V8 MR2 First Start

July 8, 2004. This was the first start of the famous V8 MR2 "Toystar". I got kind of excited after I shut the key off. My daughter shut the camera off too soon, so I sound like a chicken.
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Autos & Vehicles

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• mr2
• v8
• toystar
• cadillac
• strong

[C6shooter]

NOW THATS A REDNECK DINO! haha

[wdstrongjr]

@C6shooter a what? :)

[ItsMrWinters]

... didn't it have a transversely mounted engine? how the hell did you fit a v8 in that lol it didn't even have much space for the inline 4

[wdstrongjr]

@ItsMrWinters lots of cutting. But we fit v6's into these all day long. An Audi V8 has been fit in the MK1 MR2 sitting North-South. In fact the same audi V8 and transmission have been fit into a 2000+ MR2 Spyder.

[wdstrongjr]

@ItsMrWinters Paul Woods in the UK has done this...

go to woodsport org and click engine conversion, at the bottom will be the V8.

[niceprince]

poor mr2 :(

[wdstrongjr]

@xXxchipperchopperxXx That was actually a high dollar Sony floppy disk digital camera that shot stills at 800x600 and video is something like 640x480. But to put it on the web I think I was limited at the time to some pretty low rates. It is amazing how far we have come today.

[wayuvaj]

ahhaahaaaaa means "ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[ItsMrWinters]

@wdstrongjr nice, what kind've engine do you have in yours

[ItsMrWinters]

@wdstrongjr yeah i've heard of 3vz's in one but fitting audi's v8 longitudinally? wouldn't that ask for a full drivetrain swap? i mean the flywheel and clutch would have to face forward and im sure theres not much room for the tranny so a custom made tranny housing would have to be done - wouldn't that make the interior smaller due to a larger transmission housing? i mean the shifter cables would be shortened and a large transmission would be facing N-S

[crettybocker]

its 300crank hp its not twisting shit

[arcticmonkey487]

and people say that rwd can only oversteer.......