Once upon a time owner checking in
 

Good Day to any and all who might remember me.

I still have the Toyota MR2 Spyder I bought to replace the SVX (something about low production numbers seems to draw me).

Anyway, I look in here from time to time with some find memories of a great group of people. My continued best wishes for the faithful.

So, what I really want to post about... Does Earl really own 18? Unbelievably cool. :cool:

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Oh yeah... you the traitor.... who sold his soul to the devil!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YguzGB6vlF...0/waterboy.jpg

No J/K, welcome back, hope you sell the MR2 and buy an SVX again :p

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Glad to hear from you, Lee. What happened to your SVX?

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SVX or MR2...

I would someday love to figure out how to shoehorn an EG33 with a lateral only (FWD, would be RWD on a mid-engined layout...) manual gearbox into an SW20 MR2 t-roof coupe.

I think the axle line might be a bit too close to the firewall for the length of the engine. Maybe an STI EJ257 twin-scroll turbo...

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Welcome Back.

I really do like those MR2s... what year is yours? I once had the chance to buy one, but bought a Miata instead. Now I am back to two SVXs... Maybe I'll look again sometime.


Its nice to hear from older members. We have had a good bit of turnover lately...

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Thanks, it's a 2002. Since it's a daily driver, just the tiniest bit of engine and suspension mods have been done. Installed a hardtop I had imported from Toyota of Japan to upgrade the long distance drive characteristics. Still a long, long way from SVX type GT driving, but since drives to Cape Canaveral & back mean ~75 miles a day to/from work, 32mpg on regular was most welcome when gas hit $4/gal.

I've been lately looking into the locost web forum, considering a rear engined open-wheeled unit. Have some frame plans in hand - need to take the local Comm College welding classes...The EG33 with a FWD transaxle, located in the rear as you suggest would be a VERY interesting ride.

daluvabul (sp?), flew in from Texas with cash and drove it back. Heard from him a few weeks ago, he asked which axle ratio it had (I swapped to the 4.10 after my second tranny failure)

While I'm back might as well give a shout out to oab_au - Gid'ay Harvey my friend, hope all is well. My wife won't "let" me ride my Norton anymore. I'm not sure if she is worried about me falling off in a senior moment, or all the other old & blind codgers out there running me over in their great road demons (also locally known as Mercury Gran Marquis).

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Gid'ay Mate, good to see you come in the door this time, instead of look through the window. :D
What no more escapes from the family, riding the Norton:eek:. Thats the trouble with wives they lose their nerve, as they mature.:lol:
Are the house repairs keeping ahead of the cyclones?

Cheers Harvey.

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Hi there Lee :D

Nice to see you back again.

Won't let you ride the Norton, eh? It's a lack of confidence epidemic that affects women only. :rolleyes: Not swine flu, more like Hog flu. :rolleyes: My missus is not all that positive about me riding my Blackbird either, but so far she humours me. ;) Touring some more of Ireland later this week.

Those little MR2s are good little cars. You are right to keep it stock.

Joe :)

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Howdy Lee...
Good to see you still check in here once in a while (once you get the SVX bug, it's a lifetime thing... :tongue:)

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To be honest, it wasn't the car as much as it is the people. Even though I sit and lurk on the sidelines from time to time (Harvey caught me once), I try to keep up with some people I came to care about, even though I had met few of them (like the guys responding in this thread).

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Lee, You need to show up at the Dragon Meet one year..several members go to the meet without a SVX or XT...we're fine with it