Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is the tale of a mad doctor who put together and animated a rather tortured soul from bits and pieces plucked from a graveyard. The creature from that story has much in common with the GT86 put together by the equally insane folks at Carson Performance. With the clean and purposeful lines of a standard Toyota GT86 combined with a Lexus part here, Ford piece there, and some BMW thrown in for good measure, they've truly created a monster. Let's see how they did it.
3 The Concept
It all starts with Toyota's award-winning but severely underpowered GT86. The 86, and her Subaru counterpart the BRZ, have been on the market for a few years now combining classic sports car looks on a lightweight rear-wheel drive platform. She's an engaging driver with the practicality and reliability you'd expect from a Toyota product. But Carson Performance wasn't satisfied adorning her with a tasteful body kit and some ultra-trick mods under the skin.
2 Under The Hood
Out went the Subaru-designed 2.0 liter flat-4 motor and in goes a Lexus sourced 4.0 liter 1UZ-FE V-8. Sitting atop the cylinder heads is a Ford Shelby GT500 supercharger with MoTeC M150 ECU, methanol injection, and a custom titanium exhaust system. With 14.5 lbs. of boost she generates roughly 450 hp with a flat and wide torque band. In keeping with the Frankenstein theme, power is then transmitted through a BMW 6-speed manual transmission, custom driveshaft, and a KAAZ limited-slip differential with 3.60 gears.
1 The Finished Product
The finished product is a sight to behold hardly looking monstrous at all until it's fired up. There are visible signs of the carbon fiber body kit with the sewer pipe sized exhaust dominating the lower rear valence. It all comes together very clean. She's clearly a GT86 that means business. Buckle up.
Source: Engine Swap Depot and Carson Performance