2003 Toyota MR2 Spyder: Balanced Platform 

Awesome little cars man. Enjoy it!

I've owned all 3 models of MR2 and the ZZW30 is definitely the one to get. Make sure you get one 2003 or later. With a couple of mods it becomes an excellent track car.

Thabk you Kyle and I agree. This car can be picked up in good conditions under 5k 👍

That’s a good thing though

Automotive Anatomy damn mr2 spyders are 7k+ where I am

Love these cars. I’ve always wondered why they’re not popular?? I finally got me a fixer upper for dirt cheap. Noooooow the money spending begins, lol.

haha thanks man. Only 1 dislike lol

Glad to hear man! Seems like a fun car

haha AWESOME man. How you liking it so far?

Automotive Anatomy it’s so much fun. Can’t wait to start the mods 🤓 thanks again! Love your videos

Same with me lol, I have mine for 2 weeks now.

It sounds like it 👍

Quieres una galleta o que

Dos galletas

Lol sorry

sweet! enjoy it man!

Getting there 👍

Couldn't agree more!2zz is awesome and so is K. Thanks for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it.

K20>2zz

Yes indeed. Great platform

Haha yes keep it toyota but a k20 is sonething special 👍

@@AutomotiveAnatomy I wouldn't hate on a K20. It's a great motor. I'm just a bit of a purist and it really bums me out when people put k20s in these. It's really all about preference in the end. I see R33 & 34s, supras, etc around and could care less about them if a nice mr2 or ae86 pulls up...it psyches me up 100% more. It's about the driving experience for me, not going fast.

@@olivevideogames i hear ya. I have experienced the zz n it was fun 👍

K20 with all the tranny / parts you need ends up being 28 kg more than a 2ZZ and 45 more than a 1ZZ (with a 5 speed, 6 speed heavier). You end up with a more Elise like weight balance....the MR2 is less rear biased than an Elise, even a Rover engined one.

Yes, simple and fubctional

Build it into your dream car or sell it to someone who will. Don't sell it to some Joe Schmoe who just wants a gas saver though, make sure he wants to bring out it's full potential ;)

Dude....... I know the EXACT feeling youre describing. I ended up with tranny failure and spun rod @ the same time and couldnt afford @ the time to do the 2zz swap so I had to let it go. I miss it SO MUCH nothing even comes close. Not even my C6 Z06 idgaf what anyone says don't EVER SELL IT. Build it up. The greatest mod you can do is coilovers dont even waste time with a Koni Yellow & H&R setup I did first. That shit will roll like a mofo and bottom out anywhere. Get you decent coilovers I ended up with BC w Swift springs 7k/10K full whiteline sways and man let me tell you... that alone was enough. It needed nothing else, I'm def gonna be building a 2zz MRS in the future.

I'll never sell my mrs. It's a wonderful car.

@@TheArtofBoxing101 thanks bro, I have the absorber repaired with some other parts (first time it gets the absorber repaired after 20yrs) and it gives me great smile when driving it. The feeling is priceless when somebody comes to you asking what brand and model it is, because it is very rare in my country..

Other markets had LSD too, but it was an option. It's a pretty weak lock though, I can't really get it to drift on dry asphalt(not that I care about drift). If you miss the 1zz low end power, you can get an mwr or piper stage 3 cam, they add some low rpm power back. An aftermarket ecu and a good tune also helps. You can also lower the lift point with an ecu. Finally, the C60/64's shorter gearing also helps, 2zz swap is not that great with the stock tranny, even though it fits.

@@andrasjuhasz7011 it's a torsen lsd, I actually bought one from Europe I figured they were the most reliable, maybe they don't grip as hard as a clutch pack lsd but it should be enough to get sideways. Do you know if you have a stock Torsen lsd and if so are you sure it's functioning correctly? Btw I did go C60 trans, AEM standalone and piper stage 2 cams, just got it running now I need a tuner but there's no one within 200 miles of here so I might have to butt tune it for now :/

@@neuronaut8030 It's a german market mr-2 and has the torsen according to the vin plate(there is a chance its not the original tranny but i doubt it isnt). I could put power down on track out of a corner without the inside wheels spinning. However in rain, it had the differential kicking/hopping/unpleasant misbehaving characteristic of open diffs(when i gave it full gas in 1st). As far as I know, torsen acts like an open diff in low grip scenarios so it wasn't exactly unexpected. Torsen is indeed reliable and doesnt need friction modifier in the oil. Since its on the same oil circuit as the tranny, it doesnt need extra maintenance next to the normal tranny oil changes.

