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Hey guys is the mk2 mr2 a good handling car? i dont mean stock i mean with sways, rolls, coilovers, camber can it out handle an evo. and what i mean by handle not just predictability i mean outright grip. its a very light car sp yh. i know there are better cars but i need to know about this one.

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u mean the second generation/ W20?- the turbo one yeah? If so id say yes. they are meant ot be awesome and with that kind of fruit on em it would be epic. Meant to bite back pretty hard if you go past the limit tho :s. Similar to a porsche turbo- particularly the 80's models.

If an MR2 could have seated 1 more person or my 42kg greyhound id be one the MR2 forums right now in stead of SAU... Drove a 200+kwatw MR2 turbo with coilovers etc etc and nearly took the dive anyway. As it tturns out my current GTST came up the next weekend and the rest is history for me ;)

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Can you do an engine swap though? Maybe an LS1, I know the engine bay is not exactly large. I know you can do V6 conversions but that's not worth it. How possible is it to drop like an Audi RS4 engine in, the 4.2 ltr V8. They're expensive but I want it to be a special project. I know I should be asking on the MR2 forum but it's not a nice forum (whatever that means lol). I wonder if you guys know. By the way yes the Mk2 is the W20.

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i thoguht F1 cars where frontwheel drive???

and...

i konw that you wanted answers but seriously close your eyes.. and imagine:

a light

mid engined

rear wheel drive

small capacity

superior toyota built

coilovers

sway bars

strut bars

reinforced Bpillars (i want to do this)

floor braced

MR2

close your eyes and imagine that car... does it SOUND like it'd handle good!? :) to me it does..

plus you're in Perth... so you have the support of WTF Auto.. Tristan LOVES to bone these cars!

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/777158/1994-toyota-mr2

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...so you make a thread about how good the handling might be on an Mr2... then 7 posts down say the thread say that your project isn't about performance but about engine sound and how you want a V8

you make me racist, man.

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no they are mid engine- rear wheel drive (like ferraris/ 2wd lambos).

Nonetheless this is generally agreed upon as the superior handling/drive layout. Hence why formula 1 cars use it...

Yes I know MR2's are Mid Mounted, RWD.

I was not asking what they were.

I was saying RWD vs AWD as the OP questioned MR2 vs EVO.

"This layout is typically chosen for its low moment of inertia and relatively favorable weight distribution (the heaviest component is near the center of the car, making the main component of its moment of inertia relatively low).

The layout has a tendency toward being heavier in the rear than the front, which allows for best balance to be achieved under braking.

However, since there is little weight over the front wheels, under acceleration, the front of the car is prone to lift and cause understeer."

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MR_layout

^^ A general summery of Mid Mounted, RWD, but in reguards to Lamborghini / Ferrari / F1 Cars, refiment would have been a must to counter that.

:)

Hey guys is the mk2 mr2 a good handling car? i dont mean stock i mean with sways, rolls, coilovers, camber can it out handle an evo. and what i mean by handle not just predictability i mean outright grip. its a very light car sp yh. i know there are better cars but i need to know about this one.

Yeah sure you can mod a MR2 with all that...

Mod the EVO with all that... Then what happens...

You wanted "outright grip", then I'd go EVO.

:)

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Hey guys is the mk2 mr2 a good handling car? i dont mean stock i mean with sways, rolls, coilovers, camber can it out handle an evo. and what i mean by handle not just predictability i mean outright grip. its a very light car sp yh. i know there are better cars but i need to know about this one.

Can you do an engine swap though? Maybe an LS1, I know the engine bay is not exactly large. I know you can do V6 conversions but that's not worth it. How possible is it to drop like an Audi RS4 engine in, the 4.2 ltr V8. They're expensive but I want it to be a special project. I know I should be asking on the MR2 forum but it's not a nice forum (whatever that means lol). I wonder if you guys know. By the way yes the Mk2 is the W20.

I know and agree 110% but this particular project is less about performance and more about engine sound. It's complicated but I do need the sound of a V8.

LOL!

This guy!

Trollin!

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I've owned 3 mid mounts in the past.

These cars are the best for 'seat of the pants' feeling. You can feel what the car is doing - and you feel like part of the car.

Properly setup, they can out-handle most vehicles. Damn, I kept up with a porsche in the wet on twisty roads in my old Fiat X/19 which had a 1.3 litre engine. It's just the straight line speed needs to be 'encouraged'.

Even a standard elise does well at a track day...

V8 in an MR2.... please.... pffft

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i thoguht F1 cars where frontwheel drive??

i konw that you wanted answers but seriously close your eyes.. and imagine:

..,,,

close your eyes and imagine that car... does it SOUND like it'd handle good!? :) to me it does..

plus you're in Perth... so you have the support of WTF Auto.. Tristan LOVES to bone these cars!

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/777158/1994-toyota-mr2

Front wheel drive f1....when do do you live...1870????

Clossing my eyes....imagining....I'm seeing...lotus Elise.

Don't go with a mr2. The Elise is a much better car all-round

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Oh wow someone thought I was being serious.

Hey everyone!!!! Come look at the guy that thought I was being serious... Lookathim... Doesn't he run like a Welshman?

I shouldnt troll when I've been drinking. I tend to take everything at face value :blush:

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