The Lotus supercharger is obviously the first thing you clock in the engine bay of Turnbull’s MR2 ... who swap supercharged Pontiac V-6s into their Fiero GTs. With the previous Camry, Toyota ...

Toyota offered just one engine option for the third ... which makes for a solid improvement over the MR2's factory numbers. However, the real draw for this swap comes from the engine's potential.

With just under sixteen-hundred cubic centimetres of engine capacity, four cylinders and modest horsepower, the original Toyota MR2 looked, at best, like a tepid attempt at a sports car.