just got my frist mr-2 need help!! noob

[CLOUD]

hi, everyone well, am new to the Toyota scene and know nothing about MR-2 this is a good forum and nice people to learn from, yes ! am a noob i try my best to explain my problem consider my English is not that good either anyway i just bought my first 91 mr-2 turbo for 8,000 it have a wide-body kit w/nsx blue paint a 31/2' inch exhaust and a greddy bov i think it have Generation J-Spec 225 HP 3S-GTE Engine well my problem i have with the car is that when i got it home ( the night i bought it ) It have a strong smell of gas ,my speed gauge don't move the needle stay on zero and my rpm needle is idling from 800 to 1000 rmp the engine look like it gonna die out but it dosen"t i have nooo idea what it could be please anyone could give me any advice why this happens i would really a appreciated

[Piddy]

Take it to a mechanic...

[BrightTundra04]

first check you intake piping the engine rpm change could be caused by excess air getting into the engine. This could also cause the engine to run rich under boost pressures because air is being forced out of the hole. As for the speedo, check the cable leading from the trans to the back of the gauge cluster to make sure that who ever had been working on it had plugged everything back in.

[nepopolus]

heh..check if your exhaust the previous person put on has a cat would be why it smells stange, may sound obvious but alot of the mr-2 turbo exhaust i see are cat deleting

[meoggi]

i would definatly pull out the spedometer and such. how many miles are on the car? sad to say but you can turn the miles back on these, maybe broke it trying. as for the gas smell,check fuel lines and the big one that i have experienced is the fuel injectors will leak. also pulling air in wich can also make your engine have this rough idle. run your engine. get out and go to the injectors and you may hear a strange noise comming from them. your not supposed to hear anything from them. also you can try to spray them with a liquid,not water carb cleaner works. spray gently at the base of the injector with the engine running. as you spray each one if there is any immediate difference in performace then congatulations you found the problem