This flame throwing Toyota MR2 uses a Chinook helicopter turbine as a supercharger

The Toyota MR2 is a perfect platform for modifications. But going above and beyond in true Fast and Furious fashion, this man used a Chinook helicopter turbine as a supercharger to create a flame-throwing beast.

When it comes to JDMs, Toyota has mastered the art of offering up the canvas for engineers to perform on.

So much so that one jet engine mechanic has been able to warp his car into a literal helicopter-rocketship hybrid.

Despite the Toyota MR2 already being modified in nearly every way imaginable, Dustin Brice has taken inspiration from a Pontiac Firebird movie star and created one of the coolest sports cars imaginable.

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This jet engine hobbyist made his Toyota MR2 breathe fire

Not much has happened in the JDM market that hasn’t been added to a Toyota MR2 in the past, as this incredible blueprint has resulted in some spectacular cars.

Some people have even made flames shoot out of its engine.

But never like this.

Showcased on Instagram, Dustin Brice combined an auxiliary power unit from a Chinhook helicopter with his custom 3.5-liter 2GR-FE V6 engine and mounted a seven-gallon tank in its frunk to fill with jet fuel.

Here, the jet engine served as a supercharger, blasting air through the powertrain in a similar fashion that Vin Diesel thrusts nitrous into his American muscle cars.

The engineer uses an intercooler to stop it from overheating at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, but that doesn’t stop flames from shooting out.

The turbine is just the tip of the iceberg, too, as the interior is decked out with a neon dashboard that wouldn’t look out of place in the cockpit of a fighter jet.

How Fast and Furious inspired this rocket-powered JDM

This wild invention was actually birthed out of a brainwave whilst watching Fast and Furious, presumably F9 when the Pontiac Firebird sported a turbine on its roof.

“My hobby is jet engines,” he told The Drive.

“I was sitting in the garage one day, and there was a Fast and Furious movie with a car that’s kind of doing the same thing. It has a small jet engine in the back, and it’s providing electrical power to a device they have on the car. And I was like, ‘Man, that’s super cool.’

“I got to thinking, and I’m like, ‘Well, I’ve always wanted to put a turbine in a car. So, let me use air power from the turbine to supercharge a piston motor.’ That’s how that idea came to be.”

It’s certainly not the first time that people have modified vehicles to flame like something out of Ghost Rider, and it won’t be the last.

But it might be one of the most impressive creations born out of a simple hobby.

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