{"id":106191,"date":"2023-10-17T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106191"},"modified":"2023-10-17T00:12:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T05:12:42","slug":"toyota-mr2-with-a-turbo-k20-goes-10-4-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106191","title":{"rendered":"Toyota MR2 with a Turbo K20 Goes 10.4 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=106197\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-106197\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"106197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=106197\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1997-Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-Honda-K-Series-inline-four-05.jpg?fit=1400%2C787&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,787\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1997 Toyota MR2 with a turbo Honda K-Series inline-four 05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1997 Toyota MR2 with a turbo Honda K-Series inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1997-Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-Honda-K-Series-inline-four-05.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1997-Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-Honda-K-Series-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=600%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1997 Toyota MR2 with a turbo Honda K-Series inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1997-Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-Honda-K-Series-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1997-Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-Honda-K-Series-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1997-Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-Honda-K-Series-inline-four-05.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1997-Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-Honda-K-Series-inline-four-05.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/297.racing\/\">297.racing<\/a> and their 1997 Toyota MR2 attended the EFR Aldenhoven quarter-mile event in Germany. While there the car set a personal best of 10.42 sec. Sitting in the back of the car is a turbocharged Honda K-series inline-four capable of 650 hp on E85 fuel. The motor features forged pistons and rods, Stage 2 camshaft, and Precision 6780 Gen 2 turbocharger. Earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AutoTopnl\">AutoTopNL<\/a> reviewed the car before d<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=101099\">riving it on the Autobahn<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/l_GrKoVcWcI?si=6-N5JhsTNolhl5xM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video shows the MR2 at another event. No indication of time or speed. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9LOn7zA2c3w?si=X7KQAEPLauEjSVN-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@297.racing\">297.racing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>297.racing and their 1997 Toyota MR2 attended the EFR Aldenhoven quarter-mile event in Germany. While there the car set a personal best of 10.42 sec. Sitting in the back of the car is a turbocharged Honda K-series inline-four capable of 650 hp on E85 fuel. The motor features forged pistons and rods, Stage 2 camshaft,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106191\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toyota MR2 with a Turbo K20 Goes 10.4 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":106197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mr2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1997-Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-Honda-K-Series-inline-four-05.jpg?fit=1400%2C787&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135816,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135816","url_meta":{"origin":106191,"position":0},"title":"K24-Powered MR2 Makes 1037 hp","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"BYP Racing built a powerful 1992 Toyota MR2 (SW20). 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