MR2QIK
MR2 Deity
- Total Posts : 2015
- Scores: 106
- Reward points: 3479
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Sydney NSW Australia
- Status: offline
MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
Hey everyone, As you all know. I love MR2's! After driving my MR2 to work for many many years, I had to take it off daily duties. Was getting too expensive (clutches etc etc) & stressful to use such a modified car so often or depend on it. With 235,000km, I think it did its bid for king & country so deserved its retirement  After driving my Accord Euro & previous IS250 to work, I was getting bored. Needed to mix it up....Enter the AW11  Since I do a fair bit of driving, I was doing a lot of mileage on my Accord Euro (which I had up for sale). Looked & test drove a few JZX110 Mark II's, which are AWESOME cars. But was disappointed @ the price/condition given their age. Bottomline is, they all claimed 40k km, but prolly had more like 140k. Would've cost me another $15-17k on top of the Accord for a troublesome car. So decided to keep the trusty Honduh but reduce its useage & grab a cheap run-around. Dabbled with the idea of an Echo or Yaris (had to be Toyota), but then MR2 love took over when I saw this MR2 on ebay/Toymods. Will be picking it up tonight [:p]     Details are: 1987 JDM import (arrived in 2007) 120,000km on the chassis (no rust anywhere) AE101 4AGZE (changed in Japan) with less mileage than the chassis Haltech E6X ecu Full exhaust (ceramic coated extractors) 15x8 +25 OG wheels from JDM-Yard Cheers, Jay
|
purple5ive
MR2 Deity
- Total Posts : 2337
- Scores: 45
- Reward points: 2132
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: melbourne vic Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/03/31 12:11:32
(permalink)
man awsome looking car. nice and clean
so jealous now, damn you jai...
|
dylmrt
Vendor
- Total Posts : 2156
- Scores: 111
- Reward points: 6118
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: NSW Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/03/31 16:14:40
(permalink)
|
danielk
MR2 Enthusiast
- Total Posts : 31
- Scores: 1
- Reward points: 1479
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Brisbane Qld Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/03/31 16:48:18
(permalink)
Looks great mate. Very clean!
|
mr2ns
MR2 Aficionado
- Total Posts : 327
- Scores: 5
- Reward points: 4118
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Perth WA Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/03/31 16:56:40
(permalink)
Awesome. But how long until you realise you want to garage this one too.
|
mr2pod
MR2 Aficionado
- Total Posts : 584
- Scores: 9
- Reward points: 1924
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/03/31 17:18:58
(permalink)
Good to see its gone to a forum member. Saw it on ebay. Looks pretty tidy
|
RdS
MR2 Aficionado
- Total Posts : 501
- Scores: 15
- Reward points: 6203
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: m e l b o u r n e Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/03/31 18:29:57
(permalink)
good buy.. :D
will be a great fun runaround/daily.. :)
cool its something different as a 'G Supercharger' + Targa aswell. Targa top, but manual windows, no skirts etc is always a strange combo. :) shows how much the original owner wanted a targa over the other options for the money.. :)
89 wing too - bonus. :P
|
B24
Supporter
- Total Posts : 2405
- Scores: 278
- Reward points: 5936
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Sydney NSW Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/03/31 18:36:36
(permalink)
|
Koffee-Black
Vendor
- Total Posts : 176
- Scores: 1
- Reward points: 1978
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Sydney Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/03/31 22:02:15
(permalink)
Wanna swap for a starlet?
|
MR2QIK
MR2 Deity
- Total Posts : 2015
- Scores: 106
- Reward points: 3479
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Sydney NSW Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/01/04 10:07:47
(permalink)
Thanks for the compliments everyone.
MR2ns, there's lots of driving to be done before that happens. Want to enjoy it for a few years first on a near daily basis.
mr2pod, I'd have to thank the seller for that. There was actually higher offers, but he wanted to see the car goto an enthusiast rather than the punk kids that were looking to buy/destroy it.
