Memes aside, is there any good reason not to own one of these

>>14908642
better to ask on the forums, only shitposts here

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>>14908649
Maybe
I expect nothing but positive reinforcement there, desu, but i figured id try here first

Apparently maintenance can be kind of a pain in the ass.
>>14908646
>dual fartcannons
for what purpose

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>>14908671
>cant recognize a performance oriented system when he sees one
Nothin but ricers, im tellin ya

Also i hear that too, because of the pretty cramped bay yeah. But its a 4 cylinder toyota. Shits cake.

I guess this is a good thread to ask, NA SW20 with 230k kilometers (143k miles) on the clock yay or nay?

Short wheelbase and mid engine isn't a meme, there's a good reason why they stopped making them. They don't handle as well as similarly priced competition.

Anyway, they're overpriced into the stratosphere. Body panels are hard to find, it's hard to work on and suffer from lift off over steer

>>14908642
>>14908661
they seem awfully tiny

Maintenance is an absolute CUNT.
Even more so if there's a turbo involved.
Honest to fucking god, stay away.

One problem I'm having with it is it being impossible to find one that's in good condition and has a clean title. Besides that i also cant get over the trunk being in the way of the engine bay, must be an absolute nightmare to work on.

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>>14908642
>he actually fell for the jap crap meme
>he actually wants a car made for faggots
>he actually wants a car with a small engine with no power
You have to go back

>>14908642
Great car, drives awesome and really fun. ive had 2 rev 1's both na.

>>14908780
Lol retards mad cause he got beat in his shitbox v6 mustang
Jealous of the turbo much?
Lol japcrap, aka the most reliable cars around

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>>14908826
>V6
What do you take me for?
The type of faggot that drives jap crap
Naw mane
I only drive cars with 8 or more cylinders

>>14908642
Had a 92 turbo. Great car
>>14908761
No it's not.

>>14908679
I mean I can see that it's actually nice earlier on, I just don't get the whole "two giant exhaust tips" thing for a single bank engine.

>>14908679
>calls someone a ricer
>posts a literal ricer car
ok dude

>>14908780
>>14908857
>ameritards

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>>14908941
>Europoors
>can't afford a big V8
>can't afford anything

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>>14908905
>not wanting giant dual exhausts
Going fast isn't everything. A car has to look cool too.

Also, it's a legitimate strategy for keeping noise levels down without restricting flow. Given the same volumetric flow of exhaust gas, a larger total pipe cross section is going to have less flow velocity, which means quieter sound.

>>14908973
Laugh while you can the v8 will soon be a thing of the past

>>14908642
>Lethal snap oversteer from stock
>proceed to stance it
>knowing how to drive will save you

>>14909208
>lethal snap oversteer

I love memes xD

>>14909201
Don't you have some minarets to polish or something there, Aladdin?

>>14909317
The rear end toes out when lift off. Toyota changed the suspension geometry mid way through production to reduce this. It's not a meme dumbfuck.

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>>14909201
Who's going to take my V8 away?
Some gunless Europoor?
Please

Every mr2 thread turns into a giant shit posting match

>>14909456
it's not hard to correct that trait

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>>14909201
>v8
>thing of the past
WEW LAD

>>14909472
>180 series mini 14
>no accustrut
>scout rail with nothing on it
enjoy your keyholing at 25 yards

I've talked to a lot of actual mr2 owners, and basically what they say is snap oversteer is only a problem if you're shit at driving and don't know how to handle a MR layout. The combination of the cars layout, lack of driving aids and accessibility to idiots is what makes it dangerous.

>>14909317
When is a meme not a meme? when its a hard fact.

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>>14908642
I don't know, but I love my aw11

>>14908713
Yay. Friend had the turbo'd sw20. He delivered in that thing for a year, and it's still running strong.

>>14909456
It is though. It's nowhere near as severe as people think.

