The second-gen (W20) generation of the Toyota MR2 has found its place in the history books thanks to just how customizable it really is. It was never a slouch on its own, with models like the Japanese-market GT-S being good for 218 horsepower and the US-market MR2 Turbo delivering a cool 200 horsepower (and a glorious five-speed manual transmission, by the way). With some minor upgrades, the stock engine can handle delivering around 300 ponies without fail, but if you go all in, a second-gen MR2 can be good for impressive amounts of power. The car you see here, however, if you haven’t noticed, goes far beyond any of the modified MR2s we’ve ever seen.

This Toyota MR2 Is Extra Long and Has Audi Power

While 400-horsepower Toyota MR2s don’t exactly fall on the far side of rarity, this one certainly does. And, part of that is because it derives its 400 horsepower from a 4.2-liter Audi V-8 that originally came from an Audi Allroad. Of course, a stock Audi V-8 just wasn’t good enough, so its owner, Matt Sweatty, threw in a supercharger for good measure. Of course, an Audi V-8 is much larger than the MR2’s natural inline-four, and that’s why this car looks a little, well, weird.

Sweatty had to stretch the MR2’s wheelbase by 260 mm (10.23-inches) just to cram that Audi V-8 longitudinally into a car that was never designed for something so large. Oddly enough, the engine transmits power to the wheels via a three-speed automatic transmission from none other than an Audi 5000.

As of now, you can consider this car, which goes by the name ‘Typhoon,’ as finished, but this is a project car through and through, so it will most certainly be subject to various tweaks as time goes on. Not that Sweatty hasn’t sunk enough time into it already. Such a labor-intensive conversion took four years to complete. A lot of that time when to the little, finer details, like the new intakes behind the rear quarter windows and the two active panels on the rear deck that open to help keep the engine cool. There are even electric folding mirrors and puddle light projectors.

There were other little upgrades too. The original pop-up headlights remain (thankfully), but the old halogen lights have been trashed for a modern set of LEDs. The interior benefited from a new set of electrically adjustable bucket seats, a new infotainment system, a backup camera, and other little enhancements that bring this odd MR2 straight into the future.

I’m still not sure if I can get past just how weird this thing looks being as long as it is, but it’s certainly a cool car, and one of the most outrageous MR2 builds I’ve ever seen. If you’re curious to see just how this thing came to life, you should check out Sweatty’s YouTube channel to see some of the build update videos!