‪@GearsandGasoline‬

‪@Gridlife‬ Circuit Legends at Lime Rock Park this year was a great time! We managed to see A LOT of our wheels around the festival and got to catch up with Ben from ‪@GearsandGasoline‬ to talk about his MR2 Spyder Build that they brought to Gridlife this year! This MR2 has come A LONG WAY since the time Ben purchased it. Now, it's a fully-built track car that races in the wheel-to-wheel #GLTC series.
Running an oddball of an engine setup, this MR2 features a 2AR-FXE engine out of a Camry Hybrid, with a Scion TC 6-speed transmission, and custom parts all around. Most people would K-Swap in a situation like this, but the guys at Gears and Gasoline decided to stay as Toyota as possible, with help from builder ‪@FrankensteinMotorworks‬ ! We had a great time taking a walk around the MR2 build, check it out and LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK below in the comments!
00:52 - 6 Point Custom Roll Cage
01:12 - Ballast
01:50 - Engine Bay
03:20 - Konig Hypergrams
04:40 - Exhaust system
05:11 - Suspension
06:26 - Interior
07:02 - ECU
Featuring Parts from: ‪@VibrantPerformanceTV‬ , ‪@FortuneAutoUSA‬ , ‪@valvoline‬ , ‪@advanceautoparts‬ , ‪@haltech‬

[@hamsterbrigade]

I feel this came out way ahead of the G&G videos in terms of build timeline.

[@imJGott]

i just finished watching todays video and then i see this randomly on youtube. but yeah, youre right

[@ramonbriones4487]

Talk about a spoiler lol

[@jacqson]

​@@imJGottsame here 😂

[@vizualmrs]

Nah g&g just slow with the uploading.

[@toxicmasculinity7870]

@@vizualmrsWho knows how much of the process they’ve filmed in advance the time they actually upload. So yeah, this video is a massive spoiler.

[@seethruhead7119]

Just watched a video on the gears and gasoline channel where this car was still without livery and running on temporary wheels! surprised to see this video came out a week ago and the car is done!

[@derbauer902]

Same

[@ChuckNB2]

@@derbauer902 Same here

[@jaysonenglish6137]

same I know these videos can sometimes be months behind due to various things. didn't expect to see the livery and stuff outside of Gears.

[@alexderkach_]

+1

[@khalidhall]

Brooo, same! Way to spoil the build

[@asdowo111]

G&G fans that randomly find this video: *I have the power to look into the future.*

[@MiguelGarcia-cq3il]

spoilers haha. now we know how it turned out

[@turtledovew2150]

Lana’s bucket seat is my favorite detail🤣

[@blairo15]

Geez. Time to smash out some videos to catch us up Ben.

[@glampie155]

Nice to be caught up for once

[@MatthewMaulwurf]

Thumbnail spoiled thr livery 😭

[@deividasradziunas3696]

And wheels

[@ghezinho9049]

It wasn't exactly a secret, G&G posted it on their Instagram two weeks ago lol

[@kpraz]

makes me love my mrs more

[@enemyspotted2467]

Hey! That's me at the end talking with the Bens!

[@blu73]

SPOILERS! 😂

[@sniperkaboom4799]

Love the G&G crossover

[@_bermuda]

So much yes. 👏

[@ghost21501]

The car looks so much better with the livery.

[@cwhitley.sawlabs]

I prefer the livery over the white widebody and faded red paint.

[@mofomoco]

Ben rocks. You and lil ben give me hope that I too will be able to live out my racer dreams someday.. I mean, if you 2 can do it, anyone should be able to do it too lol. Keep on keepin on Big Ben

[@johnsnake3467]

Leaked 😂

[@MahesaArdhi]

Great engine combination

[@BjornFSE]

lovely

[@skierAZdude]

17 4x100 club 🤠 nice!

[@areoff-road8286]

Yes, we want Konig Hypergrams with lower offset.

[@konigwheels]

working on it!

[@areoff-road8286]

@@konigwheels nice!! And with perfect CB of 66.6 for mercedes 😁

[@okcorgi907]

Ayeee they went with the same wheels I got for my MR2

[@christopherc7075]

I got to see this in-person and i didn't realize what it was! Look closely at the livery too :)

[@lsccarvideos]

Just got a set of Dekagrams for my MR2, but the Hypergrams look great too. Love me some Konig wheels.

[@konigwheels]

Appreciate you!

[@TRCKmusic]

Yooo G&G spoiler lol

[@liveyourdreamsgarage7490]

Wasn't he working on the car with one of his friends in their latest video? Intresting

[@flame.8308]

yeah im sure this upcoming sat will be the new updated version the new vid is outdated

[@RHDsucks]

just spoiled G&G recent video without livery and wheels. LOL bet they arent too happy.

[@SmeltedPorkchop]

They just put on the MST wheels in their build video, glad to see they went with Konigs for track days though

[@stevenbitecofer6831]

Nice to see a well done MR2 Spyder race car. Also glad to see it still sporting a Toyota engine.

