The MR2 Owner's Club of New Zealand

Hi, my apologies, I should have included the Diesel Corolla's as well I forgot about this one.

Also, there is a guy in Hamilton who just done this conversion on his Blade. He had a couple of guys from Tauranga make up a single piece flywheel as he wants to keep it the same thickness as the dual mass flywheel that these transmissions normally get paired with. The other engineering company welded the starter motor mount onto the bell housing because these transmissions have the starter motor set up from behind the engine which won't work with the 2GR. There is a slot in the bell housing that you can use to mount the starter over the transmission. He also had to add in a Clutch Master Cylinder which works off getting fluid from the reservoir of the brake master cylinder. I think from memory the reservoir was around US$70 without shipping.

Hopefully this inspires the conversion on your Blade

Some new goodies from the kids for Xmas and manage to put some primer on the bonnet, boot & doors (still a bit of work to be done as the air pressure wasn't right so had a bit of a streak on the bonnet which was fixed by the time we finished last night)

LOoking good mo

Thanks mate, long journey but I hope it will be worth it once everything is completed. It's exciting to get the base primer in even with the air pressure issues but we will get there:)

If you need more cfm you can use my compressor and tee them together

Thanks mate, will keep that in mind. Hope your Xmas break is going well and looking forward to the New Year as well

Yesss, the heart of the build was delivered today. Still wrapped up on the pallet all the way from Melbourne. Have to go out otherwise will be removing the wrap etc., cannot wait till tomorrow (I hope), will be Xmas all over again

lasersooby wrote:Yesss, the heart of the build was delivered today. Still wrapped up on the pallet all the way from Melbourne. Have to go out otherwise will be removing the wrap etc., cannot wait till tomorrow (I hope), will be Xmas all over again

Heart of the Build - Still Packed up.jpg

Can’t wait to see the end product mo, very jealous of that engine

Thanks mate, since you are in town, we will be able to take it for a run once completed. It will be good comparison between the GR & MZ. Hope to get into opening it up later today

OK here goes, a few pictures All credit to the Supplier in Aussie for packing everything nicely and safely for the shipment. The shipping company was awesome and everything came through nicely.

Hi, bit of an update on the painting etc. Just started with the Etch Primer and it is slowing coming together. This is just a bit of a snap shot of how we started off. A lot finishing etc. needs to be done but the actual primer application has re-started

Nicely done mo, I hope I can do what your doing one day should be a stunner when it’s done

Thanks Shaun, happy to share everything that I have learnt over this process so far any time. Being patient is one of the things that is making this journey a lot more enjoyable. Once the body is at home, I will let you know and if you are around my way, pop in and we can chat

lasersooby wrote:Thanks Shaun, happy to share everything that I have learnt over this process so far any time. Being patient is one of the things that is making this journey a lot more enjoyable. Once the body is at home, I will let you know and if you are around my way, pop in and we can chat

Sounds good mo, look forward to seeing it

Just can't wait to see beast in action. Be great to get to tango at Manfield with the turbo Hornet.