Hi John, good to have you along, even as a failed lurker
The LB 2GR option was originally meant to cater for places like Oz or the US, where Alfa motors are harder to come by, but it's becoming a more popular choice here in the UK now as well. There are only a couple of quite rare Toyotas here that use the motor, but of course we do have Lotus who use it in almost all their cars now, so it is possible to find one if you're lucky. I've got one in my car (still in build) but Dave Evens (STR_Strat on here) has had his on the road about 18 months now and reports that it's fantastic - says he wouldn't go back to Alfa now.
Your 2GR-in-an-MR2 will be using the 5 speed E153 box, I assume (I think that's the one?), but the way it seems to be going in LB-land now is to use the EA60 6-speed with the Lotus adapter pack. If it's OK for an Exige or Evora...apparently it's a nicer gearchange too.
Right now, though, if you wanted an LB, your only option would be to buy an existing car, as they've stopped taking orders for now to try and get the waiting list down to a manageable size! So if you've got the readies, have patience and keep an eye out - cars do come up for sale, but I don't know how you'd go about importing one if it was from over here. Meanwhile, feel free to ask questions on here!
Cheers!
Norm
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