RdS, I'm using the condition of yours as the inspiration for mine. Will hopefully have it nearly as clean as yours oneday soon. Yeah, a few people find the options strange. One of the Toymods dudes thinks it's a conversion, but I checked the build plate last night & it was a 4AGZE from factory. I didn't even realise until yesterday that it didn't have sideskirts. I actually kind of like it that way.
Shane, no thanks. But I will swap for that Supra of yours...hehehe
|
MRTurbo
SA Moderator
- Total Posts : 2894
- Scores: 81
- Reward points: 4791
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Adelaide SA Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/01/04 10:24:30
(permalink)
God, I love white MR2's...even if they are two tone [:p]
|
stuka
MR2 Deity
- Total Posts : 1183
- Scores: 113
- Reward points: 4767
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/01/04 12:34:54
(permalink)
nice buy Jay, hows it drive?
|
RdS
MR2 Aficionado
- Total Posts : 501
- Scores: 15
- Reward points: 6203
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: m e l b o u r n e Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/01/04 16:47:21
(permalink)
quote:
Originally posted by MR2QIK
RdS, I'm using the condition of yours as the inspiration for mine. Will hopefully have it nearly as clean as yours oneday soon. Yeah, a few people find the options strange. One of the Toymods dudes thinks it's a conversion, but I checked the build plate last night & it was a 4AGZE from factory. I didn't even realise until yesterday that it didn't have sideskirts. I actually kind of like it that way.
yep, looks to be a reasonably original supercharger car. there's really no reason to think otherwise. Not everyone sprung for the g-limited with the supercharger, just most did..! as for the skirts, id leave it as it is. most have then, and may aswell be different while keeping it original! im always on the lookout for a neat enough, cheap enough, pair of those rear pods to have; incase i want to go down the sideskirt-delete path in the future. shouldnt be too hard to make it cleaner than mine either - if thats genuinley done 120,000km, for eveywhere that car has been once, mines been three times! good luck with it all anyway... give it a good service, some new bushes, quality tires and a proper alignment straight away; and i have no doubt you'll love it. A sorted AW11 just gives so much information back to the driver its ridiculous...!
|
MR2QIK
MR2 Deity
- Total Posts : 2015
- Scores: 106
- Reward points: 3479
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Sydney NSW Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/01/04 23:21:38
(permalink)
How's it drive? VERY well. This is the first SC I've driven & I'm impressed. Even though the old 20v we had wasn't well sorted, I can tell I'd much rather a 4AGZE. It's honestly slow in the top end (by my standards at least) but has a very zippy low & midrange. Great for around town or twisty's. I haven't bothered taking pics or cleaning it yet cos I've been having too much fun driving it :)
Cheers RDS. I'm def gonna pass on sideskirts. It's just a good wash & front bar/lip repair away from being quite immaculate. It feels like it's got worn bushes, but isn't so bad. Just has the typical knocks from the suspension as a result. I'm assuming the twosrus bushings kit is all I need on that front? The shocks/springs seem fine. Alignment isn't perfect as it's got more of an understeer tendancy @ the moment. That's all soon to be sorted. Engine feels great! Transmission has silly redline GL5 blood in it, which is my priority to replace. Horrible shifts when cold. It has new shifter cables, but I'll prolly get brass bushes anyway.
Had a run through it with Hitman this afternooon. Did some tuning & fixed the idle hunting issue. Fuel economy is like my SW20 cos the folks who fitted the Haltech, didn't bother fitting an o2 sensor. That'll be fixed soon too. The rest of the tune seems ok. In summary, not much to be done really. Looking forward to the finished product.
|
Koffee-Black
Vendor
- Total Posts : 176
- Scores: 1
- Reward points: 1978
- Joined: 2011/04/07 19:51:15
- Location: Sydney Australia
- Status: offline
RE: MR2QIK's older brother AW11 SC
2011/02/04 17:45:36
(permalink)
Hey man, i remember mine, i felt was slow top end too. I did heaps of mods to try and over come this, like ecu, cams, pulley etc, but i learnt no matter what the SC will always "feel" slow top end, only becuase the low/mid is so good...if you know what i mean.
|