{"id":54696,"date":"2020-04-17T13:33:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T19:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54696"},"modified":"2020-04-17T13:35:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T19:35:49","slug":"rod-millens-celica-with-a-850-hp-turbo-trd-inline-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54696","title":{"rendered":"Rod Millen&#8217;s Celica with a 850 hp Turbo TRD Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54753\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=54753\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1391&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1391\" 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=\"Rod Millen Celica with a 850 hp Turbo TRD 503E Inline-Four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rod Millen Celica with a 850 hp Turbo TRD 503E Inline-Four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C815&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rod Millen Celica with a 850 hp Turbo TRD 503E Inline-Four\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C408&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C815&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C522&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C1043&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1994 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rod_Millen\">Rod Millen<\/a> piloted his custom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trdusa.com\/pikes-peak.html\">Toyota Celica GT<\/a> up an all-dirt Pikes Peak and set a record of 10:04.060. The 885 kg (1950 lb) race car features a tube chassis and carbon fiber body with the only stock part being the windshield. It&#8217;s powered by a turbocharged 2.1 L TRD inline-four used in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_American_Racers\">All American Racers&#8217;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eagle_HF89\">Eagle HF89<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eagle_MkIII\">Eagle MkIII<\/a> race cars. The engine which goes by many names (<a href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/the-mightiest-four-cylinder-toyota-ever-made-1821570638\">503E, 3S-G, or 3S-GTM<\/a>) reportedly made 850 horsepower and 1100 lb-ft of torque in the Celica and sends it to all four wheels through a 4WD drivetrain. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XHX8BG_J_Tg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qAPnh-7KtfM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IIx2r5XUgjQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IMzeKw_GTrk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trdusa.com\/pikes-peak.html\">TRD USA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCG38eNTt_GlasSyTYiCr7WQ\">19Bozzy92<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1994 Rod Millen piloted his custom Toyota Celica GT up an all-dirt Pikes Peak and set a record of 10:04.060. The 885 kg (1950 lb) race car features a tube chassis and carbon fiber body with the only stock part being the windshield. It&#8217;s powered by a turbocharged 2.1 L TRD inline-four used in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54696\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rod Millen&#8217;s Celica with a 850 hp Turbo TRD Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54753,"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":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celica"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rod-Millen-Celica-with-a-850-hp-Turbo-TRD-503E-Inline-Four-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1391&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104576,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=104576","url_meta":{"origin":54696,"position":0},"title":"1997 Toyota Celica with a GT-Four Powertrain","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1997 Toyota Celica GT originally came with a 2.2 L 5S-FE inline-four. 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