Ian's 303 whp 2ZZ swapped turbo MR2 Spyder!

Ian's 303 whp 2ZZ swapped turbo MR2 Spyder!:
Today we take a look at Ian Johnson's 2ZZGE swapped and turbo-ed MR2 Spyder making a whopping 303 whp in a 2100lb car!
He has future plans to build the motor to make upwards of 400 whp.
Follow his build on instagram: auto_loofah
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[@yaboykris2118]

Swapping a 2zz in my 03 Corolla soon. I have a feeling N/A won’t last me too long lmao.

[@buckeye196899]

anyone else notice the sonic boom at 7:04?

[@buckeye196899]

was super impressed with it

[@MitchDore]

Great video man!

[@calebmac_cars]

Thanks! I really appreciate it!

[@OLSKOOLKINGZ]

That car pulling hard

[@jeffreymoore4132]

One of the things to keep in mind with going to a wider tire, it doesn't necessarily made your contact patch bigger, as much as it changes the shape of it. You need to increase the tire diameter and width to get an overall larger contact patch.

[@frankthatank4818]

great video and nice build! You should do a follow up once it's all dialed in

[@buckeye196899]

He has since decided to go K20 route and has completely started over.

[@natpaine8336]

What exhaust system is that? Sounds amazing. I have a feeling I won't be able to create one like that for UK legalities but I'd love to know ? Cheers

[@ianjohnson4170]

Its basically a straight pipe out of turbo in this video. I built a custom exhaust cutout setup later on. You can see all of it on my instagram @auto_loofah

[@mr2spyderchronicles287]

Wow thats brisk. Having kinda of the same issue. If i go full bananas from 1st to 2nd i cant get into 2nd. I can rev it to like 5k and shift fine, only if i get high into lift zone that i get the issue. Not too worried as i dont do standing pulls

[@unnecessaryworkouts3649]

Get an updated oil pump, it will help loads

[@descent8275]

what has an oilpump to do with your transmission 😅

[@TheGamingGeek01]

What is your mod list? I want my MR2 to have an identical setup! I LOVE ITT!

[@ianjohnson4170]

I have a post with a full list of the mods on my instagram @auto_loofah It was for sale but is now gone as i work on my new mr2s turbo k20a2 build

[@TheGamingGeek01]

@@ianjohnson4170 Thats a sick build 🤪

[@cxbra]

Bad asss

[@passion4wheelsbymf683]

Wow! this MR2 is crazy. What has been done regarding the suspension set-up?

[@calebmac_cars]

I'll ask what brand, but I know he has coilovers

[@passion4wheelsbymf683]

@@calebmac_cars thank you!

[@ianjohnson4170]

Surprisingly only suspension on this car at this point was full BattleVersion arms, new bushings all around, and oem struts/shocks.

[@passion4wheelsbymf683]

@@ianjohnson4170 very interesting! it's the same thing that I would like to do to mine! thanks again

[@LeviHeizer]

Let me know if you can figure out how to get the EMS4 to warm start properly. For me the startup timer jumps to 32 seconds so my warm start stuff is completely skipped.

[@calebmac_cars]

I'll ask him and get back with you

[@weliftnation2418]

What's the piston compression?

[@cedrickvarfalvy5179]

Awesome wondering if it still lift tho😅

[@dragon7thg]

Let me know how you fix the overboost or creeping boost.. what kit you got.. i have tkc and boosting like 13.5 psi dont know what to do to fix the boost issues

[@ianjohnson4170]

Hey, yea the boost creep issue was i believe a mix of things including turbo manifold design, wastegate, and or turbo exhaust side. It randomly got 10 times worse and instead of fixing it i happened to have already made plans to build an engine and upgrade everything. So now im putting in a built k20a2 with a gtx3076 gen 2 turbo and plans for making 400low 600+high whp 😇

[@G83tv]

What ecu management are you using?

[@ianjohnson4170]

It was AEM EMS4. Im swapping to Hondata now with the new build

[@machanicalgu]

It’s good, but not as good as a v8 lol

[@NoKzBruh]

Sound wise yeah, but these cars weigh 2,000lbs.. 300+ hp is more than enough to whoop a v8

[@DildosForChristmas]

In what way is it not as good as a V8 😂

[@gregorp8406]

@@DildosForChristmas it doesn't have pushrod valvetrain 😂😂😂😂

[@machanicalgu]

@Oscar Wilde me and him are friends dude. I was just teasing

[@buckeye196899]

@@machanicalgu Its all Good, .