage into the mr2 mainly for self preservation instead of chassis regidity would like to see how you go about getting that engineered....
Hey scott i wasnt sure if you understood my msg b4 but if your getting rid of your konis or whole strut springs etc let me know as im in need and going to be spending some money on my susspension soon..
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yep, they do allready have a scoop on the backing plate, but my plan is to duct it from the front lip, i can get some fire rated flexible duct through some suppliers i know through work
Yep there will be room for the W2A intercooler
spoken to a few people about cages and getting them engineered and everyone has a different idea of whats permissible and not etc etc.
Shane ie the 10 second cressida guy is going to give me some contacts as he has just got a cage enginnerd for his street car. Most of the other guys are track only so i am sure there will be some differences. I do want it to strengthen the chassis as well as protection as i want to do some road rallies ...maybe even targa. Hopefully being a 2 seater will make it easier to engineer.
Suspension....man how long have you guys got.
I have had qoutes from 8K down to $300 american for the 'ground control kit ...and everything in between....it really is pretty funny
I am confident i can get the existing struts properly engineered like Joshstixs for about 3K they will be rebuildable and totally adjustable for bump and rebound and will offer bump stop and height adjustability, coil captivity propper pillow mounts etc etc, Yuo will be able to change the rate as required and the dampers can be tuned to suit. i would say this is the minimun for racing while still be compromised enought to drive on the road.
The option by Paul Woods of MR2OC and TWOBRUTAL fame using the MRS ciol overs and modifying them just is not stacking up......unfortunatly. Its fine to get some teins or something like that but lets just say they are not plug and play..and thats just the start.
Other probs include...but not limitded to the following
Initial cost is still around 2K if someone can get them cheaper LET ME KNOW !!
spring and damper rates usually too low, as the MRS is a fair bit lighter than a boosted AW11...especially in therear !! ones i looked at had a 3kg front and 6kg rear spring...not much higher than what i have or a TRD sprind set, obviously you could change them but they are not a standard spring. They are tapered and offset wound so you are looking at around $500-600 to get some other rates made up..then you are probably going to need some secondary springs and the valving in the dampers may not be acceptable
most do not have any camber adjustment and chassis has to be redrilled....no biggy but you are prob going to need some cusco camber plates or similer CNC
Condition of struts if second hand, that is are they straight and are the dampers any good, getting a rebuild ??? still have not found anyone to do this in NSW let alone syd and the $$$$$$$for a joint in QLD
If you want to see the cheapest...dodgiest way to put coil overs in your car....check this out
If you really want me to go into detail on this it may take some time...but as far as i am concerned he would be better off with the spring on the left
They have sunk to a new level of GHETTONESS
hope this covers it
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 20:30
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Happy 4000 replies fellas.
Sorry to hear about your NA Scott. I hope that one day I own a 10 car garage so that I never have to give any up.
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 20:55
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| davedave wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 06:30 |
Sorry to hear about your NA Scott. I hope that one day I own a 10 car garage so that I never have to give any up.
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AMEN, and have 9 AW11's filling them spots...
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 21:32
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Ive looked at the ground controll kits and i quite like them to me that looks like a very dodgy way of doing it. I thought you were supposed to weld the ground controll kits onto the strut at the preferred heght then cut the standard spring perch offf altogether....
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 23:03
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| SHINDIG wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 22:05 |
| toof wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 17:39 |
hmmm in that casue *WHY* is it overheating ? perhaps a bung relay somewhere else in the system meaning it is drawing a bucket load of current and as a result cooking this unit ?
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Thats what I'm worried about but the auto electrician assures me that everything is sweet. If I can find a new one I'll make sure the entire system is checked so that it doesn't happen again.
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id be concerened about putting in a new unit.. esp given the difficulty in getting them. without knowing why it is cooking ?
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Mon, 29 August 2005 23:07
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What gearbox oil does everyone use in their lsd gearboxes????
Do you need to use a lsd oil with heilecal lsds??? i thought you would have to
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Mon, 29 August 2005 23:37
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i need to pick a different oil as what ive got now is too stiff when cold. sweet when warmed up but horrible when cold.
ive heard a few people with e51/e58 boxes giving the penrite limsilp 90 a good rap.. also the castrol syntrax - not sure of the model.
youll get a laugh at this.. i was ripping into my mate who drove into his letter box. and he comes back with this
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hehe, i didn't so much drive the car into the mailbox, just that the cars dimensions were slightly different than usual that particular morning
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Mon, 29 August 2005 23:47
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hahahh had he been drinking....
yeah i hear the penrite stuff is good i told my mechanic to throw any lsd stuff thinner than the castrol saf-x i was using in if he could then if i had an issue with it we could change it later...
