mr2-digest Monday, 4 December 1995 Volume 01 : Number 049 tranny oil cooler Front wheels on mk11 Magnecor Ignition Cable Comparison Boost restrictor Second Gear Synchro ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: uunet!aol.com!CybrRacn54 Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 08:41:47 -0500 Subject: tranny oil cooler In a message dated 95-12-02 06:15:11 EST, you write: >A couple of folks have written back stating that the small >u-shaped tube protruding from the bottom of the engine/trans ensemble >is in fact a cooler (or placeholder for one) for the manual-transmission >gear oil. This begs a follow-on question: > > What causes the circulation? Is there a transmission-oil pump? > >Has anyone on this list ever torn-down the limited-slip-5-speed transaxle? >What feeds that little cooling tube? > > yes..... there is an internal oil pump.... Gerald San Agustin 88 Twincharger Cyber Racing, So Cal. ------------------------------ From: uunet!ix.netcom.com!nazgul (Roderick Mielo ) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 15:37:25 -0800 Subject: Front wheels on mk11 Well, I must be going senile. I just had the 14" front wheels put back on the 92 turbo (time for winter tires). Now, visually looking and running my fingers over the hubs, I notice that the left wheel rides over the hub on the left side. Checking the other wheels, and they all are even with the hub. I don't recall this scenerio last wheel change in the summer. Could you folks with the MK11 look and see if this is normal? The driving and steering seem fine. Oh, boy. Regards. Roderick - -- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Roderick Mielo, alias: nazgul@ix.netcom.com From Castle Rock's "Wolf Shire" Ranch zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ------------------------------ From: uunet!softwords.bc.ca!geoff (Geoff Seeley) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 95 18:09:56 Subject: Magnecor Ignition Cable Comparison As a few people have asked about the quality of the Magnecor cables, I thought I'd post a comparison to the stock cables. This is of course, for my '91t, YMMV :-) First off, I have noticed NO extra RF noise in my car after installing the Magnecor wires. They appear to have very good EFI suppression which is important in a car with this many ECU's. Here is the resistance of the stock wires versus the Magnecor wires: Cylinder Stock (kOhms) Magnecor (KOhms) 1 10.48 4.19 2 8.71 3.42 3 7.76 3.11 4 5.84 2.77 coil to dist 3.96 2.18 I ordered my Magnecor wires from Cyberspace Automotive (Thanks Chris!) and I'm very happy with them. Here's the info on Magnecor: Magnecor 2000 Oakley Park, #104 Walled Lake, MI USA 48390 Part #45175, KV85 Competition 8.5mm Ignition Cable Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1990-92 (up to early 1/92 only) Geoff '91t, 158,300km - -- | Geoff Seeley, Programmer/Analyst/SysAdmin _ Happiness is: An MR2 @ Redline | | Softwords Research Int Ltd, Victoria BC _ // Toyota MR2 Web: http://mr2.com/| | Canada, V8Z 4M2, (604) 727-6522 \X/ | | Email: geoff@softwords.bc.ca Web: http://www.softwords.bc.ca/~geoff/| ------------------------------ From: uunet!aol.com!KipAnderso Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 19:18:23 -0500 Subject: Boost restrictor I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore! Yup, I'm lost. I am having trouble figuring out exactly where a restrictor valve can be installed in order to boost the pressure coming from the stock turbo. I will be ordering the TVVC from GReddy and an HKS FCD today, but I'm hedging my bet that the TVVC paperwork won't give me a clue as to what lines to connect it to. Does it connect to any of the lines on the valve attached to the cast turbo plenum manifold before the intercooler? If so, which ones? Please be specific. Thanks. Kip Anderson 91 turbo, #833 KipAnderso@aol.com ------------------------------ From: uunet!cc.curtin.edu.au!TBYRNESM Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 09:26:58 +0800 Subject: Second Gear Synchro HI ALL Would you believe I blew my second gear synchro twice in 2 months.!!! I don't know whats wrong and it isn't my driving but what the "experts" say is that toyota built 3 different gearboxes to cure this lazy 2nd gear synchro problem. Well its a bloody big problem for my wallet!!! Has anyone experienced this ? I am thinking of getting the 1995 box with the latest version of the synchros. It'll have a better drop gear and ratios. Thats what I was told . It'll take a while as i have to source it from Japan through some wreckers. Anybody with a spare gearbox anywhere? Oh for those newbies, the MR2 in Australia comes with the 3SGE (non turbo 2L.) 173 bhp. The turbo is not an option. We have had the new MKII with tail lights and rear wing for about 2 years now.ie since early 1994. Cheers Sean Byrne MKII turbo Perth W.A. ------------------------------ End of mr2-digest V1 #49