V8 Mk1 Mr2

ancullen · March 31, 2005

A lot of you will probably have already heard of or visited this site, but I thought I'd give it a mention anyway. It's about Toystar, a Mark 1 (AW11) MR2 with a 4.6L Cadillac Northstar V8 being dropped in. Don't ask me at what point it went from just having a V8 dropped in, to having a turbo'd V8 being dropped in, just enjoy the madness.

The address is: www.v8mr2.com

Super Jamie · April 1, 2005

holy crap. wheelstands-r-us!

Jason · April 1, 2005

wow :D

ancullen · April 1, 2005

Now someone needs to invest HUGE amounts of money in doing a pure Toyota version. AW11 + 1UZ-FE/3UZ-FE = Awesome!!!

Clown · April 1, 2005

I think someone was looking into a 2jzgte conversion. Unsure on the 1uzfe conversion though.

ancullen · April 1, 2005

The 2JZ-GTE conversion would be interesting, though I wouldn't have thought that it would fit. I know that the reason the guy doing Toystar chose the Caddy V8 was because it was available with the FWD transmission, so all he (basically) had to do was squeeze it into the MR2. One option might be to use the 3.3L V6 from the Toyota Kluger. It's not that powerful, but I think it's positioned tranversely, which works for an MR vehicle. Or you could be boring and use the Camry V6. :dry:

**irokin** · April 1, 2005

http://www.v8mr2.com/images/day101/images/P2270687.jpg

my god that guy has a death wish...BUCHERED!!

DEEONE · April 2, 2005

Last time i went in one of them it was sick to do dounuts in. Imagine the G's that weapon would have spinning around.

ancullen · April 4, 2005

He claims to know all there is to know about AW11's, so he must be right.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**irokin** · April 4, 2005

I'll tell ya right now that the front suspension is gonna be all out of geometry...thats if it doesnt fall apart....

trd · April 4, 2005

perfect car to fit 2 engines to.

ancullen · April 4, 2005

perfect car to fit 2 engines to.

Yeah, if you're prepared to completely savage the car, basically destroying anything the manufacturer installed. Plus, it would have to lose it's handling ability, as it'd have WAYYY more weight at the back than at the front, probably something like 30:70 front-to-rear weight distribution, so steering would be interesting.

Of course, the guy does talk about dragging it, and it should be pretty good for that with the weight over the rear wheels as they are.

Bill Strong · April 8, 2005

yep... the front end is being completely redone using a pre-made indycar style suspension / subframe made by a well know hotrod maker here in the US. The shocks will be in the frunk, so no more struts.

The rear is also being done by another shop. A custom aluminum sub-frame is being built with the proper suspension geometry. I have never claimed to be a fabricator, as noted by your post about my rear suspension. And I was never happy with it. I know where my weaknesses are and where I should stay away from playing :D

The goal of the car is to actually go 200mph.

Now I have taken a break from the car. I am having to save up my cash for the front and rear... which is going to cost over us$6000. But in the end it will be safer and actually work.

Now until then I am building another car, a MK1.5, 350hp 2 liiter 3sgte.

This is where i am as of last night... just have one more mount to make, and then I can put the real engine in (the one fitted is an empty 3sge for test purposes, easier to move an empty engine than a fully prepped one)

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day1/index.htm

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day2/index.htm

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day3/index.htm

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day4/index.htm

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day5/index.htm

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day6/index.htm

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day7/index.htm

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day8/index.htm

http://www.racingstrong.com/RSGT/day9/index.htm

Edited April 8, 2005 by Bill Strong