Penelope

[STU]

For those of you that don’t know Penelope is my 1989 Mk1 mr2 and has been an on going project for the last 5 or 6 years.

Fitted with a 3s-gte engine and box fitted from a MR2 turbo by Woodsport which @14spi of boost produces around 300bhp and with up-to 100bhp of nitrous thats 400bhp in a car the weighs just over a ton.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/penelpemnats.jpg

Engine modifications

Mk2 turbo Rev1 3S-GTE engine swap
Modified HKS super dragger exhaust and DE-cat
HKS air filter
HKS FCD
HKS BOV
Blitz electronic boost controller
Celica gt4 st205 charge cooler
Twin stage high power nitrous system 50bhp + 50bhp

Chassis and brakes

Front Brakes:
Celica gt4 st205 brake conversion including calipers and disc's TRD pads 3mm larger supra studs and 3mm spacers
rear Brakes:
MR2 SW20 rev 3 calipers and vented disc's
Koni adjustable shocks and fensport uprated springs
Polly bushes fitted all round
larger Adjustable White line front and rear adjustable anti roll bars
adjustable drop-links front and rear
adjustable rear tie bars
17inch wheels with 215/45/17 tyres

interior

Cussco roll cage
Cobra sebring race seats with outlast technology
Cobra 5 piont harness
cussco short shift
stereo junked and replaced with nitrous arming switch,speed delimiter and activation switch.

top speed:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/nurburgring%202007/HPIM1589-1.jpg

**please note this achieved whilst on a trip to the nurbururgring on a German autobahn April 2007**


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Thought it was about time I posted a few pictures and drag racing progress (I’m sorry there not very good pictures) and I’ll add a list of modifications when I get chance and as and when they happen

This is my fastest time so far down the quarter mile strip and this was at rotor stock august 2007 at Santa pod :

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/DSC00278.jpg

I was then told that with better tire's I could knock half a second off that time getting very close to an 11 second quarter mile, so that then became my mission ,get Penelope into the 11,s (or at least blow her up trying)

this resulted in breaking a gearbox and a drive shaft :

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/Image016.jpg

Here’s a picture of the engine as it is a the moment

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/DSC00289.jpg

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P fitted with her 888's for racing:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/DSC00286.jpg

[bell]

stickied for you mate
top work on a very very fast gay roadster (y)

[Loui]

stickied for you mate
top work on a very very fast gay roadster (y)
Arent roadsters convertables lol::wave::

[Millzie]

Lol i like it :P v fast 2. :)

[ste]

pink, hard and fast! what more do you want!

you got my old nos kit set up n running yet then?

be mint seeing a pink MR2 running 11's quarters! blowing away skylines, etc LOL

i love this car!

[Chink]

Aaaah good old penelope! Top write up n pics mate... one day i might get to see her down the quarter mile without goin pop lol :p

[Miss George]

hehehe isn't she lovely *breaks into song* love her great little meep meep :D

[Mikey]

Superb machine, the memory of the tunnel run after getting fuel in Germany

pink, hard and fast! what more do you want!!
Thats gotta be someones signature quote

[STU]

Superb machine, the memory of the tunnel run after getting fuel in Germany


Thats gotta be someones signature quote

lol i'll have that. ;)

mikey please can you post up in this thread the 2 picks you have from the jap show santa pod as there mint:D

[STU]

you got my old nos kit set up n running yet then?



Yeah i,m running both yours and mine together,

you know how it is when one lot of nos isn't fast enough ;)

[STU]

one day i might get to see her down the quarter mile without goin pop lol :p

lol i'm starting to think like that lol

[Mikey]

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[funkymofo]

still the fastest car I've ever been in.
Never forget harrassing that 996 Turbo on the way back from germany and me having to frantically rip a wire apart so you could do more than 120 leptons.

[STU]

had i photo shoot with Japanese performance magazine the other day managed to sneak a quick photo of them doing it lol

so excited about this can't wait to see the feature ,absolutely freaking myself out about what the feature is going to be like,realy hope its going to look good ::scared::

Andy and Zoe from JP where so nice they even payed for my dinner on the day.

