MR2 SuperGT Roadster V6 - Mallory Park Onboard (260bhp Evora Engine)

www.roguesystems.co.uk - On a recent testday at Mallory Park I was kindly offered a few laps in the Rogue Motorsport MR2 Roadster with a 3456cc 2GRFE V6 engine taken from a Lexus ES350 (RX350 in UK) which is also the engine used in the Lotus Evora.
Power is around 260bhp, torque around 250lb/ft measured at the hubs. Map is fairly conservative as it was prepared for the Britcar 24hr race. The car weighs around 1,000kgs
I started off quite tentatively as the car felt quite twitchy compared to the Mk2 MR2 I had driven earlier but I soon settled into it and loved the sublime handling and balance of the Roadster chassis.
Video was capture on a Sony Xacti HD and then data (captured with Race-Technology DL1) was later overlayed in the DL1 Analysis Software.

[@denniswmloo6260]

For the session your tyres seem to hold well. Tough for us in hot humid weather here.

[@MaxxUK]

Dennis, thanks for watching. The tyres are Toyo R888s which are a road legal semi-slick. They hold up reasonably well in 25C for about 20 mins but push them really hard and they will go off sooner. Yoko A048s are a harder tyre (still road legal semi-slick) which seem to hold up much better. I can't remember the semi slick we used in the Middle-East on their V8 Supercar (2007-2008) but they didnt do too bad even in 35C and with V8 power.

[@Brixxlnator]

Great Video as always... I just miss the Video System from Race Technology :D

[@MaxxUK]

@Brixxlnator - Yes, me too. Like the increased res but not keen on the 6mm lens (makes things look too close/track too tight). Would love a HD version of the VIDEO4 though (Andy, if your watching :))

[@MaxxUK]

@ipecaquana - thanks, i'm sure with a few more laps I would have been totally comfortable with the car and could have eeked out some more time. As it was I never got a totally clear lap but my best theoretical (best 3 sectors) would have given me a 50 sec lap, which is pretty quick for Mallory. The Mk2 Championship cars lap record is 55 secs.

[@TheRiceguy78]

Nice run, what transmission are you using