The anticipation was killing me, to see how much my tubster had given up since rolling off the Toyota production line 15 years ago.

So, I went along to the Toyota dyno day at East Coast Customs this morning to find out once and for all how bad it was.

There was a good turnout including one other MR2 whose owner has serious plans for modding. He's got £3k worth of parts to go in to start with and he already has a 400bhp+ glanza (I think). Dont worry, I handed a card out

So back to my car ... I met up with John, said hello and he bumped me up the list ahead of a few other 'boy racers'. About 3 cars after I arrived it was time and John gently got my mister 2 onto the rollers.


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All of a sudden I started to get a weird feeling, what if it come out at 150hp or something ridiculous ... I mean .... what level of slagging would I get from Ray :)

John started her off and done two tests, one in third and one in fourth I think. The results were surprising in a good way as my only appears to be about 5hp down on its factory spec. This with the only mod being an Apexi air filter

3rd gear

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4th gear

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fairly smooth curves as well, especially on the third gear run.

I'm really chuffed, but now I'm immediately tempted to start looking for more power :maybe:

I have a video of the first run that I will post once its uploaded to P'bucket.

ECC has an excellent set-up with a massive garage. I think I will try to arrange a MR2 day there next year and maybe try to get a few of the other MR2 clubs involved. I was slightly disappointed that I didn't to take the yellow EVO out for a spin ... it was being worked on, but it is some serious piece of kit close up and especially under the bonnet.

@John ECC: thanks for the warm welcome this morning and I'll see you soon :yes:

Why didn't I go to this?

Gareth (Spuddy) is the one with the 400+BHP starlet,he was the one that ran at TOTB
And it was a TGTT organized day
The other results were
Name - Car - BHP - LB/ft

Jay Jones - Auto EP82 - 151 - 130
Ruairi Begley - DC2 Integra NOS - 283 - 214
John Lyttle - EP85 - 226 - 207
Phil McGurk - EP91 with 4EFTE Conversion - 163 - 145
Joel Evans - EP91 NA - 94 - 84
James Devoy - E46 M3 - 287 - 259 *Wouldn't rev due to ABS*
Robert Falconer - Corolla Compressor - 197 - 155
Barry Toland - EP3 CivicNOS - 278 - 211
Chris McCaugherty - EK9 Civic B18 - 191 - 123
Mark Spence - MR2 Turbo - 238 - 193
Declan Moyles - Diahatsu Mira - 81 - 66
Gareth Hutchinson - MR2 Turbo - 255 - 260


As far as i know,there was no boy racers there,just genuine enthusiasts.

She has dropped 5 BHP that would explain why I can keep up.

But seriously, nice result, smooth curves as well.

Oh Dan, at Spankys age everybody is a "boy racer"

Video finally uploaded, while I had a nap


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dan_ep82 wrote:
Gareth (Spuddy) is the one with the 400+BHP starlet


As far as i know,there was no boy racers there,just genuine enthusiasts.


I was chatting with him and I suggested he joined up here so we might see him soon.

Are we not all boy racers????? If we weren't then we wouldn't even know what a dyno was

Good write up Spanky and healthy looking engine.. KC +1

slipsliderg wrote:
She has dropped 5 BHP that would explain why I can keep up.

But seriously, nice result, smooth curves as well.

Oh Dan, at Spankys age everybody is a "boy racer"
Don't forget the gray hair don't you mean old man racer

Impressive result Spanky considering the level of modification being an apexi air filter ! Must of been an easy 15 years

Well done Spanky. Nice result!

Update Spuddy's car made 439BHP and 373IB/ft.

Glad to meet you mark and if you fancy holding a similar day to this let me know.

Nice to see your MR2 is still happy and healthy after many years of use, Mr T makes cars that last!

I have just been flicking through a couple of threads on TGTT reading about this, fair play to the lads at ECC, they have built quite a reputation on TGTT in the short time they have been active.

www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showthread....erful-Starlet-record!!!

www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showthread....lts-amp-Afterthoughs

I personally hate the term boy racers, they do exist but are not to be found on TGTT, the site does not permit public discussion of road racing etc. We aim to perpetuate the notion that car enthusiast does not have to equal boy racer. As this was a TGTT organised event I wanted to set that straight

Im sure Spanky meant nothing by it, none of us like to be classed as boy racers. We are not 17 years old.

hey I know plenty of the lads that were there today wish they were still classed as boys lol.

Just thought I would clarify our stance on such matters as I know Dan is arranging a joint get together between our sites and dont want anyone being reluctant to go because there may be kids with neons and sounds blaring, it is most certainly not the case I know you guys would appreciate a lot of their cars and vice versa.

Hi there Spanky, was good to get chatting to ya, I just got back in time to see your car on the dyno.

We where having issue with the Starlet so thats why I may have seemed distracted, got her fixed though, a wire for the boost controler had been broken or worn through by one of the pullys.

We ended up putting the MR2 on, wasn't going to bother but temptation got the better of me, took er out the road and set the boost and fired her on. Damn she was massivly rich, serious black smoke haha. Prob starting the mods next month.

Must keep an eye out for some of these events you mentioned, would be good to tag along to a few.

cheers for the comments guys


@gv1.3: dont take anything I say too literally, I'm usually full of shit or taking the piss and very very rarely serious

+1!