Project: My new trackday toy (56k beware!)

[Knudsen]

Judging by the "Big Wheels" sticker ind the rearwindow - ill say its originally from Denmark. Big Wheels is a shop that deals... big wheels

[banpei]

Knudsen Wrote:Judging by the "Big Wheels" sticker ind the rearwindow - ill say its originally from Denmark. Big Wheels is a shop that deals... big wheels

I could still order 13 inch wheels at their store.

[mr monster]

are those compomotives ?

[Morten]

firehawk Wrote:Damn, those side skirts and rear bumper add-ons from the "euro sports pack" look really hot on a 3-door! The wheels also make the wheelarches look really wide, I think. What size/offset of the rims and tyres?

Is that what they are? I've been wondering what kind of styling it is.
The wheels are 14" with 185/60-14 Toyo R888. Don't remember the width, but believe ET10 offset and some small spacers (3/5mm?). The best thing about the wheels are the weight though, as they weigh close to nothing! :wink:

banpei Wrote:Very nice.
I understood that Norway never had any Hachis delivered, so where did you buy the car from?

You are correct about Norway never getting any hatchis. Mine was imported from Switzerland in 1996.

Knudsen Wrote:Judging by the "Big Wheels" sticker ind the rearwindow - ill say its originally from Denmark. Big Wheels is a shop that deals... big wheels

Nope, but there is also a shop in Norway called Big Wheels, where the previous owner works. :wink:

mr monster Wrote:are those compomotives ?

I have no idea, as there aren't any manufacturer name printed on them. The design looks like the old ATS rims I think? "Made in Italy" is casted though..

[Morten]

The smallport engine going into the car. This will get some smaller modifications before it's mounted though. :wink:

[Morten]

Had a "little" accident with my MR2 right about the time I was starting on this project, causing me a bit of a delay (and a huge hole in my pocket...)

[Morten]

Eventually the car was back om the road looking like this (wheels borrowed from a friend as I was still waiting for mine)

[robokill]

N1 mr2 i love your trackday car looks nice

[Mux213]

Auch! how did you manage to do that?!?

Good to see the MR2 fixed, nice front bumper!

[Morten]

So now finally its back to the Hathi fun

Update sofar is this: the ugly rust holes has now magically disapeared.

Engine is also almost ready to go in. A local engine guru has been helpful with a full overhaul. What has been done sofar is:

honing and new piston rings
balancing and weight adjusting of pistons, and rods
balancing of crank, flywheel and pressure plate
ARP rod, main, head and flywheel
TRD 0.8mm headgasket
King rod and main bearings
head porting including valve job
shimless bucket conversion
shimming of block and head for increased compression
the old TRD cams in earlier pic installed (if the measurements add up they are 288in/272ex)
T3 cam gears
OS Giken 3.6kg flywheel
T3 ITB adapter and trumpets

I am inclined to use the blacktop ITB's instead of the more usual silvertop ones, but not 100% decided yet..

Oh, and the plan is to run this by a Megasquirt when everything is ready.

The bonnet and front wings also showed up eventually, and man do I love the weight of that bonnet!