Toyota

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Members of Toymods and other associated Toyota car clubs held the Toyotafest car show over the October long weekend and I went down to have a look. It was held at the Home Hub Hills shopping centre and the centre itself gave the event plenty of support, which is not surprising as the event attracted over 100 entrants and many times that in spectators. Dav Hoban, one of the main organisers fo the event, said the shopping centre provided $25000 worth of support in terms of promotional material, space and organisational assistance. More over the fold with complete coverage in a forthcoming issue of the magazine.

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Jamboree 20 is only a matter of days away and the Kiwi drag racers were yesterday making the most of the Queensland sunshine with some testing in the lead-up to the weekend. Get all the details over the fold.

One of my favourite cars we've featured over the last year is the twin-turbo 1MZ-powered SW20 MR2 owned and built by Tristan Hewitt from WTFAuto published in Zoom 137. I like the use of the 'Camry' V6 engine conversion as a big single-finger salute to the purists.

Specifications of the build are as follows:

ENGINE

Toyota 1MZ-FE 3.0L, stock forged steel crank & rods cryogenically treated, CP pistons with custom file-to-fit CP rings, ARP rod bolts, ARP main studs, stock Toyota oil pump, 1MZ-FE heads & ARP head studs, blended valve seats & radiused ports, blended combustion chambers, stock 1MZ-FE exhaust cams, 2MZ-FE intake cams, Performance Springs valve springs, WTF Auto Proprietary twin-turbo sequential system using Garrett GT2554 0.63 A/R small turbo (290hp rating), Turbosmart 48mm external wastegate as primary & Garrett GT4294 0.91 A/R large turbo (850hp rating), Turbosmart 50mm external wastegate as secondary. Custom WTF Auto stainless exhaust manifold with ceramic coating, generic 100mm thick intercooler mounted in boot with twin thermo fans, custom aluminium intake manifold, custom aluminium surge tank with Bosch 044 fuel pump, modified 1MZ-FE fuel rails, Sard 680cc injectors & HKS fuel pressure regulator, Haltech E6X with GM ignition coils, WTF Auto 3” dump to single 3” exhaust system with single Magnaflow muffler

DRIVETRAIN

Stock MR2 case with Group A GT-4 Celica close ratio gearset & TRD mechanical LSD, OS Giken twin plate clutch & OS Giken chrome moly flywheel

BRAKES

Front: Nissan R33 GTS-t calipers & GT-R V-Spec rotors

Rear: Front rotors from a Mazda RX8 sport & standard calipers

SUSPENSION

Front: D2 coilovers & Custom WTF Auto top hats

Rear: D2 coilovers

WHEELS AND TYRES

Front: 18x7.5in ANZ rims, Bridgestone RE55 tyres

Rear: 18x8.5in ANZ rims, 245 Bridgestone RE55 tyres

Above pics by Rick McDowell, over the fold is a video of the MR2 letting rip at Motorvation 23 and a rear shot from WTFAuto's Facebook.