Great, hope to see this finished soon
 

Work on the MR2 is still going slow, but at least something is getting done. Hope to have it done by the end of the year. Here is some pictures to show how far apart it was stripped for the ceramic coating



 
 
This is the intake and turbo housing that had almost been finished sanding down but just painted over them. Didnt turn out too bad so weren't far of being finished
 







 
And finally dragged the engine out. Been a while since I've seen this


 
Been looking at the gear box as well trying to work out exactly what I will replace. I will do all the syncros the diff bearings and input and output shaft bearings. Not sure if I will be doing shift forks or the gears. Keep changing my mind I think its apart so might as well, but there was nothing wrong with it when I stripped it.
 





 
STD LSD left Quafie on right. The second picture shows the thread goes right to the top for the ring gear on the Quafie. It's for this reason that you need the non LSD bolts to hold it on as the shank is thicker than the ring gear so the bolts bottom out before the ring gear is tight. Also the speedo gear wont fit straight on so need another one. I think it would be possible to modify it to work but a new one is only about $50. The non LSD speedo gear is no longer available put I will post another part number once Ive confirmed it's right.
 



 
One reason not much work has been done on the MR2 is Ive been doing a bit of work on my truck. Ive always had to put the car on a bit off center so I could put the ramps next to the car. So decided to make them fit under the tray. Also got a winch for it
 






 
A while ago I got sick of smashing the tail lights when reversing into my driveway to unload the car so cut about 700mm of the tray. Was way to long anyway
 


 
Then I had to fix up a few issues with the bonnet so out came the vinyl wrap. Its easier for me to do this than try paint.




 
I picked up a new helmet so decided to give that a go as well
 



 
 
Then the HQ. The purple chrome wrap had some major fading problems. Some bits turned completely chrome. Spoke to the suppler and its all sorted out now, but need to redo the whole car. Also in the last race I made a bit of a mistake.
 







 
 
Next thing for me to do is fix the HQ than back onto the MR2
 

Really good to see all the progress Andy, keep it up ;)

PS. forget replacing gears please....
 

Its not the actual gears im worried about (although 3rd is discolored) it's the synco bit on them. Last picture of the gears shows the worst one. Buried up slightly on the end    

You can deburr those . But only remove the minimum to allow the collar a smooth movement.

This is from the accident at Phillip Island (speaking to Kevin at Bathurst)
http://youtu.be/s6GYQ5dUnWA
 
This is from a round at Winton
http://youtu.be/-pTshJhe6Kw