The Project Pad

Hello, just thought I'd show everyone my project at the moment.

The car is my 87' junkyard mr2 which was originally a 1.6l four cylinder mounted transversely. The entire rear end, save for the quarter panels, has been cut out and is to be replaced with a partial tube chassis and an I5 mounted longitudinally with an audi trans. Once the powertrain is in place and the suspension is tuned, I will probably end up going turbo (also considering twinscrew).

Anyways, here are some pictures beginning when the car was only "lightly" molested and terminating at its present condition. Cheers.





Initial mockup.


Firewall removed and lower frame tacked in place.


Firewall framed in. A few little bits of transaxle were cut off at this point to allow the engine to sit at its correct tilt.


As it sits now. The solid portion of the firewall is tacked in and ready to be stitch welded in. The open space will be a removable panel that will allow for easy access to the belt, water pump, #1 coil, etc. I should be able to complete that portion in the next day or two.

YESSSSSS

Fook! Awesome!

Really cool I love seeing this sort of project.

you have my attention. I have a soft spot for those mr2's ever since I found one in a junkyard, threw and audi fuel pump on it and field raced it for a weekend. It was such a fun car, I bet with proper power they would be awesome.
Here was my audi fuel pump powered mr2, named senior dos.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iflVOGv0Mow[/youtube]

Wow. That thing is gonna be cray!

dana wrote:you have my attention. I have a soft spot for those mr2's ever since I found one in a junkyard, threw and audi fuel pump on it and field raced it for a weekend. It was such a fun car, I bet with proper power they would be awesome.
Here was my audi fuel pump powered mr2, named senior dos.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iflVOGv0Mow[/youtube]

lol what the fuck is this video - a 200 racing a mr2 in a field? So many things i've missed in my life.

MR2+07k… I think your project fits a little too well in here haha, can't wait to see progress!

This is an intriguing project. Most excellent. :-)

themagellan wrote:

lol what the fuck is this video - a 200 racing a mr2 in a field? So many things i've missed in my life.

just another day in VT, gather all the runnable junkyard cars that you can, get a keg, get a bunch of car people, race cars and drink beer. Take all cars back for scrap when done.

Awesome project!

Dana I'm thinking we need an H2Oi alternative this year...

Awesome project! Always have had a soft spot for MR2's. I looked at a few 1st gens when I was in high school, but they were all eaten by the midwest salt.

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who likes these cars. So many cool projects going on here. Anyways...

The rain stopped long enough today for me to finish up the removable panel for the firewall. It's held on with some plain bolts right now, but later I'll switch them out for some sexy socket head button screws.




As you can see, there's tons of room between the engine and firewall. I'm definitely putting a lot of sound insulation here since, for some reason I've gotten the impression this car could be loud.




Next order of business is to begin constructing the roll cage so that I may finish the frame surrounding the engine and trans. I'm also exploring options for mounting the engine. I'm currently leaning towards mounts at the nose of the engine, the upper portion of the bellhousing, and the end of the trans. The goal is to have nearly solid mounting points while allowing the engine/trans assembly to be dropped out the bottom of the car quickly and easily.

Dude. Dana, that looks like sooo much fun. My world just seems so incomplete now.

awesome project...Dana, is that "track" still open? ;-)

Awesome. Glad you found your way to the ProjectPad. Super unique. Keep this guy up to date here. Very neat.