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[Mikey]

Long time coming mate just carry on modding and scaring porkers

Andy and Zoe from JP where so nice they even payed for my dinner on the day.
So they bloody should, realy gripes me about magazines there making money off your cars and you get **** all back. Wouldnt be so bad if they offered you a free 6 month membership to the magazine or something

[STU]

The features out!

in “Japanese performance” magazine March's edition

Got to be worth a read even if it’s in WH smiths on your lunch break lol

Let me know what you think

Cheers

Stu.

[James_S15]

Hi Stu :)

Always heard a lot about this car and went to Smiths today to have a butchers at the article in JP. Well suffice to say I bought the magazine on your car feature alone (not really a big fan of the OTT Veilside Rex lol) so my purchase has paid for JP to pay for your lunch haha!!

Zoe Harrison is a decent tog and the pics have come out well so well done and look forward to sitting down tonight and reading all the text properly.

Keep up the good work (y)

James

[funkymofo]

*cough scan and post cough*

[Carty]

Looking minted mate. Going Merry Hell later so il pick up a copy!

Its certainly changed alot since i saw it 2 million years ago. Keep up the good work (y)

[bell]

go out and buy it funly
not a bad read at all stu wheres the proving point qm time lol ;)

[STU]

modified nationals 2008:


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[hound]

she is just one mighty fine midship runabout that penelope :)

[bell]

my god he has forgotten about v8's for 5 minutes and remebered he owns a quick car that needs tlc

[STU]

my god he has forgotten about v8's for 5 minutes and remebered he owns a quick car that needs tlc

yeah ,goto sort a few things out and update thread a little

[James_S15]

Nice pics Stu - Penelope lookin' damn fine :D

[STU]

just noticed they have put the pics up from the last breakfast club at cosford and found this pick which creased me up:

http://www.midlandsbreakfastclub.co.uk/USERIMAGES/DSC_0057(1).JPG


again thanks to everyone that help try and fix the punture,turns out the tyre was a bit beyond repair!

if you look close you might be able to spot a few familiar faces! ::wave::

Got my OZ's on the back for now,but noticed that my tracking is way-out!

my rear tie bars are rusted solid so I've ordered some new ones the same as these:

http://www.twosrus.co.uk/shop/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/A/W/AW11_tierod.jpg

also used this opportunity to replace my rear drop links with new adjustable ones had them for ages but not had chance to fit them!

could do with getting it 4 wheel aligned and also like to get her on a rolling road at some point soon.

[LED_maDneSs]

Very nice :)

[STU]

finally got around to scanning the Japanese Performance mag feature from last April ,ha ha it's only taken me a year!


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[griffo20022]

Haha a cracking little read there stu!

*has thoughts of picking that donor car up* lmao!

[STU]

Haha a cracking little read there stu!

*has thoughts of picking that donor car up* lmao!

ha ha ,yeah i will never forget that day at least we are still alive to tell the tail...

you and the lads ransacking the car and nicking all the tools even though I'd already brought every thing in the car !

we got the car lifted off the garden onto a flat bed truck:

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then had it transfered onto our trailer but it was put on the wrong way round !

how not to load a trailer:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/HPIM0480.jpg

after the above pick was taken we shifted everything thing about on the trailer so it sat right,but we still had to much weight at the back of the trailer!

I'm sure Griff will back me up on this, it made a very entertaining ride home! :)

Didin't we then get the car stuck in the street outside the factory? as the forklift packed up.

[STU]

just a small update.

i,ve fitted the adjustable bottom arms now and fitted some new ARB drop-links as mine on the back where a little bent ::scared::

fitted some 205 tires on the front and put the 225's on the back been meaning to do this for ages but never got around to it !

the inter cooler used to be in the boot but since i went charge cooled it was removed and the vent in the boot lid was no longer needed....

....so Finally got the new boot lid sprayed and fitted.yay i now have a boot again ! :D

no the best pic but i think you get the idea:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/Photo-0104.jpg

[Russ902]

Nice to see a non-white with rust combo!

