v6 prelude

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:51 pm

although a twin turbo v6 24valve vtec mid mounted engine sounds good

Post by **Donald** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:19 pm

littlefeller wrote:if you want v6 then buy an mr2

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:28 pm

littlefeller wrote:if you want v6 then buy an mr2, the 3l v6 camry motor drops straight in, although you will still have less power than the 2.2vtec

Not quite! I pondered doing this when I had my MR2 as I had to swap engine, but didn't go through with it.

There are wiring changes and you need to get a custom engine mount made up, but in comparison to most other swaps it is pretty straight forward. A chap on mr2oc drove his into his garage on a Saturday morning a 2 litre and drove it out Sunday night a v6!

Post by **rob quilter** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:44 pm

Gayno wrote:
littlefeller wrote:if you want v6 then buy an mr2, the 3l v6 camry motor drops straight in, although you will still have less power than the 2.2vtec
Not quite! I pondered doing this when I had my MR2 as I had to swap engine, but didn't go through with it.

There are wiring changes and you need to get a custom engine mount made up, but in comparison to most other swaps it is pretty straight forward. A chap on mr2oc drove his into his garage on a Saturday morning a 2 litre and drove it out Sunday night a v6!

I remember seeing an MR2 with a Camry engine conversion done, then a huge turbo slapped on for good measure

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:58 pm

i think its easyer if you have the mr2 turbo gearbox, yeh there is wiring to do, but would you not just buy the turbo mr2 and save yourself the hassle

Post by **rob quilter** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:02 pm

The one I saw had a magazine feature a few years ago, it was a road legal drag car and was 550bhp or something daft like that.

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:28 pm

littlefeller wrote:i think its easyer if you have the mr2 turbo gearbox, yeh there is wiring to do, but would you not just buy the turbo mr2 and save yourself the hassle

The gearboxes won't make the conversion easier, the turbo had bigger splines for the bigger driveshafts to cope with the power, internals IIRC were identical.

Thing is, turbo vs v6 power delivery is very different. Yes buying a turbo was the easy and cheap way to go, but the V6 pulled very well, and sounded awesome!

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:29 pm

rob quilter wrote:
Gayno wrote:
littlefeller wrote:if you want v6 then buy an mr2, the 3l v6 camry motor drops straight in, although you will still have less power than the 2.2vtec
Not quite! I pondered doing this when I had my MR2 as I had to swap engine, but didn't go through with it.

There are wiring changes and you need to get a custom engine mount made up, but in comparison to most other swaps it is pretty straight forward. A chap on mr2oc drove his into his garage on a Saturday morning a 2 litre and drove it out Sunday night a v6!
I remember seeing an MR2 with a Camry engine conversion done, then a huge turbo slapped on for good measure

Not seen a turbo one, although the TRD supercharger was another common add on to the V6.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:47 pm

One would assume it doesn't fit quite as well in a 4th

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littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:50 pm

isnt there also a small space issue, somthing to do with the small space right at the back, somthing to do with moving a firewall? or was that just on the mk1? it may just have been a wright up on a mk1 v6 conversion that im thinking of. supose the torque of the v6 would be usefull