Yes!! The power will be great and the aftermarket support will help

Have you got a plan to keep the AC? I almost went K20 but the added cost and difficulty of retaining things like AC made me decide on 2ZZ. Nothing like Honda bulletproof power though, if it were a track only car and I had the funds I would've gone K series all day. Good luck with it man, I start my built 2ZZ swap next week, nervous that I'll blow something up lol. Rebuilding the engine from the ground up seems like a cake walk compared to the swap process imo!

@@neuronaut8030 I live in the PNW so I don't really need it, but Monkeywrench Racing sell an AC bracket if I change my mind later.

@@restless-ghost True that, I live in Louisiana so AC is a MUST lol. Best of luck with it, bound to be sick. If I ever blow up the 2ZZ (very likely, right at startup) I'm going K swap. My daily beater Honda has 300k miles on it and runs like a top, love Toyota but Honda is uncontested in the 4cyl engine category.

190 is more than enough man.

If your exhaust isn't full ppe and have a pfc i call bs.

Ive 3sgte swap in zzw30 at 600hp. At that point its mostly that i fear to drive.

Thank you so much for the support.

Makes a few of us man 👍

Zz sound great with just a few bolt ons

Fr hahahaha

Hardtop is lighter? Carbon fiber and remove all the softop components right?

@@AutomotiveAnatomy It weighs about the same, they are both about 50lbs. You need to use part of the hardtop brackets to fit the hardtop on its own though. If you remove bits of the drain and some other bits and bobs it works out about the sand give or take a lb.

That's weird, I thought hardtop is heavier, Touge Time runs better times without hardtop on slalom. It adds a bit of rigidity, but I thought it adds considerable weight.

@@andrasjuhasz7011 It is fibreglass so it ain't that heavy

@@bobfranks6445 Factory hardtop has a much larger rear glass than the soft top. Dimly Lit garage weighed the soft top to be 50 lbs(with the crossbrace) and the hardtop to be 48 lbs(without the crossbrace which is 5-10 lbs). If you add the crossbrace, hardtop comes out slightly heavier, but that shouldn't be noticable. 48 lbs high up however is very much noticeable, no wonder Touge Time runs better times without hardtop. Best option for slalom is deleting soft top, using hardtop on the way there, but taking it off for the runs(unless it rains ofc). For track I'm not sure because of the aero. A CF hardtop with plastic glass would change a few things(don't know if it exists or not). Personally I don't like how the hardtop looks, it keeps the weird shape on the rear. It's a shame that an aftermarket fastback hardtop doesn't exist like on older mx-5s.

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Yea!!

You got it right..he is just a great driver. Track and canyon experience. I mean this dude pushes his car on Angeles Crest Highway at midnight lol real initial d type of stuff.

Pick your method (heel'n'toe / side-foot / accelerator extension next to the brake), but if you drive these cars much (road/track) you just get used to rev-matching on downshifts as these cars are so light you can really unsettle them in corners if you don't, even at low speeds.

Weve had a few lol

The fist Chino. He ain't Chino looks fily 😂😂

Epic faillllll

I speak from experience lol 😓

It's not as bad as I thought it would be, honestly! Had mine for a couple months, and hope the alternator is a ways a way. Did you have to drop the engine to get to it? That thing is right on the firewall.

They still look good man.

Same can be said about TE37s.

@@AutomotiveAnatomy yeah they do lol! Damn it!

@@AutomotiveAnatomy He just switched to some TE37s! Good choice, I agree with you. The rpf1s are a great, cheap track option but are unimpressive.

@@lavere I'd be surprised if you ever ran into anyone with an authentic set

Bout the dumbest thing i've heard.