any 2.0l 16v engine in a sub 1ton car will be pretty nippy
the n/a mr2's do actually have a bit of poke!...have got a n/a Automatic in at the moment to strip as its a cat b. still drives though, was good fun to say the least!
anyway back on topic,
reading thru the whole topic again it looks like the tubby is the only thing that hasnt been tried, so just to elimiate it i think it should b tried