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Attention power addicts!
Monkeywrench Racing has been turbocharging the current generation of Toyota 1.8L engines since their introduction, and we're now planning a turbo kit for the Elise. I know that some of you feel that turbocharging may "upset the balance" or "not be in the spirit of the Elise"- I respect that, everyone has their own taste. We have been turbocharging the Toyota MR2 Spyder for some time now though, and I can assure you all that a properly engineered turbo system is quite driveable and an absolute blast. While not quite as hardcore as the Elise, the Spyder (2195 lbs, mid-engine) is very similar in spirit. Our shop Spyder got MUCH more fun to drive after addition of the turbo.
I write this not to advertise a product, but in hopes that one of you is interested enough in turbocharging to be the first to have a turbo'd 2ZZ Elise. Our experience turbocharging the Toyota 2ZZ engine means that we're not doing this by trial and error- we've got the tuning and reliability figured out. What we need is a car for fitment, to allow us to design the physical pieces. We'd like to build and tune the first system on an internally stock engine, but have all of the engine internals available so I'm sure we'll be building a full-on high boost system in the near future as well. We're located outside of Detroit, MI, although we have customers travel from all across the country so geography may not be too important.
I don't want to go in to more detail here but if you feel that you're interested in a 50%+ increase in power please drop me a PM or an email at [email protected] . I'll be happy to fill any and all in on the details and answer any questions.
Also, if the rest of you have questions about turbocharging or engine mods in general for the 2ZZ engine feel free to post or PM. I'll be happy to share our experiences in this area.
Thanks!
Monkeywrench Racing has been turbocharging the current generation of Toyota 1.8L engines since their introduction, and we're now planning a turbo kit for the Elise. I know that some of you feel that turbocharging may "upset the balance" or "not be in the spirit of the Elise"- I respect that, everyone has their own taste. We have been turbocharging the Toyota MR2 Spyder for some time now though, and I can assure you all that a properly engineered turbo system is quite driveable and an absolute blast. While not quite as hardcore as the Elise, the Spyder (2195 lbs, mid-engine) is very similar in spirit. Our shop Spyder got MUCH more fun to drive after addition of the turbo.
I write this not to advertise a product, but in hopes that one of you is interested enough in turbocharging to be the first to have a turbo'd 2ZZ Elise. Our experience turbocharging the Toyota 2ZZ engine means that we're not doing this by trial and error- we've got the tuning and reliability figured out. What we need is a car for fitment, to allow us to design the physical pieces. We'd like to build and tune the first system on an internally stock engine, but have all of the engine internals available so I'm sure we'll be building a full-on high boost system in the near future as well. We're located outside of Detroit, MI, although we have customers travel from all across the country so geography may not be too important.
I don't want to go in to more detail here but if you feel that you're interested in a 50%+ increase in power please drop me a PM or an email at [email protected] . I'll be happy to fill any and all in on the details and answer any questions.
Also, if the rest of you have questions about turbocharging or engine mods in general for the 2ZZ engine feel free to post or PM. I'll be happy to share our experiences in this area.
Thanks!