Toyota turbo engine

[wparsons]

Originally Posted by cdrazic93

Whats in the lotus exsige? a supercharged celica motor with better heads?

Just a supercharged celica engine, with a different ECU. They're internally the same as the celica or matrix xrs.

[orangeblue]

Originally Posted by Shutter

"...The market for vehicles that combine a turbocharger with a small-displacement engine is increasing," says Izumi Watanabe of Toyota's Engine Product Design Div..."

oh really now? Did that memo to them get lost in the mail 10 years ago?



oh, and how long before the newbs start posting up about "How easy is it to swap engines?" threads?

The low-displacement turbocharged engine is a relatively new thing in the luxury car market, with the exception of Audi's VW-sourced motors.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by cdrazic93

Whats in the lotus exsige? a supercharged celica motor with better heads?

Depends which one you're talking about. The old small one is a supercharged 2ZZ-GE, the same engine in the Celica GTS and Matrix/Corolla XRS. The new one is a supercharged 2GR-FE, the Camry V6, RAV4 V6, Highland V6, and Sienna engine.

[cdrazic93]

Highland V6? Sounds torquey. These would all be good ideas for an MR2 engine swap

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by cdrazic93

Highland V6? Sounds torquey. These would all be good ideas for an MR2 engine swap

Involves frame cutting lol. Better stick to a smaller motor that fits, if you ask me.

[cdrazic93]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Involves frame cutting lol. Better stick to a smaller motor that fits, if you ask me.

Nah, because racecar.