Not being a Clio owner I decided to post my car in this section, I thought I'd show you what I have and what i've been up to.
I drive a Toyota MR2 3.0 V6.. It didn't come like that though, it was originally a 2.0 NA.
Back in '08 i got myself the '2 and it looked something like this.
A few months on i heard about the V6 transplant, and decided to go for it. The car was off the road for a good year and a half. A lot of money and attention went into the new donor engine. I stripped the engine down, cleaning, painting and replacing parts of the engine. I got down to the block and there was a slight problem.. The engine had covered 148K miles and being strangled by the auto gearbox the bores had a ‘ridge’ that normally can be honed out. But these were to sever and the bores needed a re bore and O/S pistons. All the following was replaced..
New bearings all round
New thrust washers
Polished crank
Re-Bore
New o/s pistons and rings
Skimmed heads
New valve seals
Bottom end rebuilt
When i got the engine back i cracked on with painting and decorating! I ‘Um’d and ‘R’d on what color scheme to go for. in the end i went for black and lime green. And the finished article..
Now for the interior, I wanted something that matched the engine. So i drew a vector MR2 seat in illustrator and got playing with panels and colors, this was my result...
With my design complete i got to cutting and sewing.. and the end result, as you can see from the photo i opted out of using green stitch around the green panels, i think it was too much so went for a subtle black top stitch. Perfect!
And thats as far as I've got with it at the moment. Its currently on stock wheels still with a black finish. Deciding on what wheels to get, replace shocks with coilies and have it rust proofed with a new spray job.
Steve
I drive a Toyota MR2 3.0 V6.. It didn't come like that though, it was originally a 2.0 NA.
Back in '08 i got myself the '2 and it looked something like this.
A few months on i heard about the V6 transplant, and decided to go for it. The car was off the road for a good year and a half. A lot of money and attention went into the new donor engine. I stripped the engine down, cleaning, painting and replacing parts of the engine. I got down to the block and there was a slight problem.. The engine had covered 148K miles and being strangled by the auto gearbox the bores had a ‘ridge’ that normally can be honed out. But these were to sever and the bores needed a re bore and O/S pistons. All the following was replaced..
New bearings all round
New thrust washers
Polished crank
Re-Bore
New o/s pistons and rings
Skimmed heads
New valve seals
Bottom end rebuilt
When i got the engine back i cracked on with painting and decorating! I ‘Um’d and ‘R’d on what color scheme to go for. in the end i went for black and lime green. And the finished article..
Now for the interior, I wanted something that matched the engine. So i drew a vector MR2 seat in illustrator and got playing with panels and colors, this was my result...
With my design complete i got to cutting and sewing.. and the end result, as you can see from the photo i opted out of using green stitch around the green panels, i think it was too much so went for a subtle black top stitch. Perfect!
And thats as far as I've got with it at the moment. Its currently on stock wheels still with a black finish. Deciding on what wheels to get, replace shocks with coilies and have it rust proofed with a new spray job.
Steve
