Nothing About The Toyota 2JZ Is Normal... Here’s Why
In the tuning world, there is an engine that breaks every rule about how power should be made.
It is not exotic. It does not come from a racing programme. It was not designed by a team of specialists with an unlimited budget and a single-minded obsession with performance. It was designed by engineers at a Japanese car company to power a grand touring car that most of the world forgot existed within a decade of its launch.
The block is cast iron. A material most performance engineers had moved away from by the time this engine was conceived. Heavy. Old-fashioned. Not the material you choose when you are trying to build something fast.
