4A-GE MK1 Engine Bitten off more than I can chew? [Archive] - Toyota MR2 Message Board

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On a lark I decided I wanted to buy the crappiest piece of junk I could find to take winter rally racing in February. I almost snagged an AMC pacer, but when a clapped out, rusty, not running MR2 with a blown head gasket and had been sitting for 4 years showed up for a couple hundred bucks, I knew I had my dream car. The car is pretty much missing its rear wheel wells, the brakes were frozen, the clutch had leaked out all the fluid from the slave cylinder, the engine was partially disassembled