hey Grant
the next time you run across an older Toyota land cruiser take a long look
at the straight six under the hood and tell me what you see.
Perry Smith
58 GMC fleetside
Phoenix AZ
>From: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
>Reply-To: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>
>To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Toyota engines
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:11:38 -0800
>
>I had a Toyota 4x4 about 20 years ago. The 4 cyl engine had great power.
>I
>used to drive from LA to San Francisco 8 or 10 times a year on those big
>tires, and it zoomed along at 85 very happily. Never had a thing wrong
>with
>it. Also had the most comfortable seats of any vehicle I ever owned, which
>I appreciated on those 500 mile drives.
>
>My dad also had a humble Toyota stakebed with a 4 cyl engine. It had less
>power, but still enough to do 65 all day dragging that bulky body through
>the wind. It ran for years and years without any problems.
>
>I have nothing but respect for Toyota engines. Now they're even making
>V8s,
>but you have to take all the sensors and computers too. I don't know why
>it's so sacreligious to contemplate a Japanese engine in an American truck,
>but I probably feel it as much as anyone else.
>
>I was talking to a guy in South America several months ago who said most of
>the old trucks there have isuzu diesel engines in them to keep them on the
>road. This made me shudder, but when I thought about it, it made perfect
>sense. Where are they going to get parts down there to rebuild a 235?
>Everything's in milimeters, and there's no reason they should care about
>keeping the truck All American. The best thing they can do is put in an
>engine which is practical for them, even if it is a 4cyl Japanese diesel.
>
>Another thing to consider is that companies we think of as Japanese often
>produce many of their vehicles here, and are largely owned by US car
>companies, as much as 20% in the case of Mazda (Ford). GM owns a slug of
>Isuzu, and Chrysler, or rather, Daimler-Chrysler, owns a chunk of
>Mitsubishi.
>
>I don't know if this makes it "ok" to pop a Toyota 6 in your truck, but I
>think it does show that it is hard to come up with a principled objection.
>
>Regards,
>
>Grant S.
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Perry Smith
58 GMC Fleetside
Phoenix Arizona
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