Supercharged V6 Mr2

Brad Bedell was one of the first people I "met" on the Internet probably close to a decade ago. At the time, he had the fastest MR2 in the country, running in the bottom of the 11s. It was for sale, and I wanted to buy it! We traded numerous e-mails and gave the better part of a car payment to Ma Bell getting it all setup. I had the 300 mile road trip planned, the money lined up, and a truck, trailer and co-pilot ready to go... then I get the phone call... "Hey man, bad news. I took the car out for a farewell drive, and now it's got a funny noise coming from the bottom end."

DOH! Anyway, that worked out for the best for both of us. I unexpectedly moved to California for work shortly thereafter and really didn't need a high-strung hotrod to battle the 405 in, and the next month, his car was on the cover of Turbo magazine so he got almost twice the money he was asking for it, even hurt!

Anyway, a couple of years ago, he built another MR2 that I would have really liked to have called my own! This time however, he opted against the peaky "little engine, big turbo" combo and went straight for the flat-curved torque of a supercharged V6!!

Here are his build pictures.

Shortly after completing the car, he entered it in Sport Compact Car's Ultimate Street Car Challenge... and won! Here's his write-up on it. It is a gruelling test where cars compete head-to-head in braking, acceleration, handling, power, comfort, MPG and more!

Brad continues to build bad-ass cars, and you'll see more on here for sure. Keep up the good work Brad!