Is the MR2 SC just the spiritual predecessor to the Lotus Exige?
Sure, the steering wheel is on the other side of car, but the JDM MR2 Turbo also got more power from the factory than the U.S. version.
Andy Surprenant's idea of "simplify and add lightness" is to remove the body panels of a MR2 Spyder and fit a Toyota 2ZZ engine, apparently.
What should we take, the Toyota MR2 or the Corvette Z06?
One of only 100 VM180 Zagatos, and it's going up for auction soon.
Brakes should both correct speed and balance the chassis. The brakes on our 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo did virtually none of that, so it was time for a change–a big brake change.
What wisdom have we gleaned from years of GRM project cars? We're glad you asked.
One of the first things we do whenever we pick up an older car? Go through the fuel system.
As the new millennium approached, Toyota had a plan to woo back younger drivers. One of the arrows in their quiver was the MR2 Spyder: light, fun and, perhaps most importantly, inexpensive.
The GRM staff knows rad-era cars, as we’ve been driving them since they were new–like the AW11 Toyota MR2.
One of the things you notice when your car catches on fire is that the stuff you use to put out the fire is capital M messy. We’ve found fire …
The 3.5-liter Toyota 2GR-FE that’s going into our MR2–with its forged bottom end, roller rockers, aluminum block and high-winding nature–is a heck of an engine despite its pedestrian Camry …
Turbocharged engines are a double-edged sword. More power is readily available through more boost, but so is more disaster. So, when you even vaguely consider adding boost to an engine, …
It would be nice if we could shift our MR2’s gears, right?
In the last update on our 2GR V6-swapped 1991 Toyota MR2, we left …
With our engine, transaxle, oil system and even exhaust installed in our soon-to-be-V6-powered 1991 Toyota MR2, we’re down to small details and reconnecting previous bits where they need …