This Toyota MR2 is for sale on Facebook Marketplace in Boston, England with an asking price of £17,500. This first thing that jumps out is the Luxurypart Lp Gemballa S body kit. Behind the driver sits a 2.3 L Volvo B5234T5 inline-five upgraded with 750 cc injectors, 90 mm MAF, TD04-18T turbocharger making 20 psi of boost, and a M4.4 ECU with custom map. Owner claims the car takes 3.2 seconds to reach 0-60 (assuming mph).
Source: Facebook Marketplace
interesting looking car. It looks like the front end has some ferrari / mclaren look or even porsche GT, the side has the lambo gallardo look and the rear end has the porsche 997.2 look. Depend on one’s taste, I like it. good job.
The kit is based on the Gemballa S which is in turn based on the Porsche Carrera GT.
Look up the Gemballa S, this is like miniature version.
Im not aware of anyone in EU that cares about 0-60km/t… Haha. It must be 0-60mph wich is around 0-100km/t. But that sounds to me a little too fast with that setup in a mr2.
hahaha what was I thinking!? That is only 37 mph. Thanks for mentioning that. I have corrected the article.
Agreed! An 18t is good for maybe 280-300whp these motors in the Volvo are never known for 0-60. Roll racing is where they shined.
I have a b5234t9 in a 98 S70 T5M with a billet 22T on water methanol. Dw800 injectors, 3″ maf, 3″ ss turboback, billet flywheel with 707pp, snabb inlet and rip kit, all aluminum Intercooler 2.5″ core, ported intake. And it made 350whp with a 12.4@112mph 0-60 is around 5 seconds flat and is just 3000lbs but an open diff fwd.
I bet even a stock Volvo turbo 5 cylinder would make for a lively drive as well.
For such a price, they should’ve at least tidied up the wires.