Beams owners ?

[brechen]

i'm the one that bought Chris his beams, and after about 7 months i finally got almost all the papers to get it on the road, worst months of my life, having that beauty on my driveway and not being able to drive it! god i hate belgium

[bill]

can someone shed some light onto what a beams is

[JohnnyC]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_3S-GE_engine

The fourth generation 3S-GE, also known as the BEAMS 3S-GE began production in 1997. The first version was equipped with VVT-i and produced 197 bhp (147 kW, 200 PS) @ 7000 rpm. It was available in a few models sold only in Japan - the MR2 G and G-Limited, the Celica ST202 SS-II and SS-III and the Caldina. BEAMS is an acronym which stands for Breakthrough Engine with Advanced Mechanism System.

http://www.beams-redtop.com/redhome.htm

[bill]

cheers pal, see quite a few threads mentioning them at the minute, and wondered what the crack was

[greeny]

I've got a BEAMS engine sat on a pallet at Rogue HQ - it's most likely going to be built up into a race car for the MR2 Super GT series next year.

Did you ever get the beams turbo engine running chap?

[Rogue]

Did you ever get the beams turbo engine running chap?

Yes - earlier this year in fact. After abandoning my road car project in favour of putting the money into racing I sold the turbo BEAMS engine as a complete package to a member on here. Originally intended to be used with a Radtec chargecooler we ended up re-using the new owners ST205 unit, and in lieu of the Berk exhaust which didn't arrive in time the car ended up being mapped with a standard exhaust fitted. IIRC it made 346bhp and 300lb/ft at the hubs at 1.5 bar , which was the limit of the map sensor installed. The peak figures are only really a small part of the story though as the VVTi improved the mid-range torque considerably.

Last time I spoke to the owner he was considering racing it in the MR2 Super GT series next year. Now that would be cool!

[Marf]

Was that with the GT28RS?

[Rogue]

Was that with the GT28RS?

Yes inded!

[Marf]

Nice, sounds like the ideal road going MR2 engine