What's an underrated engine that deserves some time in the limelight? I'd like to put forward the Toyota 3S-GE 'Beams' engine. Probably overshadowed by the 2JZ, but it's super revvy, tuneable, and produced with Yamaha. Darren Cassey 04 Apr 2016 Share Previous Article Can You Identify Which Cars Are Boosted? Next Article Can You Guess The Iconic Le Mans Prototype From The Zoomed In Photo? Related Articles Used Cars The Best Used Hot Hatches to Suit Every Budget Features 10 Cool but Forgotten Performance Cars of the 1990s News GRMN Version Arrives as Most Hardcore Toyota GR Corolla Yet Features 10 Cool Hot Hatches that Were Never Sold in the UK Engines 12 Engines That Were Only Used in One Car Japanese The Ultra-Obscure Toyota Classic is the Brand’s Weirdest Car You’ve Never Heard OfComments 3S-GTE from the Celica gt4 is awesome (1989-1997) What about the 2zz engine also head aqlso produced by Yamaha. 180bhp out of a n/a 4 cylinder engine. NZ got LOADS of Grey imported Altezzas with the 3S-GE BEAMS engine, and people put fart cannons on them and my GOD they sound f-ing awful!The engine needs a properly tuned exhaust otherwise it sounds plain awful. 2uz 🤔 Honda h series, upto 7600ish rpm and like 220hp I see it as Hondas “big block” engine the volvo 850r’s inline 5 VG38DETT from 300ZX Twin Turbo I think that The Golf G60 limited, with a 1.8 liters and 16v and The komoressor of The normal g60, a pocket rocket of 210 hp Lets not forget the biggest underdog of all bow . . . . Toyota 7mgte inline 6 Pagination Page 7 Previous page Prev Page Latest News News More Kei Cars Coming to Britain as Suzuki Readies Honda Super-N Rival Used Cars The Best Used Sports Cars to Suit Every Budget Features How the Urus is Helping Lamborghini Thrive During Tough Times for the Industry Sponsored Five Reasons to Head to the 2026 Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional News All the Big Reveals at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of SpeedDon't miss the latest Car Throttle talking pointsPrivacy Policy Leave this field blank More News Workshop The Clarke CTT130 Tool & Parts Trolley is your New Workshop Best Friend Workshop The Clarke Monza Portable Air Compressor is Perfect for Getting you Pumped News The Finished McMurtry Spéirling Pure Fan Car is Here with 1,000bhp Used Cars 10 Fast Used SUVs You can Buy for Under £10,000 Sponsored Cars, Food and the Best Midweek Vibes Await at the Next Hagerty Hangout
NZ got LOADS of Grey imported Altezzas with the 3S-GE BEAMS engine, and people put fart cannons on them and my GOD they sound f-ing awful!The engine needs a properly tuned exhaust otherwise it sounds plain awful.
I think that The Golf G60 limited, with a 1.8 liters and 16v and The komoressor of The normal g60, a pocket rocket of 210 hp
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3S-GTE from the Celica gt4 is awesome (1989-1997)
What about the 2zz engine also head aqlso produced by Yamaha. 180bhp out of a n/a 4 cylinder engine.
NZ got LOADS of Grey imported Altezzas with the 3S-GE BEAMS engine, and people put fart cannons on them and my GOD they sound f-ing awful!
The engine needs a properly tuned exhaust otherwise it sounds plain awful.
2uz 🤔
Honda h series, upto 7600ish rpm and like 220hp I see it as Hondas “big block” engine
the volvo 850r’s inline 5
VG38DETT from 300ZX Twin Turbo
I think that The Golf G60 limited, with a 1.8 liters and 16v and The komoressor of The normal g60, a pocket rocket of 210 hp
Lets not forget the biggest underdog of all bow . . . . Toyota 7mgte inline 6