This V8-Swapped MR2 is Ridiculous—But it Runs. Just because you CAN do an engine swap, doesn't necessarily mean that you should. By Chris Constantine. Updated May 22, 2017 12:51 PM EDT 0.

Take this guy, for instance, whose Toyota MR2 is about be significantly muscled up, with the help from an older 2004 Audi, whose 4.2-liter V8 lump is getting ready to pump new blood into its pipes.

The MR2 is 10.5-inches (26.6cm) longer than when it was brand new and originally made around 160-horsepower (119 kW). The Audi Allroad V8 he swapped in makes 340-horsepower (253 kW) from the factory.

This 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder, with a 2ZZ turbo engine swap and 167,000 chassis miles, is a street/track-ready convertible with ...

Like swapping it with a V8. Yep, if you’re a maniac, there’s enough room back there to fit a vee eight. Woodsport’s Paul Wood built such a monster, fitting an MR2 Mk1 with an Audi 4.2-liter ...

The MC8-R was a heavily modified MR2 with a twin-turbo 4.0 liter V8 under the hood. It had 600 horsepower and looked the part, but in 1995 and 1996 it was up against some of the toughest ...

A Sleeper MR2 Spyder Hiding A GT-S 2ZZ-GE Toyota offered just one engine option for the third-generation MR2 : a 1.8-liter 1ZZ-FE inline-four producing 138 horses.

The newly revealed G20E turbo four-cylinder gas engine would probably power the mid-engine MR2 and the Celica 4WD, with reports suggesting over 400 hp for road-going applications and some 600 hp ...

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