Am extremely interested to see what you do with the suspension. Too many track MR2's leave it untouched apart from tuned coilovers (if you're lucky). It's an area that's a bit lacking and has room for improvement, especially with the more modern understanding of suspension and newfound ease of simulation.
 
Have been tossing up for a long time to get one of Alex W/Wilhelm Racing's suspension geometry kit. He did a heap of simulation and measurement work but without being able to experience it in person it's hard to tell - seems wasted on a car that's mainly a weekend warrior (for me) rather than an out and out track car.
 
Glad to see you're getting somewhere with this car and all of the issues with poor vendors, albeit slowly. Overall 2016 may be a year to forget for the car but you're well on the right track to having it running soon(ish).

Hello Ant, 
This car has a few mods. It has a similar set up to the Wilhelm racing kit. I tried a few things to improve bump steer which helped. The most influential mods where tightening up the rear of the car. Braces, etc. As I have adjustable points in every corner of the car, it does help with set up. Also has rose joints in every point which makes it more crisp and direct. 
I dialed out almost all of the bump steer on the rear which was really nice. Driving in the rain is pretty easy now. 
After driving the other car with a set up that Ken and Kazumasa set up, its gives some great options for the future of the car. 
Hopefully chassis sim will have the spec through in the next month so I can improve on the rear end of the car. Unless you go multi link or double A link, you will always suffer with turning arc from the offset required to run wide tyres with coilovers. Also it creates too much scrub which makes for heavy steering.
I would recommend the WR geometry kit but finding someone to set it up correctly is very difficult. Just learn the tricks then do it yourself. Tooling is not very expensive.
 
Yes I agree 2016 has been a bad year. Infact it has been in every degree regarding the car and MTC. Hopefully it will turn around in 2017.
 
Cheers 

CAMS
 
Schedule A
 
12. Have any container within the cockpit which can hold more than 500mL of hot liquid (other than a series heater core) enclosed in a sealed compartment;

good to hear Steve, light at the end of the tunnel at last

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good to hear Steve, light at the end of the tunnel at last

Yes, I don't give up! 

So I have been spending a lot of my spare time sorting out as much as I can so I can have the car ready for some meets coming up later in the year. I have sent through a payment for a trackday with the Queensland crew on the first week of September so there is plenty of motivation to get the car sorted within the next few weeks. I have also sent a application to the WP Trackday in November. 
There was a lot of work to be done in the cabin which is now almost complete. Accusump system is now operational aside from the wiring for the oil gauge. Anthony who provided most of the great photography at MTC provided the yellow decals which have been a great addition. Really happy with the results. 
The throttle cable has a new mount as the old one was poorly located in 2010. Managed to make this out of Chrome Moly sheet. It's now exactly the way it should have been with perfect control.
Have also embraced the 'nutsert' fittings. They are now being used everywhere including the throttle cable bracket. 
The oil catch can is now relocated to the engine bay along with the gearbox oil cooler relocated to the passenger side intake. 
Hoping for start up by Friday but will have to wait and see if the intake manifold saga is finally resolved. 
 

Yes it is a long road but I have been in the groove, enjoying nights of fabrication and problem solving. I could spend another 200 hours on it with more and more and more refinements but I will not be trying to squeeze that in just yet. 
The longest road has been the rubbish in contracting out work more so than anything else. That's has been a crap experience I would not recommend to anyone. 
The lever and gauge are for the accsuump. I set the Accusump at 60psi. When I sequence the engine start, I open the accusump valve which primes the engine to decent start up oil pressure via that lever. When Im returning to the pits I close the valve so the pressure is 'up' in the accusump tank before turngin off the engine. This is the closest you will see to a boost gauge!