[@vizualmrs]

mr-s

[@_Bonez12]

@@vizualmrs MR-S is Japanese only. MR2 Spyder in the U.S.

[@stevenbitecofer6831]

@@_Bonez12 Australia might be MR-S too. Europe is MR2 Roadster. Not sure what South Africa calls them. Anyway, they are all the same thing.

[@stevenbitecofer6831]

@@vizualmrs US car so officially Spyder here but yeah they are all the same except in some places the steering wheel is on a different side.

[@izzy031096]

NZ is Mr-S as well

[@jos1515]

Thanks for spoiling KONIG! its ok G&G ill still watch 😂

[@seethruhead7119]

12.5 lbs per HP is ridiculously high. you'd have to add almost 600lbs of ballast to a 370z lol

[@AjJabaay]

Most higher WHP cars are defined and taking power away, usually with drive by wire throttle bodies

[@millll111lllI]

This has to be one of the heaviest MR2 Spyders in the world lol. 230x12.5=2875

[@edomoralessilva5511]

​@@millll111lllI probably closer to 200hp / 2500lbs when you add to the stock weight, the weight of the engine, roll cage and such.. probably are closer to 2200-2400 lbs

[@millll111lllI]

@@edomoralessilva5511 You didn't watch the video

[@MrGuyBroDude]

Man G&G are way behind on their own videos. The one I watched this morning just had the temp wheels mounted and still 2 different colors and no livery.

[@ramonbriones4487]

Issa series

[@az_3kgt714]

That widebody mr-s needs a big Ole Wang

[@rickybarlow5918]

G&G only just done testing 🤷🏼‍♂️ they just posted 2wks before their first race apparently 🤣

[@TheEddieguerrero06]

free insider content lmao

[@kevinjiszler]

Damn, the livery got spoiled!

[@cyni_mgs1959]

damn i got spoilert hard

[@KLow49]

G&G needs to be dropping more videos now if I’m seeing theirs cars updated on other ppls channel already.

[@glampie155]

Yo deadass fact.

[@vizualmrs]

You are right my guess is G&G are just slow with editing and uploading

[@kelvinjones5831]

Now had me shocked cause I watched the G&G episode so I like , huh ??? Car done and men ain't post that video but someone else posted it, idk. It's G&G anyway

[@chasemoore1281]

I just watched their latest video seems they aren't showing us everything 😅

[@dolan-duk]

So glad he got rid of the hideous Chinesium rims. These Konigs look like the same one that Sammit has on one of his cars.

[@Dreded100]

Should have waited until they had their build videos caught up to this point. Feels like major spoilers.

[@N911GT2]

Funny how the roll cage 'disappears' in the onboard shots...

[@yongling9825]

If it's 0:17 you're talking about, this is before the car was caged.

[@N911GT2]

@@yongling9825 I know, but it's just stupid to use B-roll when it's not accurate.

[@cornercarver636]

ZZW30>>>

[@arphmd]

Damn, spoiler alert🗿

[@vizualmrs]

TOYOTA MR-S

[@arlenburgin2392]

0-60?

[@nateinocentes10]

Wait it has paint??????

[@justinturner4850]

Spoiler alert!! 🚨 😂

[@tyson8254]

talk about a spoiler lmao

[@frosts1956]

welp this video is a spoiler lol

[@zerohikari2685]

Sucks at this same event he blew the motor up again

[@izzy031096]

Honestly how

[@zerohikari2685]

@@izzy031096 He blew it up on the last lap of the first race. I dunno exactly what went wrong but the 2AR is just not a reliable engine for racing. Both him and Mark blew up thier 2AR MRS this year.

[@Mesder13]

@@zerohikari2685 From what I heard it was an axle that failed on Ben's. And Marc's engine had been endurance raced for years and only failed because someone money shifted it up to like 9k, and even then it still did another 9 hours or so.

[@zerohikari2685]

@@Mesder13 1.) Car was smoking, breaking an axle doesn't cause your car to smoke. 2.) You can literally walk into Advanced and pick up a new Scion TC axle so if it was an axle, why didn't he race in any of the other 3 races. 3.) Marks engine "breaking cause of the money shift" is BS. It broke because it's internals are weak cause it's an economy motor. Also stop believing anything Mark says. The guy is literally trying to sell people his parts for 2AR swaps. He is a salesmen and this entire G&G colab was marketing for his parts. He's never going to say anything is wrong with a 2AR because his buisness revolves around it.

[@Mesder13]

@@zerohikari2685 for one, they aren't off the shelf axles, it's scion TC on the inside, MR2 on the outside, some other Toyota in the middle, and you have to build them yourself. I'm guessing he didn't bring spares. I'll wait for the G&G video for a better explanation. As for your other points, I don't know what the 2ar ever did to you, but you're free to your own opinions : )

[@adieselcotton]

Uhhh

[@hongkong322]

wtf. spoilers?

[@ryanbrown918]

What a Spoiler... 😅

[@eddy4905]

Spoiled the build 😅

[@SolomanVandy]

Damn bro spoiler warning