Toyota 2GR FE, has been used by Lotus for at least 12yrs. Exige, Evora.. Has been marketed with up to 440hp in a Euro Spec tune. Much more is possible, limitation is gearbox I think. It will only allow so much torque.
Just did a little googling, seems some people have done up to 800hp... transmissions can be built as well!
Horsepower costs money, how much do you want??
850HP isn’t much use on UK back roads, or even a decent track, without significant downforce. I’ll take Lotus handling over ultimate HP
The supercharged 2GR is pretty maxxed out as it is from Lotus. You can squeeze out another 50-100 HP, but in my opinion, the juice isn't worth the squeeze. As @Timbo mentioned, the transmission would need to be built after ~500HP and you'll want to build the motor for 500+ as well. That money would be better spent dropped into something like an Audi RS3 or another readily available tuner car.. not an exotic that's already tuned to perfection for the circuit track... and actually reliable. Plus you'll lose resale value with a crazy 800hp Lotus build.
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Actually I kinda amend my comments.. it's clear this engine was used a lot in SIGNIFICANTLY larger cars like the Avalon and performance minded Camry's. Quite a few of the smaller Lexus SUV's as well. So this is clearly "big" engine in a littler car.To the original question - here are applications of the engine. Less used than I would have thought. Couple of minivans, some Corollas.. hehe. Couple of Lexus in specific markets. I was actually hoping it was the same engine used in the Tacoma (as I have one) because I thought it would be funny to have the same engine in two wildly different applications but they are clearly different versions of the V6.
Toyota GR engine - Wikipedia
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My understanding was that the Emira V6 has exactly the same supercharger installation as the Evora 410 and later Exiges. Have I got this wrong?This is 'the Lotus Tuning Specialist in Germany. Highly recommended.Komo-Tec - Lotus Tuning und Ersatzteile
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The Emira V6 comes with a 1750 supercharger. Die latest Exige and Evora have a 1900.
Maybe they have to do a little research before they will offer more power for the Emira V6 but for sure they will have some options soon.
Same with the AMG Version
Interesting - where did you find this out? I have't seen anything published by Lotus with the details of the engine spec. Wonder why they would use a lower capacity supercharger than the Evora. Perhaps something to do with emissions? Anyone else know anything about this?
www.emiraforum.com
Search = "specification" AND [titleonly] AND user=TomEOh believe me, I searched
But you are right of course.
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