96'avalon vs 00' solara

[jazzlara]

My previous car was a '96 avalon xl. If im not mistaken, the engines and drive train look almost identical.

Why would they use the same drivedrain in a 00' solara that was outdated by four years? am i mistaken?

[adam2562]

if u think that outdated.. they used this motor as far back as 1992 on the V6 Camry's and possibly to 90 but i think those are different... and thats not abad thing.. that means that they are reliable and they trust putttin it in their newer cars

[jazzlara]

that means that they are reliable and they trust putttin it in their newer cars

Ya, thats a good thing. However, they could have improved on horsepower a bit wouldnt cha think?

[adam2562]

they did... they went from 188 to 200 and on the es300 i've heard 210... and torque was upped too but i dunno exactly how much

[Duffman]

The '02 V6 has 214.

[Turbosolara]

because for the 3.0L DOHC motor that can pump out 200hp and good torque, that was very impressive already. Look at accord, it took them long time to catch up the horsepower figure with vtec (2000 vs 2000). but now they beat the toyota motor.

[Jai_Jai_Binks]

if u think that outdated.. they used this motor as far back as 1992 on the V6 Camry's and possibly to 90 but i think those are different..

1992 was the first year 1mzfe was used on the camry's (prior years it was 2vzfe, the 2.5 v6). 1mzfe's are great engines, i've got close to 150K miles on my ES300 (which also came with 1mzfe), still running strong.

[adam2562]

i've got 163k on mine

[jazzlara]

I like to hear success stories about this motor. I know from experience that it is very strong and reliable.....I just want more horses.

[Turbosolara]

so thats why TRD released a supercharger for this motor!

[jazzlara]

so thats why TRD released a supercharger for this motor!

costs lots of aftermarket $$$$ and so do knock sensors and other various issues that pop up after installing one.