Something to keep in mind is that Marc is a one-man show with the design, fabrication, R&D, etc; and now he's actually doing in-house CNC work. He's got more ideas than time....
@@Sk3tchyD I suspect someone will be making your wishes come true on this thing. When i released the first intake there was a ton of requests for ITBs.
I just love the sound of ITBs. It's one of those things that's just cool. More power or not. Very cool your setup was made with that possibility in mind.
This has to be my favorite YT car channel. No BS. Just a really smart dude excited to share some secrets about mass market Toyota engines. My dream collabo would be with you and The Car Nut. Thanks as always for sharing.
This is insane, I’ve been stuffing a 2GR into the front of a Subaru BRZ and was struggling with intake manifold design and bonnet clearance for twin turbos. This has changed the game for me. I’ll be purchasing some time in the future when I’ve got everything correctly situated in the bay.
i haven't tested it but i'm 90% sure the stock rav4 actually makes way above rated horsepower because it has a much cleaner exhaust and that's what holds the other 2GRs back.
This is awesome! I'm not sure how RU-vid managed to recommend your channel to me but I'm glad it did. I had to go through a similar R&D with my NSX and it is delightful to see your progress.
RU-vid works in mysterious ways, i certainly have no idea how it recommends videos but it does tend to be pretty good at it. While you're here you may want to check out when i made 405whp NA with this same engine. without the stock ECU limitation this thing makes easy power.
i have a 2010 es350, and it's amazing to see examples of what could be done to the 2gr-fe quite easily to get an idea of what i want to do in the near future. thanks very much for the great content
@@kameronwatkins4933 Electric turbos are certainly possible, just look at the F1 MGU-H units but a lot of the units on the market being sold to the public just aren't worth a damn. A quick look at that torqueamp page sets off my BS alarm pretty hard, the biggest issue i see right away is the claim for a 5Kw motor and a 8Ah battery those two numbers are just not compatible, that's way too high of a discharge rate on that battery.
I love the insane amount r&d. And then to actually design and manufacture all the parts to make it work and have serious efficiency and gains like this! The passion really shows, keep up the good work, man. 👍
Dude hear me out…. You start building parts for the 2GR-FE 4.0L in the 2006-2015 Tacoma and the people will come, including me. That motor is untouched and I know it has a lot of potential. Tacoma guys won’t want to do any internal part changes(don’t want to jeopardise reliability) but a bolt-on intake manifold definitely ticks the box, but it has to be focused on torque. Most Tacoma owners don’t rev past 3K rpms. We need all our power down low for hauling, towing, etc…
As cool as this is in an mr2 it would also be a sweet combo in a non-supercharged evora. I can imagine hybridizing this recipe with a slight cr drop on forged pistons/rods (very slight, perhaps 10.5 or 10.6:1) coupled to just 5-6psi with a small ic. Excellent work man thanks for sharing.
Yes, this would work very well in an evora. The stock pistons will put up to way more than 5-6psi of boost, there's no need to change them out until you're north of 600whp.
@@FrankensteinMotorworks ooh I did not realize this thanks for the tip! I have a 2gr and early rx300 rear lsd waiting to put into my 2005 highlander when the 3mz goes (toyota conveniently stuck the 2gr in with the same 5spd auto trans/tcase for the earliest rx350s in '08) and I was considering different options to get it to 320-350whp for a spacious little sleeper. Leaving the block untouched would be a real boon on the wallet.
Your intake setup is a thing of beauty. I’m even more impressed by your open and honest discussion about the great work you’re doing. Many less-gifted people would be too insecure to share your findings. What do I need to do to get you interested in EJ20/25s, Coyote/Miami V8s and Barras?😉😂
I really love sharing these discoveries with everyone so it's great that the channel is getting more and more traction. I would love to play with more motors but right now there's simply not enough hours in the day.
I drive a friggin Cummins Ram, and have no clue how I got suggested this, but holy shit, it’s got areas tingling. Kick ass job. Makes me want a MR2 Spyder to do this in, if possible. 🤣
Yes, i'm also quite disappointed in this. The spun bearing due to my screw up prevented me from doing that but i will be sure to get some clips in the future.
So awesome to see! That engine truly is a work of art and when engineers like you improve it, its even more amazing. You should consult with Toyota if you arent already.
I'm in awe of what you do! I really look forward to your content and I don't own a toyota, but rather a Saturn s-series. However, I did tell myself if I pop this as I move up to 20psi of boost, I am VERY interested in going with this all-motor swap as opposed to boost again. I'd also rather do this than the tired k-swap. Nothing around really for the saturn and I don't know of any 'recipe' all-motor that anyone rocking an s-series ever did! Thank you again for all your hard work and if I go with this swap, I can assure you...I'm buying all I can from you!
Your work is awesome. I even like how you display your graphs correctly. Ive always said 2grs are just a new intake manifold away from being competitively power efficient, and youve done the r&d to make this hero engine into what it should be. So this engine right here had stock headers and cats? And did it have 10.8 or 11.8 compression ratio? Running on what fuel?
That engine sounds awesome! Can you show the exhaust in another video? You're making me regret me buying my Mitsu and not getting a Toyota. I love your approach to mods.
Amazing R&D. Can't thank you enough for your work. I wish I had a project car that could use your builds (I have a s2k and 350z). Though you do make me think about a 2gr 9krpm 400+ NA whp s2k.
I spoke with a friend that spents 3 months on and off in japan, I think I will swap my engine for a Celica 91 is not GTR4 so NA, this will be a good match.
