400awhp EVO MR and 98whp MR2 Non-Turbo Hill Climb Test Run

January 18, 2006 (3:41am). Here is a video that leaked onto the internet a while back. Just to clear things up, this was not a race by any means. We weren't going all out either. My friend and I were curious if my suspension heavy '92 SW21 could hold up to the EVO 8 MR's OEM suspension + power mods on a tight hill climb. We were supposed to single lane front to back the entire way up, but he was getting in my way on the tighter sections, so I took my own lane. Not the smartest thing even at 3:41 AM. In the end, we figured that he needed to work on his driving, and my 5S-FE MR2 needed more power.

A year and two days later, my SW was hit head on by a driver who failed to yield on a left turn. The EVO now dyno's 730whp on racing fuel...with no intention of going back to the canyons.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• EVO
• 8
• MR
• CT9A
• MR2
• SW20
• SW21
• TOUGE
• CANYON

[24okay]

Was this out at GMR or Azuza?

[skyungjae]

neither

[AndrewsDenmark]

haha, love the nubness of the 3sgte driver,, made me laugh so hard ^^.. love the sound from the BOV also.. and nice flames from the exhaust ^^

[skyungjae]

it was actually a 5SFE NA motor. any turbo sounds were coming from the other car.

[SexyKnight01]

Dude.. Your MR2 hung with him on the turns. You should stick with that 5SFE and make it an All-Motor Beast w/ some aggressive cams; Throttle response & balance, you can't go wrong. MR2s for LIFE!!!

[skyungjae]

Well, someone failed to yield on a left turn and hit me head on back in January. I drive an MR-S now.

[AkinaGod]

Other than the evo clearly showing inexperience I love the giant fire balls emitting from its ass. I love the corners, they are unbiased and show who really has tallent in a race.

[tanhauserr]

WHEEL hp. 5sfe made 130Bhp according to toyota. add 100,000+ miles among many other factors and you have 98 wheel horsepower.

[SerenityBeast]

shame, it was an up hill

[totaljspec]

I have a fisrt gen mr2 with lsd a jap engine upgraded ignition msd ported head and 12 :1 pistons putting about 150hp and st sway bars on full dampers and believe me nothibg handles better than that i put bmw's benz and my g60 corrado to shame good job mr2 guy nice driving and evo drivers stop hating its not about hp in a canyon race its all about perfect balance and good driving

[lookbehindyou221]

is that a taMPON HANging from the rear bumber

[kyleisreallycool]

Running in the nineties, is a new way I like to be!

[kangaroo1119]

maybe the evo don't drive fast because his car cost 36k+ and the mr2 1500+ lol i'm just saying

[Twitchster93]

loved the flames coming out of the evo lol

[thatnigga54]

evo driver should stick to drag racing, curves are for fast drivers

[doodyn]

thats funny, I wanted an evo mr so badly. I already have a 1st gen mr2, maybe ill stick with that.. .

[Thappreluck07]

Watching this makes me wanna do canyon racing!

[Filipinoborn]

The guy in the Evo either doesn't know this canyon since its really hard to drive in the dark (even if you have ur High Beam on) in the canyons, or he just doesn't know how to drive in the canyon period. If the Evo really have 400awhp, and the MR2 only has 98rwhp. The evo still have the biggest advantage since it's an uphil. So, I give props to the MR2 driver for driving pretty well, and keeping up with an 400AWHP Evo.