User:Sk8kid99

Bio

I’m (1999-Present) an aspiring mechanical engineer currently working through my associates at Everett community college and hoping to transfer to the University of Washington for a masters. I am of Japanese and Hawaiian decent although I have lived in the pacific northwest as an only child my entire life. Since I was young, I have always enjoyed working on mechanical things such as go carts, motorcycles and cars. At the age of 13 I blew up the engine in my dirt bike and was forced to build my first high compression OHC engine. Since that incident I have proceeded to build engines and cars alike, swapping engines into cars they don’t belong in and doing high horsepower forged builds for cars like Subaru’s and Toyota’s.

In addition to being deeply immersed into the Pacific Northwest automotive scene I have been involved in the skateboarding community for a long time as well. I work with a non-profit organization to help make skateboarding available to the less fortunate and under-represented communities. In terms of getting involved in Wikipedia I believe I would be able to add some insight to certain automotive pages. Long term I could see myself getting involved with the Wikipedia page for the Toyota Mr2 to help make it as complete as possible. Thank you for visiting my page and I hope this gives you a little bit of a background as to who I am and where I come from.

Article Critique

The Toyota MR2 was a very unlikely car for Toyota to make as they are known for everyday economy cars rather than mid-engine sports cars. However, the MR2 combines both aspects giving decent gas mileage and performance competitive to that of a high-end sports car. I visited the MR2 page on Wikipedia and found three aspects worth commenting on: links end up going to the wrong place, some information about the aftermarket support for the first and third generations of these cars is underrepresented and out of date, and common engine swaps from other Toyota vehicles are left out of all three generations.

In the beginning of the article in the “orgins” section it mentions the chief designer Akio Yoshida. However, when you click the link on his name you are sent to the page for a Japanese soccer player, not the Toyota designer. In doing a quick search, it is found that there is no Wikipedia page for the Toyota designer and therefore the name should not be linked to one, or rather one should be created for Mr. Yoshida.

On the “Second Generation (W20)” section of this article the is a subsection for “Aftermarket” support for this car, but for the first and third generation of this car there are no such sections. The information on these are out of date and underrepresented as now there are many companies such as Techno Toy Tuning, Monkey Wrench Racing, and Rat2 Motorsports that provide lots of aftermarket performance parts for all three generations of this car. These sections should not be big as the focus of this article is not to talk about the aftermarket but should be mentioned to have an unbiased, thorough article.

To have a complete article on this vehicle there should be some information added to it like common engine swaps for all three generations as nowadays it is less common to see a stock car than an engine swapped one. Many companies and people swap Toyota’s 2zz-ge engine out of similar year Celica’s into the third generation with slight changes in mounting and wiring for a favorable boost in performance. It is the same for Toyota’s 2gr-fe v6 engine into the second generation and Toyota’s 3s-gte into the first generation.

Since Wikipedia is attempting to become a complete online community encyclopedia the more information is added the more complete the encyclopedia will be. With these minor changes, visitors to the MR2 Wikipedia page will have more complete insight into what this car was and the cult classic it has become today.