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You could turbo any engine.  I used to frequent a first gen Lexus ES forum (these have the 1mzfe) and someone asked if you could add a turbo. And everyone was like “sure you can but it would be too expensive”.  And then some guy pops in and shows how he diy-ed it and didn’t cost an arm and a leg.
Lotus beat them to it by about 20 years >

Another commenter alluded to this but I just want to say it explicitly: Corolla and Camry engines can be pretty damn powerful depending on how they're tuned, aspirated, etc. In a "supercar" body (one that's handling-focused, lightweight, only two seats) they can haul ass. Lotus has been building their cars with Toyota engines for almost two decades.
This will probably be a disaster, but it's not necessarily because of the engine running it. >

Right! The lotus Evora runs on a bored and tuned 2gr-fe, which is a Camry engine!
Edit: more specifically, my Camry runs a lotus engine >

The 1MZ-FE in some older Camry's had a TRD designed supercharger option.
ETA: if only I could bolt it onto my Lexus...