{"id":24477,"date":"2018-06-08T06:15:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T11:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24477"},"modified":"2018-06-08T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T18:20:29","slug":"toyota-mr2-with-a-turbo-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24477","title":{"rendered":"Toyota MR2 with a Turbo V6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-2GR-V6-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=24480\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-2GR-V6-01.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Toyota MR2 with a turbo 2GR V6 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Toyota MR2 with a turbo 2GR V6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-2GR-V6-01.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-2GR-V6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Toyota MR2 with a turbo 2GR V6\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Toyota MR2 W30 was built by Pieter Zeelie in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa. He replaced the factory inline-four for a turbocharged 3.5 L 2GR V6 that makes 680 horsepower and 800 Nm (590 lb-ft) of torque. Power goes through a Kaps LS7 seven-speed sequential transaxle. The 1,100 kg (2,425 lb) race car is wrapped in APR Performance S-GT widebody kit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qLH6_qVcDSc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/r5Up0nS3T-A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/tCJTSb-7eA0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCORYnWSrkou_UfIrt8oijUA\">MR2ZZ<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Toyota MR2 W30 was built by Pieter Zeelie in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa. He replaced the factory inline-four for a turbocharged 3.5 L 2GR V6 that makes 680 horsepower and 800 Nm (590 lb-ft) of torque. Power goes through a Kaps LS7 seven-speed sequential transaxle. The 1,100 kg (2,425 lb) race car is wrapped&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24477\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toyota MR2 with a Turbo V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24480,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24477","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\/2018\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-2GR-V6-01.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48637,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=48637","url_meta":{"origin":24477,"position":0},"title":"Toyota MR2 with a 3.5 L 2GR V6","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This third generation Toyota MR2 is owned and raced by @tescolonggrain in the UK. 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