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Hi, Having a problem with our 07 PRESARA. When you put your foot on the brake the car won't start. It has been going on for a while and is intermittent. I did change the brake light switch (the one on the brake pedal) I'm wondering if there is anything else in the brake circuit it could be? The brakes physically work fine its definitely electrical cos if the car starts fine you can drive it but when you put your foot on the brake and the brake lights don't come on you will get the engine check and VSC warning. I check the computer with my OBD reader and nothing is logged. Cheers

Hi Mate, There isnt much aftermarket support for these cars but other manufacturers (Lotus) are helping to crack our ecu's. Check out this site. So far able to raise Rev Limit and change VVTi curve/Changeover. Not much but its a start. http://www.mr2oc.com/188-v6-mr2-forum/634697-2gr-fe-stock-ecu-has-been-hacked-immobilizer-can-removed.html

Good luck with the sale mate. What wheels are they? They look awesome

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Sounds like a Hoot!! and good selection of car. MK1's haul with a cosworth twin-cam or SR in the front so should go good. But back on topic (sorry guys) That is next trial, a couple of resonators where the mufflers were to take a bit of the bark out. Its the car the mrs takes to work so have to work round her but it will get done. Will let you guys know how it goes.

Here Here! cruiseh: Thats quite an impressive thread over there, and love the RS wagons!! Wish i had taken that many photos of my old cars. Hillclimber sounds interesting got a thread on that? GDUBB: Sorry dude didnt mean to put you down. We are all in the same boat as car enthusiasts. Im sure we have all spent too much money on cars and we will all keep on doing so!! POWER!!!!!

Exactly mate..i wanted to mention the fuel economy gain too. I got the similar gain after deleting the mufflers and it sounds awesome plus the acceleration gain is good too. SImply loving it :) Also, more power and better fuel economy don't exactly go together unless you are making your engine burn fuel more efficiently... which there isn't much room to do so for a modern engine like this. not technically correct. By allowing the engine to breath with less restriction, you get less reversion into the cylinders, better scavenging, and slightly leaner AFR's as a result. When i put tubular headers on my subaru with no other changes, i had to richen the fuel mix right across the map as it went on average a whole afr point leaner. Ive no doubt there will be an economy gain, its common with most cars to gain economy, and you may see a slight power/torque gain from the leaner mix, but id imagine its largely a placebo from having a loud exhaust and thinking its faster because it sounbds faster. back to back testing would prove or disprove this, im sure the poster in question could easily do so with a g-tech. Personally, i really dislike the sound of the muffler replacement pipes, theres no depth to the note and its 'raspy' and makes me think of early vn commodores with bogan special exhausts. A decent system with jdm mufflers might sound ok, but its still an auto, and sounds like an attempt to make people think you have a faster car, when in reality, it wont add anything in terms of real performance without a decent ecu remap.. For me, id rather leave the exhaust alone, and work on getting rid of the resonators in the intake, these engines sound great through induction note only, and it keeps it sounding sedate when not sinking the boot in.. I dont mean to be a killjoy lads, but after owning a 11 second car, the Aurion is a slug, and not really worth spending money on performance mods in my mind.. (but its my opinion, and not meant to denigrate others choice of spending their hard earned..) Shadow: Are you saying that you have stock mufflers with the centre resonator deleted? RE the more power and better economy, I would have to say the economy is relatively unchanged and would agree with DJOKR. The factory managment is quite smart, and will adjust fueling, timing to compensate for the slight flow increase. CRUISEH, I cant see there being much scavenging on factory manifolds pumping straight into a CAT then going through the restrictive Y piece. On your subaru im asuming you had tuned length headers installed which are excellent at scavenging, which your standalone aftermarket ECU could not compensate for ( im assuming thats what you were running). I would think the same would apply for power. Slight increase but as CRUISEH said placebo as the car now sounds faster it feels faster. I to have come from an 11sec car (cressida) and think the aurion does alright, gets up and boogies, sounds alright (now) but still uses under 10l/100ks and the mrs can drive confidently to work and back. I say modify your cars as you see fit otherwise the roads will be full of prius's!! Cheers

Hi simplyvandinh, zedder and vijith555 The setup is just 2.5inch press bent pipe that replaces the rear mufflers. simple. I will try and get a video under load to see what it sounds like (still havent heard myself). Also im thinking about getting some resonators put in to cut out some of the drone. Thanks for the comments

Thanks Pah, Do you know how they attach?

I hope this works. http://youtu.be/8cVXb6cnpWc

Where abouts are these ducktails on e-bay? I cant find any........

Hi guys, I have done this to my aurion. I sounds ok, a bit drain-pipe like down low but gets a nice bark above about 3,500rpm. I was going to try some hot-dogs where the original mufflers were as its a bit droney in the car especially at 100kph. But after scoota44's comment im not so sure. Oh and its 2.5inch pipe. Cheers Richard

I think the first one is a V6 Camry Touring GTP wheel from about 1999? and no idea on the second one Cheers Richo

I just got a letter in the mail today from Toyota explaining the VVTi actuator oil pipe on the left hand rear cylinder bank may develop a leak and i should contact my local dealership to get the hose replaced free of charge. There is no mention of a recall, they call it a "Customer Service Exercise" WooHoo!! no getting my hands dirty.

On the engine side of things, in the new motor magazine they have a write up about a BOLWELL NAGARI. It uses the 3.5l V6 Custom exhaust, intake and in house tune they rate the Aurion engine at 220Kw @ 6200 and 345Nm @ 4700. I guess once you remove the restrictive front section of the exhaust and get a suitable aftermarket computer power can be had. I guess with any new engine its only a matter of time. Having said that they still havent got a great deal more out of the 2zzge.