>>14909456
The toe isn't what causes the lift off oversteer in the SW20 it's the camber. When you lift off the camber goes from negative to positive which causes the oversteer. Adding a little more negative camber helps reduce the problem as it take more force to get the suspension into the positive camber territory. The issue is too much negative camber makes the sw20 very twitchy when going straight at high speeds. The sweet spot is around 2.5 to 3.5 degrees negative camber any more than that and you start to affect straight line performance and any less and you start to get into the lift off oversteer.

I daily drove an sw20 turbo for 10+ years and there was only a hand full of times it tried to go around backwards on me. Every time it tried the roads were a little damp and I was caring too much speed into the turn for the conditions. It never did a full 180 on me although it did get awful close to 90 drift a few times.

>>14909472
No the euro cucks wont, our government will when smog emissions inevitably get stricter

>>14909550
Found a lot of posts that mirror this on the mr2 forums. Makes me happy to hear cuz I'm gonna daily the shit out of it.

>>14909557
Nah

>>14909550
would an LSD have helped the situation at all?

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Would /o/ buy?

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5533232142.html

>>14909632
Nah. Looks hideous and riced.
Probably runs like a raped ape.

>>14909652
the only thing ricey would be the wheels and the wing, the scoops are functional and you can always remove rice

>>14908713
I bought one with 158k on it, up to 164k now. Had to spend 5 times what I paid on the car in maintenance so far, but that's mostly because previous owners neglected it a bit/it was consumable stuff that any car would need doing at some point.

Best 400 pounds I've ever spent teebeehaitch senpaitachi. You will be wishing you'd saved up for a turbo within 2 months though, they're fairly lethargic, especially the Rev 1 and 2 SW20s. At least the NA gets alright MPGs (27 city for me, 37 highway, 17 on track)

>>14909456
>The rear end toes out when lift off
Do you even fucking know what toe out is, faggot?

>>14909621
to my knowledge a LSD does not help that at all. The issue with the SW20 is the stock suspension geometry is not aggressive enough from the factor. Toyota was trying to hard to make it like a standard car so it ended up having some odd handling qualities to it.

the best setup for a 1st gen(91-92) sw20 seems to be lower it by 1in, add a little more camber, swap out the stock 14in rims for either the later model 15s or go after market with some 17in and change the tire size to 235 rear and 205 front. With those changes you can get rid of most of the odd quirks with the SW20 handling.

>>14909632
>http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5533232142.html
unless he swapped out the engine cover that is not an original turbo model. The turbo models should have a 2 raised humps in the middle of the engine cover. N/A models were flat all the way cross it.

>>14909742
Well, it should handle all the quirks, aside from the ones inherent to the layout

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While they are hard to work on and not very practical in terms of space I drove mine for most of the winter in Edmonton with summer tires. Never had any issues in the rain either. Only times it ever got sideways was when I wanted it to. A buddy of mine dailyed his for the entire winter, he had studded tires though.

Pic related my 1990 jdm turbo

>Don't have a project yet
>would into 1970s nearly anything Japanese, but especially Zs
>looking at 80s RX-7s, Supras, MR2s, Miatas, nearly everything RWD
>just waiting for that perfect car to come up and saving
I figure once I get up to ten grand saved, I can get whatever I want. But up until that point, I'm carefully inspecting every $700-$3000 car I'm interested in, and doing a little research.
Sell me on the MR2, /o/. I want to learn more about it. Where do I begin for research? Is there a good introduction video about it?
A good project series on YouTube?
Is there good information about it online? Where can I get it? I'm keeping an open mind.

>>14909894
Just Google mk2 mr2 buyers guide, snap oversteer, mr2 ownership etc
You'll learn what these cars are actually like pretty quick. The snap oversteer thing really is just a meme.

>>14908642
because i want the full meme rhd verison and im waiting for one to come state side. link related i hope the fucker that beat me to it doesnt buy it
http://japaneseclassics.com/vehicle/1990-toyota-mr2-g-limited/

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>>14909632
>t-handle shift knob

>>14909506
uhm...keyholing has nothing to do with what you just mentioned.

>>14910045
I can deal with snap oversteer. That can be corrected with good tires, or a bag of sand, or not sucking at driving.