It’s not the most powerful, or the fastest, or even the most comfortable Toyota ever produced. But the first-gen MR2 was a neat little pocket-rocket that has a cult following. I remember the day my aunt’s boyfriend showed up with his, brand-new, and my brother and I went nuts because it was the wildest thing that we had dealt with. It was the first rear-engined car that we had ever seen, the first two-seater we’d seen up close, and the way it screamed around corners was something to behold. Unlike the other fast cars we had ridden in to that point, a quick corner didn’t mean that we were flung from one side of a big Chrysler to another. Over time, a lot of the AW11-era MR2s disappeared off of the roads and now, the only time I give one any thought is when I see the aborted Toyota 222D rally machine. Which is why I’ve been buried in The Skid Factory’s re-working of their project MR2. Other than being unique (and rather complete for a project beater) there wasn’t a real reason to build the car besides Woody simply wanting it. But most project cars start life like that: someone simply loves the beast and the wrenches start spinning.
The car is done. It runs, it drives, it’s on a wheel/tire combination we wouldn’t have spec’d out for a Toyota Starlet, let alone an MR2, and it’s time to tune it. This will be done by putting the car on a hub dyno and feeding the 4AGE five-valve 98 RON fuel and E85 to see which it likes better. Here’s the result:
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