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Given the number of phone calls I've received about it recently, it would seem that word has got around that we're installing a 3.5 litre V6 engine into an MR2.
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This is a motorsport project so I'm not permitted to talk in too much detail, but the owner has given me permission to post up some photos and an overview of the project.
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For those of you not familiar with it, the 2GR-FE is a 3.5litre V6 found in the Lexus RX350 in the UK, and various other Toyotas
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The series that the car will be raced in does not permit throttle by wire, so this aspect of the conversion has been sidestepped, and a conventional throttle arrangement will be used.
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The 2GR-FE is currently used in the new Lotus Evora, which despite being over 100kgs heavier than a standard MR2 has claimed 0-60 time of sub 5 seconds.
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Here are some photos from a couple of weeks ago showing the bare engine attached to a dummy MR2 turbo transaxle:
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Cheers,
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Patrick