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Sunday, December 01, 2019 1:55 PM
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Jason's T-Top Turbo
10 Years of Dreaming.... 4 Years of Searching.... My name is Jason and I've finally purchased my dream car. I thought I better start this thread before I regret it so this is my very own 1990 Toyota SW20 MR2 GT. After what felt like eternity of wanting one of these cars from it being a complete unobtainable dream in my mind it has finally become reality... My criteria for my MR2 was something I thought I would never find. It had to fit the following: - Factory Red - Crimson/Super Red didn't bother me.
- Complete, clean and well looked after interior.
- Exterior panels and body straight/untouched.
- Close to standard/Lightly modified.
After looking at several cars over the years and talking to many potential sellers which never went through I was finally contacted by a man named Sean who replied to my Wanted ad on gumtree. Pretty much the rundown is, Original Owner in Japan did all the current modifications which include the usual, Gearknob, Steering wheel, Volk Racing Wheels, Exhaust and a Budget intake. Sean purchased the car off the original owner back in 1997 and had it personally imported late '99. Complied and Registered in early 2000 Sean used the car as a weekend driver over the last 20 years of ownership and only wound up a whopping 30,000kms on the car. The car's odometer was at 71,300kms when he sent over the photos and the story checked out. A couple of weeks later I flew down to Melbourne and drove it all the way back to Sydney without a single hiccup!
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Sunday, December 01, 2019 9:12 PM
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It looks great! Congrats. 👏👍👊
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Sunday, December 01, 2019 10:56 PM
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Really nice car with low kms. Keeping it stock as possible or do you have other plans?
Keen to see more pics too. can you do engine bay,boot and frunk pics, keen to see what a really clean car looks like.
Good job on your purchase, holding off for the right one is not a skill i posses. :D
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Monday, December 02, 2019 8:24 AM
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Whore of Babylon Really nice car with low kms. Keeping it stock as possible or do you have other plans?
Keen to see more pics too. can you do engine bay,boot and frunk pics, keen to see what a really clean car looks like.
Good job on your purchase, holding off for the right one is not a skill i posses. :D
Thank you! I definitely plan on modifying it but not much further than it currently already is. I tossed up the idea of keeping it as stock as possible but the fact that its already been modified kind of ruins that for me. My plan is to clean it up and tastefully modify it keeping it looking OEM+. As for those photos if you keep your eye on this thread they will appear as I update it :)
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Tuesday, December 03, 2019 0:53 PM
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Hi Jason, Just a point about the coolant. Genuine Toyota Coolant is red. Have seen Forum posts which indicate that green is not preferred of our engines. Maybe an urban myth ? Others may have first hand experience or verifiable reasons why green isn't good. Nice car, but.
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Tuesday, December 03, 2019 4:42 AM
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Peter Hi Jason, Just a point about the coolant. Genuine Toyota Coolant is red. Have seen Forum posts which indicate that green is not preferred of our engines. Maybe an urban myth ? Others may have first hand experience or verifiable reasons why green isn't good. Nice car, but.
You raise a very good point! I spent hours researching about what coolant to put in the car as I was originally going to put Genuine Toyota Red coolant in it as that's what I heard was to be used. After speaking to a radiator repair shop locally he actually told me that todays formula of green coolant(specifically mentioned penrite) it actually contains all the suitable additives for my car and he recommended I used it at a 38% mix because my cooling system is older and Toyota red tends to leak out of older coolant connections as opposed to the green. I also found out in my research that Penrite/Nulon red coolant definitely won't work in my case as my 1990 model has the original copper core Toyota radiator in it still and those two brand Red coolants are not compatible with copper core radiators. Paden from unique said I could use either green or specifically the Toyota Red but again recommended green as it's an older car. That being said I'm more than comfortable and confident running the green in my car especially because I've matched the additives required to whats on the bottle.
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Tuesday, December 03, 2019 7:51 AM
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Have a 1990 SW20 owned since 1994. Always used Red with no coolant/cooling issues at all. (touches wood)
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And now my friend, the first rule of Italian driving. Whatsa behind me (breaks rear view mirror off and tosses it behind him), is not important! M튆àR 2
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Tuesday, December 03, 2019 1:45 PM
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Its gotta be OAT red coolant. I really don't think that a colour is going to make a difference between it leaking or not, but from all I read about our engines using OAT coolant is a must, the additives in the green corrode the internals otherwise. But a great find and a nice looking car.
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Thursday, December 05, 2019 1:07 AM
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Wheel buddies! The GT-Ps always look amazing on these cars.
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Friday, December 06, 2019 2:35 AM
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Toyota red is different to aftermarket green, specifically the way it reacts over time with the metals of the mr2 engine. The general mechanic advice is not specific to mr2. Toyota red only with the mr2.
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Friday, December 06, 2019 3:52 AM
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I knew the coolant thing would come up. It’s a myth plain and simple, read the service manual “good brand ethylene-glycol base”
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Re: Jason's T-Top Turbo
Monday, December 16, 2019 12:32 AM
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Looks great. Hope to see you on some of the NSW runs. keep an eye on here for the dates. Yet to be sorted out.
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