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...I thought the Sierra 4x4 3ltr V6 12v pulled very well, grunt & grip but doesn?t like to rev too much, just drive it on the torque, plant it, get the power down very early & safely out off a corner, a grown-up car. I?ve driven a few 24v 3ltrs and have been generally disappointed with their low speed pickup, having to rev them hard to get any performance, which to me seemed pointless having a large capacity engine, but Paul I think you have provided utopia, a 24v 3ltr which pulls like a train ala 12v but revs like a very good 2ltr 16v.

That torque curve looks sooo good on a dyno chart, area under the curve is what matters and all that but difficult to believe until experienced, superb throttle response and yet revs so freely, the best of both worlds, a rare combination, modern complicated, expensive vvti?s try to achieve the same. 

I can understand your frustration in trying to persuade people with 3sge?s and 3sgte?s who naturally think it?s an exaggeration, how can you accurately describe THAT sound, how can a sports exhaust be so quiet at tick-over and at constant throttle on the motorway, without a trace of resonance and coarseness and yet produce such fantastic MUSIC on acceleration, it makes the car feel so refined, expensive yet so very exciting, M3 drivers might get similar but soooo much more expensive. Apparently this engine in the nineties was voted one of the best 10 in the world and yet people without experience of them seem to under rate them.
When I knew that the heads were designed by Yamaha I though revvy but gutless, but this is the ?F? ?economy? version (i.e plenty of scope for relatively cheap productive conventional tuning ? what?s that nowadays? ? it means 20 real bhp simple exhaust system, 25 real bhp straight forward head port & polish, simple adjustment of AFM tuning, I?ve done similar with the relatively old tech Sierra and I know it works well) rather than the ?G? performance design (ala 3sge high specific output but not much low end torque and not much power left to extract, spend a lot of money but Toyota have done most of it already, how frustrating and uninteresting, no productive big valves, gas flow & polish here).


How nice and enjoyable is it to be able to have the benefits of modern reliable efficient electronic ignition & fuel injection systems etc and yet this generation of engines still allows the ability to interrogate/diagnose/adjust/experiment/improve the engine using relatively simple inexpensive equipment. People get too wrapped up in all alloy blocks, theoretical benefits, hi-tech for the sake of it (but will not allow you simple access anymore, ever again), thinking that must be better but if ever the ?proofs in the eating? then this is Paul, the classic and underrated example, Its must be difficult to sell the genuine qualities of the V6 against the glamour, glitz, sound and after market support for the Turbos although the V6 is getting the attention of more people, even long term turbo owners judging by the comments on the club sites, buy up all the Camrys you?ve got the space for Paul while the prices are low!
I think you are absolutely right in your approach of creating a demonstrator car which when tried would convince most people at an affordable price. Its getting them up there, speaking for myself it was 3 x 360 miles worth it. Your belief, and ability to do it via your own business, an enthusiast who can also deliver the goods, I join the happy band who sing your deserved praises, it took me a fair bit of commitment and heart searching(about 5 mins after the demo drive) to put ?3000 into my wifes (official owner) 16 year old car which will be changed forever but glad I did.


I used 6 gallons over 180 miles at a steady 75 (followed your instructions) and my wife was following in the Sierra which used 7.5 gallons which I would have been fairly happy to match
I kept myself honest and my insurance company quoted me ?120 extra, ?V6 MR2-engine replacement! there must be other enthusiasts as underwriters.


I?ll keep you posted of progress Paul for reference to future conversions, I?m feeling quite proud of being the first MR2V6 conversion in the world with air con and the UK 6xV6, doesn?t sound a very exciting distinction but what an engine!.
Thanks again ...

 

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Last week-end I collected my car from Woodsport.  Like everybody says, Paul does a great job.  I think anyone would find it very difficult to find a better company to take on similar work with the same passion and knowledge.  I would have no hesitation in recommending

The reason why I chose Woodsport is that I came across a website where someone had a MR2 converted to a V6 and tracked it down to Woodsport who had done the conversion.  I had a few chats with Paul on the phone and found him very helpful and knowledgeable and he didn’t give me the impression that he was just doing the job to make money.    About a year ago, I was at a motorbike event in Darlington so I arranged with Paul to go and talk to him at his workshop so that I could confirm for myself that my gut reaction was correct that he was a professional and it wasn’t a Mickey Mouse outfit.  I first met Anth who made me welcome, was very helpful and showed me some of the projects they were doing at the time.  Paul arrived a little later and I spoke to him about the conversion that I would like to be done to my car and I could tell that he had lot of knowledge ( I used to go to a friend’s garage who specialized in Gilberns and helped him on some jobs) and was also very passionate about his work and plans for future projects. 

I arranged with Paul to have the Camry V6 fitted and spoke to him about extras such as supercharge. He said that he would try and find a low mileage car for me and as time went by he told me that there was a good deal on the 2GRs in USA so I let Paul sort it all out.  I gave him a free hand to do what he wanted to do on my conversion but when he came across a problem he would always discuss it with me first before going ahead with the work.  I felt that he went out of his way to keep me informed of the progress of work on the car and he did lots of finishing touches which I think I would have been very unlikely to get elsewhere.  I appreciate this as I know that sometimes people do not realise the time involved to obtain perfection and that is what you get at Woodsport.

Now to the car - Paul checked everything with me and explained all the work that he had done.  The first thing I did was stall the engine as I was not used to the competition clutch.  The car runs sweet and smooth and it feels like an automatic as there is no need to change gears because there is so much power and torque.  It is also very economical.  I did over 280 miles and I still had at least a quarter of a tank of petrol remaining in the car.  I was well impressed.  I am still getting used to the power of the brute - it goes like a scalded cat.

 

Owen