Brad from new zealand

[BBBrad]

Hi. Been around for a while and finally joined up. Im not much of a poster but am always a regular user/reader of forums.
Heres some pics of the mr2. Had it for quite a while now and am in the final stages of an engine rebuild. Engine went back in today. Looking forward to driving it again after 6 months or more. Heres some pics of the car...
http://www.geocities.com/bbbrad9/indexmr2.html
Heres my photo album...
http://photobucket.com/albums/y248/BBBrad/
See ya.

[nik]

welcome at last brad..
ive said it before and i'll say it again...i think your 1.5 is 'kin fantastic..!!
an inspiration to the rest of us...

[podge]

real nice car brad :welcome:to the club mate

[jasper]

Hi Brad, looking good.

[Paul Woods]

welcome brad! in case some of you dont know brad is one of the old school 1.5 guys from mr2oc,hes been around the 1.5 scene for quite a while....its really good to have you here brad.

[Driftin_AW]

Welcome :)

[adamh]

welcome, awesome engine :mrgreen:, what ign are you using?.. home job on the cr pulley?

[djdna2000]

Hi Brad, that looks like a serious bit of kit, I reckon there is plenty more than a 13.2 in there :D

[BBBrad]

Yep, 13.2 with a whole lota traction issues. Oh and a 182kph trap speed.

[djdna2000]

aha, 182 is well into the 12s then if you can hook it up!

[Driftin_AW]

what was your 60ft on that run Brad? Al from TS did 12.7 with a 175kmh trap, so 182 should be getting pretty deep into the 12's...I think you need slicks \\:D/ Oh and you can lend them to me when you don't need them \\:D/ \\:D/

[BBBrad]

60ft...2.4...hahaha. I gotta learn how to drive. Although now I got launch control and flat shifter. Should be good for some nice big flames and boost at the line too. Cant wait.
Slicks? Whats the widest I can fit on my 15/7 rims? 245's???

[Driftin_AW]

well I've got 245's on my 7.5" wides, but they're 16's, so on 15/7 you might also be able to fit a 245.
60ft on the 13.1 I did in my gt4 was 1.7 \\:D/ Gotta love 4wd traction, although I'm going to have to learn to drive too if I want to get good times in my mr2

[djdna2000]

This (http://www.toyo.co.uk/index.php?fuseaction=car.t1-s) is a good guide as to what tyre will go on what rim.

I am trying to find some tyres bigger than 245 for 16" rims, may have to step up to 17 on the back but I want to keep it 16 for handling purposes, apparently the suspension geometry on the AW11 means going too far away from stock starts to have adverse effects.

[superchargedsam]

Dan rekon u have been reading to many IMOC posts froma certain person ! not saying its wrong mind but its gonna be the whole traction verse handling issue !

[djdna2000]

It makes sense what she is saying, and for this I value her opinion because she races. However I am thinking it must be possible to dial out the problemsd with enough adjustable components (camber, castor etc). I need to see the mathematics before I will fully believe it.

[superchargedsam]

Yeah I agree it must do something to the handling and look forward to your calculations fella as it might make more sense then ! it just goes against the grain that smaller tyres handle better but I do see where its coming from !