MR2 MK1 Evora engine.

[eddietiv]

Now that's a very interesting concept probably weighing about a 1000kg or so.

[jerzybondov]

What a massive engineering job! Where do you buy a new Evora NA engine from these days though?

[C8RKH]

Erm, it actually tells you where in the first line of the advert text. 🤣😂🤣😂

[Bruss]

Interested as well as to where this DEE engineering is. A new engine is hard to come by generally?

[Bibs]

Lotus sell them, I think for about £15k but I'd imagine there would be plenty of other, cheaper options for a new engine. 

[Bruss]

Yes I know of the Lotus price!!!!

I was thinking of ‘yota crate engines.

 

 

[C8RKH]

5 hours ago, Bruss said:

Interested as well as to where this DEE engineering is. A new engine is hard to come by generally?

They're in Leamington Spa, thy're really not trying to hide who they are or where they are. Thank goodness for Google.

[Bruss]

Cubbington one, who make no mention of sales on their web site?

 

 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Err, cough…

 

[jerzybondov]

6 hours ago, C8RKH said:

Erm, it actually tells you where in the first line of the advert text. 🤣😂🤣😂

I meant more as where did Dee get it from, but it would seem direct from Lotus. They must still have a few sitting on the shelf, having once upon a time expected to shift more Evoras than they actually did!

[Phaeton91]

Can see how much weight there appears to be at the back now so I can’t imagine this conversion has done the handling any favours.

[Rambo]

But why? The Toyota MR2 mk1 was a great, iconic car. Leave it as it is and save your money for an Evora if you want one 🤔

[cdco]

 I can understand doing it in the fatter MK 2 MR2 but not the MK1, also after spending the weekend working on the Evora how little room is there going to be in that engine bay to do anything!!

[DanR]

Where do get the engine? Buy and import one of these from Australia. Only sold in oz. Probably where Lotus got the idea from for a supercharged v6.      https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2007-trd-aurion-3500s-auto/SSE-AD-14914187/?Cr=9

[DanR]

And some more about the motor...

https://www.drifted.com/2gr-fe/

[r3nault]

I think the answer to any question which starts with, "why such a big engine in such a light car", is "why not"?

I was under the impression pretty much any Toyota dealer can order a 2GR short block for not-crazy money, but you need to supply and fit your own head. And, I thought the only difference between the 2GR-FE fitted to Evora vs Toyota models, was the Lotus ECU tune?

[eddietiv]

I fairly recently owned a MK1 MR2 and to be fair that 4A-GE engine was just a beautiful revy engine which was the star of the show really, but also the idea of chucking a big engine ie Clio V6, Westfield S-eight, Rocketeer MX 5 into a small car makes it sort of exotic, not always the best handling but you get that fantastic larger capacity engine note giving you the thrills and extra pace.