Engine Debate!

[Chilli Girl]

Today at work, one of my staff said that the Roadster in the early days had a different engine than later ones. I said that I thought they were always the 1.8 vvti. I'm sure I'm right. I know about the SMT but again, sure that was the same! Can anyone confirm I'm right or wrong please? 

[househead]

I do believe you're right. Maybe they were thinking about previous gen mr2, the mk1 or mk2?

[Chilli Girl]

No he definitely meant Roadster, apparently he was going to buy one when they first came out but the Totota salesman never rang him back so he thought sod it & brought a Boxter instead. Tut tut, he missed out.

[Petrus]

Today at work, one of my staff said that the Roadster in the early days had a different engine than later ones. I said that I thought they were always the 1.8 vvti.

The two books I have only list one and the same 1ZZ-FE engine for all of the SW30 run. Maybe a confusion stemming from the piston confusion?

[Chilli Girl]

I thought I was correct, after all I've been driving roadsters for over 13 years.

[Chriss]

There is only one engine in the our MR2s, He is wrong, all I can thin of is he heard about the revised oil ring or something.

[Chilli Girl]

Thank you all - he was so adamant, I was almost doubting myself!

[Ozzy]

Maybe he's talking about the TTE Turbo or thinks the import MRS with the fancier TRD bumpers has a different engine?

[Ardent]

Jane
The take away is.
Whatever he thinks. He is wrong. You are right.

I would say the onus is on him to prove his point.