[STU]

Nice to see a non-white with rust combo!

ha ha cheers dude :D

[STU]

few more pics for ya

one dusty Mr2:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/penelope%202009/PICT0680.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/penelope%202009/PICT0668.jpg

replaced the bottom arms with new two’s are us stainless jobbies and fitted new drop links :D

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/penelope%202009/PICT0685-1.jpg

Then while the car was up in the air I droped the under trays and checked the car over for rust! Luckily (very luckily) none was found so I wire brushed the old lose under seal and added some fresh where it was needed!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/penelope%202009/PICT0693.jpg

before and after,not very good pics but you get the idea :whistle: !

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/penelope%202009/PICT0701.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/penelope%202009/PICT0703.jpg

I also plan to carpet the rear boot so while I had the chance I sprayed clear wax oil everywhere I could, bloody messy stuff but will be covered with the carpet:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/penelope%202009/PICT0707.jpg

I just need to get down there now and give the car a good wash and polish ready for an MOT as I think It’s just ran out!

plus i need to get her 4 wheel Aliened,so if anyone knows of anywhere good around the midlands i can take the car to i'd be most greatful,cheers

(y)

[griffo20022]

Stu get it aligned at Chemix just down the road from wednesfield pig station bud. I took my beemer there and they're not too bad. Theres also that garage place thing that sells bathroom stuffs thats just got aload of alignment equipment in, in Featherstone next to where the car boots are usually held. Dunno what they'd be like?

Cars looking good though man, if not a little dirty! I miss penelope, ashame I can't get in her anymore lmao!

[STU]

yeah i might call in to that one in featherstone as i pass it on the way home.plus P's not far from there either (y)

[STU]

this is a little backwards in the way of doing a W.I.P. but i found a disc with some old photo's of P from 2003/2004 and these where on them:

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P at MR2004 back when she was a ickle 1.6 lol:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/stuartgoodall/DSCF0820.jpg

[Russ902]

I want one now and it's your fault :p

[STU]

I want one now and it's your fault :p

ha ha sorry dude ;)

[STU]

bit random but i've just found out my wheels are some JDM jobbies lol i was told they where taken off a bmw !

but since found out there Kosei wheels from Japan :)

heres there website :

http://www.koseijp.co.jp/

[bell]

kosie snipers arent they and no i didnt click your link

[Rex]

http://www.crescent-shop.com/

Looks great after seeing all the hard work :D

[STU]

kosie snipers arent they and no i didnt click your link

mate i have no idea what the wheels are called :D

[STU]

http://www.crescent-shop.com/

Looks great after seeing all the hard work :D

nice one mate ,cheers for the link time to do a bit of shopping lol

lets just hope i don't have to buy a complete set of wheels just for some center caps ;)

[Rex]

nice one mate ,cheers for the link time to do a bit of shopping lol

lets just hope i don't have to buy a complete set of wheels just for some center caps ;)

lol dont get to carried away !

[STU]

been a while since my last update as P's been in dry storage over the winter.

passed MOT last week YAY !

although it did take me a few weeks to fix a charging problem that turned out to be something I'd done (I'd fitted a powder coated alternator bracket that stopped the alternator earthing to the engine doh i fail ! )

driving back from the test station I'd managed to scare myself as i really did forget how fast the car was !

I also forgot how much attention a noisy PINK mr2 gets.

well I'm quite excited as of the start of the month she'll be taxed and back on the road :D

[Donut Boi]

been a while since my last update as P's been in dry storage over the winter.

passed MOT last week YAY !

although it did take me a few weeks to fix a charging problem that turned out to be something I'd done (I'd fitted a powder coated alternator bracket that stopped the alternator earthing to the engine doh i fail ! )

driving back from the test station I'd managed to scare myself as i really did forget how fast the car was !

I also forgot how much attention a noisy PINK mr2 gets.

well I'm quite excited as of the start of the month she'll be taxed and back on the road :D

good get her out were she belongs, that cars always going to put a smile on your face and any one who is in the car face :p. Its a stupid car and you would be stupid to ever sell her ;)

[*jebz*]

awesome car!!

[Sharky]

Ha ha take it you wont be selling her now then young beard-net!!

[Gunther]

YAY it's coming to the ring............ ;)

[STU]

glad you like P Jebz ha ha i really don't know what to do,going to run her for a few months and see what happens :)

[xr2luke]

One day ! Mine will be as awsome as this lol !! Looks nice with out the spoiler tbf !