What does the 2gr make in power?

Life has a way of speeding up for me this year. Buying a house, building a shop, a regular full time job (with night-schooling), and oh yeah… a newborn daughter in the house have all made their way as priorities in my life, and rightfully so. But, my very understandable wife still lets me wrench almost every day, and sometimes I even squeeze in enough time to update this blog for you all.

The poor mans lotus becomes even more Lotus, with a functional Elise hood vent. Follow along as we slice metal and carbon for better aerodynamic grip and better cooling.

During our last episode we had prepped the engine to the point it was ready to install. Now we had to get the rest of the car ready.

Your basic 2GRFE in an MR2 will get you somewhere around 275-290 whp with all the common bolt ons. Headers, y-pipe and exhaust, cold air intake, and ECU reflash with higher rev limit to achieve those numbers. All the while, the 2gr is rumored to be 100 pounds lighter than a dressed 3sgte. But you know I’m going above and beyond that.