Toyota Sports 800

[GJM85]

Just thought i'd share a couple of photos of the Toyota Sports 800 that has been at the last couple of All Jap days here in Qld.

What a neat little unit!

This series of car produced between 1965 & 1969 and only 3131 unit were manufactured.

The engine is a 2U-B flat 2 cylinder 790cc twin carb engine. It is actually the predecessor to the 4U flat engine manufactured by Subaru for the Toyota 86.

 

[Hiro Protagonist]

It is actually the predecessor to the 4U flat engine manufactured by Subaru for the Toyota 86.

 

The only thing that a 2U and a 4U have in common is that they are both boxer engines with the "U" engine designation. Apart from that, it is like saying that a 3K is the predecessor of the current 2ZRFE. Toyota basically ignored their entire history of naming engines to call the modified FA20 a 4U

[ke70dave]

I saw this thing on the road maybe 6 months ago, i think i posted some photos up here somewhere. Soo damn cool.

[Hiro Protagonist]

Al Palmer brought his silver one to Toyotafest a couple of years ago, it's not until you see one in real life or with a person standing next to it that you realise just how tiny they are.

[parrot]

There was one down in Melbourne at Classic Japan. It was a hot day, and I was struck by how cramped and hot the cockpit would have been. And cockpit is much more appropriate in this case than interior

[GJM85]

 

 

The only thing that a 2U and a 4U have in common is that they are both boxer engines with the "U" engine designation. Apart from that, it is like saying that a 3K is the predecessor of the current 2ZRFE. Toyota basically ignored their entire history of naming engines to call the modified FA20 a 4U

 

Perhaps they didn't ignore anything. I don't doubt they're different. Near on 50 years of automotive technology separates them. But if Toyota sees fit to name them in the same series, who are we to say different?