{"id":72929,"date":"2021-06-09T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=72929"},"modified":"2021-06-09T12:42:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:42:45","slug":"toyota-mr2-with-a-1300-hp-turbo-3s-5s-inline-four-goes-8-29-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=72929","title":{"rendered":"Toyota MR2 with a 1300 hp Turbo 3S\/5S Inline-Four Goes 8.29 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=72937\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72937\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"72937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=72937\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-3S-5S-inline-four-11.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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 3S-5S inline-four 11\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Toyota MR2 with a turbo 3S-5S inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-3S-5S-inline-four-11.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-3S-5S-inline-four-11.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Toyota MR2 with a turbo 3S-5S inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-3S-5S-inline-four-11.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-3S-5S-inline-four-11.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-3S-5S-inline-four-11.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-3S-5S-inline-four-11.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nathanfreke\/\">Nathan Freke<\/a> and his Toyota MR2 set a new personal best of 8.298 sec at 172.39 mph at Sanda Pod Raceway despite having an issue shifting into fourth gear. The car is powered by a turbocharged Toyota 3S\/5S inline-four and a dog box with a SQS sequential shifter. The motor is built by Nathan&#8217;s company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centurymotorsport.com\/\">Century Motorsport<\/a> with parts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpenginepartsuk.com\/\">DP Engine Parts UK<\/a>. The motor was rebuilt earlier this year and is now making around 1300 horsepower. View how the project came to be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoc.co.uk\/forums\/viewtopic.php?t=187394\">build thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7X3a09GfkzI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCokyNXFMZLzvpUsc-oKboOw\">John French<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Freke and his Toyota MR2 set a new personal best of 8.298 sec at 172.39 mph at Sanda Pod Raceway despite having an issue shifting into fourth gear. The car is powered by a turbocharged Toyota 3S\/5S inline-four and a dog box with a SQS sequential shifter. The motor is built by Nathan&#8217;s company&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=72929\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toyota MR2 with a 1300 hp Turbo 3S\/5S Inline-Four Goes 8.29 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72937,"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":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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72929","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\/2021\/06\/Toyota-MR2-with-a-turbo-3S-5S-inline-four-11.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47117,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=47117","url_meta":{"origin":72929,"position":0},"title":"Toyota MR2 with a 798 hp Turbo 3S\/5S Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Nathan Freke's Toyota MR2 was built by his company Century Motorsport and DP Engine Parts UK in the UK. 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