2.7 - other uses?

Just curious, are there any other Toyota products sold here or overseas that use the 2.7 4 cyl?

 

T100 (very under-powered)

 

My Dad's 2006 Highlander has a 2.7 with dual VVT-i (I think)
Too bad we didn't get the dual VVT-i in our trucks.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_TR_engine

 

I think the venza had a similar motor, it had a fancy intake on it and dual vvt.

 

Hilux has a 2.7 petrol option I'm pretty sure.

 

Bus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Coaster

 

That was a different engine, which did NOT have VVT. VVT has an ENORMOUS impact in off-peak power/torque levels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RZ_engine#3RZ-FE

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_AR_engine

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_AR_engine

 

Tons of vehicles overseas use the 2TR. It's a pretty robust little 4 cylinder, some consider it a successor to the infamous 22RE (which still loves to blow head gaskets, but no one wants to talk about that)

 

Define "still"? An engine that is known for blowing head gaskets isn't going to stop blowing head gaskets as it ages. More likely it will accelerate, as those "lucky" ones will start seeing the edge.

Unless you are suggesting that the 2TR blows head gaskets... in which case you're out of your mind. Maybe the people who turbocharge them...

 

Dude, I just meant it as people still and always will believe it to be an indestructible engine without any faults. When in reality timing chains and head gaskets always will be an issue.

I didn't mean anything against the 2TR, to be fair it's way too early to tell anyway.

 

actually its not to early to tell. I have a 2013 tacoma access cab 2.7 auto with a blown head gasket. 150,000 miles on it

 

I'm not sure you understand the concept of STATISTICAL RELEVANCE.

 

I can't believe they used the 2.7 in an 11,000 lb bus. I just have to wonder how long the engine lasted and how long it took to get to 25 mph. It almost seems an impossible combination.

 

That is ridiculous. How much power do you think it takes to move things? Just because the average american thinks it takes 1000 hp to haul a bag of mulch home from the store doesn't mean that it is true.

FYI: 0-60 calculator: http://www.060calculator.com/
Indicates that it can acclerate 0-60 (obviously higher than 25) in about 18 seconds.
Speaking from experience, i.e., truck + big trailer, that is about right.
As far as longevity, I'm sure the engines will last millions of miles.

 

I don't know man. I drive my RC around with the 2.7 unloaded with the exception of the shell most of the time and it's one gutless wonder. I'm not saying it can't move it around because obviously it does but I gotta wonder just how fast it takes it to get up to any reasonable speed. They gotta be revving the bejesus out of it all the time. Millions of miles on longevity, I seriously doubt. I'd bet they don't get more than about 150,000 out of a 2.7 worked like that. It would be nice to find out the service life of the 2.7 in one of those coasters.

 

Now it all makes sense. I just looked up the engines they put in coasters. They haven't used gasoline since 1992. In '93 there was only one gasoline engine option. The fact is they use 4 cyl diesels in them which is about the only way they could get any longevity out of a 4 cylinder pulling around that much weight.

 

The available engines differ by market, so unless you went through all of the markets, your assumptions are invalid. As far as your statement of "one gutless wonder" goes, you must be doing something very seriously wrong, because it is anything but that. Might be you are running it at extreme elevation and assuming that it should perform like it does at sea level? Note that most diesels are turbocharged, which eliminates the impact of elevation on the engine's output.

Also, your assumption that you can get more longevity out of a diesel is absurd. There is nothing inherently more long lived about diesel engines than gasoline. The perception of that is because of all the under built light weight crap that floods the market. Compare an equally under built diesel to those and you'll find it failing at a similar point.

 

All I did was go to Wikipedia or it might have been some Australian website and looked up what engines they have been putting in Coasters and there were very few gasoline engines on the list after 1993. Actually, only one or two. As far as a gasoline engine lasting as long as a diesel? What's the weather like on your planet. If that was the case they would be using gasoline in every semi on the road.

As far as the 2.7 being gutless? It is and although I do live around 7000 ft I've driven it at sea level as well. If you think the 2.7 is a powerful engine there are many here that own them who would disagree. It is gutless but I still love mine. As far as you thinking they are using a gasoline 2.7 like in our gutless Toyota's to pull around 11,000 lb buses? There ain't no way. Simple common sense would allow anyone to figure that out which is why I went a looked up what engines they were using in Coasters. The market doesn't matter. Physics is what matters. There is no way 159 hp and about the same torque is moving around 11,000 lbs even on level ground let alone a hill or serious grade and lasting for any amount of time.