{"id":16789,"date":"2017-06-23T15:32:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T20:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16789"},"modified":"2017-06-24T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T16:01:03","slug":"for-sale-toyota-mr2-with-a-turbo-volvo-inline-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16789","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: Toyota MR2 with a Volvo Turbo Inline-Five"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Toyota MR2 is for sale on Facebook Marketplace<\/a> in Boston, England with an asking price of \u00a317,500. 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).<\/p>\n

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Source: Facebook Marketplace<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Toyota MR2 is for sale on Facebook Marketplace in Boston, England with an asking price of \u00a317,500. 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… Read More »For Sale: Toyota MR2 with a Volvo Turbo Inline-Five<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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-16789","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\/2017\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=960%2C595&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134813,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=134813","url_meta":{"origin":16789,"position":0},"title":"Toyota MR2 with a 600+ hp Volvo Inline-Five Races at Cadwell Park","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe Bristow drove his third-generation Toyota MR2 to Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire, England for some track time. 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