Toyota FT-86 Engine Bay Revealed, Two Manual Gearboxes Available

[AutoGuide.com]

More and more news and info on the Toyota FT-86 (Scion FR-S) continues to slip out ahead of its upcoming debut at the Tokyo Auto Show, and rather than spoil all the fun, it's continuing to build anticipation.

Along with new details revealed by Spanish car magazine Autopista (one of a select few outlets allowed to drive a prototype version of the car) there's also now the first underhood photo, showing the rather unglamorous engine bay and boxer 4-cylinder engine.

In addition, new tidbits of info include the fact that the FT-86 will be available with two different manual transmission options, one with shorter gear ratios and likely a mild improvement in acceleration. Perhaps more significantly is news of an easily tunable ECU, allowing the aftermarket to get to work immediately on making the FT-86 the choice of a new generation of auto enthusiasts.

More: Toyota FT-86 Engine Bay Revealed, Two Manual Gearboxes Available on Autoguide.com

[FR_S_Fan]

Only 2 more weeks to go until we finally get some official detailed information on the FR-S manual gearboxes and the boxer engine!
Still want to know what the FR-S engine code is going to be, too bad we can't make out what the numbers on top of the throttle body says.

Here are some more FR-S boxer engine pictures taken from this thread:

Official Scion FR-S picture megathread

[AE86]

The TAS will be a HUGE! show giving us the FR-S and the FT-86, but man i cannot wait for that to happen, but i am still interesting in what toyota will give scion to sell for us here in north america.