mr2 concept using turbo'd vvtl-i

[charlez13]

toyota recently released a concept mr2 at the Essen Motor Show that featured a "throughly turbo-blasted 1.8-liter VVTL-I dohc four" Toyota claimes it has 255 hp...maybe they figured out a way to t/c the vvtl-i without disengaging lift...that would be great....anyway, i read about this in the new import tuner...didnt have any engine specs besides the hp....thought it was pretty interesting though

[GTS LAID]

i wonder who they outsourced it to? TRD is much more keen on using Superchargers in their cars...

[Deftech]

since it was an autoshow, did it have pics of the engine? Half of the cars at autoshows, concepts especially have nothing under the hood. Just a body

[charlez13]

yes, it did have a very small pic of the engine. i could definetly see turbo piping but pic was too small to really see what was going on

[Oo DaRk StAr oO]

i bet they just lowered the compression.

[GTS LAID]

they can do lots of weird things while prototyping... they're pretty much unrestricted in how much they can play around with it to make it work for a show or a small ride.