I have an Australian made V6 Camry called an Aurion (GSV40 2011). It's a runabout and general dogs body car in good condition and full service history that I'm improving. It's only 115k miles. I'd like it to be a useful sleeper. It's a U660E auto and I keep getting pushback from every transmission place on info. I wish to keep the auto. But I see this as a limitation for increased RPM. My goal is 7000-7500 redline. It's a hobby car as I don't wish to modify my Audis. I want to enjoy driving it and also tow, so low to mid-range power needs to be a good part of the power under the curve. I'd like to warm the engine with 258 or 264 cams, double springs, but otherwise keep it stock looking with the hood (bonnet) open. What I've done so far has really made an improvement in acceleration and fuel economy but I'm stuck moving forward. I have the pockets for it but can't seem to be able to spend it until I can solve the transmission info gap. So far I have derestricted the standard intake, checked the manifold solenoid operation, cleaned the throttle, deleted the secondary cat and upgraded the Y-pipe, cleaned the VVTi solenoids and filters, suspension upgrades, brake upgrades, and grippy tires. It launches hard and hauls. Fuel economy has improved ~12% and 0-100km about 1.6 secs better. I'd appreciate anyone's info.
I don't know of anyone developing the U660E transmission but i really don't do anything with automatics so it's entirely possible i just don't know of something that is out there. I just don't have a good place to point towards.
@@FrankensteinMotorworks Thanks for the honest reply. Will have to stick to the stock redline and I'll contact you via your website directly for the appropriate cams and springs when I'm ready to go.
Update: Someone on another site told me about the Lotus Evora IPS which uses the U660E. It's a standard Toyota transmission with the stock 6600RPM redline. In the transmission's Sports Mode, it lifts the redline to 7000RPM. I'm not sure how it enables this, but it means a 7000 RPM redline now seems feasible in a Camry. There are also IPS solenoid upgrade kits available on the Net but quite a technical upgrade with machining and currently overkill for my intentions.
Soo many people looking for more tunability, more products for the 2GR! That is some serious gains sir 😁 Planning anything for the fse? Is the intake manifold similar? Own a 2IS.
I really do want to play around with the 1GR-FE and i likely will eventually but there's only so many hours in the day. i need to finish other projects first.
Motorbike intake manifolds use variable length runner and two fuel injectors per cylinder (one up stream one down stream) if you want the manifold to be optimal for street-race with 9-10k rpm it might be worth looking into. However might to be too costly.
The injectors i use are really good at atomization which negates the need for the fuel to have as much time to mix. eventually it will still become a factor though and for that i have a design in mind and mounting locations in the manifold already intended for it.
So niiiiice and a beautful exhaust note! I assume that it wouldn't be possible to integrate/weld/connect the, i think, normally bolted "side panels" over the strut towers into the hood for easier access to the engine bay, right? It is somehow sad that Toyota had only one engine with the VVTi-L system, the 1.8l 2ZZ. If that could be somehow adapted to for example to your 2AR or even the 2GR that would be cool but if at all, definetly costly.
The side panels are trivial to remove when you need space to work, they take two bolts each and just slide out of the way. they can't be part of the engine lid panel because they would interfere with the c pillars that surround the engine bay. As for VVTi-L system i thought about that for a while but what i came to the conclusion on that while it would be nice it's really not limiting the power output on the motor. Flip the way you're thinking of it from a switchable high lift cam to a switchable nicely idling cam because at the end of the day that's all it is, it's a small cam that makes it possible to idle down low where a production car needs to idle. If we remove the restriction of being able to idle at 650rpm we can just bump that up to 900rpm or so and suddenly we can smoothly idle pretty much as big of a cam as you want. The VVT-I system really helps with making large cams idle too.
@@FrankensteinMotorworks Ok, mistake on my side for not writing what i had in mind. My thought was, using the 2ZZ principle, to combine the benefits of a standard? 235 cam profile in the low/mid revs (including smooth idling) with the benefits of a high degree 263+ /lift cam profile for the high revs. As far as i can tell, the 2ZZ used 228 and 292 degrees. I mean, yeah, those 292 degrees are definetly too much for smooth idling. ) I hope that makes somehow sense to you. Sorry, i am not a native english speaker (german here).
Now that 330hp is achieved with this set up. We need some axles and an LSD for the scion TC transmission into the SW20 that’s all that’s stopping me from doing this swap. Since I don’t own a lift I want to do everything at once. 330hp on 93 is more than enough. However with the high compression pistons and some E85 I think 370-380 would be literally perfect in this chassis. Please we need more options and parts for the trans in these
I have great news for you! Quaife already makes an LSD for this transmission and there already are off the shelf axles that work with the E350 trans (scion tC trans). Also, for what it's worth i don't have a lift either and i've installed/removed MR2 engines hundreds of times, it's a bit annoying but it's hardly a show stopper.
@@FrankensteinMotorworks I saw somewhere that the quife LSD is not being made anymore. Where can I find one? Also what axles do I use in my case 91 MR2 using a scion TC trans.
@@brandon_buildsDIY Quaife had discontinued it but that was right when the MR2 crowd picked up the transmission and that caused enough of a surge in demand they reversed their decision. They appear to be out of stock at the moment but this should be temporary, feel free to reach out to them to ask for when they will have more or there are two units available on e-bay right now, just search QDF25E As for the axles Alex has put together a nice guide here: wilhelmraceworks.com/blog/e351-transmission-swap
@@brandon_buildsDIY we can discuss the build for sure but these motors are easy to DIY and i would strongly recommend just building it yourself to save a bunch of cash. If you want just send me an e-mail or use the contact form on the website (there's a link at the bottom of every page on the website)
i have a 2006 IS350, I really would like 300/320 Wheel I have seen some of your videos but they do change a bit specially in design. My question is, what’s the shortest/surest way I can do that? What do I need for sure as of what’s known atm?
