Shawn Gordon (shawng@jump.net)

Location: Irving, TX

     Car: 93 Super Red Turbo hartop
     Tag: JRG-37N
 Mileage: 63,851 miles (4/18/97)

I purchased this car February of 96 from a local dealership and it
had been there since before Thanksgiving.  I drove the car once
and I knew it was the one I wanted.

Features:

3-in-1 Stereo w/ 8 speaker system                                       
Power windows
Power door locks
Tan leather interior
EHPS (Electro-Hydraulic Power Steering)
LSD
ABS
No T-Tops!
                                                                        
Modifications:

Engine:
  Greddy Airinx Air Filter
  Greddy Turbo Timer
  Greddy Turbo Exhaust
  Greddy Blow-off valve
  HKS EVC
  HKS VPC
  HKS Fuel Cut Defencer
  Custom Alamo Autosports Intake
  Dual feed fuel rail
mod
  RC Engineering balanced and flow matched fuel injectors

Transmission:
  RPS Turbo Clutch
  Short throw shifter (weld work by Russell Morgan)

Suspension:
  TRD Springs
  Tociko Illumina struts
  Energy Suspension bushings

Exterior:
  Fog light
modification
  Tinted windows
  Hella headlights US spec with 55/100 bulbs
  Japanese MR2 clear corner lenses

Interior:
  Greddy Mechanical X-Status: O

Boost Gauge mounted on A-pillar
  Momo carbon fiber pedals
  Momo shoulder pads

Fluids:                                        

Engine: Amsoil 0w30 Series 2000 Synthetic w/ Amsoil ASF-10 filter
Transmission: RedLine MTL Synthetic

Rims and Tires:

Front:	16x7" ROH Reflex
	225/45ZR16 Yokohama AVSi
Rear:	16x8" ROH Reflex
	245/45ZR16 Yokohama AVSi

Future Mods:
  Greddy Turbo upgrade kit
  Greddy Intercooler upgrade kit
  RC Engineering Overbored Throttle Body
  TRD Strut Tower Braces
  TRD Sway Bars
  NOS Pre-spooling kit

Performance:

Fastest Quarter Mile: 13.979 sec. at 97 MPH 
Top Speed: 145 MPH (indicated)

For those with 91-92 5-speed cars and want a shorter shifter and
the 93+ parts are is just too darn expensive, check out my
modified shifter.

Pictures of my 1993 Turbo

Pictures of my 1991 Turbo-before

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Greddy Turbo Timer

HKS Exhaust

Short throw shfiter w/ Momo knob

As some may know already, my 1991 MR2 Turbo died a horrible death. But for thse who don't, here is the story. It was January 17, 1996 and rainy. Whoops! Sorry, not a detective show. I was on my way home from my parents house. It had drizzled for about an hour and had coated the streets real good with a nice thin sheet of water. We call it black ice here. The tires on the back were in need of replacement and I was waiting for bonuses to come in the following month. I was driving along doing about 40 mph across an intersection. As I crossed the intersection, the rear of the car started to come around. I had only owned the car for 4 months and never had a rear engine car before. So, I did the normal front engine, rear drive thing to do, get off the accelerator. Wrong! The car immediately spun around and I slid across traffic, went up the curb, up the guidewire, hit the pole, launched the car about 10 feet in the air, and landed in the office complex grass. I went to the hospital and luckly nothing was wrong. Since I hit the pole with the rear of the car, my airbag never deployed and the entire seat braced my back. I was very lucky there was no oncoming traffic and the pole was the only thing that I hit.

Pictures of my 1991 Turbo-after

From the back

From the side

From the front

The pole that got in the way

Shawn Gordon (shawng@jump.net)

Pictures of my 1993 Turbo

Pictures of my 1991 Turbo-before

Pictures of my 1991 Turbo-after

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