need a rolling chassis.. how much $$??

[boricua52385]

I crashed my MR2 into a tree when I was breaking in my 7000 dollar 5sfe turbo setup and desperately need a body to swap the enging into. Anyone know anyone or have any ideas where I can get a bargain on one. I don't mind minor body damage as long as the frame is intact. Thanx

[cam2Xrunner]

Ouch that sucks. So, what year(s) MR2 are you looking for?

[boricua52385]

91-95 and I need front to be intact... all of it got crushed, I walked away, wasn't really speeding at the time, just bald tires, uneven pavement, I didn't have my spare in the front, ground was wet, I turned, and the front did nothing but slide into the muddy grass I woke up in a daze. I was just so crazy from what had happened. I lost my dream car, now I'm trying to work two jobs and bring it back. I'm sitting on a custom 21psi internals ported head with 3 angle valve job, bored out 5sfe block with the burien turbo kit. I can only push 14 psi on this setup though. Compression is only 8.3:1 cuase I want this to be a reliable daily driver with some bark on track nights. Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated.

[acs72727]

sorry to hear

[stgranger]

That sucks man, sorry to hear about your 2. You might want to look at finding a driveable car and putting your engine in that. Then you can just part out whats left of your other one. I hear its easy to sell the parts off of these cars.

[boricua52385]

Thanx for the advice... just purchased a 91 dark Green NA with 144k miles and a broken AC for $3750. That's a steal for the DC area. I've seen MR2s with broken engines on ebay going for $5000 or more. It's good to be back. Now I just need to pay off this loan and get another 1500 to swap in the boosted built up 2.2. My pos 1990 civic DX was driving me insane. My drive to work just got 5 minutes shorter.