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My first post! I saw an 86 Mr2 on Craigslist for 900. When i went to check it out the thing was a smokey mess out the exhaust bad. They guy said it has been sitting for seven years. I thought maybe it had stuck rings so like a dumbass I bought it for 500. It used half a quart of oil to drive home 20 miles and ran like shit the whole way home. I compression checked it and got 30 165 170 90. No good I put some marvel and ran it for a bit. The compression didn