The World’s first V10 powered Toyota 86 is being built by Zoom Garage located just outside of Melbourne, Australia. The car will compete in World Time Attack Challenge 2017 in the Open Class piloted by Brett Dickie. The engine is a 5.0 L S85B50 V10 taken from a BMW M5 E60/E61 that produces 500 horsepower at 7,750 rpm and 384 lb-ft of torque at 6,100 rpm. This will make for an interesting race car and one we will be following.
Source: Zoom Garage FB page via Piotr
Just imagine Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT86 with a V12 from Ferrari 812 Superfast! Too bad it’ll never happen.
Actually, it did happen. My coworker sent me this link: http://www.speedhunters.com/2016/11/ferrari-engined-toyota-gt86/
That one has a Ferrari V8, not V12.
Doh! My bad.
Never say never. I knew the 86/GT86/BRZ/FRS would be a popular engine swap vehicle when it was first released. But the amount of different engines at this point has surprised even me.
Yeah, but why stop there?!! Why not V12 biturbo from Mercedes?! Or even better W16 from Bugatti! That would be a real car