Car engine?

legitimate question? I’ve read in this forum from a couple of members that the Tacoma has a car engine. Why? What does that mean?

 

Actually, the Tacoma (the V6 anyways) engine comes from their mini-van/SUV lineup.

 

Then the ram 1500 v6 also has a car engine

 

Toyota made an engine and put it a lot of cars. It’s financially smarter that way.
Same thing with Nissan and the vq35 engine. They put that engine in the maxima, Altima, minivan Nissan Quest, suv pathfinder, truck frontier.

 

The 2GR-FE has been in use for almost 20 years in various Toyota/Lexus cars/suvs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_GR_engine

 

Well, a 2x4 is a car.

 

or a piece of wood

 

It's a camry engine.

Older Toyotas had completely different V6's for trucks vs cars. Like 3.4L 5VZ-FE in Tacoma vs 3MZ 3.3L in the camry. Truck engines should have more lower end torque, not high end horsepower like a race car. Just my opinion.

 

Truth.

 

I’m not sure there is a difference between a truck engine and a car engine unless we are talking about heavy duty trucks. I don’t understand why people are hung up on this. Buy a semi tractor if you want a “truck” engine.

 

The VQ35 has never been in the Frontier.

 

True. It was a vq family thought.

 

Seems like the only people saying that, and the only people who give a shit, are mouth breathers who often look a little like this...

 

actually its a piece of lumber, a tree limb is a piece of wood. That just reminded me of my dad who would get a bent when you called lumber wood lol

 

LOL - Toyota surely gives a shit about it or else the 2GR-FKS would be used in every modern petrol powered Hilux, Land Cruiser and other Toyota flagship of 4x4 offroad reliability around the world. Strangely, Toyota has opted to keep the 1GR in those vehicles...

Just stirring the pot here folks. Not trying to poke anyone in the eye

OP - the 3.5L 2GR-FE/FKS is a great motor and will serve you well. There is truth behind the fact it was primarily designed as a car/van/crossover motor whereas the 1GR was designed to replace the 3.4L 5VZ and has similar torque delivery to that motor.

At the end of the day it doesn't make much of a difference and Toyota is just trying to get better gas mileage for the current Taco. It's just as reliable as the 1GR motor and performs quite well in a truck application

 

Truck engines historically had lower revving or higher torque if not engine than cam profiles in trucks.
An example being the FE family Fords (no 428 in trucks, few 390s even) or the 3RZ Toyota not used in cars with a under 3.0L

Putting higher revving engine places power peaks below cruising speeds. increases mileage but a heavier vehicle has a harder time speeding up.
More gears makes this moot unless you just don't like wringing an engine's neck.

 

Where is the unlike button?

 

That's the best compliment I can get

So yeah, you shouldn't care what people say. 2x4, car engine, If you like your truck, it's all that matters. After that, well old white dude (lets be real, that 95% of Tacoma owners) don't like change much.

 

I Just want to know is why we have the lowest HP in all the models they put it in ?

Applications (calendar years):

The 2GR-FKS is a 3.5 litres (3,456 cc), 24-valve DOHC (with VVT-iW and VVT-i) V6 engine that combines the D-4S system from the 2GR-FSE with the simulated on-demand Atkinson cycle

• 2016–present Toyota Tacoma (GRN305/310/325/330)[15] 278 hp (207 kW; 282 PS)
• 2015–2020 Lexus GS 350 (GRL12/16)[16] 311 hp (315 PS; 232 kW)
• 2015–present Lexus RX 350 (GGL20/25)[17] 295 hp (220 kW; 299 PS)
• 2017–present Lexus LS 350 (GSF50) 318 hp (237 kW; 322 PS) (China)
• 2017–2019 Toyota Highlander (GSU50/55) 295 hp (220 kW; 299 PS)
• 2017–2020 Toyota Sienna (GSL30/33/35) 296 hp (221 kW; 300 PS)
• 2017-present Toyota Camry (GSV70) 301 hp (224 kW; 305 PS)
• 2018-present Toyota Alphard (GGH30) 296 hp (221 kW; 300 PS)
• 2018-present Toyota Avalon (GSX50) 301 hp (224 kW; 305 PS)
• 2018–present Lexus IS 350 (XE30) 311 hp (232 kW; 315 PS)
• 2018-present Lexus ES 350 (XZ10) 302 hp (225 kW; 306 PS)
• 2018-present Lexus RC 350 311 hp (232 kW; 315 PS)
• 2019–present Toyota Highlander (GSU70/75) 295 hp (220 kW; 299 PS)
• 2020–present Lexus LM 350[18]