2013/11/04 20:21:56
robwilsonirl
Just joined and saying hi.
 
I'm in Ireland and have had MR2's for the last 14 years.  For the last 4 years, i've had a SW20 Spider.
It's had a gen3 turbo swap, PFC, 800cc SARD's and St205 CC.
I swapped out the blue cloth seats and fitted half leather, half alcantara, Border front and bonnet and side skirts and 17" multi-spoke rims.
I've signed up to MR2 Australia because it seems you guys have a lot more experience when it comes to gen4 onwards, Cladina swaps etc
 
I've gotten a caldina side-feed intake and want to fit it to me gen3.  I'm also going to remove the St205CC and replace with a W2A core which will sit over the air intake.
 
So, i've a load of questions about fitting the Caldina side-feed intake but will post them in the relevant section.
 
Will post up some pics later today / tomorrow
 
Rob
2013/11/04 21:06:56
robk
Welcome fellow Rob.
Have a look for dasic1's build thread in the showroom section, I think his build might be similar to what you have in mind.
2013/11/04 21:23:07
B24
Hello Rob,
Thanks for joining us. Good luck with the build.
2013/11/04 21:56:09
robwilsonirl
Thanks for the welcome and the info. 
Found the thread and started to read it but for some reason my boss wants me to work instead of doing mr2 research :(
2013/11/04 22:48:07
Senor_2
Welcome :)
Turbo swapped Spider sounds great, look forward to seeing some pics
2013/11/05 09:56:55
robwilsonirl
Wow - that is some build by Dasic1 !!!! 
 
Here's one or two pics of my spider
 

 

2013/11/05 11:19:29
dennis the menace
Teach me for not reading properly.  When I heard Spider, I envisaged a ZZW . . .
 
that's a nice conversion!
2013/11/05 12:17:33
Mr2gtracer
Welcome to the group Rob.
 
That is a sexy machine you have there, I am liking that a lot!
2013/11/05 13:46:32
robk
Wow what a stunner!
2013/11/05 18:50:38
dwyer125
I'm doing the same with a caldina intake, the manifolds have a cut out on the throttle body flange for the csv? valve on the bottom of the throttle. The MR2 one is in the centre and caldina is off centre. So I welded the slot up and filed a new one in the centre and resurfaces it to match the mr2 gen3 throttle. 
People have said it still works without doing this mod, but I preferred to do it so the gasket had better sealing area.
Other than that everything should bolt up fine for you.
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