106 gti swap for mr2 turbo

[lewis_willy2]

is this a good deal?

i purchased this 106 last week

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/316520.htm

and have now been offered this as a straight swap

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=001

does anyone know much about these, tuning potential? reliabilty, common faults etc its a rev 2, 220bhp non lsd :(

but i think it may be fun :D do people think its worth it?


cheers lewis

[drsmith1979]

for me no, the pug is worth more than the mr2...

mr2's are quick but with it being the lower Revision models, you will be surprised at how slow it is as standard... the only one to have is the Rev 3, but you will be needing a bit more than £2k

[lewis_willy2]

even with it being a cat c?

and i got it cheap like the budgie?

[drsmith1979]

ahhhh didnt see that bit! thats what computing and babysitting do to your vision! haha

hmmmm tough one, the mr2's are loads of fun! but you have to be careful with any turbo'd car as its easy to pop on a mechanical boost control and up boost so its rapid as fook! but it kills the engine.

if you got a great deal on it then meet up and check out the mr2, mr2 pricing is hard, fluctuate from peanuts to loadsa money, so could be a winner?

[lewis_willy2]

it looks ok to me, he says its up for 2100 locally, i value it at 1500 so is well worth me doing the swap, however i dunno bout the fuel bill!!!!!

he says its mechanically sound. no boost controller and just flew through an mot.

the t-bar leaks a bit of water sometimes in the rain.

[doug2.0]

suppose its okay if you wanna look like a hairdresser, the 106 wins it for me (apart from the paint colour)

[drsmith1979]

its a myth that all turbo's are expensive, it all depends on its set up, when it spools up, when its at maximum boost etc.... i used to get 20+ on my evo if you drive it sensibly and know when the turbo kicks in, you can keep it on very low boost if any at all and get great mpg...

cain it and it goes down faster than your rev counter goes up lol

do it, cat c cars can be hard to sell, so get yourself some 2 seater fun! easy to tune too.

[lewis_willy2]

thats what i wanted to hear.

mr2 turbo and williams turbo :D

what an expensive hobby!!!

[austen]

rev 2 and rev1 are prone to block cracking, go for 94 onwards ;)

[titcharoony]

mr2…poor mans everything