{"id":115276,"date":"2024-05-09T18:27:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T23:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=115276"},"modified":"2024-05-09T18:27:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T23:27:24","slug":"toyota-starlet-with-a-2-7-l-v8-racing-schotten-hillclimb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=115276","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Starlet with a 2.7 L V8 Racing Schotten Hillclimb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=115285\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115285\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"115285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=115285\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Toyota-Starlet-with-a-2.7-L-RPX-V8-06.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" 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=\"Toyota Starlet with a 2.7 L RPX V8 06\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Toyota Starlet with a 2.7 L RPX V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Toyota-Starlet-with-a-2.7-L-RPX-V8-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Toyota-Starlet-with-a-2.7-L-RPX-V8-06.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Toyota Starlet with a 2.7 L RPX V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-115285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Toyota-Starlet-with-a-2.7-L-RPX-V8-06.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Toyota-Starlet-with-a-2.7-L-RPX-V8-06.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Toyota-Starlet-with-a-2.7-L-RPX-V8-06.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Toyota-Starlet-with-a-2.7-L-RPX-V8-06.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=113024\">we shared<\/a> Mikko Kataja&#8217;s amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vhtracing\/\">VHT Racing<\/a> Toyota Starlet on the dyno. The car had just swapped from Radical Precision Engineering&#8217;s (RPE) 2.6 L RPA V8 to their next generation 2.7 L RPX V8. Although Mikko did not state the motor&#8217;s exact output, he did share the unique motor reached his goal of 150 hp per liter. Mikko and the Starlet compete in the Berg-Cup and the video below show the second event with the new V8. He managed to be the fastest time of 1:19.754 in the Schotten hillclimb. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/j6xGg7UIyTk?si=DXDagddfWB7wKgLy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also enjoy this short video of Mikko racing the Starlet down the main straight of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hockenheimring\">Hockenheimring<\/a> in Germany. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vMI6Y6ida7g?si=46YlnU1zt6kEQHnk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VHTRacing\">VHT Racing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year we shared Mikko Kataja&#8217;s amazing VHT Racing Toyota Starlet on the dyno. The car had just swapped from Radical Precision Engineering&#8217;s (RPE) 2.6 L RPA V8 to their next generation 2.7 L RPX V8. Although Mikko did not state the motor&#8217;s exact output, he did share the unique motor reached his goal&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=115276\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toyota Starlet with a 2.7 L V8 Racing Schotten Hillclimb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":115285,"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":70,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-starlet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Toyota-Starlet-with-a-2.7-L-RPX-V8-06.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101085,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=101085","url_meta":{"origin":115276,"position":0},"title":"Toyota Starlet with a 2.6 L V8 Racing Wolsfeld Hillclimb","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this year Mikko Kataja from VHT Racing decided to swap the motor in his Toyota Starlet race car. 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