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What's here

Tightening torques, clearances, dimensional data, OEM Toyota part numbers, service intervals, diagnostic trouble codes, fluid capacities and pressures, electrical voltages, and step-by-step service procedures. Every published fact carries a source citation and a confidence tier. Clicking a citation opens the original document page so the data can be verified against its source.

The site also indexes generation-specific common failure modes, an SW20 revision-by-revision guide covering Rev 1 through Rev 5, and a current catalogue of listings from MR2-focused specialists across the UK, the US and Japan — letting a reader check parts availability across regions without visiting each supplier individually. ANZ specialist coverage is on the registration roadmap.

Who it's for

Owners, restorers, home mechanics and prospective buyers across the UK, the US, continental Europe, Japan and the Australasian markets, with secondary use by independent specialists cross-referencing OEM data against their catalogues. The site is designed for a phone in a workshop, not a desktop browsing session.

Typical use: looking up a torque value while a car is partly disassembled, confirming which engine or revision a chassis number carries, researching a known failure mode before a purchase, cross-checking aftermarket parts against OEM specifications, or finding which specialist currently stocks a given part number.

Markets covered

The MR2 was sold by Toyota in five distinct markets, each with its own engine matrix, trim ladder and paperwork pattern. They're treated as first-class throughout the site:

• Japan (JDM). Broadest spread across all three chassis. AW10 1.5-litre alongside AW11; SW20 in five revisions including the Gen 3 3S-GTE and BEAMS 3S-GE late-NA; ZZW30 sold as MR-S.
• United States (USDM). AW11 from 1985 (4A-GE then 4A-GZE for 1988); SW20 from 1991 model year (5S-FE and Gen 2 3S-GTE through 1995 only — federalised Gen 2 turbo, no Gen 3); ZZW30 sold as MR2 Spyder.
• United Kingdom. AW11 from 1985 (4A-GE only — no factory UK supercharged); SW20 1990–1999 (naturally aspirated only); ZZW30 sold as MR2 Roadster, 2000–2006, with TF300 closing UK sales.
• Continental Europe. Country-by-country variation. The Europe-region EPC indexes LHD 3S-GE, 3S-GTE and 5S-FE SW20 derivatives — UK and German trim trees materially differ.
• Australia and New Zealand. Toyota Australia sold all three chassis as factory RHD cars. New Zealand's market is dominated by JDM imports thanks to the country's relaxed import laws, but Toyota NZ did sell some factory cars. ANZ-specific specialists, brochures and forum archives are under-represented in the current source registry; this is a sourcing gap, not a coverage decision, and is being worked on.

How the data is anchored

Primary data is extracted from Toyota OEM factory repair manuals, page by page, with the source manual code and page number preserved on every row. Click any specification and the original manual page opens for verification.

Secondary sources — owners' clubs (MR2OC, IMOC, MR2ROC, SpyderChat), Toyota UK press materials, period road tests, specialist supplier technical content — are accepted only with a named author and pinned-thread provenance, and are surfaced at a lower confidence tier. Where sources disagree, the disagreement is flagged as contested rather than silently resolved in one direction.

Every visible row links back to its source. Where a primary source has not yet been acquired for a given generation or system, the gap is visible rather than papered over.

What's not here

• Race or competition setup advice.
• General automotive mechanic instruction (assumed prior knowledge).
• Used-car valuation or market commentary.
• Personal modification or build-thread content.
• Tuning guidance beyond OEM specifications.
• User accounts, comments or forum threads.

State of the work

The MR2 Bible is in active build. New extractions, additional sources and structural refinements are added on a rolling basis. The scope above describes what is currently live; coverage continues to deepen.

Contact

Reach the site at contact@mr2bible.com.

Toyota Motor Corporation

The MR2 Bible is an independent reference resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Toyota Motor Corporation. "Toyota", "MR2", "AW11", "SW20", "ZZW30" and related names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here for descriptive identification only.