Would be nice just to have no crunches... Interestingly tho the gearbox is from an sw20 turbo so in dont know if he has had to switch the bellhousings off my gearbox or if it just bolted on have to see i guess
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:00
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no he hadnt been drinking thats the sad bit
if the box was from a sw20 turbo it would be an e153 which to my knowledge is pretty much the same as the internals of the e51 bar the bell housing. although i imagine the two are interchangable (bellhousings that is)
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:01
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no he hadnt been drinking thats the sad bit
if the box was from a sw20 turbo it would be an e153 which to my knowledge is pretty much the same as the internals of the e51 bar the bell housing. although i imagine the two are interchangable (bellhousings that is)
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:05
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yeah well the guy that had it b4 i think was using it on a 20v turbo so i guess it should be fine i havent had any complaints from the mechanic so i suppose its all worked out fine....
yeah well there are no excuses for your friend then
cant wait to get the car back to plonk the sticker on it
hopefully today but with cars they allways take longer than expected to get finnished
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:24
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| feral4mr2 wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 06:55 |
| davedave wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 06:30 |
Sorry to hear about your NA Scott. I hope that one day I own a 10 car garage so that I never have to give any up.
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AMEN, and have 9 AW11's filling them spots...
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Thanks guys and i agree with you both
The NRMA did an inspection this morning....very thorough as well.
He said it was the best one he had seen he could not believe there was no rust and that EVERYTHING worked.....even the rear demister
I AM GOING TO BE SO SAD
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:29
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| 4agte wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 07:32 |
Ive looked at the ground controll kits and i quite like them to me that looks like a very dodgy way of doing it. I thought you were supposed to weld the ground controll kits onto the strut at the preferred heght then cut the standard spring perch offf altogether....
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DONT GET ME STARTED
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:32
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| GUN METAL 87 SC wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 10:29 |
DONT GET ME STARTED
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ahh i see its that dodgy huh....
Looked like he had just placed the ground contol kit over the shock
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:41
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| toof wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 10:01 |
no he hadnt been drinking thats the sad bit
if the box was from a sw20 turbo it would be an e153 which to my knowledge is pretty much the same as the internals of the e51 bar the bell housing. although i imagine the two are interchangable (bellhousings that is)
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It is difficult getting info on the gearbox oils for the JDM stuff.
i am using Castrol SYNTRAX 75W/90.
castrol Australia did some research for me and thats what they came up with and i am
it works very well no crunches at all and warms up quickly so good for daily driving, but i also have no complaints on the track.
As far as i know the gearbox in mine is the same as the SW20 Turbo, only know this as the speedo part numbers are the same and looks the same as some pics i had of both boxes.
For some reason tho i thought it was called an E53...i really dont understand these gearbox codes
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:55
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yeah im unsure of the gearbox codes too i thought it was an e58 or e52 and thought the n/a one was a c51 or c52....
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 06:17
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| 4agte wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 10:55 |
yeah im unsure of the gearbox codes too i thought it was an e58 or e52 and thought the n/a one was a c51 or c52....
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e52/e58 are fwd transaxles with the linkages on the inlet side where the e51 box is rwd transaxle (what we have) with the linkages on the exhaust side.
thde sw20 turbo box is an e153 bascailly the same guts as our e51's just different bell housing.
the na boxes are the c5X c54 iirc was the last revison in our cars. not sure about the fwd transaxles.
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Toronto, Downtown
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September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 06:19
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ahh im sure my mechanic is cursing me atm and has figured out the bellhousing needs swapping
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Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 07:31
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gun metal: id be interested to hear how things go with the front bar... provided i can find some time lying around somewhere i want to pull the front of mine off and remove the bog and dodgy bits and start from scratch...
how many people have had the middle section crack or come apart from the rest of the front bar?
i think if i can resin that back together hopefully it shouldnt scape as much as it does... seems to really pull the rest of the bar down at the moment.
Got a new clutch installed just recently, just a standard replacement but seems to hold up pretty well 
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Re: AW11 owners anonymous
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Tue, 30 August 2005 07:33
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gday mighty long time no hear..
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