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Old 07-01-2015, 03:53 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elhigh View Post
You guys are projecting too much into the category of "truck." This rig, this little Hilux, doesn't need a V8 or even really a V6. The stock base engine in an '86 Hilux was a 2.4l straight 4 generating a whopping 102 horsepower. 116 for fuel injected.

You can get that kind of output from a smaller engine now. Finding sufficient power in a small enough package to fit in the engine bay of a Toyota Truck should be a snap - that engine room is pretty roomy, I know from experience. A 2.0 straight four from the base Camry of the late 80s provides approximately the same power.
Nowadays there are some versions of the Hilux still fitted with a 2.0L gasser in a handful of Asian, African and Middle-Eastern countries.
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