Re: Toyota V8; was Re: Re: 1998 Dakota R/T

From: cvidos@io.com
Date: Thu Oct 09 1997 - 13:35:32 EDT


> There was a lot of press at the time about Toyota's great 190HP
> V6, and what a marvel of engineering and efficiency it was. Well,
> from what I could gather, it was pretty much straight out of the now
> defunct 300ZX line. The torque curve was mighty peaky, and all up
> in the upper RPM range. Basically, it was a detuned sports car
> engine.
>

Only one problem with this. The V6 out of the 300ZX was a NISSAN
engine, not a Toyota. In any event, I get your point. Nothing like
the TORQUE of a nice V8!



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