Fantastic update, the car is looking mint. Congrats on hitting your time goal and getting the PB!
 
How do you find the Forza FP3 brake pads?

Lumix
Fantastic update, the car is looking mint. Congrats on hitting your time goal and getting the PB!
 
How do you find the Forza FP3 brake pads?

Thanks! It was great to redeem myself after all those months haha.
 
It's a bit hard to tell given I only have them on the rear, but I didn't find myself losing any performance compared to my last trackday, when I was still on Project Mu TypeHC+ at all corners. I will likely use the FP3s on the front too when my current set give up the ghost, as they are quite good value.

After a lot of faffing about with different brake set ups I finally settled on Forza FP3 all round and found them excellent. Good bite on a cold rain soaked road where I hadn't used them for miles. They were fully alive immediately. They were also great on track with continual repeatable stopping ability. I never experienced any sign of fade ever.
And that was often with some very sticky 80 tread wear index tyres too. Allowing very heavy braking.
Thanks for the write up and all the pictures. We love pictures.

Falcon
After a lot of faffing about with different brake set ups I finally settled on Forza FP3 all round and found them excellent. Good bite on a cold rain soaked road where I hadn't used them for miles. They were fully alive immediately. They were also great on track with continual repeatable stopping ability. I never experienced any sign of fade ever.
And that was often with some very sticky 80 tread wear index tyres too. Allowing very heavy braking.
Thanks for the write up and all the pictures. We love pictures.

That's great to hear for when I eventually have FP3 on all corners.
 
No worries, I enjoy writing it up and photography is my other main hobby, so it's nice to hear that there are some members still tuning in to the dying art of build threads!

 
Recent changes to the car include a swap to polyurethane steering rack bushings, which was a quick, straightforward install. Unbolt the rack, pull the old crusty bushings, lube the new ones up and slot them in, torquing to spec. Fiddling with the rack did throw my front toe out however, so I did a quick string and tape measure job to get me through to my next proper alignment.
Although cracking in places, the old bushings weren’t in the worst condition, so this upgrade hasn’t changed the driving feel much, if at all. But it’s always nice to get another 31 year old perishable component off the car and into the bin!

Hey all,
 
Long time no see. Hope everyone has been well and enjoying their MR2s to the fullest.
I have not much to report on the banana car. Have been to 3 trackdays since I last posted and just yesterday got my PB down to a 1:11.6 at Wakefield Park. That was a 1.5s drop for the day and was a huge achievement for me. I made to sure to get roughly the same lap time at least 3 or 4 times to make sure it wasn't a fluke ;)
 
The car is set up exactly how it was when my PB was 1:16.1, so its super rewarding to look back on the time I've dropped through seat time and refining my driving. On that note, I have a few small mods coming up but nothing huge will change for the time being, at least until I hit a wall for lap times and get the itch for something more in the way of brakes or tyres.
 
I'll leave you with some recent pictures, hope whoever is out there still reading forum posts enjoys them!

Wow that's a great time, your SW20 is looking amazing, we need to organize a MR2 get together at Wakefield in the near future, I'll keep you posted.

Fast Eddie
Wow that's a great time, your SW20 is looking amazing, we need to organize a MR2 get together at Wakefield in the near future, I'll keep you posted.

Thanks for the kind words!
 
Sounds good, keep me in the loop :)

Fast Eddie
Wow that's a great time, your SW20 is looking amazing, we need to organize a MR2 get together at Wakefield in the near future, I'll keep you posted.

Hey Eddie,
 
If the date worked for me, I'd be in for spectating / passenger laps if allowed.  

My beast is still broken though I could be tempted to bring the Trueno to teach the MR2s a lesson on handling and RPM 😎😜