I thought I best start a new thread and move out of the introductions forum in to this as the project as started.
After a lot of though I've decided to move alway from my rev5 tubby and start a new project I was a victim of my own success, the rev5 tubby worked perfectly (except for one alternator) for over a year now and I've loved driving it on the track, the strip and the road. Recently though I've come to realise that I enjoy the building as much as the driving and have wanted to do a more indepth project with a lot more work involved and the mk2 doesn't hold that same appeal anymore :crybaby:
I came close to selling it and I was thinking about going down the kit car route but nothing there really that I could afford and interested me, plus I wanted to do some welding and build up my skills in that area as it would all be new to me. After a little reading I decided that I wanted to stay in the mr2 fold as this seems to be the nicest group of people, so the choice was a MK3 or mk1 conversion. After driving a mk1 and seeing how light and nimble it was and that it still had pop up headlights I was sold.
It looks like a mk1.5 conversion is my next project and with that in mind I've stripped the engine out of my car today and brought a mk1 of Seanred :yahoo: This means I will be getting started and seeing if I can make some meets before the end of the year. This time there is no rushing I will be taking my time and dealing with any issues that come up. Before I start removing the engine from the mk1 I'm going to enjoy it this summer while I rebuild the turbo engine. It had a top end rebuild last time it was out so this time it will be a complete bottom end rebuild and hooning around in the mk1.
So this
Plus this
Will make me very happy
And of course the classic
Feel free to throw me any advice and tips you think might be helpful along the way
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