[Lavindathar]

I like it too...thanks for the comments. I personally think the colour is the best thing about the car.

Weight 1260 Kg (source: 'Japanese Performance' magazine, Jan 2000). Curb weight of the american MR2 turbo T-bar car is listed in an american 1994 and 1995 Toyota brochure as 2888 lbs; that's 1310 Kg. Hardtop car should be very slightly lighter though. 'Curb weight' probably means full tank of fuel and spare wheel and jack, so 1260 Kg could easily be dry weight of a hardtop. U.S. brochure also lists coefficient of drag (Cd) as 0.31

See here -

http://www.mr2turbo.info/specs.html

And as you can see, my car is the hardtop. And I don't have a jack, spare wheel either. Plus ive replaced all metal bumpers etc with fibreglass ones. I reckon I lost a good 100kg off that weight. And my alloys are lightweight as well.

It gives the weight of the car as 1260kg. It's not too hard to lose that 60kg. In fact, I've lost a lot more. But, due to the sound install and nice interior, ive put some back on.

And my engine, is the 3S-GTE engine. It also featured in the Toyota Celica GT4. 2 litre twin entry turbo.

The highest known power figure I know of for this engine is a Toyota Corrolla (with a Celica GT4 engine in) created by Toyota experts Fensport. Their engine produces 650bhp.

See here for the 650bhp version of my engine - http://www.fensport.co.uk/fensportcars.htm

My 400 doesn't look that good compared to that does it? So it's easily possible. But i do want to lose more weight.

And the reason it is viable, is although my car is very light and very powerful, the engine is in the rear. And it's RWD. So all the weight is over the back wheels, meaning it retains grip when acclerating.

[ 09-10-2006, 08:44 PM: Message edited by: Lavindathar ]